For getting started (complete beginner) I'd suggest the basic audio course by Alton Everest: "Critical Listening Skills for Audio Professionals".
How do you train your ears?
How do you educate yourself to refine your ability to listening to music and being able to tell about the details of the sonic nature?
I guess, first off, one has to listen to lots of music on lots of different systems, and catch intrinsic details and subtle differences. Knowing basic music theory and being proficient in one or more musical instruments would also help.
However, simple listening may not improve one's ability unless the listening practice is guided by educated practices that have been exercised by experts and those with golden ears.
How have you refined your hearing/listening capability?
Any good source you know of to recommend to novices and enthusiasts?
I guess, first off, one has to listen to lots of music on lots of different systems, and catch intrinsic details and subtle differences. Knowing basic music theory and being proficient in one or more musical instruments would also help.
However, simple listening may not improve one's ability unless the listening practice is guided by educated practices that have been exercised by experts and those with golden ears.
How have you refined your hearing/listening capability?
Any good source you know of to recommend to novices and enthusiasts?
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I think there are two separate things "knowledge of sonics and sound" and "music appreciation". They are different. For example The Alton Everest book will allow you to train your ears to recognize what is wrong with a system. It teaches you about audio bands and what a boost, suppression, notch cut or various forms of distortion sound like. This is fairly easily defined but tricky to teach yourself to recognize things with a high degree of accuracy/conviction. I suspect Learsfool has in mind some books on music: How it is constructed and what are the typical forms and techniques used. This is a massive subject - like language it really has no boundaries and is constantly evolving. It is art |