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gehör

English translation: ear training

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Swedish term or phrase:gehör
English translation:ear training
Entered by: Paul Lambert

19:14 Mar 1, 2011
Swedish to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Music / Musical Education
Swedish term or phrase: gehör
A list of the constituent modules in a course for composers:

Komposition
Notation
Gehör
Harmonilära
....
....


"Playing by Ear" immediately comes to mind, but perhaps there is a more elegant and official name for this.
Paul Lambert
Sweden
Local time: 20:39
ear training
Explanation:
see ref
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Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 20:39
Grading comment
Thank you
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +4ear training
Anna Grynfeld Smith
4 +1ear training
Charles Ek
5 -3Absolute/perfect pitch
Stefan A. M. Adamek


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +4
ear training


Explanation:
see ref


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory
    Reference: http://www.itmpc-paraguay.com/itmpc-paraguay/Courses.html
Anna Grynfeld Smith
Switzerland
Local time: 20:39
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thank you

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles Ek: "There's a bad echo in here." :-)
4 mins
  -> :D Thanks Charles!
agree  Sofia Löfberg
3 hrs
  -> Thanks Sofia:)
agree  Anna Herbst: Or "Aural Skills"
7 hrs
  -> Thanks Anna :)
agree  Christopher Schröder: Apparently so, but we always talked about "aural" skills/tests/training when I studied music in the UK
13 hrs
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
ear training


Explanation:
See the links for respective Swedish and English entries on Wikipedia. A pairing is found at http://tinyurl.com/4dhp2k3.


    Reference: http://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gehör
    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_training
Charles Ek
United States
Local time: 13:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 2

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barry Appleby
3 hrs
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -3
Absolute/perfect pitch


Explanation:
Absolute/perfect pitch ear training.

Examples of what it means when you have it:
Copy chords straight off a CD
Find desired chords by ear — instead of searching by hand or eye
Know if a pitch is sharp or flat — without a reference tone
Identify keys of songs — by ear alone
Hear sheet music mentally
etc. etc.

I'm lucky to have some of this (in spite of my mom)...

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Note added at 8 hrs (2011-03-02 03:31:33 GMT)
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Google search on “learn perfect pitch”: 409,000 hits, and “learn absolute pitch”: 230,000 hits.
Examples, see: http://www.perfectpitch.com/, http://www.richardbosworth.org/ear-training-reviews.htm


Example sentence(s):
  • Absolute pitch (AP), widely referred to as perfect pitch, is the ability of a person to identify or re-create a given musical note without the benefit of an external reference.

    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_pitch
Stefan A. M. Adamek
United States
Local time: 11:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in SwedishSwedish, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo: Considering the context - this might not work. You can't really study "perfect pitch"
1 hr
  -> Actually - you can, there are several methods and books on the subject. Please see note above...
disagree  Barry Appleby: gehör is not the same as absolut gehör. Those who do not have perfect pitch receive training to allow them to identify chords etc.
2 hrs
  -> I agree with you Barry, ”gehör” is not the same as ”absolut gehör”, though I can't follow your argumentation, this is aimed to composers after all, and I am sure that the objective here is to elevate this towards absolute as this is needed more or less...
disagree  Anna Herbst: I agree with Barry. /... Yes, Stefan, I disagree with you and I agree with Anna and Charles as the question is about subjects studied in a course and you can't study "perfect pitch".
5 hrs
  -> Does that mean that you disagree with me? But Anna, tell that to those who claim that YOU CAN study to learn perfect pitch! Please check example links above... I didn't make this up myself...
disagree  Christopher Schröder: Gehör is not about learning perfect pitch but about hearing the various components of the music played
12 hrs
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