Today I'm going to be talking about that aspect of music education that is far too often overlooked: Ear Training. If I'm being totally honest, I myself didn't really understand the profound value of ear training until I was studying music in college and was required to take three semesters of Ear Training class.

For me, musical ear training was a skill set that I didn't really realize the value of until I had it. So, I'm going try to help you see the value before I did by giving you 3 reasons why ear training matters for your music student and 3 suggestions on how you can help him/her develop their ear.