I didn't start trying to learn by ear for 3 years. I just got into a band with a guy who has perfect pitch and I was so impressed by it. One day, we were sitting at our drummer's house and our drummer played a song on his phone. Bassist told him to replay it; drummer bro complied. I kid you not, in barely a minute, bass bro had the melody down. I was stricken with awe. I was able to learn a song by ear today, Down On The Corner by CCR. I didn't use a tab or anything, i just listened to it. I was able to roughly figure the song out. I did look up a live performance of the song to see what John was doing. I had the song down quite well. I was so proud of myself.

@Goonercry

2 жыл бұрын

HOw long did it take to have that ability? How did you practice?

@jan_Travis

2 жыл бұрын

@@Goonercry I don't really practice it, I got put the headphones on and just noodle around until I get it. If you want, there's this website about relative pitch training where it'll test your relative pitch. I still don't have great ear but I can somewhat figure things out.

@Goonercry

2 жыл бұрын

@@jan_Travis I am doing the same as you did, just spend time to figure out each note in the corresponding scale, but I want somebody like you to confirm how long does it take to be at the point of fast transcribing the melody in head to the fret ?

@DatHombre

2 жыл бұрын

I'm late but just saying for anyone in the future- one thing that can make figuring out a song by ear a lot easier at least in the beginning is loading the song in a DAW like Reaper and slowing it way down along with using the time selection to continually repeat a part. Then you can just have it replay a small part while you're continually trying to find the notes (obviously). I had never learned a song by ear til very recently and this helped sooo much especially for the faster parts.

@o0...957

Жыл бұрын

Only 3? I didn't learn to play by ear for 6 years.

I couldn't even guess what instrument it was.

@BFHPET

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@rusiruaponsu1756

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂👌

@azizikariya6655

4 жыл бұрын

it is mayonnaise

@valebliz

4 жыл бұрын

LOL

@beejsmusic

3 жыл бұрын

hahaha

Masterful, you've just explained a computer science concept called binary search with a guitar 🙏🏽🗝️

@Limpuls

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same, lol

@thedude2122

4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@sach219

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah 😂😍

@chetanya2995

3 жыл бұрын

haha

It’s easier now more than ever to learn to play by hear. We have the best headphone technology, and with KZread we can play almost any song we went when we want, and slow it down even. I remember reading about the old greats and how they’d just have to figure it out whenever the song they wanted was played lol 😅 Great video!

I've definitely noticed that this got a lot easier after memorizing the fretboard note names and scale patterns. Vast majority of the notes will be diatonic so you just guess up and down within the scale patterns instead of needing to guess blindly.

One of the most overlooked skills! Realized it too late, now I am teaching my studetns how to play by ear.

@releventgaming8753

3 жыл бұрын

Can you give me some free tips & trick's?

This is a good approach. Use your ears. I've been playing for a loooong time, and occasionally, I still have to walk up and down the fretboard to find that one particular note. When I first started out, I'd pick a familiar song as shown in the video (but something a bit more hip lol) and listen to the bassline. I'd put a record on (yep) and listen to the bass. I'd find that note on the sixth string of my guitar, and follow along. That bass note was the root of course, and that led me to start building chords, one finger at a time. Playing along with records also gave me valuable lessons in timing/metering. If it's a song I used to know, and have forgotten, the best way to "reload" it is to disengage my brain and let my hands take over. It's amazing sometimes to sit there with a guitar and watch my hands go where my brain couldn't remember, what many call "muscle memory" but I digress. Always had music in the house as a child, and I did the same with my girls. They all have a great musical aptitude and play instruments.

LOL trying to guess without using a guitar. I got pretty close and bang on on some. Nice lesson!

now i realise, i am nothing

@crittersfritters

7 жыл бұрын

The good news is, with practice, you can become less nothing. I still have a long way to go myself.

@jenshaglof8180

7 жыл бұрын

That's awesome. A spiritual awakening! :)

@auntjenifer7774

6 жыл бұрын

GreendGrandine # now I realize that this paul David's is laying on the heavy accent a little thicker than he really talks .

