Aural is a required class for my major (music theory and composition) and it requires me to know what notes are being played by just hearing them. It is not impossible but it is very difficult for me to do. Some people have perfect pitch and some people have relative pitch (Perfect pitch is where people recognize what notes are being played by the note's individual sound and relative pitch where people can recognize what notes are being played by recognizing patterns and intervals) and it is discouraging when it seems easy for a lot of my classmates to do. Perfect pitch is something that people are born with and relative pitch is something that people can be trained to understand. I know that, just because it is easier for them, it doesn't mean that they are better than me. It means that I just have to work harder for the grade that I want. Aural Training is difficult but not impossible.
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