So uh... sorry my singing was garbage in this video. Shouldn't have filmed it first thing in the morning 😅 But! If you want to learn more about my full "Piano By Ear" course, be sure to check it out here: bit.ly/piano-by-ear-coreylennox It's a step-by-step video course that walks you through exactly what you need to do to be able to play songs just by listening to them. The course includes specific action steps, audio exercises, and worksheets... I wanted to make sure that this is as interactive and clear as possible. So it's not just watching a bunch of lectures. You're actually learning and applying the new concepts every step of the way. Don't believe me? On the "Piano By Ear" info page I've got real examples of people who've used my methods to play their favorite songs with NO sheet music. One warning: I'm offering the course at the current price for the next 6 people only... After that the offer comes down and the price goes up. So if you want to learn how to play by ear the most effective way possible, don't wait around!
Corey, where were you 60 years ago when I was trying to develop my ear?!? BUT, I'm so thankful for you NOW! I'll be 85 next week and will try to put it into practice. I tried to be a music major but could not crack ear-training. I learned more from this episode and two semesters in college. So uncomplicated and practical!!
When my grandmother tried to teach me to play by ear she played with do, ra, me. Didn’t make sense to me then nor now. I took piano lessons when I was seven. Didn’t have piano at home to practice but would go to Granny’s house on weekend and practice around. My granny tried to teach me to start playing by using only the black keys. Well those didn’t sound good. When I went for my lesson I’d try and play it by ear. My teacher said if I didn’t stop playing by ear I’d never learn to play piano. I basically learned the seven notes. I find if I listen to a song several times and learn the words and melody then I can set down and pick through the notes that sound good together and play the song. Your theory makes sense. I wish others taught your way. I’m 82 years old now and can play any song I know. Guess I showed that teacher! Please everyone, listen to this man’s technique of playing by ear! He will teach you how to play the piano!
Sounds like you've figured it out on your own over the years! Yeah most piano methods start on the black keys then move to the white. It works, but it takes some time. If you're inclined to play by ear then that's always going to be quicker than using a lesson book :) Thanks for watching!
Here's what I tell my students: Reading music is great if you have access to the music. ( with Utube and Google that is now possible, but was not always available in earlier years ) If you play only by ear, you are limited by your own ability. If you use both- then you can hear the genius of others, and enhance your own ability by that and then you open yourself to limitless, more advance playing.
Same with me - learned to play by ear w/o knowing what I was doing. Then started piano lessons, was told to drop the ear. Argh! If it weren’t for my ear I would have stopped! You need both!
I just watched over 10 different instructors and 20 hours of highly rated tutorials from all over the internet on playing by ear and improvising, and you provided the best value in the time given - as I build my course on improvising and enjoying music by ear, I'll definitely use similar methods. Thanks for providing such great value, keep up the great work!
Thank you Sir.I already buy 7 pianos and 11 guitar during my live and never find the righ method after having 7 or 8 teacher. But I am sure this time I find the good one. You are fantastic. Tell me about your entire course.I am really interested. Thank you
I had a music professor who kept repeating for two years, music is very difficult! Lol and he never shared anything except that it's difficult! Thank you very much for decoding this amazing language. In 30 minutes you actually answered 60% of questions I had for many many years and was trying to find in hundreds of videos!! Thank you very very much! That's a great video! You are really good at teaching music! ❤
That's always annoys me! People make it out to be like rocket science or something, when really you can learn most of the basics in a couple hours. I'm glad I was able to help answer some of those questions. What was in the other 40%?
@@CoreyLennox ahaha! Thank you very much! Chords, composition, memorizing every single note and where it is on the instruments. How to nail the perfect pitch. Where to find sources for different musical notes, like the naming is different sometimes but it expresses the same notes. Also the different octaves vs the different levels or progression haha I guess you just need to practice millions of times until you nail it then you start speaking
@@neyamaaty Gotcha! Always good to know what questions people have for future videos. The note names are definitely dependent on the specific instrument you're using. But one I can help you with is the different note names referring to the same notes. Typically that comes from the scale, where we want to have one of each letter. So an F scale would be F, G, A *Bb*, C... not F, G, A, *A#*, C because the second one is missing the letter B. Hope that makes sense!
When I studied in a musical school (in Western Europe in the 80s) our teacher used to play a simple melody for us, then we briefly discussed it, found the main notes and then he played it twice for us and we wrote it down. That was the best ear training exercise ever! Your video reminds me of that.
Everything you say I found out as a child. Then I had classical lessons from 9 years old till 12. Then I wanted to play Beatles and Rolling Stones and started listening by ear and play together with young friends. We learned by ourselves with what you teach in this lesson. It took us many years. I wished I had a teacher like you, it would have saved a lot of time. I am much more advanced than your lesson, still I watched it till the end. Keep on with the good work, you are very sympathetic.
Yeah it's definitely possible to learn this on your own! That's what I did too... but like you're saying, it took a LONG time to figure this all out! Keep on rocking Evita!
My friend and I, in our teens, learned an amazing amount from playing Beatles songs, he on his guitar and me with my accordion. I learned bass guitar from McCartney's bass; as a result, I got into a band and spent two happy years playing with others.
I want to say thank you from across the pond. You have done in minutes what I have been trying for the past lifetime. Your explanation is perfect. If you were here I would hug you . Over the top I know but I feel passion for music , its in me and wants to come out . I could not wait to the end iof the tutorial to let you know my feelings. THANK YOU .
Took organ lessons for 5 years as a child. Always wanted to just play, not have to read, music. I didn't realize one could "learn" to play by ear. I've always wanted to play piano but was not great coordinating the left hand with the melody. Reading both at the same time was difficult. I'm finding this video fascinating. I can't wait to try this out. Thanks so very much.
Though I learnt to play piano 20 years ago,and also played by ear, your lesson has cleared a few doubts that I had. I am 81 now!! Thanks Meenaxi Phukan India
You're the first I've seen so far to use do-re-mi, instead of A,B,C, which makes it MUCH easier for me personally to follow since that's how I've learned the notes since I think it's how Europe does it in general. Never seen A-B-C used around here.
Here in America, it feels like the opposite. I agree that this feels very easy to learn and remember, but I’ve never heard anyone else call them the one chord, the five chord, etc. I’ll hear, “Start with a C chord and then move to a G.” They’re the same thing, but I feel like I’d be speaking a whole different language than other musicians. Same with the melodies. It’s never “Try, ‘ do re mi do re me’,” it’s “try ‘C D E C D E.” I’m just worried that I’ll have to do a lot of translation to speak music with other musicians. ETA he did it himself later when showing how to pick up U2s With Or Without You. He picked out D A B G, not ii vi vii v.
Hey Miss Chris! You probably aren’t far enough along in your guitar journey to have hear of I, IV, V or that nomenclature, but you ABSOLUTELY will use it to communicate short-hand with other musicians. For example, you can communicate a key change in a song (if, say, the singer needs to sing in a different key) quickly and easily. If you learn to play the blues, you will become VERY familiar with the I, IV, V chords. And a shit ton of well known songs are I, IV, V. There are tons of basic music theory videos on TH-cam that can walk you through it. It is quite fascinating, really. :)
Hey Miss Chris! You probably aren’t far enough along in your music journey to have heard of I, IV, V or that nomenclature, but you ABSOLUTELY will be able to use it to communicate short-hand with other musicians. For example, you can communicate a key change in a song (if, say, the singer needs to sing in a different key) quickly and easily. If you learn to play the blues, you will become VERY familiar with the I, IV, V chords. And a shit ton of well known songs are I, IV, V. There are tons of basic music theory videos on TH-cam that can walk you through it. It is quite fascinating, really. :)
I've been playing guitar since I was a kid, about 25 years ago. I just like jamming out chords. I understand your music theory. I've never understood it until today. You made it make so much more sense. Thank you
Been playing guitar for 40 years and piano for about 6 months and have heard versions of this stuff over the years but I think I've finally found the definitive method for putting it all together. Will be checking out your course! Thanks for this!
