It
has been a great learning experience. I am an electric
bass player and singer in a popular music group
that plays everything from rap to contemporary country
to heavy metal and jazz. The most obvious benefit
to me has been a feeling of confidence in performance.
I memorize songs much faster. Transposition on the
spot has improved as well as confidence in singing
background vocals. My enjoyment and appreciation
of music have flourished.
The challenge of soloing
has been made easier since now, even if I get lost
in the changes, I can identify the chord quality
and play the appropriate arpeggio or scale!
Thank you for a great program
that obviously took great effort on your part to
create. Your philosophy of "effortlessness"
has also helped me in my personal practice. This
program has been the most valuable activity I have
undertaken to improve my overall musicianship. The
results have been obvious; many of my musician friends
have asked me about the the program. Thanks for
helping me become the musician within me. (B.S.,
bass/singer, Newport, Rhode Island)
Dear
Mr. Burge: I completed the
Relative
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse yesterday
with a feeling that I have fully internalized its
contents. I am also working on the Perfect
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse and have noticed
the profound connection the two courses have. Thank
you for giving me a deeper musical life. (M.K.,
acoustic guitar, Vantaa, Finland)
Dear
Mr. Burge: I guess you could say I've always had
a love/hate relationship with music because I would
hear a beautiful piece of music, recall it for years
afterward, and still not be able to play it -- an
intensely frustrating experience. So many times
I wanted to quit and sell anything resembling a
musical instrument . . . but I just couldn't do
it.
I had seen your ads in
trade publications but was skeptical. I had been
taught through two decades of musical involvement,
a college degree in music, and some professional
performance, that one was either born with Perfect
Pitch or would never have it. But being at the
crossroads I found myself, I really had nothing
to lose by ordering your course, so I did. When
you unveiled the Relative
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse,
I figured I may as well go all the way and I ordered
that too.
That was almost a
year ago. I have a job that has forced me to work
sometimes 80 hours a week or even more, so I've
had to do what I could when I could. But I didn't
quit, and tonight I finished the Relative
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse.
(Yes!!!)
I would like to say
"thank you" for not being selfish with
all you've discovered. It has galvanized me and
challenged me to reach again for new heights I had
despaired of ever reaching. People
tell me they've noticed improvements in my playing
-- which hasn't ever really happened before. Thanks
again. Sincerely, T.H. (Cudahy, Wisconsin)
My
playing is much much better than before. This is
a perfect course. (T.E., Pensacola, Florida)
You
have helped me make many musical dreams possible.
Now I write and play as good as a pro. Because of
your influence, I would like to say that I am also
going to learn piano and keyboards, even though
I am a guitarist. You are a true musical genius,
and kind enough to share your knowledge with musicians.
Your study of music is just simply fascinating.
(R.P., Colton, Oregon)
While
I know some of the theory you explain on the Lessons,
I never would have dreamed up those drills in a
thousand years. Your courses are keepers! I have
been looking at your advertisements for years now,
and am wondering why I didn't buy the products sooner.
When I saw your 90-Day Money Back Guarantee,
I knew that your confidence in your product was
very high. (J.A., keyboard, Macomb, Illinois)
I
can now recognize tones and intervals very fast.
(M.E., Cairo, Egypt)
I
completed the Relative
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse on June
13. I have incorporated suspended 4th and minor
9th chords into playing by ear, which I hadn't used
before. (P.R., piano, Charleston, South Carolina)
I've
found this course to be a lot of fun. (K.R., Toronto,
Ontario)
Dear
Mr. Burge: Today, the 8th of July, I graduated the
Relative
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse. To experience
the development of my ears has been a wonderful
feeling. It has enriched my life as a musician in
a very essential way.
The Lessons have been with
me on trains, on the beach, and in many other situations
where I have been traveling, waiting, or just relaxing.
The course is very well composed and you are a great
teacher.
The whole course has actually
taken me some years because of busy periods of my
life that have interrupted my ear training, in some
cases for a whole year. But with my own CD Lessons it
has been possible to have my own tempo, which is
great. After such a long time, completion of the
last exam on Lesson 41 feels like quite a milestone.
Please let me know of any
new Lessons to buy for developing my ear even further!
Best regards, J.E. (bass guitar, Norrkoping, Sweden)
I
strongly believe in your ear training programs.
Since I started the courses, I note the following
which I never experienced before: 1) Music sounds
more interesting; 2) Sometimes I feel as though
my ear wants to physically catch the music, and
it feels good. (M.S., Trinidad)
I
finished the Lessons the other day and was blown
away by how much they helped me. I was amazed to
find myself listening to those extended chords and
getting most of them right -- that is something
that seemed pretty much like the impossible dream
up to that point. I've had a "good ear"
for some time now and could figure out just about
anything if I had enough time and played some of
the hard passages at half speed. But since your
course, I've noticed that certain things just jump
out at me and don't seem to require any effort at
all.
What amazes me is that
it has vastly improved my ability to improvise jazz.
Please let me know if you produce another set of
Lessons; I'll order them in a minute. (K.H., Charlotte,
Virginia)
Today
I've graduated the Relative
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse.
Prior to that one I graduated from the Perfect
Pitch Ear Training SuperCourse.
I chose to wait with contacting you until I had
finished both the courses. And that's what happened
today! It took me about a year to complete them,
listening a bit every day. I am a student (21 years
old). It has been one of the best investments I've
ever made. (K.R., Middelburg, Netherlands)
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