In my opinion, having a well-trained ear is better than having a lot of theoretical knowledge. At the end of the day, music is all about hearing and emotions. So while learning theory is absolutely essential, don't forget the other side of the equation - being able to understand what is heard.
Michelle M 😂 I quit drums about 5 years ago, and finally decided to learn piano a year ago. Here’s to the next (hopefully) 50 years of getting to know it.
Most music teachers would show you the "door" to the music.. . while Warren would not only show you the "door".. .but also give you the "key" and explain how to use it .. . Thanks!
1. Practice singing major scale - 2:36 2. Practice singing two notes intervall - 3:28 3. Practice recognizing chords by their quality (major, minor, augmented ) - 5:45 4. Practice chord progression - 13:43
After taking stock of my playing, I had to admit that my greatest weaknesses are in the areas of identifying root movement, intervals, and chord quality. I checked out a bunch of people's videos to see if I could find something that would help, and while I discovered a lot of good stuff out there, none of it seemed to be quite what I was looking for . . . until I clicked on this one. You told me what I needed to learn, showed me how to get started, and gave me a plan to use as I move forward. Great lesson . . . many thanks!
Mr. Warren; your work is praiseworthy. I’m Cuban and have downloaded tons of videos before, trying to learn gospel and thus playing at church out of the seven-basic-chords style I learned. In the videos I’ve seen before, everybody, even Christians, plays beautiful chord progressions but never explain clearly, usually using clusters to hide the origin of the chords and their roots. But your videos are so clear, so different… I downloaded them all since they are premium study material… now I know where the chords are coming from and where they are heading to… a real teacher who wants people to learn. Thank you bro, may God continues blessing you both spiritually and materially because you deserve it!!! Excuse any written mistake, I’m a Spanish-speaking person, hope this comment makes sense.
SandinoTV no problem my friend, I'm Jamaican and my wife is Puerto Rican... over English is wanky too lol. But I understood you clearly... thank you for the kind words and for following my channel.
I remember hearing a diminished passing chord and will never forgot that moment. Still my favorite chord today other than a sharp 5 flat 9 5 chord... Keep them coming Warren
I had no idea ear is everything in music. Looking back I wasted so much time and money learning how open my throat , breath , placement and so on which has turned singing into a nightmare. I’ll be working on my ear training. Thanks for a great video.
I know of another pianist called Warren Carr, he was on an Australian children's television show called Play School. He was the main pianist on the show from 1972 until his death in 1993!
Thank you, Warren. Man since I have been watching your videos and practicing a little more, my playing in church as well as my group, has improved greatly. ThanK you so much. I am actually enjoying playing more.
Kenneth Robinson wahhh that's awesome 👏🏽 you have no idea how much it pleases me to here this man, thank you 🙏🏾. Hey, would you like to feature this comment as testimonial on my website? No pressure - I'm setting up a testimonial page and would like to feature ppl who have seen improvements in their playing from watching my videos. Let me know. Thanks,
Kenneth Robinson thank man. Could you email it to me with your name, and a pic? The pic is not mandatory, but it would be cool. My email: war85ren@gmail.com
This is absolute gold, my friend. I don't even play piano(I play guitar), but man the way you explained things, plus your playing were just on point. Thanks a lot!
Thank you. I can play well enough to help out in churches but I also want to be able to lower the song without writing chords in other peoples books. I can see chords when I read music but I’m so used to seeing them I can’t hear them to lower the song without chords written on page. I’ve spent two entire days in front of the piano trying to hear chords through the melody of the song hadn’t even crossed my mind to try listening to the bass!!!!! Obviously the bass is where I read the chord on the hymn books!!! Maybe just maybe with a little more practice as you have laid out maybe I can play by ear and be able to play without drawing so much attention to myself needing chords written out and such!
Thankyou so much Warren. I’m trying to prepare for an aural exam where I need to identify chords. As a flute player I don’t think in chords - your approach makes so much sense. Thanks again for sharing your amazing knowledge xxxx
Thank you very much. I am a piano beginner and currently struggling with interval training. This is literally a video tutorial that I have been looking for!😳🤩
Wow!!! I can't believe this you're a superb teacher now I can find keys when playing songs with ur method u just explained using the sound Da da da.. God reachly bless you Sir
Thank you Warren for your kind heart, you are brilliant, I like all your tutorials. I bought your beginning's guide to learning the piano and intermediate's guide to learning the piano, you are explained all in details, slow and easy to understand, I enjoy them. Thank you Warren again.
