Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: Introduction-Playing by ear is one of the key musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin is a music teacher who really understands how to teach it in a practical, relatable way. He wrote a great two-parter in our “Learn to play by ear” series a couple of months ago, and today we’ve […]
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: Reproducing Sounds-Playing by ear is one of the key musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin is a music teacher who really understands how to teach it in a practical, relatable way. He’s sharing his approach with a new video series “Learn to play by ear” which we continue today with Episode 2: […]
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: The Cycle of Keys-Playing by ear is one of the core musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin knows how to teach it in a practical, relatable way.
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: 1-4-5 Chord Progressions-Want to play songs by ear? This video series shows you how, step-by-step. In the last episode Brad Mavin explained the Cycle of Keys (a.k.a. Circle of Fifths, Cycle of Fifths) and now he’ll extend that concept to “1-4-5” chord progressions, the bedrock of all those 3-chord songs. We’ve also got some special extras which […]
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: Adding the 6 Chord-Learn to play by ear with this series. Now we introduce the six chord which adds a minor feel to chord progressions and some ear training exercises which help.