@mahoya1232

6 жыл бұрын

knnethm 😂😂😂😂 you are really funny

@o.b.7217

5 жыл бұрын

Ethan Crowley Jeez...how about you pull the stick out of your ass? All the guy wrote was "you are really funny" in response to the op's "now i realise, i am nothing". How you can take that as a cause for your completely uncalled-for rant, will probably remain a mystery forever.

U were born a teacher. You explain things and all I do is to understand them. Thenx bro

I managed to do it way better than I thought I could. Thanks, now I'm motivated to figure songs out by myself.

This is a great video for help in beginning to play by ear/recognise by ear. Keep up the good work! You're video's are great!

Really great lesson and something I haven't seen much of in the world of guitar KZread... Many thanks for your time and help 🤩

You seem to be a very nice person. The sound of your voice and your guitar is very nice. I really like your channel

As always, great video and an amazing tip

I'm already doing quite well at stuff like this, but it's nice to be reminded to actually practice it. Makes a ton of difference in both listening and playing skills.

thanks Paul, great video as always. I'm happy that I go the notes and chords pretty quickly. I'm going to be spending more time on interval training and working out basic melodies.

Simple yet concise. Thanks for this great video!

I got it all right away, but when I go with real songs I cant do it because all I hear is vocal and drums and maybe some silent improvisation on a guitar.

@kickbam213

7 жыл бұрын

Crazy drummer veoma cudnovato

@crazydrummer4827

7 жыл бұрын

prvo pitanj

@nuurnwui

6 жыл бұрын

There is all kind of crazy involved. When I am tired I can figure out notes/chords much less well than when not tired. And for some reason it helps me to turn up the bass in the eq usually. And with instruments that I don't know well (like unusual synth sounda) if find it much harder. I'm pretty sure other people's ears work differently. Meaning: See what works for you and keep at it.

I've never had lessons or took the time to learn from tabs. Although I don't try covers very much, this is a skill that definitely develops over time. If you love listening to music as much as playing it, it won't be hard to develop, but every craft takes time to build.

Very useful, I have bought the Learn, Practice, Play course you designed and, even thought I have been playing for decades it is opening up my confidence and making sense of theory and techniques I have never mastered. I highly recommend it to all guitarists. These KZread freebies are enhancements and very motivating. THANKS Paul

Thanks matee,really great vids ,my brain is finally seeing the light re guitar playing thanks to your kind self!!I've played an American Standard Strat since I bought it brand new back in 96!I've played til my fingers bled and as they say blood sweat n tears,trying to play SRV stuff full album stuff via tablature!I haven't used the books in years,I've picked up heaps in 20 years ,but your explanation is really helpful for my guitar mind that walked before it could crawl!Thanks heaps n Merry Christmas!

I am starting now. Thank you for the explanation and motivation. very helpful.

your voice is so manly and relaxing

@leenz8147

5 жыл бұрын

@Koala Koala how insecure do you have to be in your sexuality?

@Ash-fm6ym

3 жыл бұрын

@@leenz8147 i see this opinion a lot from soyboys online, that if you say something's gay then you're secretly gay yourself . If you dislike spiders ,it doesn't mean you want to bang them. If i say anal sex is gross it doesn't mean I want shit on my penis

Wise men say (the C-Em-Am) that David speaks a lot of sense. This video is such a simple idea but so useful and helpful. I have been doing exactly as he suggests for a while so feel like the kid who has been revising. I still find the notes harder to distinguish than the chords but choosing really easy or well known tunes is great advice. Thanks David!

Thank you for this. I really like your videos Paul. This was the first video about ear training I've watched and now I'm very excited to work on that. I couldn't find any exercise videos, so I've actually made one myself. Feel free to use it as well, I hope it is helpful for you too.

i got this very same advice from a classmate of mine a year ago. Because of ear training, I am able to play songs with out depending on Ultimate guitars website. Great video, this help me a lot aswell

I've no clue on music theory but being a self taught occasional acoustic guitarist I was able to guess most notes & chord sounds. Another thing that should be addressed is that you probably know more than you give yourself credit for. That being said, I was astonished when I was correct. It made me realize I knew more than I thought, initially. However I was never 100% sure of my guesses. Still opened my eyes to how much I knew compared to how much I thought I didn't about this. Thank you for this exercise!

