Open Guitar Chords Ear Training (Major, Minor, Dom. 7, Maj. 7, Sus4)

Details: http://www.homestudioessentials.com/open-guitar-chord-ear-training/478/

Concentrate on getting the right chord family: Major, Minor, Dom. 7th, Maj. 7th, or Suspended 4th (these are the five types of chords you will hear in this video.) If you get the exact name of the chord, that's great! But don't worry about it too much if you don't (especially not at first.) Just try to get the sounds of the different types of chords in your ear.

Improving your ear can help you to be able to play songs by ear.

I'm planning on making more videos like this, I'll be much more likely to do so if there are requests for more.

This video should be able to be used multiple times before memorizing the answers makes it not very useful... but with more videos like this (3 or 4 more?) they could probably be used until you've really got this skill down without having the "I've memorized the answers" problem.

For more on ear training: http://www.homestudioessentials.com/tag/ear-training/

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[barbergirl28]

This is interesting... good way to recongize the sounds of the different chords... however, I am just starting out on the guitar and I am a little confused to the stuff in the parenthesis... I believe they are fingerings but I don't know how to read them to copy the chords. Otherwise - great job.

[HomeStudioEssentials]

@barbergirl28 that's the tab for the chord fingerings. the numbers represent the fret you place your finger (with the first number being the bass E string, the second the A string, etc... the sixth number is the high E string.)

For example an E minor chord is (022000) which means you place your fingers on the 2nd frest of the A and D strings and leave the other strings open (0 = open.)

An X means you don't play that particular string at all.

[LeDude]

Great stuff, man. Thanks a ton!

[HomeStudioEssentials]

@LeDude @LeDude I'm glad someone is getting some use out of it... I am thinking of putting another video like this together today, maybe using all A chords... should be simpler than this one... that may be a good way of breaking it up. Just sort of experimenting... Any suggestions from anyone on what they think would be a good ear training technique - I'm all ears.

[Dreamdancer11]

@HomeStudioEssentials When in video after a few times you learn the sequence so it isnt helpful anymore...if there was a software to randomize the chords the it would be somehow useful.The one thing i have gathered from ear training though is that...if you cant sing it first..then you dont know it.You can hear it forever but if you cant sing it...then its not internalized in your brain.

[Norogoras]

very GOOD ! ! ! thanx !!! more videos like that ! please !

[RickPleasures]

Thanks @HomeStudioEssentials these videos are helping me grow as a musician then any others on youtube. I will spread the word!

[coolness108108]

Hey there, I think this is great! Ive gone through 3 times now.

Even if you played a simple chord progression like G, am, F,C then have the answers after! That would be a great help!

The more of these the better!

Thanks and cheers!