Thank you. I thought this video is a spam or fake. You saved it. The author should realize that people don't have patience to listen to all the intro he gave.
@@vianney6397 search for major and minor scales, is pretty simple, looks like a complex thing but its not, lets use the example of the major scale of c, in major scales you mark your first note ( c, for example ) and skip 2 seminotes, giving us d and e, then you mark the next seminote (f in our case) and now skip 3 seminotes, giving us g, a and b, now repeat in all octaves and you have the full major scale of c, but you can do this in every flat or sharp note in your keyboard (mark the inicial key, skip skip, seminote, skip skip skip), there is the minor scale too but i dont remember it now, search for major and minor scales on google, and compare them, youll see the pattern
My only objection here is... Dont assume everything is in a minor Key! Most of Western Popular Music is still in a Major scale. The Blues scale is a good idea for RnB/Blues but when you get into other genres be open to the other major scales. Some tracks are harder to distinguish so try listening for the base line notes first if the piece has a base. Otherwise this technique is just fine!
I felt the same cause, I listened to the progression and it does gravitate towards the key of F major because of the III major and the absence of a Harmonic 7th, however I applaud his method as an intermediate step for beginner musicians. 😁
@@natemusician1401 once you’ve found the dominant on your instrument just play the major chord and/or the minor chord and you’ll instantly know if the song is in major or minor as only one chord will sound “right”. I love his method because it strengthens your trust in your intuition and after a little practice it is a lightning fast method.
I feel released. Like I've been given a key to learning the key. Genius is only present in simplicity. This knowledge has bought me joy. I have been improv'ing on the sax for 30 years always believing I was tone deaf but picked the hums, tried the technique and now I can fly.....gratitude.
I'm 64 too and I've helped form a New Orleans Style Jazz Band. The music is very forgiving! After a couple of months on cowbell and tambourine someone donated a fluglelhorn and I started learning. I don't have keyboard but I do have a tuner for my horn and I have a kazoo collection. It works!
Even as a (self-taught) musician with going on 30 years experience, I found this tutorial to be an incredibly useful and eye/ear-opening lesson! Will be putting the technique to use regularly. Thanks!
@@RhythmicCanadaStudio Yes, thx. Ideally, music teachers shud be teaching this, but they don't. I learnt this on my own, what u taught here. Ear has to pick up the harmony. Thx for ur clip!! :)
Omg ! This technique is pure gold ! I was playing keys for church and held a note, I told the singers to jump in and start singing... big mistake, cos they jumped into a whole different key which I couldn’t figure out! I wish I knew this years ago. I literally just jumped into other random TH-cam clips and watched gospel songs, country songs etc to test this theory... and I found all the keys in under 3 seconds !! Wow! You sir... are amazing ! Thank you, thank you and thank you !!! I will never be lost trying to find a key of a song again! Pure genius !
Wow, what a super lesson; and I'm a beginner. I was told as a child , I didn't have the 'ear', so I gave up. But Hey, you're really helping here . That's my goal to play by ear, and learn to play with others. Thanks so much for the straightforward-yet simple lesson. All I need to do now is practice this. You're quite a star. Thanks from western Canada. gk.
A lot of successful people always get told they "don't have" the certain skillset to do stuff. I hate when people pretentiously say "oh don't have this or don't have that". All you need is the passion or interest and are willing to learn. This is for anything in life, if you have the drive to learn and teach yourself, then you can literally do anything. You are not born with the skill to play instruments, you learn and grew into using them. All I can say is keep it up man and never let anyone's comments get in the way of what you want to do. Also to Rhythmic Canada, keep up the good work, videos are brilliant, I'm intermediate at playing the piano but you tutorials even help me find simpler methods to do things which is great (my mind tends to over complicate things and I get bogged down on small details, which leads to frustration, which then leads to me saying "fuck it" and giving up for a few hours lol). This tutorial has helped me listen to music and be able to play back an accurate interpretation of songs I want, It was always the root note that got me stuck. So yeah sorry for this long winded comment but cheers mate, all the best from the UK :)
Hi. I just found out the key of There Is a Balm in Gilead (online chorus). Because of Rhythmic Canada I was able to find the key for that song. Amazing. I have always played by note and have never questioned my seeming inability to play by ear in all of my 73 years! This video has given me new hope for my musical ability and progress. Thanks so very, very much!
I’ve been doing that for years but I called it playing by ear. You articulated so well. Now I get it. It’s like a math problem that you can find the answer but can’t explain how you got there. Thank you!
You are a genius. Not only you understand music but you can transfer your knowledge. You have music teaching talent. I want to watch some more of your videos please.
The key of the first song is G minor. The author was humming the 5th note, which is D. Here is how I get the chord at any point in a song, not just the signature key. Listen to the section, and hum the arpeggio. That is the chord. And when the tune resolves, and returns home, that chord is the signature key - the key of the song. Hope you got something out of this. It works for me. Cheers.
I have always struggled finding chord progressions by ear without trial and error, will try that - just as this video finally helped me reliably find the key. These techniques are so simple yet not widely taught...
Because when your a professional, in anything, you make it look easy but its always hard to learn. This goes for anything, drawing, singing, learning instruments and etc.