Paul is the best teacher on this website because he shows you what is it you know and what you need to work on so you can latch on to one of his steps and go from there

Great video. I would add that trying to read sheet music definitely helps with sight singing and figuring notes, chords and scales out by ear. Guitarists please start reading sheet music. It helps a LOT!

I really love your videos, such character, I love your voice and calm and peaceful tempo. The attire's great as well every time! And most importantly, it feels as if I'm sitting there with you learning and practicing.

Excellent video! I used to play these "games" with a friend of mine to pass the time. In the single note "game" we required reproducing the note on the correct string. Really good training, or so I've come to find.

Man you are a great teacher keep it up 👍

great tips Mr. Paul

I think this is the first guitar tutorial for Old MacDonald had a farm that I'll actually upvote and enjoyed

Excellent tips ....thank you so much !!

This is very helpful, thanks for the tips.

it was so satisfying to guess within a 4 fret range, but this is how i started learning melodies by ear, just grinding a tune out, repeating it until i get it perfectly. first time i solved a riff it took a week, it was the opening melody for metronomy - black eye burnt thumb not the easiest tune, not even a guitar tune but it flows very nicely.

Very helpful, Thanks a lot man!

Great stuff, man. I learned this on my own, but I really like all of your videos. Always something I can use on your channel. Greetings from Serbia and keep up the great work.

@psmithphil

7 жыл бұрын

Serbia? I'm from the USA and I know that Serbia is a great country with great people.

Thank You!! I feel I got better musically by listening to this

Haven’t play in a while, but I still got it! I got all the chords and almost all the single notes without my guitar! :)

Most useful tip... Thank you

Wow Paul thanks you really got me going

Didn't know the Netherlands possess such a beautiful national anthem - and an ancient one it is. Very impressive. Little embarrassing for me beeing there so often and liking your country and your people very much (and not for the reason lots of people visit Amsterdam, never been there to be honest, have to do this one time beautiful city i've heard). Love to watch your channel. Got a lot of inspiration from from you tutorials. Dank je wel!

Thank you Paul, yeah good point, try, throw yourself into it

Thanks, Paul! This is helpful and encouraging for a skill that feels out of reach sometimes.

@Brayden329

4 жыл бұрын

Happy birthday is now in my repertoire ;) on to Solitude by Black Sabbath!

Great video man!!

I got the chords instantly but not the single notes xD

@ceoraaa

7 жыл бұрын

Lol I'm the opposite

@Mikey-wg2xu

5 жыл бұрын

Physik0r i was opposite too. Single notes easy chords took a bit longer

@Caaarrl94

5 жыл бұрын

me too,

@keanusiganoff

5 жыл бұрын

Same!!

@sidm2422

4 жыл бұрын

Same

I thank you, nice work

Paul, good tips and you definitely got a studio upgrade.

That is the best vid i have watched on this chanel!

I really like your intro music, selfmade and cool! Just a tiny peace that'll make your videos even better.

actually very helpful video

Great didactic skill here Paul, kudos!

Thank you!

honestly I thought I was going to be horrid at this, but after that test I can honestly say i'm better than majority of the deaf population.

this is professional are born . I've started practicing it almost I'm getting right

Wow, i just realised your from the Netherlands with you playing our wonderfull anthem.:D

excellent video friend

i don't play guitar, but I like listening to you talk and play both are quite enjoyable

Sir your learning techniques so funny 😂 i just enjoyed it

Just watching this vids, i can say that I got 2 chords correct. I am going to study more. Thanks Paul

can we all take a second to appreciate this awesome intro?

thank you Mr insightful

well practicing by ear and not relying on tabs and tutorial videos is probably a good way.

@The2bdkid

7 жыл бұрын

I don't use tabs and I still suck. rip

@chrissauve2346

7 жыл бұрын

2bdkid it's not gonna happen over night

@aawesome_sauce

7 жыл бұрын

You have to start somewhere

@Ginjakilla1014

6 жыл бұрын

I find doing it by ear or watching someone play a piece is a lot easier than trudging through tab.

You are awesome.

Good job.

So funny, i felt like there was a tunner in my head, and most notes was found pretty easly, without even searching on my guitar. Thanks Paul.

@lrzhi

4 жыл бұрын

Perfect pitch

Thanks!!

