When we first start playing music, we're filled with excitement and inspiration, eagerly looking forward to performing a piece or song. But as we progress, our interest fades. The challenges begin to take over, and instead of enjoying the music, we find ourselves struggling with:
- Sight-reading and playing from sheet music.
- Coordinating our body (Why don’t my hands align?)
- Fast tempos (Why does everything feel smooth at a slow tempo but fall apart at the real speed? Fingers are stuck, notes are missed or wrong.)
- Rhythm (The tune feels alive and swinging when I hear it on a recording, but when I play, it feels stiff and lifeless, if I can even get through it without stopping.)
- Memory (I’ve played this piece countless times with the score, but I can’t seem to remember it. I nail the solo in isolation but falter with the band.)
- Hitting the right notes (Why do I keep going out of tune?)
- Fear and frustration (Here comes the tricky part! It’s too fast, too many notes…)
Sometimes, we get so fed up we put the piece aside and pick a new one, thinking we'll start fresh. But soon enough, the same problems arise — we’re still trapped by the score, our limbs aren’t cooperating, our rhythm’s off, and the notes don’t sound right.
Eventually, we become more cautious about our choices. We hear a piece we want to play, but when we look at the score, we quickly close it, thinking, "It’s too difficult for me."
As time passes, motivation wanes. Practicing becomes a chore. We keep saying, "I’ll practice tomorrow" or "I should practice more, but I don’t have the time," without realizing we always make time for what we truly want.
The joy of music fades because it feels like it takes so much time to fix the technical, rhythmic, and memory issues.
So, what should we do?
There is a universal solution to all these musical challenges — an ultimate fix that can elevate your musicianship to a whole new level. That solution is activating your musical ear.
You might be thinking: "Musical ear? What’s that? I’m musical, and I hear just fine!" But how could my hearing help with technique, for example?
When I talk about the musical ear, connected ear, or absolute pitch, I’m really referring to your musical brain. Once you consciously control your musical thought, it becomes active — PRO-ACTIVE. By engaging your musical ear, your brain starts to do what it’s meant to do: coordinate your actions.
And there’s a lot for your brain to coordinate. When you play or sing, you’re doing multiple things at once. Making music is always a multitasking process, and your ear is responsible for about 90% of it.
When you develop your ear skills, you automatically free up time and energy. You can then focus on other aspects, like perfecting your gestures or preparing movements — which is essentially technique, right?
Imagine if your musical ear were fully engaged. It’s no longer passive; you’re not just following what you play, but hearing in advance, with your body simply following your musical idea.
Your brain is constantly processing language — whenever you hear, speak, read, or write. Music is a language, and pitches and notes are its basic units. When you connect your ear, you begin to control your musical thought effortlessly, freeing up time that goes into the pure joy of playing. No more fear of the notes or frustration with the score. Music becomes your dedicated companion.
Now, picture improvisation. Right now, it may feel like both a secret desire and a source of fear. You get on stage for a jam and panic: “What’s happening? The music’s overwhelming, and I’m just holding on!”
But with your ear connected, you flow with it, gracefully and confidently, like an experienced surfer riding a wave. You’re in conversation with the other musicians, listening and connecting.
Take singing in a choir, for example. If you struggle to follow what’s happening by ear, you miss out on the beauty of the music around you. But when your ear is in intelligent action, you can immerse yourself in the harmony of voices joining together.
When you develop absolute pitch and fully connect to your musical ear, you begin to play by ear, bringing your musical ideas into the present moment.
This gives you the time and energy to control your actions, allowing you to express yourself freely through music — your feelings, your emotions, all the things words can’t express. And isn’t that what we all seek as musicians?
Naturally, listeners will approach you, praising your music. If you enjoy it, why wouldn’t they? And of course, any artist finds gratification in praise.
It’s a complete win-win.
So, how do you do it? How do you connect to your musical ear? How do you develop absolute pitch and truly control your musical thought?
All of this is in the new program I’ve created for you: My Absolute Pitch Formula. It’s all there — the techniques, explanations, exercises, and tips.
Katja Keller
Katja Keller is a Danish musician and music coach. She is known as one of the most followed music trainers of our time.