Wowwwwww! Watched this a couple of days ago. Went to a practice last night. Tried it. I play trumpet by ear 'cause I don't have access to horn parts. Never paid attention to keys before. Just fiddled around 'till I found the right notes. Now, after memorizing the keys (circle of 5ths) and using your technique to find the key, I can jump right in with confidence and no guess work about notes. SO TOTALLY AWESOME! TY! Next up -- get more familiar with minor and blues scales.
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Thankyou for that man. You have a most unselfish attitude, people need to have that same thinking. They will learn and understand a whole lot more...And they will be so much more contented.
Back again. Whoever you are that taught us this in the video ------ we owe you big time. That was one of the best gifts ever. You are awesome. For the second song ------ I originally thought F#, but can see what you mean .... root note really is D# as you mentioned. Nice!
Thank you! Thank you! I'm a singer and don't play the piano and it's hard to tell musicians which key I want so it's always been a guess. By the way, looking and listening to your video I always got the basic note running through the song almost right away. I'm going to get my keyboard out (that i don't know how to play) and find the keys of my favorite songs. Thanks again!
If they are really good piano players you should not tell them what key you are singing the song. They should deal how to figure it out. That’s what good musicians do.
Most informative you tube video I have seen in a very long time. I have playing music most of my life and you changed everything in less than 7 minutes Thanks!!!
This is very helpful. The only thing I would add is that once you have the tonic, the easiest way to figure out if it is major or minor is to just see if the note 3 half steps up works with the tune (in which case it is minor) or whether the note 4 half steps up works with the tune (in which case it is major). It won't ever be both. Actually, in both of your examples, the first note that I hummed (for whatever reason) was the minor third, not the tonic. To me that was the most overwhelming, and telltale, note of the song.
***** If you can use your computer with your keyboard the best thing would be to buy a keyboard controller for your computer. You can't use it by itself, but it can be used with most music software to take advantage of your computer.
Please tell me how to work out Chords ( played on left side of piano ) for d Melody ( played on d right side ). What is d relation between Melody and Chord. I played a Melody wid Octave ,it sounded good to me but one tutorial was playing chord along wid d same melody dat too sounded cool, so how to decide to play either octve/or chord along wid melody ????
It's amazing. I listened your example in the first song and in the second i did find on pos 10:10 by myself the same like you hummed on pos 10:15 Some teachers are unpayable. I have a lot of good music ideas and people like you helping me to realize this. 1000 thanks. You can imagine that it is a tragedy to hear / develop music in your brain without are able to play it.
Rhythmic Canada I have relative pitch, not perfect pitch. However, that doesn't matter. I've been able to find a key of a song in about 20 seconds for a few months.
Wow I just started to learn bass and finding the key of the songs by your method was incredible, can't believe i got it. Thank you! Hurray for our brains
As far as choice of major/minor goes, that would depend on the mood of the song part you're trying to play. Major tends to give you bright or happy tones, while minors give you dark or sad tones.
Thanks you - i have been looking for this for year but no one ever help me with a technique so easy like this one . i feel like i know everything now .
Just have to leave a comment. I was going with it, but I kind of freaked when you were starting to hum the same note as me xD It works! Brains are magical.
I can't believe this actually works tho. I tried Bach, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, john Coltrane, Miles Davis and like 12 others and it worked every single time, even on the most jumbled sounding, complex pieces.
This has been an interesting lesson for me. I know little of the modes but have learned from this. The key for the first song has one flat, Bb. That would make it F major or D minor. However, since it sounds like it's resolving to G minor (treating G minor like a tonic chord), it fits that it is indeed F major in Dorian mode starting on G minor, just as SwagDerpBrah commented earlier.
Altho i already play well by ear there are some great points to review. thank you kindly for posting this invaluable and succinct tutorial..Six years later..it is still cooking here on the Tube. have a beautiful Life, Love and Aloha from Hawaii.
You just taught me something I had been looking for years. God bless you brother. Great explanation, great visualization and in simple terms Thanks a lot !
I just happened to check this out...you are on point with this. I naturally play by ear...and pick up pretty fast ...all that you explained is exactly correct. Sometimes you might stumble on the note but not in that key it's truly in. It happens. One thing i will say to the readers of this comment section is learn a song for fun start simple...pratice practice practice!
Tim K 1) most modern songs are in minor keys. 2) "start off with a major key" makes no sense. most songs don't have key changes, and again, most are in minor key. 3) are you confused by what key means?
Alex Davis Honestly, i dont really remember saying this i mightve phrased it wrong. ive studied music my whole life. And Okaaaay "music God" tryna get all smart wit me and shit 😂😂😂
When trying to find the key I do the same exact thing he does I’m the video. (Just trying time find the root by humming) Idk if he forgot to say this or he just doesn’t do it. But let’s say if the song has a G root, I would play the major and minor scales with the song to see which one fits more
Dumbblueboy when you hum the root note it should give off a dark vibe (in relation to the other notes) for the song if it’s in a minor key. Otherwise, if it’s a light/happy sound, it’s major.
What an absolutely amazing video. This was created before the entire music copyright BS that took place on TH-cam. A time when people can truly express themselves and teach or entertain using music to the fullest extent.