I subbed excellent tips

I learn to play metal music by ear and I write tabs on Songsterr but looking back at these kind of videos is quiet nostalgic because just less than 10 months ago I couldn't even recognise pitch in nursery rhymes.

One exercise I use is that I just listen to a completey random song and just noodle along with it trying to find 1) notes 2) chords and a 3) key. Then I put the karaoke version on of that exact song and try to play along the melody etc. It’s really fun and rewarding if you get all three correct.

I have run out of nursery rhymes to practice....love this

Okay,Subscribed.

Also, what if the song you're trying to learn is in a different tuning or has a capo? How do you figure that out?

@MMorgattto

4 жыл бұрын

you can still find the correct notes. but you will notice that its weird to play and that may give you the indication it has a different tuning.for example having to stretch your fingers too much. Or in case of drop tunings you realize the lowest note they play you are not able to replicate with standard tuning ergo they are using drop d for example

@adityadeodeshmukh972

4 жыл бұрын

Well you'll still have the correct notes but they'll be in a lower key or in a higher key in case of alternative tuning

@educatedgamer5107

4 жыл бұрын

really its the intervals that u guess and the u adjust its pitch (im so geussing rn)

@adityadeodeshmukh972

4 жыл бұрын

@@educatedgamer5107 yes correct

I have only learned the verse for "Like A Stone" by Audioslave by ear, not the rest of it and no other songs, I also just sat down and pieced the song together, lol must have been my one thing to ever learn by ear without practice

I want to make my own songs, own lyrics so I can relate more

I picked up a guitar for the first time and heard smoke in the water and figured it all out just by hearing the riff..... not saying this is crazy or I’m talented but it was mighty easy for me

Hello Paul, I follow your channel for some time because I am getting back to my guitar rotine after 12 year away from it and you speak with passion about it! By watching this video I was pretty surprised that you are Dutch because I am leaving in the Netherlands for almost 6 years now and I have been looking for some good music sang in Dutch to help me to improve the language, if you have some recommendations I would be grateful! Keep on with the great work!!

Paul, I've been playing and singing for over 25 years and when I write my own songs I still have a problem recreating my vocal melodies on the guitar. I can spot all my intervals,( almost all, I still have some descending intervals that I don't know because I don't have any mnemonic to help me.) Anyhow, I would love to get better and would welcome any advice or exercises.

Got the G and E :p but mostly because of the different sort of resonance you get with open strings

Hello everyone, I just wanted to say if it was a few months ago or a year ago, I wouldn't guess jack shit here. I studied intervals, and played a lot of guitar, figured it by ear on spot, and found this 1 hour pitch video that might help you get the name of the notes into your brain and it helps. Don't give up and work your ass off!! :)

that guitar is literally glowing

I’ve been playing for 2 months and got most of them right, the ones I didn’t I was off by a note or so. 🤗not bad!

@tbprodutions

2 жыл бұрын

Aren't you fucking special

I used the "singing the note" tip when I played the solo part for "Something Just Like This" by Coldplay and Chainsmokers. Simple!

Im a total beginner but it helps with chords if you hear if the first string is open or is it lower. So I filter some chords based on that

Hartelijk dank!

You're a funny guy.....As well as a GREAT musician! :-)

Fun video i like these mini tests...great idea..are there apps that test players like this?

This guys videos are in my feed so much I don’t even need to subscribe to his account lol

Thx!

while playing a guitar along with this video I was not that bad ...but without it I can't identity the chord or note correctly ...lol .need more practice I guess ....awesome video man..

Even native english speaking youtubers can't get the amount of views you do. Great vid as usual.

Nice explanation. I did pretty good without my guitar handy :).

He sounds like he’d be a khajit on skyrim

my prob is hearing the guitar over excessively loud vocals or other instruments. ex tomorrow will be kinder by the secret sisters. i have teh first part, but it gets fuzzy when the vocals start.

I didn't have a guitar handy but got them all correct. I don't even have perfect pitch!

Hi, great tutorials! Binging the tips 😁 With the melody lines say with old macdonald, what is best way to work out the chords from there, I find it impossible to work out the structure

It was funny, because before watching this, I'd figured out old mcdonald randomly. I and one notes were off, but were exactly how I thought the song sounded from singing it growing up lol I feel like I've heard the first drop in the second syllable of "mcdonald."