How to Work on Ear Training - Interview

Interview with Olivier Babaz

Ear training is a great way to improve your jazz double bass playing but is a hard skill to master. Find out the techniques Olivier Babaz uses and recommends to develop your ear training in melody, harmony, and rhythm!

If you want to learn more from Olivier, check out his course - The Creative Improviser.

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Interview questions:

00:00 Is ear training an important part of what you do?
01:23 Developing your melodic ear/Do you write out what you're learning?
03:16 Developing your rhythmic and harmonic ear training.

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