Thanks.I'm not yet a piano player, but as of today, I've been playing guitar over five years.But I'm frustrated that my musical ear is still not good.That's why I decided to check this out. After all, I learned basic music theory using a piano keyboard. In the future I can hopefully get to the point of transcribing piano songs to guitar, and I expect this video to help along the way achieve that ,as well as master my musical ear.
Warren, I find your channel is amazing and your way of explaining things is really authentic. Now, I need you please to advise me on how to use your playlists in order so I can watch them without skipping a drop. I am that type of guys who is very detailed. Also, I am an intermediate keyboard player but I keep watching beginner level lessons over and over again to help enforcing stuff and it works. Thanks
Thank you for coming back to youtube with all of your videos I really appreciate your teaching. I understand the way you teach and I get everything. Keep going Warren because you do have followers.
Great stuff!! That cheat sheet is going to help a lot of people. I myself have always used a few famous pop songs to "test" what interval is currently being sung/played in a piece of music. Like, if I suspect it might be the sixth note of the scale, I'll sing (to myself) the very tail end of 'She Loves You' by the Beatles, since that final extended "...yeeeaaahh" is a sixth above the root. Similarly, I'll often use ABBA's 'I Have a Dream' to test a note that I suspect is a fourth, since the word "dream" is a fourth above the root, etc. So yeah, if a person can just gather a few "go to" songs that work for them, they can then figure out intervals really easily at any given moment. 👍🏼
Yes. The 70 year old here who had the requisite piano lessons from our chruch organist, all kinds of note reading, practiced to do that recital at the church, did well, but me that 10 year old did not have his heart and soul into it. Kinda pushed from Grandma. Well, here I am again and watch out. I'm bustin loose and the fingers are flying. I don't care, learning to fake it a bit and those arpeggios I contrive don't hurt at all too. Who's gonna know? Thank You Warren Dean Jackson Seattle
Thanks man, as a musician of lots of years who's always struggled with my ear, this was very helpful, you really put some clarity on what it is that I've should master with their ear.
✅ Download The Interval Recognition Cheat Sheet: pianolessonwithwarren.com/interval-recognition-cheat-sheet/
In my opinion, having a well-trained ear is better than having a lot of theoretical knowledge. At the end of the day, music is all about hearing and emotions. So while learning theory is absolutely essential, don't forget the other side of the equation - being able to understand what is heard.
Piano Lesson with Warren a
thank you warren my 8 year old daughter is learning from you
Piano Lesson with Warren thank God I'm just a drummer, lol
Michelle M 😂 I quit drums about 5 years ago, and finally decided to learn piano a year ago. Here’s to the next (hopefully) 50 years of getting to know it.
TightSqueeze Jam at FB Just a drummer?
major - felling great
minor - depression
diminished - losing sanity
augmented - pshycopath
Love this 😊🙏🏾👍🏽
Retro Gaming - Clash Of Clans that is as true as pshycopath
I call the diminished chord the "Snidley Whiplash" chord.
Dominant?
Most music teachers would show you the "door" to the music.. . while Warren would not only show you the "door".. .but also give you the "key" and explain how to use it .. . Thanks!
PY CHOU lol love this analogy, thanks ❤️
Wow that’s so true
I enjoyed singing out loud with you today. When I'm sad i'll come back and sing with you ok.
Pete S awe okay. What about playing? You don’t play the piano?
wow i practice this for 2 weeks and I noticed improvement in recognizing chords...thank u so much
YOG
Samuel Gyamfi you’re welcome
1. Practice singing major scale - 2:36
2. Practice singing two notes intervall - 3:28
3. Practice recognizing chords by their quality (major, minor, augmented ) - 5:45
4. Practice chord progression - 13:43
After taking stock of my playing, I had to admit that my greatest weaknesses are in the areas of identifying root movement, intervals, and chord quality. I checked out a bunch of people's videos to see if I could find something that would help, and while I discovered a lot of good stuff out there, none of it seemed to be quite what I was looking for . . . until I clicked on this one. You told me what I needed to learn, showed me how to get started, and gave me a plan to use as I move forward. Great lesson . . . many thanks!
