How To Figure Out Chords To Songs
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- Опубликовано: 16 фев 2017
- Using Eleanor Rigby by the Beatles and She's Always a Woman by Billy Joel, we walk through the steps to deciphering the chords to songs, just by using our ears and our voices.
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The fact that I just found your channel... I almost feel a need to apologize for being so late. Thank you for being so fantastic at what you do.
Yeah me too now😅🤞
Me too now lol
Singing the note instead of trying to find it on the piano right away is the best piece of advice I’ve heard. I don’t have perfect pitch and I would have saved a lot of time if I had known that when I was a beginner and didn’t have the money for buying music sheets and books. Your tips are very valuable.
This is how I play for church too ,,,, I listen to a new song,, then see where the major and minor chords,, sing the note and find it ,,, it’s really fun to learn by ear but you need to know your basic scales and chords ,,, then you’re on your way 😊👍
Thank you, Aimee. 'this is not a trick, it's a skill' - love this. It's a basic info - but so true. Every skill seems like a trick before you acquire it.
You don't see this taught often, so it's great to see this. I began learning simple songs by ear when I was a young kid, and then became much better at it when I learned to transcribe jazz solos while majoring in jazz at UT. It's an important skill and practice for musicians, composers, songwriters, etc. Thanks again for making an excellent video.
It makes me smile to see that someone with such great teaching skills has a platform that allows 1,043,000 people to get such a useful lesson on techniques that can expand their enjoyment of music. I had formal training on trumpet from 5th thru 10th but that instruction never covered these techniques. Just reading notes off poorly written, over-simplified arrangements. I always had the ability to learn material on multiple instruments by ear and even though I never had to work at it (it just made sense to me), these techniques are exactly what I knew intuitively. 1) find the bass note (the chord). 2) see if a 3rd interval sounds happy or sad ( major or minor) 3) listen for any dissonance in higher notes to identify odd voicing (7ths, 9ths), 4) if the bass starts moving, just treat it as a walking pattern until it lands on a 1-beat... etc. GREAT lesson.
Musically illiterate me watching the video.
"First a C Major"
Ok...
"Now an Em, Em, for days"
Alright, I'm really getting this, this will be easier than I thought, guess I'm just an awesome natural musician.
"Now a natural C with an E on the bottom"
Well, that was humbling.
Thank you, Aimee, for this lesson on music and humility.
Will subscribe, please keep up with the good work!
so was i 40 years ago...today 7 instruments, 5 styles of music, make my own instruments(guitars) practice, p,p,p ,practice, read learn and do it! if i can do it so can you ...forgot teach online too! edit the reason i wrote all that the guy that started to teach me, did more bad mouthing than teach ...i couldnt tune damn thing so he gave up on me!
@@willieboy8798 Ok so I won't ask her because she is probably too busy to help, But could you figure out the cords for Wayne Jones/ touching moments, lots of people will thank you.?
@@patony_1288 you cant find anybody that can play ear? or is it Black Page by Zappa???? more questions, figure it out!
your teaching is refreshing, entertaining and definitely not BORING!!! I play piano and guitar and I wish I had you as a teacher growing up. amazing! well done!
Thx scott
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Aimee always tells us to sing. What if i cant sing. What if my voice doesn't have any melody?
Such a cool lesson, always talking about her Internal processes, this will help with compositional aspirations, and playing with others. Long and tedious, no way not if this lady is teaching. What a lovely voice, Amy is tops
Hearing the bass note is indeed the most difficult part. I often make the mistake of hearing the fifth below the bass note. For instance, in Eleanor Rigby I thought the first bass note was a G, so was hunting around G chords. :-/
One thing that helps me is using a karaoke version of the song if you can find one (if there are vocals) and then that takes away some of the complication
@@TFT-bp8zk Thanks. I found it really difficult to find the bass note. I can find the melody right away but struggle to even hear the bass note.
