<![CDATA[The Tune Indigo Podcast]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-tune-indigo-podcast Listen, Play, and Create music using your most musical asset: your ears! Creative, ear-forward inspiration to help you find your own musical style and create music you truly own.

Each episode is a short, listening-first lesson in Holistic Ear Training (HET) — a Kodály- and Third Stream-inspired approach built on Sound Before Symbol. Instead of starting with notation and theory, you'll train your ear through singing, movable-"do" solfège, and creative listening, then use that ear to shape music that's genuinely your own.

Hosted by Hans Indigo Spencer, ear training educator and founder of TuneIndigo, each episode pairs a short listening practice with a creative prompt you can use right away — whether you're a music student, a teacher, or just someone who wants to hear more of what's already inside the music.

New episodes go out alongside the TuneIndigo newsletter. Subscribe at tuneindigo.com for every episode plus the ear-training tools that go with it.

]]> RSS.com 2026.721.95756 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:07:56 GMT en 5f494730-41c0-5f5e-8e37-b2c148946781 https://media.rss.com/the-tune-indigo-podcast/podcast_cover_20260717_030714_a0ec7be094e485456b44895e1442857c.png The Tune Indigo Podcast https://rss.com/podcasts/the-tune-indigo-podcast no Hans Indigo Spencer Hans Indigo Spencer Hans Indigo Spencer false episodic podcast Portland, Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, 04101, USA false <![CDATA[Harmonic Interval Ear Training: How to Hear Motion Where There Is None]]> Learn to hear harmonic intervals and understand why they're trickier to identify than melodic ones — plus a look at the science and art behind this week's practice exercises.

In this episode:

  • Cohort enrollment now open — Listening and Personal Style, a 6-week ear training cohort starting September 7th. Early-bird pricing ($300) through 8/21, regular price $350 after. 15-seat limit. tuneindigo.com
  • This week's video tutorial (audio version): hearing harmonic intervals and the motion between voices that creates them
  • News-lesson: why training your ear with a purpose — not just "because you should" — changes how you listen
  • Behind the scenes: how Voice Leading: The Science Behind a Musical Art by David Huron shaped the ten listening examples in this week's tutorial

Watch the video: Harmonic Interval Ear Training - How to Hear Motion Where There Is None (add YouTube link)

Join the cohort: tuneindigo.com

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-tune-indigo-podcast/3070307 d6c4fa0b-e43c-4d56-9011-625372fcab4c 1813 full 1 1 4 4 Sat, 15 Aug 2026 15:07:54 GMT false false <![CDATA[Offloading Melodies - Cohort Course Announcement - iii chord vs. vi chord]]> Two chords, three notes each, two notes in common — no wonder iii and vi get confused. This episode starts with the full audio of this week's tutorial, where a single scale degree settles the question for good. Then it's on to the news-lesson.

This week: what happened when a group of Foundations students joined me for impromptu office hours (Carole King, harmonic listening, and some composition practice); news of a small real-time Holistic Ear Training course starting in September; and a look back at the final Compose With Me livestream, where "offloading melodies" turned "Interplanet Janet" into something that sounds nothing like it.

Chapters are enabled — skip straight to the news-lesson if you've already watched the video.

In this episode:

  • Tutorial: telling iii from vi in major keys
  • Office hours with Foundations students
  • The September cohort course
  • Offloading melodies, and building a tune from borrowed rhythm

Links:

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-tune-indigo-podcast/3055711 d2292baf-aabd-4e59-87bd-15b08af097b4 1373 full 1 1 3 3 Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:38:19 GMT false false <![CDATA[The Simplest Improv You'll Ever Play]]> Plus a listening guide for a Carole King classic and a 600-year-old composing habit.

LINKS:

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

Shirelles 1960 Version

Carole King Version

Compose with Me! Livestream

Tune Indigo on YouTube

tuneindigo.com

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-tune-indigo-podcast/3028592 11db5be1-2374-4230-a1b1-27e673115186 342 full 1 1 2 2 Tue, 28 Jul 2026 16:57:30 GMT false false <![CDATA[Chase the Bass, Catch the Chords: Hearing "Eight Days a Week"]]> Can you hear what Paul McCartney's bass line is doing under "Eight Days a Week"? In this episode, we chase that bass line to uncover the chord progression driving the whole song — then take those same chords and go hunting for them in four other tunes, from bossa nova to hip-hop.

You'll:

  • Sing the root notes of McCartney's bass line against the original recording
  • Test your ear by finding do and singing that same bass line over "Exactly Like You," "Take the A Train," "Forget You," and more
  • Close with a fully improvised vocal line over a stripped-down version of the progression — no solfège, no chord names, just your ear and your voice

Want to go deeper? The full step-by-step video on learning any song's chords by ear is linked below.

Links:

Corresponding Newsletter Issue: Chase Bass, Catch Chords

]]> https://rss.com/podcasts/the-tune-indigo-podcast/2999768 133260ab-2795-44f4-aff0-51c97146c6be 369 full 1 1 1 1 Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:56:59 GMT false false