learning guitar beginners lesson on ear training

[intheblues]

All car horns are in the key of F

[acer993]

is this bobby c.?

[SLASHtheROCKGOD]

car horn smashes guitar on ground, or rediculously out your strings out of tune, then strum repeatedly

[DavinaFaerie]

Awesome! Thanks for uploading, what a great way to teach... :0)

Thanks heaps... :0)

[fredrick987]

Dude... I share your passion for the subtlety of music. A- and C+ are all the same notes yet they sound very different (apparently starting point is key [to the ear]), Oh and I must comment - yer musical analysis on / and reproducing a car horn sound… I shall now follow and… learn!

[ZeroNitron]

Yeah definitely true, if you train your ears to the point that you can tell how some random piece of music you're hearing is played and tell the difference between the pitch of the notes etc, then you'll most likely know how to recreate it yourself without looking at the written music itself. I think this is way better than spending most of your guitar practice time than looking at tabs and memorizing the picture in your head rather than the how that sound you remembered.

[Noxx93]

Major7 tastes like strawberry... mmmmh... :)

[RajatGupta786]

awsum man...life is a sequence ov major n minor

[baked4211]

dude weren't u the guy who traded a gun for a guitar in pawn stars

[hecbiz75]

I'M HAPPY! I'M HAPPY! LOL!

Good stuff, though!

[07Mase07]

Dirk Nowitzki is a musical beast

[tgpandgsp]

Wow keeping it real. Thanks for your love of music and the guitar!!

[josepinga69]

this man is so stoned

[kitchenfromhell]

@josepinga69 better: he is in Major

[MrThetranspark]

Im happy too :)

[bernardparlaungan]

nice lesson, what guitar is that on your wall? Btw, please visit my online lesson. Just search bernardparlaungan. Thx

[Taikamya]

Funny.. He says "very bluesy" and start to play a funk. Hahahahaha

[loremaea]

my life is a maj7 chord. LOL. :D

[Redmeddle]

Is it bad if I mix Majors and Minors in the same song?

[ThaThing1337x]

@Redmeddle

No, not at all.

They can fit together, and if used correctly, they all can sund happy together :D

[Redmeddle]

@ThaThing1337x

Sweet, cuz I have a song that has major and minors together. Don't really know if its happy or sad though, seems to be sad at first then happy which is what I wanted. Anyways thank you.

[you727tube]

I never knew this.Does that mean GRUNGE is all minor chords?

[TheRyannosaurus]

@you727tube no lol, but there might be a lot of songs made up of minors.

[SamEllisMusic]

I feel like I am watching a balloonshop video.

[MrClusterfuk]

I think the only thing my ears are good for is holding my glasses on on my head.

[thecoolster28]

D major is the happiest lol

[antoine5612]

1:29 I'm happy LMAO

[taurkron]

IM HAPPY IM HAPPY!!!! im sad.....

[meran22286]

F**k im so happy..!!!

[rickshawsonson]

my life is a unresolved tri-tone

[polentamaze]

hahahs u are funny btw i feel that the minor chords seem more sad than dark...

[tatecheddar]

I've learned guitar by myself my whole life with tabs and then by ear. I think that is the best way in my opinion. I can now pick out pretty much any music and play it with no trouble at all. I may know nothing about theory and "proper" technique, but I tell you what. I play from feelings now and not from "schooling". Also what this dude is saying, I have known my whole life. Even when I was a kid I could understand these things. I think some people are just born with the gift of music.

[M3mPHiS]

thx, very useful - I need to learn to play by ear

[MauroSDMF]

"I'm happy I'm Happy"

[guitarmessiah95]

Major 7ths sound like Candy :D

[egresso]

Music must to be done with heart , and feeling. Great lesson. Thanks for the video ; i use to watch to your channel , cuz the lessons are so easy to learn from. Thank you.

[Halendor960]

jdodo678, smoked too many? He is just being happy, if he was acting like an emo and talked slowly people would dislike this lesson and fall asleep.

[skint0n0minted]

whats frigian?