A number of good solid things going on in this video. Of course, the MOST important thing that Aimee covers here is "Pay attention to what's happening with the bass part, or the bass line the piano player or guitar player is playing." One thing I would like to add -- it's ALWAYS beneficial to try and put the notes you hear into the "harmonic framework" -- for instance, about 95% of chord progressions in pop music (or any music, for that matter) fall into one of three categories: 1) diatonic movement (movement up and down the scale, for example, the intro to "Lean On Me" or the chord changes in the intro to "Blueberry Hill"), 2) movement by 5ths (in the verse to "I Got Rhythm" the chords in the key of C are C Am7 Dm7 G7 C -- notice it's a 5th between A and D, between D and G, and between G and C), and 3) Chromatic movement -- the song "Liza, Liza, (Clouds'll Roll Away)" -- again, in the key of C, at the start of the verse, you get C C#dim7 Dm7 D#dim7 C/E -- would encourage all piano players, when dealing with chords, to try to 1) think about the "harmonic framework" (which will help to make your initial guesses more accurate more frequently), and 2) ALWAYS think about "where you're headed" harmonically (oftentimes, the end of the current section of the song you're dealing with). Hope that made sense. And Aimee, I think you're doing a really good job and providing a very useful service for lots of people; I think you DEFINITELY should be commended!!!
MrBobaloo22 great points. Thx so much
MrBobaloo22
the strongest harmonic progressions moves by 4ths,minor3rds and half steps.
the only problem is you cant go from a dominant7 to a major7 chord .
a to d is a 4th as is d to g and g to c.
Are the chord progressions there 4ths?
5th up = 4th down
This is such a good lesson. I wish I had seen this years ago, Amy, because it took me years to figure out some of things you mention here. I play guitar, and my first 'trick' in figuring out the chords in songs was to play the barre version of the chords, emphasizing the bass notes. Then I would try varying the higher pitched notes in the chords to see if they were major or minor or something else.
I do not really know much music theory, so it took me quite a while to get a feel / develop an ear for what chords might fit with other chords (i.e., learning what chords are likely to be in the same key). One of the things I worked out on my own is that to make a major chord into a minor chord you flatten the 3rd. not of the major scale (for others who do not know much theory, think of singing do-re-mi-fa-so-la-ti-da because that is the major scale).
I actually hear changes/additions to the chords in 'Eleanor Rigby' on the parts in the verses where (for example in the first verse), the word "rice" and first syllable of the word "wedding".
I have a couple of suggestions, in addition to the ones you make in the video, for people trying to develop this skill.
1. First, I would suggest that people record themselves playing a simple chord progression and then they listen to the recording many times. That will begin to give people an idea of what their instrument sounds like recorded, and eventually will alert them to various specific characteristics that their instrument might have.
2. Second, I would suggest, later on - once people can accomplish the above - that the student begin to listen to recordings of another mainstream instrument playing the same pieces of music (in the same keys ) as their main instrument. That will develop even more of an ear for figuring out chords, because the same chords can initially sound very different on different instruments.
That's it for me.
Many thanks. Your students - and we on the internet - are very lucky to have you.
drutgat2 thank you, can you share me learning chords transitions, one of most difficult point. buiminhmusic@gmail.com
That's fantastic information - especially how you emphasize the bass note and adjust the higher pitch notes. When I become a little better at playing piano, I will follow your suggestions and record myself.
@@rebeccaandrew6455 I am so glad that was helpful. Now, because I am learning piano, I have to apply that to my piano learning.
Very often there isn't a lead sheet or chord sheet for a piece of music. This is what makes this so useful
I have been using these principles during my entire musical career. I use it to write original music; I use it to analyze very complex compositions by Copland and Stravinsky, to simpler pop tunes. You have to keep plugging away. I believe it should be used in conjunction with written music because reading develops your reading chops as well as learning how to notate music. You do need both. Speaking personally I don't use the voice and singing so much, I do use the piano because that is my instrument, but when I'm transcribing without any sheet music, I transcribe what my EARS hear until I get it right. The ear must come first. This is the oral tradition and when you do it for a decade or two you start to really master the inner workings of music. And it gets easier and easier. It does help to study solfeggio formally as I did at New England Conservatory back in the 1980s. We did fixed not moveable do. One of the first things I did was do a solfeggi to the Wynton Kelly solo on Freddie Freeloader from Kind Of Blue. I believe learning to sing that solo for a classical solfeggio class was a quantum leap in my understanding of bebop language and blues and all the principles of encircling notes and phrasing. I got the whole class to sing Wynton Kelly's lines which was rhythmically tough for all of these classical wind and string majors. Kind of sounded like a Barry Harris class from back in the day, and the classical teacher was little perplexed but patient. Now when you on top of it study the Schoenberg harmony book which is Bach chorale analysis (I had a great teacher for that) alongside the bebop stuff, you are on your way to becoming a complete musician and mastering what we call "tonality" in its widest form. Sorry to go on for so long but I was inspired by all of the great Aimee Nolte videos to testify to what she is doing.