Ear train unheard of using scale for melody, immediately identifying 1-2-3-4 chord patterns, up from the every other note path, then matching chord application to songs. “DNA” song patterns. Man, this is just genius!
Thanks for sharing your tips! When I realized that the root note of an accompanying chord played with the melodic notes played on the down beats is either 1, 3 or 5 note intervals BELOW the melodic note, I was able to suddenly play songs (even when I'm improvising my own melodies) by ear on piano. I explain these steps in just 55 words in my poem titled “I Can Jive in 55!” To play song by ear end song on note C to make learning easy by avoiding black keys. To add chords to song play root BELOW melody on each down beat at intervals -1, -5, or -3. Now play each chord by rolling ABOVE root the notes 5, 8, 10 then add notes to suit.
Hey Allan! That’s a great rule of thumb, but it doesn’t always work that way. What you’re referring to is that usually the melody note is a chord tone. So if the LH chord is a C major chord (CEG) the melody note is usually one of those three notes. In some cases you can reverse engineer the chords based off the melody like you mentioned. But the problem is sometimes the melody isn’t a chord tone, but rather what’s called a tension. So in those cases the melody and the chords are almost completely unrelated, and that trick won’t ever get you close to the right chord. For example in Firework by Katy Perry she sings a Bb, but the chord is Ab. Then she lands on C, but the chord is a Bbm. So that’s an example of a melody that’s not built out from the chords at all. Hope that makes sense. It’s much better to focus on the chords as their own thing. If you watch the above video I give you a better way to think about it (in my opinion!)
@@CoreyLennox I agree! It only works for simpler songs like traditional Christmas carols, for example. But it is an excellent way to help one experience quick and early success playing piano by ear. I played piano for 40+ years (relying 100% on sheet music and rote memory) and could never play songs by ear and play songs in any key signature. The moment I figured out this simple reverse engineering process (by simply seeing the melody-root intervals on the keyboard instead hearing them, thus “playing by sight” as opposed to “playing by ear”), I was suddenly and literally able to play songs for hours on end and play them in any key. It surprised the heck out of me, my wife and my kids when they heard me playing songs for the first time for hours on end! It was an incredible Eureka moment!!👍 In the end, this sudden success gave me the confidence and foundation on which to learn and analyze new and more complex harmonic patterns like the one you describe above. Before that, deep and lengthy explanations on how to add chords to any song with all the music theory lingo just confused, mentally overloaded, and frustrated me, having no effect on my ability to mental apply them while playing the piano.
@@CoreyLennox Yes, the trick is to learn how to identify a passing melody note played on the strong beat like the passing note in hap-py-BIRTH-day so that you play the melodic note immediately following the passing note as note 1, 3, or 5 of the chord. So when you hear tension on the strong beat, it is likely as passing note, or you are entering the middle development section of a song.
I have just begun your Play by Ear course... and am thrilled. All sorts of new light bulbs are tuning on in my head for the first time....Thank you for being brilliant you!!!!!! Claudia
Heck yeah! I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying it so far, and that you’re having those awesome lightbulb moments! By the way, I’m thinking of updating the course to make it even more fun and interactive, so if I ever do you’ve got lifetime access. Thanks Claudia and piano on! 🙌
WOW! This was an amazing tutorial. This totally made sense to me and I've never heard it explained like this. You make it so simple. I'm an "older" beginner. I've dabbled over the years in learning chords by memorizing them. This really gives me so many more tools. I just signed up for the course. Thank you!
Thank you so much for this. I remember my brother practicing the intervals as kids and we would scoff at it. Now I’m learning how to play the piano and I see so much value in what he was doing. He’s now a pro at piano. Thanks for teaching this course with so much empathy and a great spirit.
Oh my gosh.... Thank you. This is very good for me as a guitarist. I knew about the 1,4,5, and you gave me so many bonuses adding the 6.. I actually used my get ready for work time to watch this. Thanks. Well worth it and will watch it again. I saved it.
Thanks, Corey. The subject of ear training had always been a bit of a mystery to me. Also, your explanation of the 1-5 chords was so helpful. I never understood why they were useful to know. I will check out your course.
as sumone who was born musically gifted i assume from previous lifetime i understood everything you taught in the same context that you showed us...,and i dont take credit for a gift i was born with...but since i didnt know the "actual musical terminology" at the time i always wanted to convey to others how uncomplicated music can be and YOU SUMMED IT UP EXACTLY THE WAY I WANTED TO SHOW OTHERS THAT MUSIC can be EVERYONES GIFT to write and play..... but i could never find the right words...THANK YOU for showing others that we ALL can get closer to music language and express emotions and enjoy it on a deeper level!
You are great at explaining the piano. Thank you for the instruction. I don’t have perfect pitch either but I have a great ear for music and your explanations made complete sense.
This is excellent. Im teaching myself to play piano (i read music, know chord structure and scales) but found left hand really difficult. I now feel confident to progress.
The pivot test is fab! :) would never have thought to try that before so thanks for showing me a really cool skill. You really know your stuff and it makes playing by ear so much easier. I’ve played classical piano pieces for like 15 years but trying to play by ear scares the hell out of me! I can manage playing some simple tunes and putting block chords to the melodies but that’s about it. No idea how to try to make the accompaniment more interesting. You have a really clear way of breaking down the sometimes scary world of starting to play by ear so big congrats to you! :) would definitely recommend you to other people I know that are interested in this. Thanks a mil! :) I just visited your website too And Oh my Gosh! :) Can’t believe you’re a Berklee College of Music Allumnus! :) I got to visit that college and would have loved to have studied there! :) Very impressive :) Like you, no piano teacher ever taught me how to improvise or learn to play music through listening to tracks, always had to use sheet music which is such a pain! :) Thank you for posting this video! :) It’s brilliant! :) I’m very interested in your course.
Be kind to yourself Rebecca - you are an experienced sight-reader but let yourself be a rookie ear-player. Have fun and only measure how far you've come, not how far you have to go.
This video joins the dots of so many things I already knew but couldn't connect. I now "get" the solfège thing - it connects to the music whereas knowing the scale degree numbers is merely intellectual knowledge. I'm definitely going to start using it. I wish YT had offered this video to me when you posted it.
Very well explained video. Got me interested. In the last six months I taught myself how to play the keyboard and have composed and done many of my own. But this is really going to help me. Thanks again
I'm the humming baseline kinda person when listening to music, then adding chord configuration. I appreciate you because this is the first time I was explained correctly and understandably the I, ii, III progression and the do, re mi melody etc...Thanks.
Incredibly concise, 30,000 ft. view of ear training. Thank you. You have a knack for teaching. I've seen this in separate videos elsewhere, but first time in one relatively short video. I especially like your tip of going for the bass notes instead of the melody when trying to figure out the chords. Alas, I'm learning guitar, and I wish the notes were laid out as clearly as the piano.