[rebelvision]

Its a mode or scale. Called Phrygian mode. Mostly used in flamenco music, but can also be found in Pop/Rock. Like White Rabbit from Jefferson Airplane or Sultans of Swing from Dire Straits. Another Mode which is near by the Phrygian is the arabic scale, that can be found in Killing An Arab by the Cure.

[juliuz78]

y? dont you give your other guitar just send the guitar wew

this is my address

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[NathanCmn11]

@juliuz78 LOL, asa ka pa...xD

[kickboxing82]

You're funny lol

Loved the car horn example

Great lessson

[Amarynthos]

5/5 by far

[jdodo678]

this guy smoked one 2 many.

[oaklandfla2]

nope. This guy is good, nuff said.

Oak

[boundtogetdown]

@jdodo678 5:57 and theres a lot more seed planted in the other room

[dramasticlyclever]

lol my life is a maj7 chord

[chnl9]

5 /5 - love the teacher's energy + very helpful!

[phantonn24]

xDD! he's funny... nice lesson

[AtAsTeOfCaHoSeGUITAR]

look this guy is good and go look at scottyxcom he is like a master he is good to i think u can look at lot into both of them

[r3ckl3ss22]

IM NOT HAPPY ^^

[mystro810]

my life is a minor chord

[SuperGuitarMark]

@mystro810 I hope your life has turned into a major chord by now! Have a good life :)

[kleinebudde]

IM HAPPY

[OutBack206]

This guy's THE man!

[br1an419]

I really like this guy's enthusiasm. " One note! Whoa..." lol

[FatKidCookie]

im happi!!

[NikDonaghy23]

whatever he's on I want some :L

[Shadow075]

looks like that guy from madtv lol

[edwsshaw1]

John, you're still putting up great lessons

and your video producer has the data stream

dialed and tweaked perfectly.

[mramirez1974]

Funny, he said major second and played a tritone. :) Car horns are normally minor thirds.

Does anyone know what brand of electric guitar is hanging behind him?

[ntcutterl]

Looks like an Ovation Breadwinner.

[HendrixHarley]

haha the car horn is the best example ever LOL

[albooher1]

That was very helpful....I've never looked at it that way! But it makes absolute sense!

[danbau08]

You guys are great teachers. Wicked good lesson.

[jewjewbean1960]

i wonder what a siren sound is?

[speaker3600]

5* for the car horn

[CAVEDWELLER007]

These free lessons are truly great, please keep it up. People like myself who are on disability with three kids, we can't shell out the bucks for paid lessons or dvds. And I love your lessons, they are all great.

[easypsphacking]

I once heard a song using only minor chords and i turned emo.

[Dan4157]

Cmaj7 car horns FTW!!!!

[MajorImpact]

He said major second, not seventh.

[Dan4157]

Oh, well still :P

[x0xFlamingFlameRx0x]

keep smiling hehe

[0114sams07]

thanks brother..........

[dreamreality07]

Really nice lesson, thanks.

[ItayROFL]

but that not quite precise for other instruments =\

[str8guna]

dude give me a les paul please!

yes im seriouse:/

call me wat u want

[callmestalker]

What?  He's a great teacher. Lots of good lessons.

[ItayROFL]

+1

....

[talkingmouths]

you look a little like hugh lauri from HOUSE

[perleatsworld]

never noticed that before

[McCarthySFC]

For the Major 7ths, I think relaxed would be a better description. :)

[McCarthySFC]

Yeah mate, thanks for the help! Keep it up, because people like me really appreciate what you're doing. Thanks!

[DayTripperLennon]

I think E minor is the saddest of them all.

:(

[airhead077]

@DayTripperLennon i think its d minor

[pizantir]

it's very helpful!

[melissamarguerite]

very helpful!

[hanstista09]

thanks dude..

[Camilinh0]

I like U man, you're a very happy guy,thanks for the advice

[fhussain44]

I have been playing for 15 years and never knew about major 7'th chords! The joys of being self-taught!

[filecapp]

lol u look happy lol

[darkeagle551]

for the car horn, that wasnt a major 2nd, he played the raised 4th interval lol

[aback108]

Love <3  those minor chords... they sound so intimate and intriguing

[omgScrub]

Minor chords really come alive with that Stratocaster.