m hampton thank you so much.
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m hampton ...What you speak of is the path to mastery.
lets hear some of your stuff m , you've got me all interested , like maybe you're another mancini or bacharach
Your dissection of Billy Joel's composition made it sound pretty wizard. I love how the chords move like a simple melody under the verse.
Vincent Ippolito I love that! I am going to start using the word wizard as an adjective too! Yes, I agree. They move really nicely.
This channel is pure gold. So glad i found it
That's the way I always used instinctively, looking for the bass notes as first step, then building up the chord. Thank you!
This is very interesting. I am unfamiliar with this method. It looks fun, and it seems like a great way to train one’s ear. Rick Beato sent me here, and I am so glad he did!👍
I've been playing and figuring out chords forever -- doing the flailing method you first describe. :) What I love about this video is how you're able to actual teach it. People who can teach are truly special.
Works for some things(I have perfect pitch) but having good interval training will help with dissonances and tritones if you don't have perfect pitch.
I used to practice this kind of ear training years ago at the piano, but teachers said it was not useful 😪 nice to see someone like u suggest what I believe is the best way to practice and improve our ear and writing music down.Thanks Aimee🤗
Those "teachers" stopped you from teaching yourself one of the most important musical skills. 🙁
Of course it’s useful! I’d rather have a sharp ear. It’s great to learn w eyes but whatever works as long as you’re still playing and enjoying it
This is why RUclips is wonderful... finding a gem like this lesson. Yes, many of us have done it for years. But it's just enjoyable to watch how you approach it while making it fun. And yes, listen and sing it first! :) I hope students are paying attention. Kudos Aimee!
Wow I wish RUclips was around when I was first learning music as so much would have made more sense. oh well, I'm thankful you're here now. This is super clearly explained, and a great model of how to teach something pretty difficult to do.
crimfan hopefully you can take advantage of it now and make up for lost time. :-) Thank you so much for your comment.
This makes me want to learn piano even more, sadly don't have enough to buy my piano yet :(. Almost there though.
You can start on a Casio keyboard like I did 30 years ago and now I own 9 Synths. Casios for around $100 or a good one used on Ebay is all you need to get started :)
Me too, though this is mostly what I did picking out base notes, and I don't think I'm coordinated enough for the keyboard, and though I had a Rhodes I sold all my equipment. Really wish I still had it.
I never wrote down the notes, I would memorize them, and just play them over and over again and listen for the difference, I was pretty good at figuring out complicated bass lines.
She should cut to the chase in 5 minutes and simply explain KEY is most important to understand, then you build chords.
This is an excellent exercise. Because this is how some songwriters think when writing a song.
Keep up the great lessons.
Ran across this listening to RUclips while cooking dinner. I am a retired music professor, 3 universities and 2 women's colleges. The two women's colleges taught me so much about the students. Female students were nothing but a joy to work with. While watching this video I felt compelled to post how wonderful, articulate and charismatic, it is. You only strengthen further my admiration and all the wonderful qualities I have held for the female gender. You are just beautiful in every sense. You, your family, husband, friends etc., have so much to be proud of. All my best wishes, Philip
+Paul Lesson 🙏🏼🙌🏼
ruclips.net/video/O7lJqUQT0TA/видео.html if you want to watch a piece from a concert at Elizabeth Hall/ Stetson University. I am 50, Andres Segovia was my teacher's teacher. lol Cheers.