Each fret is a semitone (half step). Sits quite east to think of them in the same way as black and white piano keys as long as you know what the stri gs are.
Been watching videos on learning piano and this is by far the best video I've seen explaining how it all fits together. Great job man. You're one heck of a good teacher. 👍
Hi Corey, that is a pretty amazing video, I never looked at it this way. I have a lot of difficulty recognizing especially chords, a bit less with the melody/solfege, and never thought of your method of finding the right key either. I am going to practice it this way, maybe sign up for your course, first see what happens. Thanks for putting this together.
After 10 years of failing to learn piano finally I can appreciate music more in another level please do soukous music or Congolese music they had been doing these songs for years and never fall into the same categories I will be choc to hear more Congolese music in piano
This guy makes ear training easy! Finally someone has the talent to teach the theories right! Do more brother! Will be waiting for part 2 and 3rd part . Just don't rush it , keep it simple!! 💵🫑💵🫑💵. Please name the letters you play! This makes it better for beginners to LEARN!!
Sorry,. Don't like Billy Joe or Nora Jones , they sound like they had too many drinks!! Cold Play and One.Repubic songs are good or Aldel's songs... Just to name a few! Journey songs are good like Don't Stop Believing! Keep up the good work! 💐🌠💐🌠💐
I love Coldplay and Journey too! So glad you found this video helpful. I finally put up a follow up video last week so make sure to check that out if you haven't yet! ✌🏻
Corey is just dynamite! He has an excellent way of getting the message across for dummies like me.. I met high class teachers that DO NOT know how to teach in a SIMPLE language... Corey do NOT stop 🛑 🩸🛑🩸 teaching on TH-cam because we will suffer with out ALL of your methods! NOT joking brother! NO BS here! ! Keep using famous POP songs for examples! My best respect to you! ✨🔥✨🔥✨
Great overview. A few additional tips: Learn lots of melodies on an instrument. The associations between fingers and sound are super useful even without an instrument in hand. This "pivot test" will fail many songs, like "Material Girl" (except the choruses) because it's testing a particular mode. And of course minor key songs aren't really "centered on vi" but for beginners this isn't such a big deal. You'll eventually learn to think of minor scales as 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 instead of 6 7 1 2 3 4 5. But even the latter can be useful playing by ear. Just different perspectives. Do Re Mi...: You can just sing/think scale degrees 1, 2, 3... Obviously singing "seven" or even "flat seven" would be clunky, but you generally don't need to sing them. You can *think* b7 in 1 instance. Constructing the major scale: In the spirit of ear training you really should do this by ear. If you check your work and it's wrong, you've got a more pressing problem: You don't know the major scale. You need to have the major scale *burned into memory* and recognize any alterations, arguably first thing. I'd suggest learners focus on the component scale degrees (particularly the root) for identifying chords. Thinking about the scale degrees will be critical later on identifying extensions, too, even if advanced players can recognize extensions by flavor. Attributes are just too context-dependent IMO.
A fair critique, you really know your stuff! Totally agreed on learning a lot of different melodies, that's one of the best things you can do. The pivot test isn't perfect, but it does work in a vast majority of cases. But you're right if a song is doing something modal, or has a flat 7 or something, it won't be as effective. Also totally agreed on thinking "1,2,3" I think I either mentioned that in this video, or maybe it was another one on my channel, but that way is far more intuitive as you pointed out. The only reason I differentiate while teaching is to keep students clear on when I'm talking about melody vs. when I'm talking about chords. As for attributes vs. scale degrees, I do talk about both here (I refer to the latter as "humming the bass note") so people can be equipped with either method. But the reason I actually like the chord characteristics is that hunting scale degrees requires an instrument at first, whereas characteristics can be done just by listening in a lot of cases. And the more practice you get, the more durable your recognition of those characteristics are despite the surrounding context. Sincerely though, thank you for your input, you raise some great points. I'm surprised you're on a video like this since you already seem to have a good grasp of this stuff!
@@CoreyLennox Since I learned to play by ear in the 90s (and kinda don't remember the progression of my skills very well) it interests me how modern educators teach it.
I try to learn/ play fiddle tunes by ear on mandolin. If I slow the tune down from TH-cam, and take a measure of 8 1/8th notes at a time, or combination to make 8 notes in 4/4 time, I can usually get a tune. I will then write out the tablature to check the organization of the melody with the scale for the key.
Hi Corey, Thank you for taking the time to make this video. For me it has connected so many questions I have had about ear training and music theory. Your teaching style is calm and pleasant too. Really appreciate this and I have already shared it. I will check out your course on ear training but this video was HUGE!! 😊
This is so good, providing a fundamental basis for music. I learned melody and chords on a piano accordion when I was thirteen, where the left hand buttons have I and IV in the row below and V in the row above, that is, the diagonal/horizontal rows as you stand up with it hanging from your shoulders. The bass note C has a dimple (much like the home keys on an old typewriter) and the C major chord next along that row, with C minor next to that. So, you have the chord buttons within just a small area allowing you to provide a bass/chord rhythm of any music genre, from Argentinian tango to French musette, say. To go to a different scale, you drop the whole pattern by one row nearer the ground - it goes to the F major. Or if you move it further from the ground, it goes to G major. Big epithany.... going to F major, you add one flat to the scale, and to G major, you add one sharp. And if you go one row further from that, you get two sharps, or the key of D major and so on.
You cover it all very well. How about adding one thing to your presentation. When you explain the half and whole steps: Always signal the number one (1) before you state the whole step and half step sequence. It goes: "One, Whole Step, Whole Step, half step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, half step". For me, using the number one, which indicates the Tonic note of whatever major (Ionian) mode you are building from that note makes it easier to remember, because it is the starting point, the foundation. Your presentation is excellent. After all these years, I am still training my ears, so this is why your course introduction maintained my interest. Thank you.
I started playing piano a year ago never intending to ever write my own music or figure out how to play a song by ear. But with your videos I’m kind of interested in trying! Thank you!
Great teaching method. You make it sound easy, and the whole video flows. I've learned a lot of techniques, which make every sense, without having to learn how to read music. Thank you!
Glad I could help! Yeah I know reading music isn't for everyone. I think everyone should at least learn the basics, but playing by ear can definitely be quicker for a lot of people
Hello 👋 Lennox Greetings from Kenya🇰🇪 , your video 📷 just popped out and somehow decided to listen to what you have and you just solved my 2yr problem ,beginner guitarist. You are my first blessing in 2023🥳👏🏾.
but one question. in the melody chunk section, how do i cook up the combinations when i completely dont have idea what to choose. can you give some suggestions ?
Really very meaningful for all music lovers ❤️ thanks you very much for giving such sensible knowledge. Harmonization is rather tough than a melodic instrument including our own voice box.❤❤❤
It's definitely a tricky skill, but I've taught it to many people and I believe anyone can learn it. Some people are quicker and some are slower, but everyone can get there eventually if they put in the time.
