How To Play By Ear 2 - Recognizing Sounds

Learning to hear familiar sounds in music.

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[myspacceer]

im a bass player mostly so if im playing a single note (not paying attention to whatever scale im playing or if im even playing scales) how would i know if im playing a major or minor

[aarontomberlin]

with bass guitar, you only play just the single notes. it takes at least two notes to create any type of major or minor chord. on bass, you are simply always play the root notes to the major and minor chords, but not the chord itself, or even a major or minor.

[DamianSix66]

Thanks Aaron , been playing about 4 months now , nailed my majors and minors and found your lesson very useful . I am from now on going to start listening out for the chords in songs . Its a long road I know but you have given me some great tips here . Thanks mate.

[aarontomberlin]

awesome man!! i have alot more info and lessons on my site too. check it out. aaronsguitarlessons com

[that1loser]

its never to early to play by ear and to tell you the truth its way easier. who cares if its not exactly the same as the album. the point is to learn guitar not the song cuz you want to get to the point where you're making your own music.

[crazybones2009]

U'll luv ur guitar and appreciate it thousand time more once you know how to relate it to any sound and if you have an understanding of how to relate different theories to improvise...then guitar playing becomes an addiction...lookin at tabs are great for to learn ur chords and plays songs quickly...but u'll always be limited and in the end u'll get board of ur guitar...dats what happnd to me..now im getting a hang of ear training now it so exciting to play and learn

[forinstance872]

playing by ear for me is when some one sings a song and you may or may not know it and you can accompany them , being able to know what key and the correct chords and which order they in , i am very dependent on sheet music and having the lyrics and chords wriiten down before me , i would like to get out of this trap , i over heard one day that "real" musicians play by ear , i was pretty insulted by that

[haro10000]

@sheepkilier lor

[sheepkilier]

i didnt know tree was a colour

[M3mPHiS]

I've been "playing" (reading tabs sheets mostly) for 8 years now and I'm stagnating. I guess it's time I start to learn how to play by ear properly. I hope your vids help.

[steeltoto]

Nice

[carrieunderwoodchewy]

you are such a great teacher. Thanks so much!

[mikeqoo123]

Thanks alot! this is very useful!

[rhymenocologist]

@rbcrazyriderrb not really, unless you establish a tonal center. If you're just running through a a major scale by yourself, you will run through a "minor" scale during. for example. If you're playing a C major scale (C D E F G A B) and you continue on to the next octave, you will have covered A minor (A B C D E F G) but the overall sound won't have changed.

[ZeppelinFloydRoses]

nah dude. when i look a a tree i see a big squid, just sitting there. ....... i don't think these lessons are for me then :'(

[jeffacake96]

you can look at blue and know that its blue, you can look at green and know that its green... I'M COLOUR-BLIND!!!