Having you teach is like a performance in itself. Pretty enjoyable and excellent song choices.
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Your voice is so smokey, breathy and beautiful. Love it.
@dylan foley indeed.
Just poke all the notes....... some of them should work.
Kidding. You helped me a lot! Thanks.
This is really helpful. There's an old, very obscure, instrumental Bob Dylan song that's so beautiful. Now I think I can figure it out.
I WAS ABLE TO WORK OUT THE CHORDS WATCHING YOUR TUTORIAL. THANK YOU FOR THIS :)
Not long, nor tedious. What a happy 31 minutes. Thank you.
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Almost like Bob Ross; an actual delight to learn.
You know what? it s been just about ten years that musicians around me are telling me to do this...and actually today I did...kind of...I did it with some childish songs,...and actually succeeded...thanks to you and all your videos...but my main problem is to hear the bass on songs I want to find chords to
So maybe you would have some suggestions as homework for me with recordings or performances where the bass line might be blatant to you...and audible to me...
Thank YOU Aimee you are very inspirational
I wish you were my piano teacher when i was 12 :)
I'm a bassist, and I've always used the"bass system" to learn songs. I usually use a guitar instead of a piano but essentially the same process as you demonstrated here. You have a wonderful manner about you. It's relaxed, informal, and the method is extremely practical. I wish my music teachers were as natural about instruction as you have been in this video. THANK YOU!
"Do not touch the piano!" Ha! A chord for the times: Covi/D
Love this lesson! You have such a great channel Aimee - even for guitarists!
I know this is an old vid, but I think the Em7 to Em6 to Cmaj7/E to Em sequence should probably be thought of as all variations of Em since the core of the arrangement is constant (violins/strings)--Em for days!--and it is just the harmony line (violas) that is moving in the chorus.
So on guitar, you'd play:
Em7 - 022030
Em6 - 022020
Emb6 - 022010 (which has the Cmaj7/E notes, except the C is played on the 2nd string)
Em - 022000
I don't see it this way in most songbooks/Internet chord sites, but it is the way Paul plays it.
Great instruction and choice of songs! I am self-taught and play by ear, and this is exactly how I learn songs. And I agree, it's very rewarding. The good thing is the more songs you learn, the more quickly you will be able to anticipate a chord as soon you hear the bass note. You begin to recognize chord progressions and it gets somewhat easier.
Aimee, you are a very advanced musician. You've paid the price with hours of practice and it shows. I was once told that to become really good at any instrument, a person would have to be willing to practice for about 10,000 hours to get to such a level.
I started out on guitar when I was 7. By 14, I moved to bass. The genre of choice was Country. As simple (and according to some; boring) Country can be, it still requires an ear. I learned
I-IV-V progression while playing guitar. If a person can count to 7, they can play any song in Country. Most of the time, a song will involve I-IV-V in any order with an occasional II thrown in for variety. It is good to know the relative minors as well because in Country it is not unusual to find them thrown in as well. As a bass player, I am well acquainted with the importance of hearing the bass to figure out the chords.
After watching your videos, I'm more inspired to work to develop some keyboard skills.
Thanks.
Yep, that's what she says at 30:45 I-IV-V
Holy crap! I saw the title of this video, before clicking on it I thought, "hmm I just play chords until it sounds right, how do I do it? I will try with a song, what song?… Eleanor Rigby will do.", then I play the video and you chose the same song!
This is a very strange experience for me as someone who is musically illiterate and learned to play by myself for over a decade. I have picked up a few names over the years but I did not know, for example, E_ major, even though it is a chord I use all the time. Maybe I will finally learn to read and write thanks to your videos.
+ChapstickPremonitions awesome! Thx!
If you can hear it, you can play it. In addition to hearing the bass notes, the student needs to be able to distinguish basic chord quality/attributes. You very beautifully illustrate that. Where it gets interesting is when we go beyond triads! Excellent teaching!