You, Julie Andrews, the Sound of Music and the Solfeggio just turned me into a professional musician. I don't know what mic you're using but you should drop it. (said no sound man ever)
Mr. Lennox, It's 1am and I can't gush to anyone else and you do deserve the credit.. You helped me to have an epiphany!! I played piano for a yr or so in my early grade school life. I hated it, lol. But it turns out it was useful after all. I'm in my early 40's now and learning theory/guitar/bass. But I'm extremely visual. Training my ear has been tough. My tutor assures me I do have ear training already bc I hear certain chords of a song I'm learning and will instantly realize another song that sounds similar. I didn't believe him. Well tonight I remembered what I believe was hot cross buns or something, lol. I thought will this work for guitar? Obviously it does. I'm stoked!! I already DO recognize those on the guitar. I've learned since I started this journey in 2020. I love to stand in my own way much of the time. Lol. You see, I'm losing some old bad coping methods and gaining music instead. It's amazing!! Thank you for helping me to figure this out. I know it's silly, figuring this out after what 3 years but I love to bully myself which hinders learning. Tonight, I Won!! Thank you and your voice is amazing. You have serious power!!
You’ll definitely be a good musician if you’re overly critical of yourself haha. Seems to be a common feature among us! But it really is better to be patient and celebrate the victories along the way, which it sounds like you’re doing. Remember you’re only gonna get better and better from here!
@@CoreyLennox I know. When I started, I was totally confused about the fret board. It's not actually hard, lol. I taught my daughter in 30 minutes. But I was standing in front of myself determined I was too stupid to figure out. I was wrong. I've come too far to stop now.
Brilliant Corey. One of the best ear training methods out there and I've seen a few. Not only do you show the right way, but equally important is show what the results would be, if it's wrong. Like driving a car for the first time. All good to operate a vehicle but knowing what an incorrect input will do the vehicle is equally important. I play guitar btw.
You are such a great teacher, Ive been listening to many of these tutorials and nothing made sense until I listened to yours. Thanks, I will definitely put the information into practice. Grear job, keep up the good work!
Best instruction video ever. Every thing brought to the table, no things that can be learned somewhere else. Back to the necessities. Want to learn "do re mi" for every melody soon. Thank you and Best Regards Bert
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video . I tried so many methods for the ear training and wasted so much time , and this method gave me a good idea of what it is. Thank you for giving me hope . You are a BEST TEACHER. Your students are so lucky to have a legend training them . Thank you so much.
Here in South America we call the notes: do re mi fa sol la si do. It's latin. These names of the notes were created by the Italian Monk Guido D'Arezzo (995-1050).😊. Btw, all the movements of a song are written in Italian: alegro, alegreto, pianissimo, etc...
This video felt so absolutely helpful and logical, that I am thinking about getting your course. Not because I think this video doesnt cut it, but because everything you said seemed to work easily, and if you say there is value in the course on top of this video, I believe you! Thank you. This has been phenomenal. I always feel that if I ever make it big, I am going to remember these resources and give credit where credif is due. Thank you man. This has been super helpful.
This has been so helpful. Definitely thinking of saving up a bit and buying your course! Playing by ear has been a lifelong dream, thanks for bringing home the point that you CAN do well with relative pitch ❤
when I was younger I could pick up almost any instrument and get a tune out of it. I have still got it, a little bit, but it is going fast. I am 87 and I have just bought an electric key board. Here we go. Thank you for this video. Ken.
If you don’t know what note a song should start on, hum do mi so (1,3,5) then you easily find the start note of your tune. Works for probably 99% of songs.
Finally, someone with do, re, mi❤ the piano i bought for my son 20 years ago, when he thought he wanted to learn, will finally be put to some use😊; DNA analogy absolutely won me over if i still had any residual doubts
I really enjoyed your video HOWEVER :) I can't agree that dim chords are not used in modern music, or used very sparingly - yeah those "copy - paste" top 20 hits will rarely use it, but many more involved pieces (I am still talking pop, rock...) will make a good use of it ;)
So uh... sorry my singing was garbage in this video. Shouldn't have filmed it first thing in the morning 😅
But! If you want to learn more about my full "Piano By Ear" course, be sure to check it out here: bit.ly/piano-by-ear-coreylennox
It's a step-by-step video course that walks you through exactly what you need to do to be able to play songs just by listening to them.
The course includes specific action steps, audio exercises, and worksheets... I wanted to make sure that this is as interactive and clear as possible.
So it's not just watching a bunch of lectures. You're actually learning and applying the new concepts every step of the way.
Don't believe me? On the "Piano By Ear" info page I've got real examples of people who've used my methods to play their favorite songs with NO sheet music.
One warning: I'm offering the course at the current price for the next 6 people only... After that the offer comes down and the price goes up.
So if you want to learn how to play by ear the most effective way possible, don't wait around!
Definitely not. Your singing is excellent. You possess a lot of talent to sing and play music.
My main Music is Guitar but Im interested to your all video,
Loved your voice, even in the rough
December 16 2022 . Learn guitar 🎸. What your are teaching is SPECIAL. Hopefully I can learn this . Thank you for this video.
December 16 2022 . Learn guitar 🎸. What your are teaching is SPECIAL. Hopefully I can learn this . Thank you for this video.
Corey, where were you 60 years ago when I was trying to develop my ear?!? BUT, I'm so thankful for you NOW! I'll be 85 next week and will try to put it into practice. I tried to be a music major but could not crack ear-training. I learned more from this episode and two semesters in college. So uncomplicated and practical!!
I hope you had a great birthday Robert.
That is amazing to hear Robert!! I'm so glad I was able to help finally put some of the pieces together. Happy belated birthday my man!
Very good way to teach!!! But with all my respect, I want to correct you with the note ti,,, is not ti is SI DO RE MI FA SOL LA SI…
@@blancahunt7736 Hey Blanca! I address that in my follow up video here: th-cam.com/video/HmBWzpl68MY/w-d-xo.html
This is exactly why I will most likely not go to college 😂 waste of time, honestly. College is overhyped
When my grandmother tried to teach me to play by ear she played with do, ra, me. Didn’t make sense to me then nor now. I took piano lessons when I was seven. Didn’t have piano at home to practice but would go to Granny’s house on weekend and practice around. My granny tried to teach me to start playing by using only the black keys. Well those didn’t sound good. When I went for my lesson I’d try and play it by ear. My teacher said if I didn’t stop playing by ear I’d never learn to play piano. I basically learned the seven notes. I find if I listen to a song several times and learn the words and melody then I can set down and pick through the notes that sound good together and play the song. Your theory makes sense. I wish others taught your way. I’m 82 years old now and can play any song I know. Guess I showed that teacher! Please everyone, listen to this man’s technique of playing by ear! He will teach you how to play the piano!
Sounds like you've figured it out on your own over the years! Yeah most piano methods start on the black keys then move to the white. It works, but it takes some time. If you're inclined to play by ear then that's always going to be quicker than using a lesson book :) Thanks for watching!
Here's what I tell my students:
Reading music is great if you have access to the music. ( with Utube and Google that is now possible, but was not always available in earlier years ) If you play only by ear, you are limited by your own ability. If you use both- then you can hear the genius of others, and enhance your own ability by that and then you open yourself to limitless, more advance playing.
Same with me - learned to play by ear w/o knowing what I was doing. Then started piano lessons, was told to drop the ear. Argh! If it weren’t for my ear I would have stopped! You need both!
I just watched over 10 different instructors and 20 hours of highly rated tutorials from all over the internet on playing by ear and improvising, and you provided the best value in the time given - as I build my course on improvising and enjoying music by ear, I'll definitely use similar methods. Thanks for providing such great value, keep up the great work!
Wow, that's great to hear Jimmy! I'm really flattered that my video stood out to you. Thanks for watching and keep the music alive my friend.
Thank you Sir.I already buy 7 pianos and 11 guitar during my live and never find the righ method after having 7 or 8 teacher.