Hi there! Your trick can definitely do the trick! Lol! But I would argue the first song is actually in the key of G minor. I believe a G, when humming, underlies the entire song, plus G minor is the starting chord.
The first chord is Gm but it's actually in the key of Dm, the tonic is Dm. It's not because a song starts in a chord that it means that's the key of it.
@@swagderpbrah1379 yeah, I took a time to study more after that. I never thought I could name a key with " note + mode ". This helped me quite a lot, actually
Also, the next level of this kind of skill is to learn how all 12 notes sound against a key center so you can randomly play any note on your instrument and based on the way it sounds, you can tell what key it is. For example, if you play a C and it sounds like b2, then you know you're in the key of B (C is the b2 in the key of B). If it sounds like the 3rd, the song is in the key of Ab (C is the 3rd in the key of Ab), etc.
Nice! Figuring out how to bang out a melody is much easier if you know what key the song is in. Four step plan: 1) Listen to the music, 2) Hum whatever feels right (it will probably be the tonic note), 3) Find the note on your instrument, 4) Build the scale. 'Very helpful! Thanks! This will help me with my ear training!
IMO the most natural thing is to hum the bass note in each chord - not to find the note that all the triads share, fx. If you do this, you will get the correct sense that the Key in the first song is G minor, not D minor. After having listened to the whole song, ask yourself "what chord would I start off this song with?" or more accurately: "what sounds like the most natural way to END the song in?" As my old music teacher used to say, we need to get back "home" and, as for the first song, the D minor chord doesn't sound like the most possibly fulfilling closure, ie. it doesn't appear to be the actual Tonic placement that we're setting out to find, given the emphasis on the G chord at the beginning of the bars. Listen to the cues from the vocals and the structure of the verses/choruses!
+RenoRojas XD By humming the bass note(yes he mean root note) , you are basically singing a simplify version of the chords in the song, then by looking at the relationship of the chords you have sung, you would find the most suitable Tonic for the song. On the other hand, that "The last chord is always the key" thing, I have a better version of that. I would say "the resolving chord is the key of a phrase", since a song can change key through out the song(especially classical songs), What is a resolving chord you might ask. The resolving chord is the so call "home" by Abe Grimm, it has the feeling of resolving, much like releasing of a spring. The chord progression would build up tension in a spring, and by returning to the resolving chord, the phrase gets to release its tensions. I'll explain more in the next comment.
+RenoRojas XD My theory of "the resolving chord is the key of a phrase" is always true (if you're not listening to Atonal music), because musicians always want to build up tensions in their songs, whether they resolve it later or not, the Resolving Chord Stays true for a phrase. There are many songs that don't end up in their resolving chord, may be the composer intended to keep the tension (just like those cliffhangers in soap drama). A key of a song is most likely THE first resolving chord that belongs to the first phrase[might be a melody or a simple chord progression(much like Cannon in D)], OR, the most frequently resolving Chord of the song. That how I would define the key of a song
I cannot believe how easy this was to pick up. After watching your video I hit randomize on my player and got the key to every song that came up. Thank you very much for this video!
@@AmericanIdiot2002 no he's kinda right. I got the method for the first time in my life. I could understand how the hell are they able to tell the scale of a song.
@@peacemekka Lmao its the key of the song, not scale. The scale is a combination of keys to either indicate major or minor. There are also other scales for the root notes but I don't know what they are lmao.
You can tell if it's a minor key or a major key by how the song feels :P If it's moody or emotional, it's a minor key (a no brainer for Trance music :P). If it's happy sounding, it usually a major key (it can be minor sometimes) :)
Wowwww.... Many thanks. I landed an octive higher, while humming to the r & b song...but still landed in the right key.♥️♥️🙌 Never been able to find a key before. Such a great video
I learned to play by ear. I dont really know theory as much as I should. This video REALLY helped me when Im doing remixes for other artists!. Extra special large ups for this!!
Yes but how would I know which note is actually the root? I usually tend to figure out the key of a song by playing close attention to which chords the verses open and end with. And the first and last chord of a song. They're usually the same as the key. But it's not always the case... maybe 80%.
+Rudy_Eila I feel like this technique isn't always going to be helpful for beginners. You need to reach that stage (which happens pretty early on) where you can start to get pretty comfortable with recognising pitch first.
ive been playing music for 25 years and I was ready to think this vid was a waste of my time. Surprising enough I never thought of this and it really works. Great vid!
My best moment in life was when I was drinking with some friends and I guessed the key of the beer bottle as I blew air into it. I was right, it was in the key of B!!! My friends didnt seem to care, but yeah guess I got perfect pitch or somethin..
Starting from the C I did hear the D immediately, I play a D minor chord and there it was, it took me 5 seconds listening and 2 seconds to figure it out.
First I hummed in G. Then I started going between Dm and F while finding on instrument. Damn, seeing those comments saying it's Bb. I need another tactic for this.
The first one isn’t a good example at all - the key is actually G Dorian, not D Minor. G Dorian has the same notes as D Minor (all white notes with one Bb) but starts on a G instead. This song has a home chord of G Minor, so naturally G is the tonic, not D. So if you hummed a G for the first one instead, then you were actually right. G is the tonic.