Everything that I can learn from her I am so grateful as a beginner. She truly is very detail and good at what she does. Thank you
Awesome lesson, Ms. Nolte. Great info for a new player and a fantastic refresher for those of us that have been playing for years. Well done, and thank you!
MK
"..start with some layup drills, son." lolol very true.
MrBryceGitzen 🙌🏼😂🏀
I've been playing piano for 8 years but haven't touched it for a few months now since I lost all my motivation :( so far your video is helping me a lot! I think i'll be able to play again soon--I love the way you talk and how you get straight to the points,, and how clearly you explain everything!! Thank you so so much :)
27:00 "you just have to look at the base note and the melody note..." and figure it out. Sooooo humbling for a newbie piano student like me. Thanks for a great video!
Aimee, your teaching style and comprehension of chords are wonderful! ! I now see how to chord progress and hear better.
So important to develop your ear. I'm old enough that I had to. No internet or RUclips when I started. Just radio and records. But even today, so much of what you can find is wrong, a good ear is still very important.
Thank you Aimee loved the tutorial. I am a loop artist and have never had any formal music training its all self taught, and this method will certainly help me figure out chords to songs Thank You
Nice!! Thanks for the note.
Donating my electric guitar in your honor to children charity “Hungry for Music” because you give such wonderful lessons on RUclips .
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Thank you Aimee. Good, solid stuff here. This is real 'working' music. We are so lucky to have such a wonderful teacher and so, so lucky to have RUclips. I forget how many audio cassette tapes I have worn out or just mangled trying to get them back to the start of a phrase again and again, using that ridiculous tape counter. Life is good now.
If anybody wants to hear her do the cello again it's at 12:27 ❤️
OMG . . . cute cute cute
Amy, I just fell in love with the way you teach. You're so delicate and accurate to the song and the method. Great inspiring content! :)
hey can I just say that for all the tutorials i have watched about playing any song without buying the sheet music yours is one of the best (alongside 'Piano in 21 Days')! My dad is getting me an electric keyboard for my birthday and I have, no joke, not taken piano lessons in YEARS, and I don't have time in my schedule to fit in piano alongside tennis, violin, Chinese and math lessons, so this will be of great help to me. Thank you!
Aimee you have a wonderful you tube channel. This video is one of my greatest find. Thank you.
You have got to be the most down to earth music instructor I've ever seen. If you weren't all the way down in So Cal I'd so be trying to hire you to teach my kids! :)
Great explanation!
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Ha! not me, if I were younger and she wasn't married I'd be knocking on her door.
Legion of Weirdos - I was thinking the exact same thing and I was shocked when you typed it out almost word for word.
Aimee, I just discovered your channel and I love it! Keep 'em coming!
Bill Phillips thanks Bill! Ok I will!
You are the teacher I was looking for this whole time, I'm glad that I found you even through a RUclips channel
Avid bass player for several decades but do writing on keyboard in studio and stumbled upon your video. I will say you are one of the most pleasant, meaningful, and purposeful music teacher assisting figuring out key/notes/chords to a song! Thoroughly enjoyed!
Thank you so much. What nice things to say. :-)
Enormously helpful! Thank you so much for making this video!
Nice video! I'm a guitar player ( I know about 3 chords on a piano!) but the principal is still the same. This is precisely how I learned to play anything back in the day! Everybody nowadays has it way too easy to look things up on Google. You have to be careful because a lot of it is just plain wrong. Better to trust your ears!!
24:46 that low Bb you sang ! Sweet range girl!
Inspiring stuff - very well presented. Smooth style that makes it easy to take in the lesson. Keep 'em coming.
This is exactly what I needed! Thank you so much for a clear explanation, this is wonderful!
Aimee, you're wonderful. Im not profesional musician but ive been in touch with pianos and guitars since i was 6 (NOw im 61). I do the same thing, pick up note by ear and put it down on a score. My older bro said me: hey, take the chords from that Beatles song! And I did. Now im able naturally to hear and pick every noise i hear. I imitate with my voice fire alarms, barks and birds (i love your pizzicato thingy, it sound very real) I sing in Choir too and I can separate each voice in a SABT choir that i hear or watch and put it down on a score. Technology and MIDI help me a lot (Im electronic engineer) and and i know a lot of sound too, frecuencies and all that stuf. Music and sound is my life. I play lot of instruments only by ear. God bless the talented people like you, me and others!!!Greeting from Chile!!!