She's famous for creating a unique method of absolute pitch development. The method is based on two approaches : music and cognitive psychology, which completely changes the process of musical learning and development.
She has customers and clients on every continent - amateur and professional musicians, music teachers and artists.
Reliable system to train your ear skills
12 notes. Fun & easy.
6 Training Modules - 6 Weeks.
I will walk with you hand in hand the paths to your own absolute pitch.
All instruments, all levels
Your current level of musicianship has no significance.
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Email me with questions concerning your individual progress, and I will answer them personally.
Live Q&A webinars
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Class Workbook
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With My Absolute Pitch Formula Training :
- You will recall pitches and recognize them in all instruments and sounds around you. This leads to better phrasing, variety in color, ability to instantly harmonize and improvise. In other words, you will gain a conscious control over your musical thought.
- You will stop playing (singing, composing) what you merely can and start doing what you actually want. Your new ear skills will bring freedom and joy into your musical practice.
- You will be able to read and write music very much the same way as you read and write in your own language.
- Your relative pitch will greatly improve in parallel with no additional effort.
- Absolute pitch completely unlocks musical memory. You will memorize and recall music naturally and with ease.
- Your new ear skills will bust up your creativity.
- You will start appreciating music independently of its “degree of complexity”.
- The last, not the least but the most important and amazing! Your perception of music and sound will change all together and you will simply become more musical.
- It will take your musicianship to a whole new level.
Stan H CanadaLooking back at the last few months, all I can say is that it has been a tremendous and fascinating journey of self-discovery.
My entire view of audio perception has changed. Whether it’s listening to the sounds of hair dryer or car engine, there is a whole new multi-colored world of sound.
On top of recognizing pitches here and there, my creativity has improved significantly. In some ways, I guess, I feel like that small kid 10-15 years ago who could do anything that he wanted to. And how about playing and having fun with notes? Most people would say that it is nonsense; however, I tend to disagree. After taking the course and enjoying just listening, music became something much more for me. Add to all of that Katja’s teaching style, and one gets a one breathtaking roller coaster ride on the journey of self-discovery
. At the end of the course, not only my listening has improved, not only my appreciation for music has gone up, but I also feel more alive now than for many years.
For all that, I have to thank M.A.P. method. I firmly believe that this course is for anybody interested, whether you are a professional musician, or an amateur, or just a person interested in expanding your awareness. And always remember, the journey will complete the who walks the road. Mine is just starting.
Alexia (amateur musician) Paris (translated from French)Hi Katja !
Hope you are doing well.
Last June I participated in your workshop in Paris, and since then I have worked scrupulously - and with great pleasure! - following your method, your exercises, your instructions.
During the summer I created the sensorial images for the twelve notes. Then I continued to open myself to the world of the sound. I spent a lot of time just listening with my body and audiolizing. (What was difficult for me: audiolize a sound without singing it)
My progress is incredible. Today, I can find every note and sing it just by thinking its name. It is prodigious!!!! Without piano, without a pitch fork !!! Basically, this is what counts most for me ...
I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your method, I would never have thought to have access to the absolute pitch in my life ... and that counts for me a lot.
Nikolaus W USAThe course could be best described as a guided sensorial evolution. Like so many others before me, I have struggled for years with almost every conceivable variation of the basic note recognition drill — from the Burge method to Absolute Pitch Avenue — all in a futile attempt to coax my mind into thinking differently about sound.
And that’s what AP really is — a different level of aural cognition that for whatever reason cannot be brought about through note recognition exercises. With the M.A.P. method I’ve begun for whatever reason to process sound in a new way that is very different from the usual contextual listening paradigm. The mind/body sensations that often resonate within me every time I encounter the familiar pitches in audio space are nothing less than a beautiful connectedness to the realm of sound.
Anja (singer and musicologist) CopenhagenThe training was a really positive experience.
First of all, a fundamental absorption in the audio universe, where the ability to listen consciously develops and gets challenged.
In addition, I have got really many tools and implements, which can be used constructively in all possible connection with my everyday life.
As soon as we receive your payment, you will get an email message with your login info (user name and password), and you can start doing the exercises.
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