But I am sure this time I find the good one.
You are fantastic.
Tell me about your entire course.I am really interested.
Thank you
Thankyou 🎉for your enthusiasm 😊 you love music like me and it really shows❤ You are an inspiration ❤God Bless😊
Thank you so much. Now I'm studying piano at 68 so happy with it. From Thailand.❤🎉
@@ubonwansingpanomchai2864 music is a gift from God I sing and play piano by ear and reading music is a bonus Sheila Duke
I had a music professor who kept repeating for two years, music is very difficult! Lol and he never shared anything except that it's difficult!
Thank you very much for decoding this amazing language. In 30 minutes you actually answered 60% of questions I had for many many years and was trying to find in hundreds of videos!! Thank you very very much! That's a great video! You are really good at teaching music! ❤
That's always annoys me! People make it out to be like rocket science or something, when really you can learn most of the basics in a couple hours. I'm glad I was able to help answer some of those questions. What was in the other 40%?
@@CoreyLennox ahaha! Thank you very much! Chords, composition, memorizing every single note and where it is on the instruments. How to nail the perfect pitch. Where to find sources for different musical notes, like the naming is different sometimes but it expresses the same notes. Also the different octaves vs the different levels or progression haha I guess you just need to practice millions of times until you nail it then you start speaking
@@neyamaaty Gotcha! Always good to know what questions people have for future videos. The note names are definitely dependent on the specific instrument you're using. But one I can help you with is the different note names referring to the same notes. Typically that comes from the scale, where we want to have one of each letter.
So an F scale would be F, G, A *Bb*, C... not F, G, A, *A#*, C because the second one is missing the letter B. Hope that makes sense!
When I studied in a musical school (in Western Europe in the 80s) our teacher used to play a simple melody for us, then we briefly discussed it, found the main notes and then he played it twice for us and we wrote it down. That was the best ear training exercise ever! Your video reminds me of that.
This is the exact method I use with my students! First time I've seen someone else do it. And you did it SO WELL!!
Corey you are a great teacher. You have a positive mental attitude, a pleasant voice, and a structured way in explaining things.
Thank you so much! I put a ton of work into these videos, so that means a lot.
Yes absolutely....
So smooth to follow & understand
Everything you say I found out as a child. Then I had classical lessons from 9 years old till 12. Then I wanted to play Beatles and Rolling Stones and started listening by ear and play together with young friends. We learned by ourselves with what you teach in this lesson. It took us many years. I wished I had a teacher like you, it would have saved a lot of time. I am much more advanced than your lesson, still I watched it till the end. Keep on with the good work, you are very sympathetic.
Yeah it's definitely possible to learn this on your own! That's what I did too... but like you're saying, it took a LONG time to figure this all out! Keep on rocking Evita!
My friend and I, in our teens, learned an amazing amount from playing Beatles songs, he on his guitar and me with my accordion. I learned bass guitar from McCartney's bass; as a result, I got into a band and spent two happy years playing with others.
I want to say thank you from across the pond. You have done in minutes what I have been trying for the past lifetime. Your explanation is perfect. If you were here I would hug you . Over the top I know but I feel passion for music , its in me and wants to come out . I could not wait to the end iof the tutorial to let you know my feelings. THANK YOU .
Took organ lessons for 5 years as a child. Always wanted to just play, not have to read, music. I didn't realize one could "learn" to play by ear. I've always wanted to play piano but was not great coordinating the left hand with the melody. Reading both at the same time was difficult. I'm finding this video fascinating. I can't wait to try this out. Thanks so very much.
Though I learnt to play piano 20 years ago,and also played by ear, your lesson has cleared a few doubts that I had. I am 81 now!! Thanks
Meenaxi Phukan
India
You're the first I've seen so far to use do-re-mi, instead of A,B,C, which makes it MUCH easier for me personally to follow since that's how I've learned the notes since I think it's how Europe does it in general. Never seen A-B-C used around here.
Here in America, it feels like the opposite. I agree that this feels very easy to learn and remember, but I’ve never heard anyone else call them the one chord, the five chord, etc. I’ll hear, “Start with a C chord and then move to a G.” They’re the same thing, but I feel like I’d be speaking a whole different language than other musicians. Same with the melodies. It’s never “Try, ‘ do re mi do re me’,” it’s “try ‘C D E C D E.”
I’m just worried that I’ll have to do a lot of translation to speak music with other musicians.
ETA he did it himself later when showing how to pick up U2s With Or Without You. He picked out D A B G, not ii vi vii v.
Hey Miss Chris! You probably aren’t far enough along in your guitar journey to have hear of I, IV, V or that nomenclature, but you ABSOLUTELY will use it to communicate short-hand with other musicians.
For example, you can communicate a key change in a song (if, say, the singer needs to sing in a different key) quickly and easily.
If you learn to play the blues, you will become VERY familiar with the I, IV, V chords. And a shit ton of well known songs are I, IV, V.
There are tons of basic music theory videos on TH-cam that can walk you through it. It is quite fascinating, really. :)
Hey Miss Chris! You probably aren’t far enough along in your music journey to have heard of I, IV, V or that nomenclature, but you ABSOLUTELY will be able to use it to communicate short-hand with other musicians.
For example, you can communicate a key change in a song (if, say, the singer needs to sing in a different key) quickly and easily.
If you learn to play the blues, you will become VERY familiar with the I, IV, V chords. And a shit ton of well known songs are I, IV, V.
There are tons of basic music theory videos on TH-cam that can walk you through it. It is quite fascinating, really. :)
@@My-Channel_forever I only play piano. Do many others (in the US) use it for piano?
Do ra mi is the preferred method.Thats what we used at McMaster School of Music.
I've been playing guitar since I was a kid, about 25 years ago. I just like jamming out chords. I understand your music theory. I've never understood it until today. You made it make so much more sense. Thank you
Heck yeah I love to hear that!
Been playing guitar for 40 years and piano for about 6 months and have heard versions of this stuff over the years but I think I've finally found the definitive method for putting it all together. Will be checking out your course! Thanks for this!
This guy is too good.
Indeed, the ability to teach is a skill.
Ear train unheard of using scale for melody, immediately identifying 1-2-3-4 chord patterns, up from the every other note path, then matching chord application to songs. “DNA” song patterns. Man, this is just genius!
Love this! I play advanced literature, but to hear melody and chords and play is crazy. Wonderful approach just by ear!
Thanks for sharing your tips! When I realized that the root note of an accompanying chord played with the melodic notes played on the down beats is either 1, 3 or 5 note intervals BELOW the melodic note, I was able to suddenly play songs (even when I'm improvising my own melodies) by ear on piano. I explain these steps in just 55 words in my poem titled “I Can Jive in 55!”
To play song by ear
end song on note C
to make learning easy
by avoiding black keys.
To add chords to song
play root BELOW melody
on each down beat
at intervals -1, -5, or -3.
Now play each chord
by rolling ABOVE root
the notes 5, 8, 10
then add notes to suit.
Hey Allan! That’s a great rule of thumb, but it doesn’t always work that way. What you’re referring to is that usually the melody note is a chord tone. So if the LH chord is a C major chord (CEG) the melody note is usually one of those three notes.
In some cases you can reverse engineer the chords based off the melody like you mentioned. But the problem is sometimes the melody isn’t a chord tone, but rather what’s called a tension. So in those cases the melody and the chords are almost completely unrelated, and that trick won’t ever get you close to the right chord.