Oh my God I went to F# with my brain, without an instrument, and thought I was completely off because he said D, but I kept thinking that I wasn’t humming D because D fits lower in my chest?? and you’re telling me I was right?! 😱😱😱 or I mean only a semitone off?? I was so sure I was humming F# 😂
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Teaching starts at 3:20, thank me later
It's been 2 Years and nobody has Thanked You? How Rude!!
THANK YOU
A like is a thank you 😀
I think it's "later" now
Thank you. I thought this video is a spam or fake. You saved it. The author should realize that people don't have patience to listen to all the intro he gave.
I wish I would have learned music long ago...But I am trying still at 64...!
Thank you.
What instrument are you learning?
Seniors Tube yay way to go! It's never too late
Erica Simpson you are late lol
Adithya RoXoR what?
+Senior Tube You can live another 40 years and become a master! You have an advantage. You have more time on your hands. I assume you're retired.
1. Listen to the song
2. Do a sustained Hum
3. Find the note you are humming on the keyboard
4. Build the Minor or major scale of that note
I don’t understand the last part I’m confused?
@@vianney6397 if its a, a note, then put it in a, a minor or a major. It Will just dependts on what fits Best.
@@vianney6397 search for major and minor scales, is pretty simple, looks like a complex thing but its not, lets use the example of the major scale of c, in major scales you mark your first note ( c, for example ) and skip 2 seminotes, giving us d and e, then you mark the next seminote (f in our case) and now skip 3 seminotes, giving us g, a and b, now repeat in all octaves and you have the full major scale of c, but you can do this in every flat or sharp note in your keyboard (mark the inicial key, skip skip, seminote, skip skip skip), there is the minor scale too but i dont remember it now, search for major and minor scales on google, and compare them, youll see the pattern
@@vianney6397 learn music theory and learn scales
mark eakins ty
My only objection here is... Dont assume everything is in a minor Key! Most of Western Popular Music is still in a Major scale. The Blues scale is a good idea for RnB/Blues but when you get into other genres be open to the other major scales. Some tracks are harder to distinguish so try listening for the base line notes first if the piece has a base. Otherwise this technique is just fine!
I felt the same cause, I listened to the progression and it does gravitate towards the key of F major because of the III major and the absence of a Harmonic 7th, however I applaud his method as an intermediate step for beginner musicians. 😁
@@natemusician1401 once you’ve found the dominant on your instrument just play the major chord and/or the minor chord and you’ll instantly know if the song is in major or minor as only one chord will sound “right”.
I love his method because it strengthens your trust in your intuition and after a little practice it is a lightning fast method.
I HUMMED BEFORE YOU OID AND IT WORKED PERFECT THATS SO COOL
Same here! I thought I was tone deaf till I tried this!!! Maybe there is still hope!
Alex Charp same
THATS SO FUCKING COOOOL MAN!!!!!!!!!!!
I AGREEEE!!!!!!!!!
i did the same :D
People with perfect pitch: *laughs in d sharp"
is it possible to learn perfect pitch as a early adult?
@@Sean-hc6bh Unfortunately, perfect pitch is something that is developed in early childhood and is very hard to get as an adult.
@@jennyjay3552 how old?Im 16 can i develop it?
@@martingjini8478 I'm not sure, but even if you have it, it's not like you can use it for anything. Trust me, I have it.
@@jennyjay3552 u developed?
I feel released. Like I've been given a key to learning the key. Genius is only present in simplicity. This knowledge has bought me joy. I have been improv'ing on the sax for 30 years always believing I was tone deaf but picked the hums, tried the technique and now I can fly.....gratitude.
"A secret of mine"
*_video has 2M+ views_*
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Not a secret anymore, eh?
I'm 64 too and I've helped form a New Orleans Style Jazz Band. The music is very forgiving! After a couple of months on cowbell and tambourine someone donated a fluglelhorn and I started learning. I don't have keyboard but I do have a tuner for my horn and I have a kazoo collection. It works!
This has got to be the best video I have watched related to music theory. You are awesome!!!!
I just watched for the first time and I literally shouted when I got one correct on my own and then the next 10... this is just... so cool.
3:30.
The actual shit starts at 3:30
Thank you!
Thank you, god damn.
thanks man
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Danke :3
Dude this video was mind blowing when I first heard it in 2014. It’s the best technique I hold till this day.
Even as a (self-taught) musician with going on 30 years experience, I found this tutorial to be an incredibly useful and eye/ear-opening lesson! Will be putting the technique to use regularly. Thanks!
i can't say enough how this has helped me. God bless you sir and keep you. You, my dear man, have done much good here.
Thank you for the words. I'm happy it has helped so much :)
@@RhythmicCanadaStudio Yes, thx. Ideally, music teachers shud be teaching this, but they don't. I learnt this on my own, what u taught here. Ear has to pick up the harmony. Thx for ur clip!! :)
Omg !
This technique is pure gold !
I was playing keys for church and held a note, I told the singers to jump in and start singing... big mistake, cos they jumped into a whole different key which I couldn’t figure out! I wish I knew this years ago.
