My biggest challenge is hearing basslines, that are very low, played by for example a stand up or electric bass. Also low piano is not that easy. Great video, thanks!
My biggest problem is getting fooled by chords that are very close. I transcribe a lot of pop and rock songs for fun and I'd like to get more into jazz, but even the most simple jangly guitar chords are a challenge. For instance, in a tune like "Back on the Chain Gang" by the Pretenders, I played the opening sequence D-A-G... for, like, decades... when I finally saw a video, it looked like the G voicing was really G/B, then when I found some chord charts and video tutorials for the song, it was really an Emin7. Once I tried that, I was amazed that I had "heard" it any way other than with the Emin7. That happens all the time. A simple tune like "I Saw the Light" by Todd Rundgren, has a couple of 2-5s, and a nice pivot on Cmaj7 to C7, but ... I can't emulate the voicings that the piano is using on the guitar. The chords fit, and sound right, but the register is wrong and fiddling with inversions up the neck hasn't gotten me any closer.
Great lessons! For years I have taught ear trainings to many students but I think your approach is easy and very applicable.. I will make an online video on that to help my RUclips students.. great job!
My biggest challenge I would have to say for me is actually hearing the correct pitch of the key . I find humming to be better for lower tones and whistling the best for higher so sometimes it’s hard to find the keys that are more on the middle .
My biggest issue is to recognize the note in correct octave when notes are played together. For example, when two notes are played together, C F (perfect forth), a lot of time I would think one note is octave higher, then I will recognize them as perfect fifth (F C). Therefore, I am always struggling with chord inversions. I don’t know which inversion they are playing. I cannot tell which one is higher or lower when notes are playing together
This is tricky because it has to do with overtones (the subtle notes that are present in every note, but are barely audible because they are quieter, and blend into the overall pitch of the note). When I was in music school, we had homework assignments where we had to listen to a 5-10 second recorded piano excerpt and write down the notes we heard on paper. I distinctly remember debating with a fellow student over the bass line in the recording, and arguing that the notes she was hearing were actually just imagined, the brain filling in the context of the sounds, but the note she was hearing was actually not being played by the pianist, and was not actually in the recording. Very tricky.
Re: things you can do to learn ear training without a course --- try transcribing music by ear!! It might be tricky, so start slowly, with simpler songs, and build up. It can really help the learning process.
I’m trying to learn how to transcribe songns but I can’t hear differences in chords so I look for a video that describes how to hear the difference in chords and In the comments someone suggests that I should transcribe songs, so I try to learn to transcribe songs but I can’t hear the differences in chords…
@@johndoe-rq1pu try easy ones where you have some idea of chord positions. or look up the key center! or maybe just play scales in different positions until you find something that seems to fit, and then use that as a starting point.
Nursery rhymes....start with the first two notes.....play them at an instrument and sing them as well....name them also i.e (M4, m2 ect).... Think about where each note wants to go for YOU, how does it feel to stop on one note and what note do you hear in your head that's supposed to come next....can you find it on an instrument...(try singing it while you fiddle around to find it) ... One goal can be to train your ear to hear common progressions. If I'm in G going through 1-4-5. I would play a G note then try and sing a C....did I make it...did I sign a different chord tone?...was I completely off? 😅.... Getting used to knowing why/how you made the mistake can make the entire thing more valuable imo. These are some good basics I go back to often 👌🏾 Music often feels like chasing your tail, it's an upward spiral not a circle though 🙏🏾 😂 I hope I helped...
It sounds like the audio files are on piano, which is an equal-tempered instrument. Does this course help someone hear the relationship between notes for well-temperament or just intonation?
