As a music teacher, ear training is an essential skill you must develop. I am certainly better at listening to sounds and determining intervals or rhythms now than when I was a young teacher. I still have work to do in this area of my musicianship and always will.

There are so many sounds in Hong Kong. The atmosphere lends itself well to ear training practice on the go. The elevator (or lift) in my building makes bell sounds when it arrives on your floor, as most do. I decided to finally analyze the four sounds it makes and BAM! determined that it was playing so, do, re, me. This was a relatively easy example, but I felt pretty good after figuring this out. Going up?