I literally just jumped into other random TH-cam clips and watched gospel songs, country songs etc to test this theory... and I found all the keys in under 3 seconds !!
Wow! You sir... are amazing !
Thank you, thank you and thank you !!!
I will never be lost trying to find a key of a song again!
Pure genius !
Wow, what a super lesson; and I'm a beginner. I was told as a child , I didn't have the 'ear', so I gave up. But Hey, you're really helping here .
That's my goal to play by ear, and learn to play with others.
Thanks so much for the straightforward-yet simple lesson. All I need to do now is practice this.
You're quite a star. Thanks from western Canada. gk.
gregsbest Some of the best music ever has been made by people who have been told they didn't have the ear. I would use that only as a challenge! :)
A lot of successful people always get told they "don't have" the certain skillset to do stuff. I hate when people pretentiously say "oh don't have this or don't have that". All you need is the passion or interest and are willing to learn. This is for anything in life, if you have the drive to learn and teach yourself, then you can literally do anything. You are not born with the skill to play instruments, you learn and grew into using them. All I can say is keep it up man and never let anyone's comments get in the way of what you want to do. Also to Rhythmic Canada, keep up the good work, videos are brilliant, I'm intermediate at playing the piano but you tutorials even help me find simpler methods to do things which is great (my mind tends to over complicate things and I get bogged down on small details, which leads to frustration, which then leads to me saying "fuck it" and giving up for a few hours lol). This tutorial has helped me listen to music and be able to play back an accurate interpretation of songs I want, It was always the root note that got me stuck. So yeah sorry for this long winded comment but cheers mate, all the best from the UK :)
TopFunMedia Thanks man! :)
This is awesome! Your teaching is so clear and straight forward. If you aren’t teaching, you should be! Thanks so much.
Hi. I just found out the key of There Is a Balm in Gilead (online chorus). Because of Rhythmic Canada I was able to find the key for that song. Amazing. I have always played by note and have never questioned my seeming inability to play by ear in all of my 73 years! This video has given me new hope for my musical ability and progress. Thanks so very, very much!
Patricia Small awesome!
This put such a smile on my face when i learned it!!!!!🤗🤗🤗
I’ve been doing that for years but I called it playing by ear. You articulated so well. Now I get it. It’s like a math problem that you can find the answer but can’t explain how you got there. Thank you!
You are a genius. Not only you understand music but you can transfer your knowledge. You have music teaching talent. I want to watch some more of your videos please.
The key of the first song is G minor. The author was humming the 5th note, which is D. Here is how I get the chord at any point in a song, not just the signature key. Listen to the section, and hum the arpeggio. That is the chord. And when the tune resolves, and returns home, that chord is the signature key - the key of the song. Hope you got something out of this. It works for me. Cheers.
dorian, phrygian or aeolian?
The trick is getting the chord that it resolves to - the tonal center, especially if the tonal center chord comes at the very end.
I have always struggled finding chord progressions by ear without trial and error, will try that - just as this video finally helped me reliably find the key. These techniques are so simple yet not widely taught...
How is listening to music so relaxing but learning it so stressful?
Because when your a professional, in anything, you make it look easy but its always hard to learn. This goes for anything, drawing, singing, learning instruments and etc.
Videos like this... Works for a century ♥️ Thankyou man
I really enjoy your style of commentary. Very relaxing.
Thanks man
Wow, one of the best lessons in music I have gotten in 45 years!!!
Thank you
Wowwwwww! Watched this a couple of days ago. Went to a practice last night. Tried it. I play trumpet by ear 'cause I don't have access to horn parts. Never paid attention to keys before. Just fiddled around 'till I found the right notes. Now, after memorizing the keys (circle of 5ths) and using your technique to find the key, I can jump right in with confidence and no guess work about notes. SO TOTALLY AWESOME! TY! Next up -- get more familiar with minor and blues scales.
Your voice, is perfect for radio
Thanks!
Brilliant! It takes a truly intelligent person to make a person discover a talent they didn't know they had.
It's not a talent, it's biology.
@@rmsoft Isn't that what most people think talent is?
3D Space It’s like I knew I had a perfect pitch but didn’t know it was a thing lol
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I spent the last hour watching tutorials on this shit and yours was the most straight forward, effective and simplistic.. No doubt braw..
Geno Pierpoint thanks man
Easy to watch, easy to understand, and fun!
Thankyou for that man. You have a most unselfish attitude, people need to have that same thinking. They will learn and understand a whole lot more...And they will be so much more contented.
skip to 4 minutes for when it starts :)
Laura Richardson omg thank you!
XiiX Music no problem :)
You just saved a life. Lol
+Laura Richardson i was able to jack off twice in the time i saved
+aakksshhaayy lmaoo
Will God only knows how many musicians you have helped by posting this video. Good bless
Facts! I am rapping and singing with autotune and want to keep learning!
Back again. Whoever you are that taught us this in the video ------ we owe you big time. That was one of the best gifts ever. You are awesome. For the second song ------ I originally thought F#, but can see what you mean .... root note really is D# as you mentioned. Nice!
