"All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her ‘ear’ – the understanding and recognition of musical elements – for guidance."
- Steve VaiRenowned guitarist and composer Steve Vai is well-known for his virtuosity as well as his perceptive ideas about music education. He highlights in one of his lessons that musicians are always practicing their "ears," even if they aren't aware of it. Consider the ear to be the sixth sense of a musici…