![]() The way I played and even how I listened to music improved. When I started to train my ear in this new way, I immediately saw improvement. It was completely different from anything I had ever heard before. If you’ve tried ear training before and it didn’t work, it’s not your fault! ![]() If you have a problem with anything I listed above, ear training will make you a much better guitar player. You’re unsure if what you are about to play will sound good.You have to ask people again and again what they are playing.You play the same things over and over again.You’re not sure how a note will sound before you play.You’re unable to play what you hear in your head immediately and reliably.You can’t learn songs without outside help (tab, YouTube, teacher, etc.).Here are some consequences of not having a trained ear: You learn, understand, and remember music theory better because you don't just understand the concepts intellectually, you HEAR them in your mind's ear.You get more out of everything you learn and practice.Ear training improves your phrasing, improvising, and songwriting.With a better ear, there's a lot you can teach yourself about guitar.If you are taking guitar lessons, you learn faster, everything gets easier and therefore don't need as many lessons.If you don't have a trained ear yet, then you have no idea what you're missing. Don’t worry about the chord’s name – just listen closely to its character and even give it a fake name if you like! This is the best way to understand how to use chords in music.Aural skills (ear training) is the single most important skill to a musician. Write down the names of the notes you included and how the chord made you feel. Sit at your instrument (it needs to be a piano or guitar for this) and begin combining notes into groups of three. The best way to discover chords is to start experimenting.Check out the chords online to see if you were on point! See if you can identify whether the chords are more “bright” or “gloomy.” Write down the pattern of the first four chords as you think you hear them, just by writing major or minor. Listen to the first line of the music on repeat a few times. Put on your headphones and throw on your favorite song.By the end, you’ll be able to sing a major scale without any point of reference! An excellent song to help you with this is “Do, a Deer” from “The Sound of Music” – it is all about learning the major scale. Repeat this exercise starting on all twelve notes. Sing or play the scale to familiarize yourself with the sound. Write down all the sequential notes of the major scale by using the pattern of tones and semitones described above. ![]()
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