Hi there Kosta! Glad you found the video helpful. You can find my ear training course "How to Play What You Hear" at this link: www.learnjazzstandards.com/play-hear-sales-page/
"I'll sing a minor triad"... sings a major one... Lol! But very good video, cheers. I will be playing some chords and try to spot, for example the third or the seventh. To answer the question, two challenges for me. I'm Ok with triads, inversions and bass out of the chord (like C/D), but adding 7th is hard and 9/11/13 is still a distant dream. Second: be sure that I don't invent notes. When I hear a minor chord, for example, in a tune, and I try to determine if it's Xm or Xm7, at some point I am unable to tell if I can hear the seventh or if I'm imagining it. Somehow, when I hear a chord in real conditions, I'm never sure how many notes it has.
i can recognise these chord quite good, i know all theory, if i hear a song i can easily find out the key of that song, but the main challenge i am facing is recognising chord in a song.. even if i know what are the chords that song might have.. but sometime 2 chord seems to be fitting in the same place and i can't really make sure i am right or wrong.. this really freaks me out.. any help?
unfortunately we are Argentineans and two things, we do not understand English well and much less talk without listening to a musical note or an example thanks
What's your biggest challenge that you have with ear training? Leave a comment!
Probably inversions.
That does get tricky Martin! Because then the context of a chord in a progression becomes important as well. Thanks for commenting!
Hearing chord progressions in songs.
Trying to remember what i heard lmao
Ihave problem in everything ...my ears suck
My biggest challenge is hearing basslines, that are very low, played by for example a stand up or electric bass. Also low piano is not that easy. Great video, thanks!
It's a challenge indeed! Thanks for watching!
My biggest problem is getting fooled by chords that are very close. I transcribe a lot of pop and rock songs for fun and I'd like to get more into jazz, but even the most simple jangly guitar chords are a challenge. For instance, in a tune like "Back on the Chain Gang" by the Pretenders, I played the opening sequence D-A-G... for, like, decades... when I finally saw a video, it looked like the G voicing was really G/B, then when I found some chord charts and video tutorials for the song, it was really an Emin7. Once I tried that, I was amazed that I had "heard" it any way other than with the Emin7. That happens all the time. A simple tune like "I Saw the Light" by Todd Rundgren, has a couple of 2-5s, and a nice pivot on Cmaj7 to C7, but ... I can't emulate the voicings that the piano is using on the guitar. The chords fit, and sound right, but the register is wrong and fiddling with inversions up the neck hasn't gotten me any closer.
"I'm just going to use this lesson for teaching purposes" LOL
Great lessons! For years I have taught ear trainings to many students but I think your approach is easy and very applicable.. I will make an online video on that to help my RUclips students.. great job!
My biggest challenge I would have to say for me is actually hearing the correct pitch of the key . I find humming to be better for lower tones and whistling the best for higher so sometimes it’s hard to find the keys that are more on the middle .
My biggest issue is to recognize the note in correct octave when notes are played together. For example, when two notes are played together, C F (perfect forth), a lot of time I would think one note is octave higher, then I will recognize them as perfect fifth (F C). Therefore, I am always struggling with chord inversions. I don’t know which inversion they are playing. I cannot tell which one is higher or lower when notes are playing together
This is tricky because it has to do with overtones (the subtle notes that are present in every note, but are barely audible because they are quieter, and blend into the overall pitch of the note).
When I was in music school, we had homework assignments where we had to listen to a 5-10 second recorded piano excerpt and write down the notes we heard on paper. I distinctly remember debating with a fellow student over the bass line in the recording, and arguing that the notes she was hearing were actually just imagined, the brain filling in the context of the sounds, but the note she was hearing was actually not being played by the pianist, and was not actually in the recording.
Very tricky.
if you're relying on the bass note as the root to sing the intervals, how then if it's an inversion?
Inversions really throw me off. I can pick out the different notes, but how do I know what the bass, dominant, tonic etc are
Mine biggest problem is hearing bigger from the root(6ths, 7ths, etc), especially in extended chords.
Thanks for commenting Leroy! You can certainly apply some of these same exercises to extensions and alterations as well.
I can sing the interval faster than I can identify them. Would like both to be simultaneos
Learn Jazz Standards I definitely will! Great video👍🏾
could you make a video how to recognise chord changes!