Sergius Cerapium
This vid is total genius. I trained in University level ear training while in high school - and was in a University music composition program. You teach with excellent skills. I always wondered how to quickly figure out chords to songs. Awesome info. Of course it helps that your ear is so excellent. Impressive.
I love how you share your insightful thinking out loud! to create the Figure out/learning! Your Inspiring me! 100% Thanks
Hi Aimee. I like your videos. They're informative and fun. Keep up the good work- and thanks.
11:59 she throws up the horns!!! LOVE IT!!!
Incredible stuff Aimee, extremely illustrative and helpful. I’ll start drawing these lines in my notebook in a min and apply your instructions. Thank you!
Love the ‘metal hand’ while you’re playing along!
It may be easy to find chords to songs online. Finding the correct chords can sometimes be more difficult. Great video. I should bookmark this for when I have time to get back to playing.
This is nice! This is my first time seeing your channel! I play by ear for most of my videos and its cool to see someone explain it :)
You are such a pleasure to listen to/watch! Your instruction is clear, well paced and accurate, and I simply enjoy your way of manifesting in the world. Beautiful! In Billy Joel’s song part B, in the third bar - better than F7/A - I like C-/A, and then F7 in the 4th bar, because it keeps the tension going a bit longer! Your way of listening for the bass note has served me well over the years back before the internet, when I couldn’t afford the books. I was lucky to sing the bass part in a church choir when I was a teenager, so I was used to singing and hearing the root note. I drove people up the wall doing it at parties, though. Thank you!!!
I think your a brilliant teacher however as you said you can find the chords to any song on the internet but i think it is a good challenge to work the chords out yourself and once you have found out the chords this will give you a sense of achievement which will help to improve your playing. I have learnt so much from you, thanks for the upload.
Great work, thanks. Just want to point out how awesome your vocal pizzicato thingy was at 5:20
Same here! - hit me right at the heart, so spot on!
Nick D gosshhhhhh thanks. :)
ha ha! just thinking the same thing
Nick D oh my gosh John. 😂😂😂
Nick D thank you John! 😍
Amaze balls. I’m guessing you have done this before. It would be much more tedious if I tried to work it out! But I feel inspired to try a tune by ear. You make it look fun
Aimee, this was wonderful, thank you for sharing!
Well done for sharing and demonstrating this approach. This is exactly how I taught myself to work out chords many years ago. I have seen some people suggesting using the grossly overvalued numbers system to predict which chord follows the previous and try it out. But you are right on the money by getting people to identify the root note by actually listening.
Aimee, I laughed so hard watching you pick the song apart. I am quite happy you said that it is a skill and not a trick. Well, to heck with the price of paying for sheet music. I always wondered HOW those folks that play by ear do it. You truly made my day. I realize it is time for me to get serious about my playing. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. I am over 50 now, but this will definitely help me with this black gospel music. They go all over the place. GOD BLESS YOU. and you have good ears for those bass notes too.
FRYEGS6 I amuse you? Am I a clown? Lol very good very good. Hope it helps!! 🙌🏼🙌🏼
You do have an understated hilarity, for sure! If that oxymoron holds :)
+adayatatyme lol thank you
Thank you so much for making this video, this is going to help me figure out for myself to find the chords for playing guitar. Thank you 🙏
Your singing is very beautiful! I can’t really describe it, but the flow of notes when you are singing sounds so nice!
Well, that’s probably the most useful music theory lesson I ever had! Thanks Aimee Nolte.
This is a very helpful video, thank you!
Aimee, just got my staff book 📚 from Amazon just like yours!!! I needed it, even though I don't know how to write music 🎶 I can write chords! 😊🎸
+twinning!! Sebastian LaMar
Sebastian LaMar since you are not writing the actual notes but only chord names won't a regular 99 cent composition notebook do?
Excellent music lesson . I learned a different perspective on how begin to write music. Thank you Aimee. .