D# or Eb.. Blues in Eb is very common. Glad it helps :)
Thank you! Thank you! I'm a singer and don't play the piano and it's hard to tell musicians which key I want so it's always been a guess. By the way, looking and listening to your video I always got the basic note running through the song almost right away. I'm going to get my keyboard out (that i don't know how to play) and find the keys of my favorite songs. Thanks again!
You're very welcome! Glad to hear it's been if help!
If they are really good piano players you should not tell them what key you are singing the song. They should deal how to figure it out. That’s what good musicians do.
masterkid4u - That's what a good musician can do, not a must.
maaaan this is ingenious, the human brain is a truly remarkable thing
Yeah, but what's telling you that? : )
BoldCautionProductions that reply is golden.
Most informative you tube video I have seen in a very long time. I have playing music most of my life and you changed everything in less than 7 minutes Thanks!!!
This is very helpful. The only thing I would add is that once you have the tonic, the easiest way to figure out if it is major or minor is to just see if the note 3 half steps up works with the tune (in which case it is minor) or whether the note 4 half steps up works with the tune (in which case it is major). It won't ever be both. Actually, in both of your examples, the first note that I hummed (for whatever reason) was the minor third, not the tonic. To me that was the most overwhelming, and telltale, note of the song.
Good addition to the major/minor test! Thanks!
Jeff Schrepfer, excellent point with the major or minor third. TY.
Nice add to the major/minor thing!
This is helpful advice, thank you!
Thanks everyone. I can't reply to everyone but I do read each comment. Much love to you all.
thnx brother for your video subsprice
***** If you can use your computer with your keyboard the best thing would be to buy a keyboard controller for your computer. You can't use it by itself, but it can be used with most music software to take advantage of your computer.
Please tell me how to work out Chords ( played on left side of piano ) for d Melody ( played on d right side ). What is d relation between Melody and Chord. I played a Melody wid Octave ,it sounded good to me but one tutorial was playing chord along wid d same melody dat too sounded cool, so how to decide to play either octve/or chord along wid melody ????
It's amazing. I listened your example in the first song and in the second i did find on pos 10:10 by myself the same like you hummed on pos 10:15
Some teachers are unpayable.
I have a lot of good music ideas and people like you helping me to realize this.
1000 thanks. You can imagine that it is a tragedy to hear / develop music in your brain without are able to play it.
Rhythmic Canada I have relative pitch, not perfect pitch. However, that doesn't matter. I've been able to find a key of a song in about 20 seconds for a few months.
Wow I just started to learn bass and finding the key of the songs by your method was incredible, can't believe i got it. Thank you!
Hurray for our brains
Fantastic! This is amazing! You deserve so much more recognition for this.
As far as choice of major/minor goes, that would depend on the mood of the song part you're trying to play. Major tends to give you bright or happy tones, while minors give you dark or sad tones.
Thanks you - i have been looking for this for year but no one ever help me with a technique so easy like this one . i feel like i know everything now .
i am shocked. i was able to hum the right note before you did. now i need to learn how to build scales. thanks
He just told you in the video how to build minor scales, TSTTSTT
thats for one type of scale, minors! i need to review my scales. but thanks for playing.
what is a scale i didnt understand that part??
To make it easy, a scale is a group of notes that sound good together. But that's really just simplified.
Then why are you here? If you don't understand the basics of music then this is completely irrelevant to you.
Just have to leave a comment.
I was going with it, but I kind of freaked when you were starting to hum the same note as me xD
It works!
Brains are magical.
Very nice i have been playing for 25years never heard of this before. Very useful thank you
I can't believe this actually works tho. I tried Bach, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, john Coltrane, Miles Davis and like 12 others and it worked every single time, even on the most jumbled sounding, complex pieces.
+Vivekn Natarajan Try Schoenberg's Piano Concerto ^^
Nίκος Σκαλκώτας c
This has been an interesting lesson for me. I know little of the modes but have learned from this. The key for the first song has one flat, Bb. That would make it F major or D minor. However, since it sounds like it's resolving to G minor (treating G minor like a tonic chord), it fits that it is indeed F major in Dorian mode starting on G minor, just as SwagDerpBrah commented earlier.
This tutorial taught me more in minutes than years of music classes :)) Thank you, changed my life.
when you was humming the music I was like :" who's calling my phone?" hah...
I hear the D you're humming in the first song as being the 5th. So to my ear, the song is in Gm minor.
Same here Iam also hearing the d as the fifth and so the song being in g minor
Same here, though D fits just as well.
Altho i already play well by ear there are some great points to review. thank you kindly for posting this invaluable and succinct tutorial..Six years later..it is still cooking here on the Tube. have a beautiful Life, Love and Aloha from Hawaii.
Got the first one, missed the second by 1 note. I can see with practice were a fella could master this technique.
Thanks a lot man,
This is magic man.
Send peace ✌️ and love you your ends.
I am blessed with this talent...listen listen listen and play....it's a bit like reading and remembering what you read...
Reflekt - Need to Feel Loved is one of the best songs out there... TY for using it :)
You just taught me something I had been looking for years.
God bless you brother.
Great explanation, great visualization and in simple terms
Thanks a lot !