[mimoh20]

carhorn was awesome .. crak me up alot !!

dreamy horn

[ImIllieFoshoz18]

im happy!!! im happy!!! im happy!!!

[smp22]

Cool man.

Thanks and rock on good dude :)

[Sonny767]

C, F, G, La Bamba!

[bozomatt]

haha It made me smile when hes just like "IM HAPPY!" Heehee

[Freddie3113]

Haha same seems like a nice dude

[N3WBR33D91]

Thank you for the awesome lesson, its very helpful.

Also, the link in the description box isn't working(not for me at least).

[gothicMana9]

i wish i can thank this person..he really made it seem so easy! he gave me back my confidence!

[jmj5150]

@gothicMana9 I believe he also helped Stella get her groove back too

[s3xpist01s]

dude u r awesome...thanks for teaching major and minor(happy/angry)magic.

[stevieVantanna]

I thought car horns were a F# triad.

...now car alarms they are a minor second...think Godsmack "I'm doing the best i can" or whatever that song is+ a lot of Korn.

[jtixtlan]

Dude!  Thanks!

[0126870229]

listen I MEAN LISTEN  LOL ............

[willskankfortoast]

i may sound very stupid but u say develop my ear ..... but how do i do it? lol is the only way to transcribe songs? i can usually tell what kind of chords im listening to but i have difficulty knowing what string powerchords are on as they could often be on either the e or a string

[hamslammer69]

gnar dog

[apostle313]

OMG this rocks stoner teacher :) the best part "what if a car horn sounded like this (chord) ahahah" lmao

[mitchlpeters]

mate, you have to be the funniest bloke ive seen on youtube...except maybe Trent from Punchy.....but no joke your the best

[warriorxtman]

If you are hating on this guy, fuck off!

[Jabphoria]

at 4:55 is a tritone, not a major second...

[pat1tay]

You're right, I can tell by the sound and his fingers.

[wwnnn43]

I must say you are a wonderful teacher!!!! thank you!!!!!!

[HellSingCorporation]

This Guy Rocks :D He is a Good Teacher

[JamesMorta]

It is true, those who can't do teach..easy looch, whats with the perpetual backwards cap? your like 40.

[deepaintpish]

Dude I like your style man excellent stuff

[hungarianflower]

lol, i love this guy. now i really want to learn guitar.

[girlluvsgd]

"im happy!" lmao funny funny shit. great teacher. i knew there was something fishy about music. is that why pop punk is happy music? :P IM HAPPY TOO!!!

[rmonroe]

Dave,

What is the BEST site for tabs?

[Austinwoot3]

IM HAPPY

[ntr204]

Grade A instruction

[tweetertv]

very nice clip...btw the interval at 4:55 is a flat 5 (tritone)

[bistro39]

yeah you're right, he definitely messed up there. this dude seems weak on his intervals. at 4:55 he plays a diminished fifth (augmented fourth) but he mistakenly calls it a major second. lol not even close!

[hussaruk]

This guy is a great teacher cos its obvious he loves his subject..hes not just going through the motions ...he loves those twangy chords man! Im subscribed

[IIM1K3YII]

i love "twangy" lol

[b5b9]

Great show! What could be more important than hearing the music?. Listen to what's in your imagination - play it, and listen while your play it - then listen in your imagination to what you have just played. Keep up the good work, man. You're the best.

[backupcd]

4:59 lol people are like WOOOO....

[Tripe2eat]

we are gonna plant some seeds eh? haha 420

[smurfburgers]

Dude when he plays a minor chord and looks up his eyes go red.. lol anyway your awesome man

[hussaruk]

the darkness of the chord posesess him smurfburger, well spotted!

[HairMetalNation]

thnx man ur a huge help...uve helped my ear alot

[jjumaa]

that was way toooo funny man

[shadyx27]

"im happy, im happy!" lol, that was funny

[reaper2502]

hey,

i was just wondering

what amps do you play through?

[project3005]

Haha nice way to describe majors and minors, your lessons rock!

[tofurkey0]

can you maybe give us a close up or give us the tabs to those chords.

i'm sorry, i'm just a little bit, for the lack of a better word, stupid.

