The 7 Best Videos to Learn 4-Chord Songs
A collection of the 7 best video tutorials on how you can use 4-chord progressions to play dozens of favourite hit songs on guitar. It’s as easy as 1-4-5-6!
The 5 Best Videos to Learn 3-Chord Songs
A collection of the 5 best video tutorials on playing 3-chord rock and pop songs on guitar. Playing your favourite tunes is as easy as 1, 2, 3 – or A, D, E!
How to Train Your Ears for Better, Easier Improvisation
Most musicians approach improvisation the wrong way, relying on theory and scale patterns. Learn how to use your ears instead for better, easier improvisation.
An Easy Approach to Playing by Ear
Playing by ear is an important part of ear training but it can be intimidating to many musicians. Learn how to make it simple, easy and effective instead.
A Learned Natural Musician Explains Unintentional Ear Training
If you weren’t born a natural musician, that doesn’t mean you can’t become one. Learn how singer-songwriter Marc With a C trained his ears in this interview.
How do you play a song by ear?
You can learn to play songs by ear without needing a teacher or expensive materials. You don’t need the sheet music and you don’t need any special musical “gift” either. The basic process is to choose a song, and try to work it out piece by...How can I play the music I hear in my head?
Learning to play what you hear in your head is a great benefit of musical ear training. Before doing ear training, many musicians feel like they can imagine amazing music – but then can not bring it out on their instrument. To play the music you imagine on your...How long does it take to play a song by ear?
How long it takes a musician to be able to play a song by ear will vary. Some musicians would answer “it depends how good a musician you are” or “it depends if you’re gifted”. These answers are unhelpful and inaccurate. Although many...
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.
Interview: Learning to play by ear with Trixie Deckert Hennig of hEarItAbility.com
Trixie Deckert Hennig is the author of the hEarItAbility series of books which teach musicians to play by ear using an innovative “Eyes and Ears” approach. We invited her to tell us a bit about this new approach and share some tips on ear training and...
The Play-By-Ear Mystery Revealed (Joseph Pingel)
Today we welcome Joseph Pingel of Keyed Up Piano to share his journey of playing by ear, and how he transformed his guitar skills to learn to play piano music by ear. At age 16, I taught myself how to play by ear on the piano. After a couple years, reality sunk in...
Why You Should Learn To Play By Ear FIRST
Playing by ear is not an advanced technique, or a gift you must be born with. It’s actually a simple learnable skill you can start doing today. Learn how.