Glad I was of service! :)
Holy shit!! I did this on my electric guitar, and I got D# for the first song - thank you sooo much, this helps a metric button!!
wow!!!!!!!!!
You just made my life so easy :)
This is epic. You are a musical saviour !
I just happened to check this out...you are on point with this. I naturally play by ear...and pick up pretty fast ...all that you explained is exactly correct. Sometimes you might stumble on the note but not in that key it's truly in. It happens. One thing i will say to the readers of this comment section is learn a song for fun start simple...pratice practice practice!
7:00 "Almost all songs are written in the MINOR key"? Nope, incorrect. The vast majority of songs are in MAJOR.
True, Major. You find songs in minor key so rarely.
Brian Rector most modern music is in minor
Brian Rector ya tht part of the video threw me off too. Everyone knows the majority of songs out there start with Major Keys.
Tim K 1) most modern songs are in minor keys.
2) "start off with a major key" makes no sense. most songs don't have key changes, and again, most are in minor key.
3) are you confused by what key means?
Alex Davis Honestly, i dont really remember saying this i mightve phrased it wrong. ive studied music my whole life. And Okaaaay "music God" tryna get all smart wit me and shit 😂😂😂
When trying to find the key I do the same exact thing he does I’m the video. (Just trying time find the root by humming) Idk if he forgot to say this or he just doesn’t do it. But let’s say if the song has a G root, I would play the major and minor scales with the song to see which one fits more
Dumbblueboy when you hum the root note it should give off a dark vibe (in relation to the other notes) for the song if it’s in a minor key. Otherwise, if it’s a light/happy sound, it’s major.
What an absolutely amazing video. This was created before the entire music copyright BS that took place on TH-cam. A time when people can truly express themselves and teach or entertain using music to the fullest extent.
You have successfully reprogrammed my brain. I'm amazed. Thanks :D
R. Kelly is always in D minor... See what I did there? :P
LMAOO
LMAO
I don't know what I was expecting the first comment to be, but I'm glad it was that one.
he plays in A. minor quite frequently as well
I See Wat U Did Thar.
And I LOL'd. HARD. XD
This video is BRILLIANT, you are BRILLIANT, and your effort and teaching method is BRILLIANT.
Hi there! Your trick can definitely do the trick! Lol! But I would argue the first song is actually in the key of G minor. I believe a G, when humming, underlies the entire song, plus G minor is the starting chord.
I got a G minor too. Was surprised he got a different tonic than mine.
I had hummed g and was confused Bc my ear is pretty good
The first chord is Gm but it's actually in the key of Dm, the tonic is Dm. It's not because a song starts in a chord that it means that's the key of it.
Sam Azevedo Since G is the home note though you would call it G dorian
@@swagderpbrah1379 yeah, I took a time to study more after that. I never thought I could name a key with " note + mode ". This helped me quite a lot, actually
Also, the next level of this kind of skill is to learn how all 12 notes sound against a key center so you can randomly play any note on your instrument and based on the way it sounds, you can tell what key it is.
For example, if you play a C and it sounds like b2, then you know you're in the key of B (C is the b2 in the key of B). If it sounds like the 3rd, the song is in the key of Ab (C is the 3rd in the key of Ab), etc.
Nice! Figuring out how to bang out a melody is much easier if you know what key the song is in. Four step plan: 1) Listen to the music, 2) Hum whatever feels right (it will probably be the tonic note), 3) Find the note on your instrument, 4) Build the scale. 'Very helpful! Thanks! This will help me with my ear training!
IMO the most natural thing is to hum the bass note in each chord - not to find the note that all the triads share, fx. If you do this, you will get the correct sense that the Key in the first song is G minor, not D minor. After having listened to the whole song, ask yourself "what chord would I start off this song with?" or more accurately: "what sounds like the most natural way to END the song in?" As my old music teacher used to say, we need to get back "home" and, as for the first song, the D minor chord doesn't sound like the most possibly fulfilling closure, ie. it doesn't appear to be the actual Tonic placement that we're setting out to find, given the emphasis on the G chord at the beginning of the bars. Listen to the cues from the vocals and the structure of the verses/choruses!
+RenoRojas XD By humming the bass note(yes he mean root note) , you are basically singing a simplify version of the chords in the song, then by looking at the relationship of the chords you have sung, you would find the most suitable Tonic for the song. On the other hand, that "The last chord is always the key" thing, I have a better version of that. I would say "the resolving chord is the key of a phrase", since a song can change key through out the song(especially classical songs), What is a resolving chord you might ask. The resolving chord is the so call "home" by Abe Grimm, it has the feeling of resolving, much like releasing of a spring. The chord progression would build up tension in a spring, and by returning to the resolving chord, the phrase gets to release its tensions. I'll explain more in the next comment.
+RenoRojas XD My theory of "the resolving chord is the key of a phrase" is always true (if you're not listening to Atonal music), because musicians always want to build up tensions in their songs, whether they resolve it later or not, the Resolving Chord Stays true for a phrase. There are many songs that don't end up in their resolving chord, may be the composer intended to keep the tension (just like those cliffhangers in soap drama). A key of a song is most likely THE first resolving chord that belongs to the first phrase[might be a melody or a simple chord progression(much like Cannon in D)], OR, the most frequently resolving Chord of the song. That how I would define the key of a song
The E flat confirms it"s in G minor
An E-flat would confirm it, but the song has a C major chord in it, so that's E natural.