[MichaelBradus]

You can look up the chords on the internet. Listen for the chord he says, then look it up.

[maggotandproud1988]

snap got the same guitar strat aint it

[guitar2356]

Thnks good lesson. I'll be training me ears some more.

[iRey360]

I'm happy!

Happy sappy!

World made out of marshmallows lalalala wooo

[sup3a]

Even if I'm sad I turn very happy after I watch your videos :)

[parsag69]

@sup3a

[weezerbandgeek]

my ear is all messed up because I play trumpet (Bb),tuba (Eb), and C instruments

[nilogg]

i thought my ear was already devoloped....was i not bor properly?????

[leratluci]

prbly not

[suzyQ0123]

LMAOOOO

[gsmith35]

I loved this one! Thanks!

[Spacemonkeymojo]

You rock David!!!

[ltsarge559]

just as you can here a song and learn the lyrics by listening to you can also train your ear for the chords

[jernov]

"i'm happy, i'm happeh!" xD

i think a car horn is more like a nasty double stop with a lot of gain, LOL.

[burrdom]

any chorde in distortion with a downstroke would do it but its all on you rockman

[A6StringRythm]

what kind amp u use and what settings for base mid high

??

[rockman124]

i like play grunge wat type of chords would i use

[stavsantis]

simple boring power chords which any idiot can play. Grunge isnt about technical good stuff, just basic lame stuff.

[IbanezFreysi]

Well, Soundgarden and Pearl Jam aren't "basic lame stuff".

[sakowihe75]

neither is nirvana

[stavsantis]

oh cumon, nirvana is practically the easiest band to play along to. No complex solos. not major lead riffs, no fast playing, no technuiqeus, just strum a few power chords.

[sakowihe75]

it not always about the complexity of the song. Its also about the emotion. Cobain shows a lot of emotion in his playing

[stavsantis]

dont quite follow. If you want emotion check out fgary moore, still got the blues, its complex, yet cool, bluesy, and very emotive.

[PorkChops250]

Because strumming a bunch of power chords show ALOT of emotion.

I think what you're thinking of is his singing and lyrics.

[sakowihe75]

who the asking you?

[guitar2356]

Music isn't just power chords. Like he said "color" it needs color. What you do is try mixing in the differen't colors to get new colors ya know what I mean?

[stavsantis]

ive never heard pearl jam and soundgarden play advance solos, blues chords, diminished and loads of other things, just simple power chords. i never said that power chords suck, i just mean its basic lame stuff. Sounds cool, but its pretty simple.

[sakowihe75]

pearl jam is hard to play. try one of their songs and you won't get it right away.

[stavsantis]

we will see. heh

[johnvicious2]

barre chords and power chords, don't listen to what other people say Play what you like and you'll find a way to make it challenging.

[stavsantis]

hey, i do agree, im not saying power chords suck, i use them aswell. but i just mean thats all there is to grunge. Nothing else really.

[wtmk81]

It doesn't make sense that other people can teach songs and these guys can't. Nonetheless I still get a lot from their lessons.

[pickles4all]

Because he advertises his website which he uses to make money, therefore he is indirectly profiting off of copyrighted work.

[wtmk81]

Makes sense now, thanks.

[DuiVert]

yeah but you have songlessons from other people and they don't get suspended lik Justin Sandercoe

[serial34]

Because he does not use it to advertise a site where you need to pay! All his stuff on his site is free unlike this berks!

[kissIsbest]

They dont help so much as before when they made how to play videos

[royal24]

kissIsbest I completely agree with you. I commented on one of thier video's asking why they don't do song lessons anymore and they answered me saying that they can't because the major label record companies threatened to sue them if they continued to teach songs! Thats one of the reasons they are now called rockongoodpeople instead of NextLevelGuitar, because YouTube suspeneded thier account over it.

[49skate]

Since they dont do song lessons anymore, i went to the local library(tip!) and found tons of awesome tabs. now im learning the theory through 'rockongoodpeople' and the songs from sheets. I think its good that I was forced to make this switch, it might take a little longer to learn songs but you learn a lot of good things.