Awesome, glad to hear the video helped ❤️
Mr. Warren; your work is praiseworthy. I’m Cuban
and have downloaded tons of videos before, trying to learn gospel and thus playing at church out of the seven-basic-chords style I learned.
In the videos I’ve seen before, everybody, even Christians, plays beautiful chord progressions but never explain clearly, usually using clusters to hide the origin of the chords and their roots.
But your videos are so clear, so different… I downloaded them all since they are premium study material… now I know where the chords are coming from and where they are heading to… a real teacher who wants people to learn.
Thank you bro, may God continues blessing you both spiritually and materially because you deserve it!!! Excuse any written mistake, I’m a Spanish-speaking person, hope this comment makes sense.
SandinoTV no problem my friend, I'm Jamaican and my wife is Puerto Rican... over English is wanky too lol. But I understood you clearly... thank you for the kind words and for following my channel.
what's the song you played when you first started you video....it's bugging' me...can't remember the song....lol thank you!
Really wonderful ! Anyone who studies with this man is fortunate ! He really knows what he is talking about !!!!!
Mr. Warren, thank you so much for your generosity, these lessons are priceless!
Excellent explanation! I’ve been singing for years and this will be valuable for practicing intervals! Thank you!!
Awesome, glad i able to help 😊🙏🏾👌🏾
Thank you! My RCM Test is just in about four hours! You've helped me so much. Wish me luck!
I remember hearing a diminished passing chord and will never forgot that moment. Still my favorite chord today other than a sharp 5 flat 9 5 chord... Keep them coming Warren
Sure thing bro 😊🙏🏾
That intro was straight 🔥
Vincent Robinson awe thanks man 😊👍🏾
@@PianoLessonwithWarren I feel it coming by the weekend.
Associating intervals and chords with emotions is an excellent method along with singing etc. Thanks Warren🙌🏾.
But when you sing clean intervals, they don't fit the evened-out intervals of the piano.
my 8 year old girl took piano over the years now she does guitar and she is a great singer thank you mr warren
Edwin Rivera you’re welcome 😊🙏🏾
I had no idea ear is everything in music.
Looking back I wasted so much time and money learning how open my throat , breath , placement and so on which has turned singing into a nightmare.
I’ll be working on my ear training.
Thanks for a great video.
In just 5 minutes I learned more than from anyone else on how to finally hear chords. Thank you sir
I learn a lot from all your videos please keep it coming. Thanks God Bless you.
Edmond J thank you 😊
I know of another pianist called Warren Carr, he was on an Australian children's television show called Play School. He was the main pianist on the show from 1972 until his death in 1993!
Oh wow, may God rear his soul 😊🙏🏾
As a gesture of my grattitude, i finished all d ads...bcause of ds blessing
Aweee thanks bro 😊🙏🏾👍🏽
Thank you, Warren. Man since I have been watching your videos and practicing a little more, my playing in church as well as my group, has improved greatly. ThanK you so much. I am actually enjoying playing more.
Kenneth Robinson wahhh that's awesome 👏🏽 you have no idea how much it pleases me to here this man, thank you 🙏🏾.
Hey, would you like to feature this comment as testimonial on my website? No pressure - I'm setting up a testimonial page and would like to feature ppl who have seen improvements in their playing from watching my videos. Let me know.
Thanks,
Piano Lesson with Warren Go for it! Man. It would be an honor.
Kenneth Robinson thank man. Could you email it to me with your name, and a pic? The pic is not mandatory, but it would be cool. My email: war85ren@gmail.com
You just don’t know how much this has just helped me. God bless you 💯
This lesson is awesome. I have learned a lot, thanks.
This is absolute gold, my friend. I don't even play piano(I play guitar), but man the way you explained things, plus your playing were just on point. Thanks a lot!
