5-Minute Ear Training

Developing big ears doesn’t happen over night. With five new 5-minute lessons every week, Adam provides a frustration-free framework that makes ear training fast, fun, and easy!

Hear everything in an instant

Having good ears isn’t optional – it’s an essential skill for musicians at every level.

Be more confident on the bandstand and acquire more language and theory by sharpening the most important tool you have – your ears.

Paced by resident piano guru, Adam Maness–Developing big ears doesn’t happen over night. With five new 5-minute lessons every week, Adam provides a frustration-free framework that makes ear training fast, fun, and easy!

  • LEVEL 2
  • 34 Videos
  • 4 hours
  • guided practice sessions
  • Subtitles: English

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“This is gold! This format is perfect for me! A very satisfying ear-workout! I look forward to doing this every day!”

Benjamin B.

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“Thanks Adam for this great course narrowing the bridge between my listening and thinking -Bravo”

Chyke O.

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“So excited to add this into my daily practice. This is a course I’ve really needed for a long time. Thanks so much!”

Phillip D.

Meet Your Instructor

As Open Studio’s Creative Director, Adam Maness develops the curriculum of all of the courses, in addition to teaching his own popular course like Magic Voicing SystemPiano Fingering Independence and more.

Adam is a versatile pianist, arranger, composer, and producer whose performances, original compositions, and arrangements have been featured on numerous recordings and on national and international radio and television broadcasts. He is best known as co-founder and composer for the genre-bending chamber ensemble, The 442s.

Course Contents

Start Here

  • Introduction
  • BONUS – Ear Training With Standards – Part 1
  • BONUS – Ear Training With Standards – Part 2
  • BONUS – Ear Training With Standards – Part 3

Week 1

  • Melody Up
  • Melody Down
  • Melody Up & Down
  • 3-Note Melody Up
  • 3-Note Melody Down

Week 2

  • 3-Note Melody Up & Down
  • 4-Note Melody Up
  • 4-Note Melody Down
  • 4-Note Melody Up & Down
  • Review Day

Week 3

  • Harmony 1
  • Harmony 2
  • Triads – Closed
  • Triads – Inversions
  • Triads – Open

Week 4

  • Triads – Open Inversions
  • 7th Chords – Closed
  • 7th Chords – Open
  • Review
  • Cadences – Introduction

Week 5

  • Triad Cadences
  • Triad Cadences With Inversions
  • 7th Chord Cadences
  • More 7th Chord Cadences
  • 7th Chord Cadences with Inversions

Week 6

  • Training Day 1
  • Training Day 2
  • Training Day 3
  • Training Day 4
  • Final Training