For example in Firework by Katy Perry she sings a Bb, but the chord is Ab. Then she lands on C, but the chord is a Bbm. So that’s an example of a melody that’s not built out from the chords at all. Hope that makes sense.
It’s much better to focus on the chords as their own thing. If you watch the above video I give you a better way to think about it (in my opinion!)
@@CoreyLennox I agree! It only works for simpler songs like traditional Christmas carols, for example. But it is an excellent way to help one experience quick and early success playing piano by ear. I played piano for 40+ years (relying 100% on sheet music and rote memory) and could never play songs by ear and play songs in any key signature.
The moment I figured out this simple reverse engineering process (by simply seeing the melody-root intervals on the keyboard instead hearing them, thus “playing by sight” as opposed to “playing by ear”), I was suddenly and literally able to play songs for hours on end and play them in any key. It surprised the heck out of me, my wife and my kids when they heard me playing songs for the first time for hours on end! It was an incredible Eureka moment!!👍
In the end, this sudden success gave me the confidence and foundation on which to learn and analyze new and more complex harmonic patterns like the one you describe above. Before that, deep and lengthy explanations on how to add chords to any song with all the music theory lingo just confused, mentally overloaded, and frustrated me, having no effect on my ability to mental apply them while playing the piano.
@@CoreyLennox Yes, the trick is to learn how to identify a passing melody note played on the strong beat like the passing note in hap-py-BIRTH-day so that you play the melodic note immediately following the passing note as note 1, 3, or 5 of the chord.
So when you hear tension on the strong beat, it is likely as passing note, or you are entering the middle development section of a song.
I have just begun your Play by Ear course... and am thrilled. All sorts of new light bulbs are tuning on in my head for the first time....Thank you for being brilliant you!!!!!! Claudia
Heck yeah! I’m glad to hear you’re enjoying it so far, and that you’re having those awesome lightbulb moments!
By the way, I’m thinking of updating the course to make it even more fun and interactive, so if I ever do you’ve got lifetime access. Thanks Claudia and piano on! 🙌
You are truly the best music teacher on youtube I have ever listened. You give all the details that all music students want to learn.
That means so much! I'm glad you got a lot of value out of this 🙂
All the years l spent with my teacher, learning nothing lm 65 learned a great deal in 5 minutes from you. Thankyou for sharing ❤
What kind of teacher did you have????
WOW! This was an amazing tutorial. This totally made sense to me and I've never heard it explained like this. You make it so simple. I'm an "older" beginner. I've dabbled over the years in learning chords by memorizing them. This really gives me so many more tools. I just signed up for the course. Thank you!
Tammy since it has been 3 months since you signed up for the course how has it been?
Thank you so much for this. I remember my brother practicing the intervals as kids and we would scoff at it. Now I’m learning how to play the piano and I see so much value in what he was doing. He’s now a pro at piano. Thanks for teaching this course with so much empathy and a great spirit.
Simple and efective explanation showing the structure of one music any styles.congratulations Master!
Oh my gosh.... Thank you. This is very good for me as a guitarist. I knew about the 1,4,5, and you gave me so many bonuses adding the 6.. I actually used my get ready for work time to watch this. Thanks. Well worth it and will watch it again. I saved it.
This is one of the most enjoyable videos I've ever watched! You have a very nice, natural personality.
Best theory lesson ever!
I really appreciate that! I try to be as honest as I can, but it's always a little weird talking to the camera lol
Thank you! This is great info!
Thanks, Corey. The subject of ear training had always been a bit of a mystery to me. Also, your explanation of the 1-5 chords was so helpful. I never understood why they were useful to know. I will check out your course.
Selina since it has been 3 months since you signed up for the course how has it been?
You are right nobody explains like you do . Yr a good teacher .
Very interesting. I’ve never looked at music this way before. Thank you for the great session Corey!
Of course! Glad I could present a fresh way of thinking about it
@@CoreyLennox Just Si and not Ti!?...in French....
as sumone who was born musically gifted i assume from previous lifetime i understood everything you taught in the same context that you showed us...,and i dont take credit for a gift i was born with...but since i didnt know the "actual musical terminology" at the time i always wanted to convey to others how uncomplicated music can be and YOU SUMMED IT UP EXACTLY THE WAY I WANTED TO SHOW OTHERS THAT MUSIC can be EVERYONES GIFT to write and play..... but i could never find the right words...THANK YOU for showing others that we ALL can get closer to music language and express emotions and enjoy it on a deeper level!
id like to remind everyone commenting on how amazing this is that there is no substitute for practice repetition and time.
Couldn’t agree more!
You are great at explaining the piano. Thank you for the instruction. I don’t have perfect pitch either but I have a great ear for music and your explanations made complete sense.
I'm glad to hear it! Yeah most people like you and me don't have perfect pitch, BUT we still have way more tools in our toolbox than we realize!
This is excellent. Im teaching myself to play piano (i read music, know chord structure and scales) but found left hand really difficult. I now feel confident to progress.
The pivot test is fab! :) would never have thought to try that before so thanks for showing me a really cool skill. You really know your stuff and it makes playing by ear so much easier. I’ve played classical piano pieces for like 15 years but trying to play by ear scares the hell out of me! I can manage playing some simple tunes and putting block chords to the melodies but that’s about it. No idea how to try to make the accompaniment more interesting. You have a really clear way of breaking down the sometimes scary world of starting to play by ear so big congrats to you! :) would definitely recommend you to other people I know that are interested in this. Thanks a mil! :) I just visited your website too And Oh my Gosh! :) Can’t believe you’re a Berklee College of Music Allumnus! :) I got to visit that college and would have loved to have studied there! :) Very impressive :) Like you, no piano teacher ever taught me how to improvise or learn to play music through listening to tracks, always had to use sheet music which is such a pain! :) Thank you for posting this video! :) It’s brilliant! :) I’m very interested in your course.
Be kind to yourself Rebecca - you are an experienced sight-reader but let yourself be a rookie ear-player. Have fun and only measure how far you've come, not how far you have to go.
This video joins the dots of so many things I already knew but couldn't connect. I now "get" the solfège thing - it connects to the music whereas knowing the scale degree numbers is merely intellectual knowledge. I'm definitely going to start using it. I wish YT had offered this video to me when you posted it.
Very well explained video. Got me interested. In the last six months I taught myself how to play the keyboard and have composed and done many of my own. But this is really going to help me. Thanks again
I'm the humming baseline kinda person when listening to music, then adding chord configuration. I appreciate you because this is the first time I was explained correctly and understandably the I, ii, III progression and the do, re mi melody etc...Thanks.
Yes! I'm glad to hear all the pieces are coming together!
Incredibly concise, 30,000 ft. view of ear training. Thank you. You have a knack for teaching. I've seen this in separate videos elsewhere, but first time in one relatively short video. I especially like your tip of going for the bass notes instead of the melody when trying to figure out the chords. Alas, I'm learning guitar, and I wish the notes were laid out as clearly as the piano.
He has guitars on his wall. Maybe he has some tips!
It is a little trickier on guitar, but it's the same basic concepts. I always come back to the piano in my mind since that's what I started on!
Each fret is a semitone (half step). Sits quite east to think of them in the same way as black and white piano keys as long as you know what the stri gs are.
