5 MIN READ
Map a metal song in three focused listens
Finish with a usable musical map and a clear question, without requiring theory vocabulary on the first pass.
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Close listening
Follow a song’s form, bass, stereo image and recording differences without guessing how a record was made.
Close listening
3 MIN READ / AUDIO LAB
Hear bass beneath distorted guitars
Find a bass line through pitch movement and rhythmic relationships while admitting when the source obscures it.
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Compare stereo width with mono
Hear what width contributes and what a mono check can reveal without treating every change as the same technical problem.
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Compare recordings without guessing the production
Turn a listening impression into a fair comparison whose claims can be checked by replaying the same passages.
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