XS0780 thanks, man
Thank you. I can play well enough to help out in churches but I also want to be able to lower the song without writing chords in other peoples books. I can see chords when I read music but I’m so used to seeing them I can’t hear them to lower the song without chords written on page. I’ve spent two entire days in front of the piano trying to hear chords through the melody of the song hadn’t even crossed my mind to try listening to the bass!!!!! Obviously the bass is where I read the chord on the hymn books!!! Maybe just maybe with a little more practice as you have laid out maybe I can play by ear and be able to play without drawing so much attention to myself needing chords written out and such!
You're an EXCELLENT piano /music teacher!
I appreciate what you're doing.
Thankyou so much Warren. I’m trying to prepare for an aural exam where I need to identify chords. As a flute player I don’t think in chords - your approach makes so much sense. Thanks again for sharing your amazing knowledge xxxx
Maureen Thomson you’re welcome 😉
Thank you very much. I am a piano beginner and currently struggling with interval training. This is literally a video tutorial that I have been looking for!😳🤩
Wow!!! I can't believe this you're a superb teacher now I can find keys when playing songs with ur method u just explained using the sound Da da da.. God reachly bless you Sir
You’re welcome 😉
Wow this is one of the best videos I've watched so far ❤️
The more I learn the more I wanna learn. Warren always refreshes us.
God bless u sir
Thank you sir , I'm finding it difficult to identify the chord, but with this I will improve
Great lesson, if you can sing it you can probably play it. this lesson is invaluable. thanks so much.
Man you're a hero! Thank you so much 💕
Ali Art 😊👍🏾🙏🏾
Warren is a great teacher
Thank you Warren for your kind heart, you are brilliant, I like all your tutorials. I bought your beginning's guide to learning the piano and intermediate's guide to learning the piano, you are explained all in details, slow and easy to understand, I enjoy them. Thank you Warren again.
sam bui thank you for your purchase and thank you for following my channel.
Really liked it. Piano is beautiful. :)
Thanks 😊
Thanks.I'm not yet a piano player, but as of today, I've been playing guitar over five years.But I'm frustrated that my musical ear is still not good.That's why I decided to check this out. After all, I learned basic music theory using a piano keyboard. In the future I can hopefully get to the point of transcribing piano songs to guitar, and I expect this video to help along the way achieve that ,as well as master my musical ear.
Ato Cox thanks for watching man 😊👍🏾
Yeah, piano is great for that. I also do drums.
Warren, I find your channel is amazing and your way of explaining things is really authentic.
Now, I need you please to advise me on how to use your playlists in order so I can watch them without skipping a drop. I am that type of guys who is very detailed. Also, I am an intermediate keyboard player but I keep watching beginner level lessons over and over again to help enforcing stuff and it works.
Thanks
My playlists are grouped my categories such as “chords, scales, songs, theory and concepts.” So you can video them based on those grouping
I thought so.
Thx bro :)
Great lesson Warren, thanks for sharing!
Thank you, sir. I love this tutorial. really want to be in your level.
Thank you I learned something today. I still hv alot ahead of me.
Warren is the savior of humanity.
Perfect explanation ! Great work !
Thanks for watching 😊👍🏽🙏🏾
Thank you for coming back to youtube with all of your videos I really appreciate your teaching. I understand the way you teach and I get everything. Keep going Warren because you do have followers.
Jovan Ashton thanks for the motivation chief, always appreciate the positive feedbacks 🙏🏾👊🏾
What I have been looking for. God bless you plenty.👏👏👏
Thank very much for this lesson, I love it.
Powerful lesson. Thank you.
you are a great teacher
This was the best tutorial ever
You are a very good teacher ..think this is one of your best lessons ..Dave
d16lev awww 🙏🏾
The explanation of recognizing chords through emotion was very helpful. Great video!
This was an amazing video keep up the good work mr. Warren
Some great tools and tips you provided here. Thanks Warren!
You’re welcome 😉
*Keep teaching brother 👊*
i just switched from keyboard to piano, tryin to get used to tapping to keys 😅 and hope i will train my ear with this video thank you!😇😇
Great video again Mr. Warren. Really appreciate your videos.
