Yes , To be able to feel the Tonic is very important. Once find out the tonic - gravity Center, the rest will follow slowly.

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Hi Xiao, that's precise. Thank you!

I can't agree with this. I think that your video is encouraging people to think against atonality instead of embracing it. There is no tonic in atonal music. After listening and performing atonal music a lot, one gets used to the soundscape and a minor third chord becomes a jarring sound because it is not part of that soundscape.

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Hi Jessica, I'm not encouraging people to think against atonality. I'm just saying that, relative pitch skills are contextual (this is not my opinion, there are dozens of scientific studies showing that). So if you are not able to recognize notes/chords in simple harmonic contexts (i.e. a major key), you are not going to be able to recognize music in complex harmonic contexts (i.e. music including modulation, non-diatonic notes/chords, etc.) or even extremely advanced contexts lacking structure (i.e. dodecaphonic music, and atonal music in general). There is clear a progressions in the developement of ear training skills, it's essential to develop basic skills before it makes sense to focus on advanced ones. Certainly, with thousands of students that are currently subscribed to our courses, we've never seen anyone being able to recognize atonal music without being able to recognize very simple tonal music. I hope that makes sense.