Thank you and God bless you for your knowledge.
I cannot believe how easy this was to pick up. After watching your video I hit randomize on my player and got the key to every song that came up. Thank you very much for this video!
That voice should be on the radio
I love how everyone is arguing about the key of the song... on a video on how to find the key of a song...
It's because he's wrong... on a video on how to find the key of a song...
Jared Worman how
@@AmericanIdiot2002 no he's kinda right. I got the method for the first time in my life. I could understand how the hell are they able to tell the scale of a song.
@@peacemekka Lmao its the key of the song, not scale. The scale is a combination of keys to either indicate major or minor. There are also other scales for the root notes but I don't know what they are lmao.
Genie, logical,simply, easy to follow and "got it". Heartly thank. Please keep going on teaching.
OMH I hummed the same pitch as you did. Where can I wire the million dollars for you sir ?
shipper66 lol
You can tell if it's a minor key or a major key by how the song feels :P
If it's moody or emotional, it's a minor key (a no brainer for Trance music :P).
If it's happy sounding, it usually a major key (it can be minor sometimes) :)
Good point.
Wowwww....
Many thanks.
I landed an octive higher, while humming to the r & b song...but still landed in the right key.♥️♥️🙌
Never been able to find a key before. Such a great video
This man, is a sorcerer. Teach me your ways senpai.
Thanks hopefully have a few more out soon
You got awesome voice,its like amazing
Wow! Where was this video hiding all these years? I think I got it right away... must do some practice. Great! Thank you Rhythmic Ca.
omg this person is great woooow my mind is blown
Caramel apple whoa cool! Thanks :)
u r welcome
Thanks bro! I can't tell you how many improv bass lines I've written using this technique!
I learned to play by ear. I dont really know theory as much as I should. This video REALLY helped me when Im doing remixes for other artists!. Extra special large ups for this!!
Incredible work mate! To think I actually got here after watching a Game of Thrones vid...
Thanks man!
I always seem to hum a different note :/
+Rudy_Eila Humming seems unnecessary to me. Couldn't you just travel up the notes of your instrument until you find the root note?.
Yes but how would I know which note is actually the root?
I usually tend to figure out the key of a song by playing close attention to which chords the verses open and end with. And the first and last chord of a song. They're usually the same as the key. But it's not always the case... maybe 80%.
+Rudy_Eila It's a note that can be held and will sound right over all of the chord progression
+Rudy_Eila I feel like this technique isn't always going to be helpful for beginners. You need to reach that stage (which happens pretty early on) where you can start to get pretty comfortable with recognising pitch first.
Me too, I picked up on A# almost immediately
ive been playing music for 25 years and I was ready to think this vid was a waste of my time. Surprising enough I never thought of this and it really works. Great vid!
Him: listen to the song with your heart
Me: thinking of golden wind *haha, i do that*
My best moment in life was when I was drinking with some friends and I guessed the key of the beer bottle as I blew air into it. I was right, it was in the key of B!!! My friends didnt seem to care, but yeah guess I got perfect pitch or somethin..
Hahaha
Thats not a key my dude. Key is the scale not the note
But noice
@@giannakiskotsinoxorka1011 The word can refer to either the key or the particular note.
@@giannakiskotsinoxorka1011 just let him enjoy in ignorance dude
This video tutorial gave me so much power and self confidence, may the gods bring blessings upon your wished path
Starting from the C I did hear the D immediately, I play a D minor chord and there it was, it took me 5 seconds listening and 2 seconds to figure it out.
First I hummed in G. Then I started going between Dm and F while finding on instrument. Damn, seeing those comments saying it's Bb.
I need another tactic for this.
This is probably the best music tutorial I've ever seen on internet. Thank you so much!
Wooow
This sounds to me like it's in g minor! Though all through the piece it deviates to f# and to Am. Good use of the Cm chord throughout.
Lol it’s not, it’s in D minor (or F major which is made of the same notes)
I hear it too... G fits perfectly over every chord played, as well as D does.
The first one isn’t a good example at all - the key is actually G Dorian, not D Minor. G Dorian has the same notes as D Minor (all white notes with one Bb) but starts on a G instead.
This song has a home chord of G Minor, so naturally G is the tonic, not D.
So if you hummed a G for the first one instead, then you were actually right. G is the tonic.
Yeah that was pissing me off. I was humming G and found the notes of G dorian. Thanks for pointing that out.
Agreed. Gmin definitely the one chord!
Agreed
Thanks... I went to G in like 3 seconds and this had me questioning my ear. G is the tonic in this song.
Oh my God I went to F# with my brain, without an instrument, and thought I was completely off because he said D, but I kept thinking that I wasn’t humming D because D fits lower in my chest?? and you’re telling me I was right?! 😱😱😱 or I mean only a semitone off?? I was so sure I was humming F# 😂
The way you talk, and the background music ----- is super relaxing. This is very cool.
"Nearly all songs are written in the minor key." WTF?