An animation of a piano keyboard is shown, with the solfege notes on each key representing a scale in the key of C.

Do Re Mi and You: Ear Training with Sol-Fa

What if hearing melodies was as natural as speaking your native language? Through the SolFa method, you can train your ears to understand music with clarity and confidence. Roberta Radley, author of Ear Training Fundamentals, breaks down this powerful technique and shows how singing with solfège helps you not only recognize notes, but feel the purpose behind them.

A screenshot of the Berklee Online Ear Trainer VR game, which shows two mallets that are drumming a rhythm and the points earned for doing it correctly.

Berklee Online Brings Ear Training to Virtual Reality with New Game

Improving your musical ear doesn’t have to feel like a chore. Berklee Online’s new virtual reality (VR) Ear Trainer makes practicing rhythm, harmony, and scale degrees a fun and immersive experience.

A young music listener puts on his headphones and prepares an intense session of ear training, which we can surmise from his huge cup of coffee.

Ear Training Exercises to Help You Become a Better Musician

In these ear training videos, we uncover key exercises to help you develop your inner hearing: conducting in 6/8, singing the root, and identifying chords.

Forensic Musicologists Need to Know These 5 Things

When Dr. Joe Bennett is not acting in his position as a vice president for Berklee College of Music, he investigates copyright infringement in the music industry as a forensic musicologist.

Matt Marvuglio is pictured in this undated photo.

In Memoriam: Matt Marvuglio

Matt Marvuglio’s legacy at Berklee spanned over four decades, from student to dean, performer to visionary. As the longest-serving dean in Berklee’s history, he helped launch major programs like the Global Jazz Institute and championed performance as the heart of music education. A virtuosic flutist and dedicated educator, Matt’s influence continues to resonate deeply throughout the Berklee community.