Note: This is a Review. For the Official Pure Pitch Homepage, Click Here.
After reading what I wrote on the Pure Pitch Controversy, Ryan sent me a copy of the Pure Pitch Method so that I could write my own opinions on the product. This weekend I sat down for a few hours to see what all the fuss is about.
A- My Overall Grade
If you don’t want to read any more, here is my opinion in one score.
Things I didn’t like:
- It seems to move slowly, which is tedious for experienced musicians
- I prefer to read what I’m learning, so I’d appreciate more textual explanation
- It doesn’t do a good job of teaching students to recognize voices in the orchestra
From the perspective of an experienced musician like a Conducting Student or an instrumental soloist, you’ll find this to be lacking in advanced skill-building. I’d recommend you stick to the traditional methods: take a course or two at your local University.
What The Pure Pitch Method Does Really Well:
Lots of guided practice concrete examples- really the only way to learn intervals in my opinion
- Material builds very well upon previous material, everything is being constantly integrated
- Perfect Pitch Training uses several different anchor tones, I’ve seen several other courses which only use 1
- Most examples use Piano, Guitar, and sine waves, which helps separate the tone from the instrument
- You begin to actually learn the material very quickly
In summary, I think that this product is great for beginners who want to learn how to become great musicians. For somebody without much training, a very comprehensive course like this is necessary (although it’s much less time than I wasted in some college courses!) I think that the perfect pitch exercises will be helpful to both singers and instrumentalists.
Here you can check out the course for yourself.
Good Luck on your ear training!
- Carl
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