Been watching videos on learning piano and this is by far the best video I've seen explaining how it all fits together. Great job man. You're one heck of a good teacher. 👍
Hi Corey, that is a pretty amazing video, I never looked at it this way. I have a lot of difficulty recognizing especially chords, a bit less with the melody/solfege, and never thought of your method of finding the right key either. I am going to practice it this way, maybe sign up for your course, first see what happens. Thanks for putting this together.
Thanks I really needed it I am I learnt in 1 week worth it
Great work! You just explained things to me that I could not wrap my head arround 15 years ago when I started playing bass.
I am so glad I stumbled upon your videos! You are such an amazing teacher and musician!!! Thank you so much!
After 10 years of failing to learn piano finally I can appreciate music more in another level please do soukous music or Congolese music they had been doing these songs for years and never fall into the same categories I will be choc to hear more Congolese music in piano
This guy makes ear training easy! Finally someone has the talent to teach the theories right! Do more brother! Will be waiting for part 2 and 3rd part . Just don't rush it , keep it simple!! 💵🫑💵🫑💵. Please name the letters you play! This makes it better for beginners to LEARN!!
Sorry,. Don't like Billy Joe or Nora Jones , they sound like they had too many drinks!! Cold Play and One.Repubic songs are good or Aldel's songs... Just to name a few! Journey songs are good like Don't Stop Believing! Keep up the good work! 💐🌠💐🌠💐
I love Coldplay and Journey too! So glad you found this video helpful. I finally put up a follow up video last week so make sure to check that out if you haven't yet! ✌🏻
I'm glad you enjoy these! I had a lot of fun making this so I think that shines through!
Corey is just dynamite! He has an excellent way of getting the message across for dummies like me.. I met high class teachers that DO NOT know how to teach in a SIMPLE language... Corey do NOT stop 🛑 🩸🛑🩸 teaching on TH-cam because we will suffer with out ALL of your methods! NOT joking brother! NO BS here! ! Keep using famous POP songs for examples! My best respect to you! ✨🔥✨🔥✨
@@teedtad2534 You rock my friend!! Thanks for the encouragement, I’ll keep on making new content as best I can!✌🏻🎹🍻
Great overview. A few additional tips:
Learn lots of melodies on an instrument. The associations between fingers and sound are super useful even without an instrument in hand.
This "pivot test" will fail many songs, like "Material Girl" (except the choruses) because it's testing a particular mode. And of course minor key songs aren't really "centered on vi" but for beginners this isn't such a big deal. You'll eventually learn to think of minor scales as 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 instead of 6 7 1 2 3 4 5. But even the latter can be useful playing by ear. Just different perspectives.
Do Re Mi...: You can just sing/think scale degrees 1, 2, 3... Obviously singing "seven" or even "flat seven" would be clunky, but you generally don't need to sing them. You can *think* b7 in 1 instance.
Constructing the major scale: In the spirit of ear training you really should do this by ear. If you check your work and it's wrong, you've got a more pressing problem: You don't know the major scale. You need to have the major scale *burned into memory* and recognize any alterations, arguably first thing.
I'd suggest learners focus on the component scale degrees (particularly the root) for identifying chords. Thinking about the scale degrees will be critical later on identifying extensions, too, even if advanced players can recognize extensions by flavor. Attributes are just too context-dependent IMO.
A fair critique, you really know your stuff! Totally agreed on learning a lot of different melodies, that's one of the best things you can do.
The pivot test isn't perfect, but it does work in a vast majority of cases. But you're right if a song is doing something modal, or has a flat 7 or something, it won't be as effective.
Also totally agreed on thinking "1,2,3" I think I either mentioned that in this video, or maybe it was another one on my channel, but that way is far more intuitive as you pointed out. The only reason I differentiate while teaching is to keep students clear on when I'm talking about melody vs. when I'm talking about chords.
As for attributes vs. scale degrees, I do talk about both here (I refer to the latter as "humming the bass note") so people can be equipped with either method. But the reason I actually like the chord characteristics is that hunting scale degrees requires an instrument at first, whereas characteristics can be done just by listening in a lot of cases. And the more practice you get, the more durable your recognition of those characteristics are despite the surrounding context.
Sincerely though, thank you for your input, you raise some great points. I'm surprised you're on a video like this since you already seem to have a good grasp of this stuff!
@@CoreyLennox Since I learned to play by ear in the 90s (and kinda don't remember the progression of my skills very well) it interests me how modern educators teach it.
I try to learn/ play fiddle tunes by ear on mandolin. If I slow the tune down from TH-cam, and take a measure of 8 1/8th notes at a time, or combination to make 8 notes in 4/4 time, I can usually get a tune. I will then write out the tablature to check the organization of the melody with the scale for the key.
Hi Corey, Thank you for taking the time to make this video. For me it has connected so many questions I have had about ear training and music theory. Your teaching style is calm and pleasant too. Really appreciate this and I have already shared it. I will check out your course on ear training but this video was HUGE!! 😊
That means a ton, I'm so glad you liked my style and that I was able to help!
Since it has been 5 months since you signed up for the course how has it been?
This is so good, providing a fundamental basis for music. I learned melody and chords on a piano accordion when I was thirteen, where the left hand buttons have I and IV in the row below and V in the row above, that is, the diagonal/horizontal rows as you stand up with it hanging from your shoulders.
The bass note C has a dimple (much like the home keys on an old typewriter) and the C major chord next along that row, with C minor next to that. So, you have the chord buttons within just a small area allowing you to provide a bass/chord rhythm of any music genre, from Argentinian tango to French musette, say. To go to a different scale, you drop the whole pattern by one row nearer the ground - it goes to the F major. Or if you move it further from the ground, it goes to G major.
Big epithany.... going to F major, you add one flat to the scale, and to G major, you add one sharp. And if you go one row further from that, you get two sharps, or the key of D major and so on.
Yes! That's getting into some circle of 5th stuff but you're exactly right!!
@@CoreyLennox This is exactly how I learned about the circle of 5ths. And to think: it was as easy as moving to the next column of buttons.
Super helped me to hear from many scales. Thank you so much for this video. I'm training my ear to play by ear.
Glad I could help!
You cover it all very well. How about adding one thing to your presentation. When you explain the half and whole steps: Always signal the number one (1) before you state the whole step and half step sequence. It goes: "One, Whole Step, Whole Step, half step, Whole Step, Whole Step, Whole Step, half step". For me, using the number one, which indicates the Tonic note of whatever major (Ionian) mode you are building from that note makes it easier to remember, because it is the starting point, the foundation. Your presentation is excellent. After all these years, I am still training my ears, so this is why your course introduction maintained my interest. Thank you.
That's a great point! I do a similar thing but instead of saying one, I say "starting note". Your way is definitely quicker!
95 years ago, this would have made me a good musician 😢😢😢😢
I started playing piano a year ago never intending to ever write my own music or figure out how to play a song by ear. But with your videos I’m kind of interested in trying! Thank you!
Glad I could help inspire you! Taking the first step is always the hardest!
I'm liking your videos man! Wish you'd do more of them😊
Sir, this was the Video i was searching for so many years. And I saw so many diffrent Videos about that. Thank you
Great teaching method. You make it sound easy, and the whole video flows.
I've learned a lot of techniques, which make every sense, without having to learn how to read music.
Thank you!
Glad I could help! Yeah I know reading music isn't for everyone. I think everyone should at least learn the basics, but playing by ear can definitely be quicker for a lot of people
Thank you Mr. Corey for the way you explain music theory and brake it down so one can understand the fundamentals of music theory. God bless you.😊
This gentleman deserve unlimited subscribers my first time watching him he got me big time 🌐
I appreciate that!