You have a discerning ear and a very pleasing singing voice. Great lesson. Thanks.
One of the best I've seen!
epistrophy99 thank you so much, and you have a really cool name!
Wow I am impressed, you are a great teacher, subscribed!
+ZipSnipe thank you Zip
Me too - best piano tutorial I’ve seen in a long time - thank you so much 😊
How many tenor sax player that uses a keyboard for fun emotionally for changes figuring out the chords to different songs that are solo over Piri I really enjoy the way you teach I feel like I’ve had a personal 101 lesson thanks!
Yup. That's basically how I've always done it! Of course, headphones are extremely revealing and helpful, too.
I really dig your no-pressure vibe.
While I've been doing this since I was 14 (aka decades ago), I love watching your teaching videos. One addition for guitar players, learning really basic piano is a great thing. It's not my primary instrument, but it's a great tool for figuring out chords and bass lines and stuff. Then it's easy enough to transpose to guitar. Its linear layout is the key to theory just staring at you. Ever notice what John Lennon or Paul McCartney are using when they are/were writing?
Very good video, so no surprise you have so many views.
Through my (long) musical life, I've been developing my own ability to do just what you show. Mostly I don't write anything down, but keep the chord sequences in my head. I also find it extremely useful to use our old friends the numbers I through to VIII, so I can move the song into any key I want. Anyway, I am so often asked "How do you know what chord is coming next?" especially when accompanying a singer live, perhaps on a song I've never played before and it's not exactly easy to explain. Over the years, you'll know it becomes second nature & intuitive... Bit like learning another language, eventually you stop having to translate and just use the skill you have without thinking about it too much. So well done for explaining things so well, to benefit others.
+Alun Rhys Jones thanks so much. 😍
Great lesson, thanks a lot! Btw, for a band player, this method is the best way of learning to play a new song by heart, to be able to quickly get rid of the documentation and focus your attention to your audience not your iPad/papers.
Great tips Aimee! Love your channel. Thanks for so much content.
Great video Aimee! Sharing this on our you tube page in a play list called UNDERSTAND MUSIC and OUR facebook page.
+Southern Vermont Music Academy hey thanks!
You are an amazing woman! So talented! It feels like you're right here with me. ha ha You're the greatest!
Found your interview in Ric Beato's channel. Now I am your great fan and virtual student. Thank you for sharing a knowledge for free.
So glad I found you, I'll keep in touch, thankyou
15:20 You can certainly google the wrong chords for almost anything in the world :) I have a fairly good ear so most popular stuff is easy enough, but I'll occasionally be stumped or lazy and google something. What I find is that anything a bit more unusual has a lot of rubbish out there. Same goes for a fair amount of simple stuff too. So don't always trust the internet. If it still sound wrong it probably is!
greyztone, it's revelatory to Google for chords to great American standards, such as "Willow Weep for Me." Even the ones which seem mostly right to me have what are to me obvious mistakes.
I've been coming to the conclusion (on guitar), that learning from people such as Aimee is WAY more useful than googling chords, etc. It's a tough / bigger investment, but will pay off in the long run :)
(I have seen so many bad chord charts, etc., it's just crazy!)
"It's in the key of XYZ", when it's not, etc. I'll watch a video, then have to figure out what's *really* going on. The goal is to get to a fraction of the level of understanding that Aimee has so that I could "learn" any song (within reason...).
Was trying to find some music for my sister and I to play together - I could find every key but the one the song was originally written in. Probably because of lazy people not wanting to deal with the 6 flats of E-flat Minor.
Yes, even publish sheet music has errors.
Extremely informative I just wish I could hear the song play from your phone a little louder. You ve earned a sub
I'm just catching up on this video and it is AWESOME!! This is something I always wanted to learn. Thank you!
I love your lessons.
I was the guy in the band of untrained musicians who worked out the songs. My method was, first, figure out the key. Then ask whether the chords are all in that key. That is, does it have any twists that would suggest a chord or chords out of the key. Then go through the chords in the key and see if they fit. Then figure out the out-of-key chords.