| Are you impressed with people who are able to play | | | | how to play the piano or the guitar in the |
| the piano, guitar or any musical instruments by ear? | | | | conventional way. |
| Do you think that these people are born with the | | | | The following are some simple techniques you must |
| talent to play music by ear? You know what? Play | | | | understand in order to play any song by ear. The |
| music by ear can be learnt. There are many methods | | | | first step in learning to play by ear is to learn how |
| to learn how to play piano or guitar by ear and in this | | | | the melody is constructed. Especially so when learning |
| article, we will explore one of these methods. | | | | how to play jazz piano or the lead guitar because of |
| Are you able to recognize chords or scales without | | | | the solo runs involved. This is because when you |
| looking at music notations? Do you happen to know | | | | know how the melody line is constructed, you will |
| that the same chords are often repeated in most | | | | then be more able to predict where the notes of the |
| songs over and over again? If you do, then you are | | | | melody are going to be. |
| on your way to playing music by ear. | | | | For instance, if you know that a melody is being |
| Playing by ear is not a matter of memorizing every | | | | played in the key of say, G major, you will then first |
| chord and note in a song but by just being able to | | | | assess whether this melody sounds like it is created |
| recognize the chord patterns of the song and being | | | | from a major, natural minor, melodic, minor, harmonic |
| able to predict what chords or progressions will occur | | | | minor, blues, or any other scale that you can think of. |
| next. If you can do that, then you will be able to play | | | | So by knowing all of these scales and being able to |
| by ear on any musical instruments. | | | | recognize the scales with your ear, you can then |
| Playing by ear is not a well kept secret nor is it a | | | | eliminate notes that are less likely to be a part of the |
| complicated process. On the contrary, the techniques | | | | melody in most cases. |
| and principles are simple and easy-to-understand. If | | | | After recognizing melodies from scales, you will be |
| you are a novice and is struggling to learn music | | | | more experienced and will be able to immediately play |
| theory, you will understand that the conventional | | | | any tune in your head! |
| method on learning how to play the piano or the | | | | For example, if you recognized that a song is played |
| guitar is a real challenge and will need to take years | | | | in G major, by knowing the notes of the G major |
| to master the musical instrument. | | | | scale, knowing what notes are most likely to be |
| To put it candidly, learning, not to say mastering a | | | | played and knowing what notes are not likely to be |
| musical instrument is not an easy task. It requires an | | | | played, you will then be able to predict what notes |
| intensive level of comprehension, application of the | | | | will be played and what notes have already been |
| techniques and skill and most of all, a dogged | | | | played. It is just that simple. |
| determination. | | | | By knowing what scale the songs are created from, |
| Furthermore, it can never be really be mastered | | | | by knowing what notes are immediately eliminated or |
| because there will always be something new to learn | | | | less likely to occur in a melody or tune and by |
| such as unused chord progression, unfamiliar music | | | | knowing what notes are most likely to be repeated, |
| theory, or exploring different genres of music. So by | | | | you can learn and play any song on the guitar or |
| learning how to play music by ear, you will then be | | | | piano by ear. Of course, there are more to this if |
| able to cut through all the complexities in learning | | | | you want to be an accomplished play by ear musician. |