The Best, Clear explanation of playing by ear that I have ever come across -- well, done, extremely well done~!
Love the work you do aim to head. Great music and ever grateful I found this genre.
Hello 👋 Lennox Greetings from Kenya🇰🇪 , your video 📷 just popped out and somehow decided to listen to what you have and you just solved my 2yr problem ,beginner guitarist. You are my first blessing in 2023🥳👏🏾.
So glad I could help!! Cheers from the USA!
This absolutely works it just takes a lifetime of practice to master
It doesn't take as long as you might think! But you're right, some effort and practice is definitely required!
cool ! your opening remark just kicked with what i have been thinking recently. you summarized all these into "music is a language" ! kudos
but one question. in the melody chunk section, how do i cook up the combinations when i completely dont have idea what to choose. can you give some suggestions ?
Really very meaningful for all music lovers ❤️ thanks you very much for giving such sensible knowledge. Harmonization is rather tough than a melodic instrument including our own voice box.❤❤❤
Thank u! U not only taught how to play by ear but also how to sing!!! Really enjoyed and learned much from this video. Thanks again Corey
Thank you so much! so simple and relevant
No problem!
Playing by ear is easier said than done it's a gift
It's definitely a tricky skill, but I've taught it to many people and I believe anyone can learn it. Some people are quicker and some are slower, but everyone can get there eventually if they put in the time.
What a fantastic service you do to music Sir♥️ Thank you so much ❤️ I am so grateful to you
You, Julie Andrews, the Sound of Music and the Solfeggio just turned me into a professional musician. I don't know what mic you're using but you should drop it. (said no sound man ever)
I actually use the built in camera mic 🙈
Mr. Lennox,
It's 1am and I can't gush to anyone else and you do deserve the credit.. You helped me to have an epiphany!! I played piano for a yr or so in my early grade school life. I hated it, lol. But it turns out it was useful after all.
I'm in my early 40's now and learning theory/guitar/bass. But I'm extremely visual. Training my ear has been tough. My tutor assures me I do have ear training already bc I hear certain chords of a song I'm learning and will instantly realize another song that sounds similar. I didn't believe him. Well tonight I remembered what I believe was hot cross buns or something, lol. I thought will this work for guitar? Obviously it does. I'm stoked!! I already DO recognize those on the guitar. I've learned since I started this journey in 2020. I love to stand in my own way much of the time. Lol. You see, I'm losing some old bad coping methods and gaining music instead. It's amazing!! Thank you for helping me to figure this out. I know it's silly, figuring this out after what 3 years but I love to bully myself which hinders learning. Tonight, I Won!! Thank you and your voice is amazing. You have serious power!!
You’ll definitely be a good musician if you’re overly critical of yourself haha. Seems to be a common feature among us! But it really is better to be patient and celebrate the victories along the way, which it sounds like you’re doing. Remember you’re only gonna get better and better from here!
@@CoreyLennox I know. When I started, I was totally confused about the fret board. It's not actually hard, lol. I taught my daughter in 30 minutes. But I was standing in front of myself determined I was too stupid to figure out. I was wrong. I've come too far to stop now.
Corey, you are SO good at teaching music. This is another awesome video. I can’t wait to be taking direct lessons with you again.
Hit me up any time my man!
Yes. You make it simplified
Very beautifully explained. I teach guitar and play by ear and exactly how you train I train. God bless you Corey
This guy deserve more subscriber and Views..
I agree 😜
THANK YOU!! I've been able to play by ear since I started flute, but its not perfect and these help me so much in improving my ear training!!
This is so so helpful, thanks a lot!
You're welcome!
Brilliant Corey. One of the best ear training methods out there and I've seen a few. Not only do you show the right way, but equally important is show what the results would be, if it's wrong.
Like driving a car for the first time. All good to operate a vehicle but knowing what an incorrect input will do the vehicle is equally important.
I play guitar btw.
You are such a great teacher, Ive been listening to many of these tutorials and nothing made sense until I listened to yours. Thanks, I will definitely put the information into practice. Grear job, keep up the good work!
I'm so glad I was able to help! This stuff can definitely be a little confusing at first, but the more you practice the more it will make sense!
Best instruction video ever. Every thing brought to the table, no things that can be learned somewhere else. Back to the necessities. Want to learn "do re mi" for every melody soon. Thank you and Best Regards Bert
That's a high compliment Bert, thank you!
This is the music teacher I needed and never had lol. This is the best way to teach how to play the piano.
Boss, you are such a great teacher, thank you very much, you made me understand alot that I didn't know. Almighty God bless you and your family.
I am only 4 minutes into this, but have spent years trying to learn this, genius.
Enthralling. I also wish I had seen this many years ago. It's going to be a whole new journey with my guitar. Many thanks.
Thank you so much for making this wonderful video . I tried so many methods for the ear training and wasted so much time , and this method gave me a good idea of what it is. Thank you for giving me hope . You are a BEST TEACHER. Your students are so lucky to have a legend training them . Thank you so much.
Haha I'm flattered! I don't know about being a legend but I definitely try my best!! Thanks Harey!
Very great teaching. I have been struggling with ear training. I have learnt alot from this video. Thank you.
Corey I have been working on learning guitar for just about 2 years. You helped me in 1 video put so much together. Thanks so much.
Murray M.
This was one of the most helpful ear training videos ive watched!
Here in South America we call the notes: do re mi fa sol la si do. It's latin. These names of the notes were created by the Italian Monk Guido D'Arezzo (995-1050).😊. Btw, all the movements of a song are written in Italian: alegro, alegreto, pianissimo, etc...
This video felt so absolutely helpful and logical, that I am thinking about getting your course. Not because I think this video doesnt cut it, but because everything you said seemed to work easily, and if you say there is value in the course on top of this video, I believe you!
Thank you. This has been phenomenal. I always feel that if I ever make it big, I am going to remember these resources and give credit where credif is due. Thank you man. This has been super helpful.
This has been so helpful. Definitely thinking of saving up a bit and buying your course! Playing by ear has been a lifelong dream, thanks for bringing home the point that you CAN do well with relative pitch ❤
when I was younger I could pick up almost any instrument and get a tune out of it. I have still got it, a little bit, but it is going fast. I am 87 and I have just bought an electric key board. Here we go. Thank you for this video. Ken.
You are so far the best teacher from all the teachers I had
Thank You for explaining things.I am good at Guitar learning by ear now I can understand piano 🎹 listening by ear 👂
Glad I could help!
If you don’t know what note a song should start on, hum do mi so (1,3,5) then you easily find the start note of your tune. Works for probably 99% of songs.
For sure!
Finally, someone with do, re, mi❤ the piano i bought for my son 20 years ago, when he thought he wanted to learn, will finally be put to some use😊; DNA analogy absolutely won me over if i still had any residual doubts
So easy to understand. you really know your stuff, thanks so much.
that was impressive 😮 8:38
You are the best music teacher on planet Earth, I have learned a lot, thank you so much.
excellent musician, I learned piano since 8 years old, I am in my 60s now but wow I've learned a lot from you😊
I really enjoyed your video HOWEVER :) I can't agree that dim chords are not used in modern music, or used very sparingly - yeah those "copy - paste" top 20 hits will rarely use it, but many more involved pieces (I am still talking pop, rock...) will make a good use of it ;)
It definitely depends what you're listening to! They do tend to crop up in some genres far more than others!