Duly noted! Will add to requests list
make that two requests
make that three request!
make that four \(*_*)/
Pls make a video on how to identify a particular chord by ear for eg is it a C major or G major or A major etc
At the end of the day I can recognise major and minor chords but steel struggling with augmented and feminised
what genre of music does he play again?
chords constructions and scales connection .
Re: things you can do to learn ear training without a course --- try transcribing music by ear!! It might be tricky, so start slowly, with simpler songs, and build up. It can really help the learning process.
I’m trying to learn how to transcribe songns but I can’t hear differences in chords so I look for a video that describes how to hear the difference in chords and In the comments someone suggests that I should transcribe songs, so I try to learn to transcribe songs but I can’t hear the differences in chords…
@@johndoe-rq1pu try easy ones where you have some idea of chord positions. or look up the key center! or maybe just play scales in different positions until you find something that seems to fit, and then use that as a starting point.
Nursery rhymes....start with the first two notes.....play them at an instrument and sing them as well....name them also i.e (M4, m2 ect)....
Think about where each note wants to go for YOU, how does it feel to stop on one note and what note do you hear in your head that's supposed to come next....can you find it on an instrument...(try singing it while you fiddle around to find it) ...
One goal can be to train your ear to hear common progressions.
If I'm in G going through 1-4-5.
I would play a G note then try and sing a C....did I make it...did I sign a different chord tone?...was I completely off? 😅....
Getting used to knowing why/how you made the mistake can make the entire thing more valuable imo.
These are some good basics I go back to often 👌🏾
Music often feels like chasing your tail, it's an upward spiral not a circle though 🙏🏾 😂
I hope I helped...
SO helpful, thank you!
Encouraging lesson!
You should make a video on how to recognize Jazz chord progressions
That's a great suggestion thanks!
Thanks for this video...it's well explainable. I just join a choir. I need help to know when to coming or after the intro.......
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Hey glad to help Ajoke!
It sounds like the audio files are on piano, which is an equal-tempered instrument. Does this course help someone hear the relationship between notes for well-temperament or just intonation?
Great video! Where can l find that program? Which you use in this video? Thank you!)
Hi there Kosta! Glad you found the video helpful. You can find my ear training course "How to Play What You Hear" at this link: www.learnjazzstandards.com/play-hear-sales-page/
Great Video, I am unable to recognize extended chords from songs.
"I'll sing a minor triad"... sings a major one... Lol! But very good video, cheers. I will be playing some chords and try to spot, for example the third or the seventh. To answer the question, two challenges for me. I'm Ok with triads, inversions and bass out of the chord (like C/D), but adding 7th is hard and 9/11/13 is still a distant dream. Second: be sure that I don't invent notes. When I hear a minor chord, for example, in a tune, and I try to determine if it's Xm or Xm7, at some point I am unable to tell if I can hear the seventh or if I'm imagining it. Somehow, when I hear a chord in real conditions, I'm never sure how many notes it has.
how do you figure out the root when it's an inversion?
MY BIGGEST PROBLEM IS EVERYTHING FUCK. THIS SHIT IS HARD
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i can recognise these chord quite good, i know all theory, if i hear a song i can easily find out the key of that song, but the main challenge i am facing is recognising chord in a song.. even if i know what are the chords that song might have.. but sometime 2 chord seems to be fitting in the same place and i can't really make sure i am right or wrong.. this really freaks me out.. any help?
How can I get that shirt your wearing
Hey Logan, years ago we did a Teespring campaign selling shirts, but currently, don't have one up and running. Maybe in the future!
That's a g major triad but the notes shown are of c major triad.
Im so lost. Do i have to know intervals before I do this?
Ikr, i think so
You show a C chord but sing a G chord.
My challange is to hear bassline.
mantab
unfortunately we are Argentineans and two things, we do not understand English well and much less talk without listening to a musical note or an example thanks
Hey Tito, definitely some musical examples in this vid if you continue listening, but I understand the language barrier can be tough!
It's not C major , it's G major I mean triads
Can’t hear chords lol
Great video! Where can l find that program? Which you use in this video. Thank you!)
At his website Learn Jazz Standards