Just Mr. O thanks bro 😊👍🏾
I love the way you teach
Great stuff!! That cheat sheet is going to help a lot of people. I myself have always used a few famous pop songs to "test" what interval is currently being sung/played in a piece of music. Like, if I suspect it might be the sixth note of the scale, I'll sing (to myself) the very tail end of 'She Loves You' by the Beatles, since that final extended "...yeeeaaahh" is a sixth above the root. Similarly, I'll often use ABBA's 'I Have a Dream' to test a note that I suspect is a fourth, since the word "dream" is a fourth above the root, etc.
So yeah, if a person can just gather a few "go to" songs that work for them, they can then figure out intervals really easily at any given moment. 👍🏼
Thank you so much, your videos have helped me a lot 🙏🙏🙏 you are a star 🥰🥰
Thank you so much for this! Excellent tutorial!
Breakthrough video for me. Thanks so much!
Thank you for this video!But you should do a full video for the cover you're were playing at the beginning😭😭😭It's so amazing!
David Rotimi awww thanks man, next time 😊
what's the song again.....first song???
Thanks for sharing this, Warren. I think I learned something new! I'm on my way to practice!
Dave Morgang you’re welcome 😉
Thank you Warren for this great lesson.
Bo Song 😊🙏🏾
Very amazing piece of education here. Great work, great playing
Thank you soo much Warren Sir. Its an amazing video. Very very helpful. Lots of love from India. God bless
Durga Lakshmi Subramanian thank yuh bro 😊👍🏽🙏🏾
Very well put sir!
genius teacher... thank you...
you are great. God bless you and bless your family
Man, this lesson is mere gold, thank you! And your playing is sensational... keep it up!
ArgoBeats thanks man 👍🏾😊
Very informative video I will definitely be putting these exercises into practice. Thanks for sharing your piano knowledge 🎹
This is really helpful. Thank you boss. You also get time to reply each comment. God bless you
DesmondOwusuWIFI lol thanks man, it's man passion, thanks for watching 👍🏾
I liked your way of teaching, superb!
Thanks. really great content. Btw i like the way you say comfortably. 😄
God stuff Warren. I'm hooked, finally! Thank you, Dean from Seattle.
You’re welcome, thanks for watching 😊🙏🏾
Yes. The 70 year old here who had the requisite piano lessons from our chruch organist, all kinds of note reading, practiced to do that recital at the church, did well, but me that 10 year old did not have his heart and soul into it. Kinda pushed from Grandma. Well, here I am again and watch out. I'm bustin loose and the fingers are flying. I don't care, learning to fake it a bit and those arpeggios I contrive don't hurt at all too. Who's gonna know?
Thank You
Warren
Dean Jackson
Seattle
Dk J thanks awesome 😎🙏🏾
Wow! This has really helped me a lot. Thanks Warren.
Yomi Omotehinwa 😊👍🏾
Great job Warren👍🏾
Warren u are really good. God bless u
sam hagan 😊👍🏽
Wow this is an amazing approach to training your ear!!!!! Thank you Warren!! I’m a bass player btw!
Fran C. Thanks for watching bro, and all instrumentalists are welcome
Great lesson warren thx
Much lov💓 from 🇺🇬
Thanks dear....❤
Boss Lessons, Power 👊🏾
Priceless information. Thank you very much, sir!
thanks for the lesson... so big brother can maybe if u can make a video of how to play praise songs
You are a very good teacher
Thuan Do thank you
YOU ARE AMAZING THANK YOUUU 💗💗🙏🙏
This is very helpful. Thanks.😅
You’re welcome ☺️
I hope I can keep subscribing to this channel
Answer?
clean reservation answer?
Thank you!
Interval Cheat sheet, was mentioned. Im trying to find its link. This is great, simple and straightforward. Thanks
I can't find it as well
Similar ones can be found online, Google.
Thanks man, as a musician of lots of years who's always struggled with my ear, this was very helpful, you really put some clarity on what it is that I've should master with their ear.
Great lesson
Your videos are awesome 👍
What a excellent explaination I'm big fan of you sir....
shivanand sakhare thanks 🙏🏾
Great video!! Thank you. Subscribed!
Super Good tutorial!