Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: The Cycle of Keys
Playing by ear is one of the core musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin knows how to teach it in a practical, relatable way.
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: Reproducing Sounds
Playing by ear is one of the key musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin is a music teacher who really understands how to teach it in a practical, relatable way. He’s sharing his approach with a new video series “Learn to play by...
Playing by Ear, with Brad Mavin: Introduction
Playing by ear is one of the key musical abilities which ear training can unlock, and Brad Mavin is a music teacher who really understands how to teach it in a practical, relatable way. He wrote a great two-parter in our “Learn to play by ear” series a...
Utterly Integral: Playing by Ear with Steve Lawson
Steve Lawson is one of the world’s leading solo bassists and a forward-thinking music educator. Here’s his ear training advice.
5 Top Tips to Learn to Play By Ear (Steve Myers)
This week we have another terrific guest expert joining us to share their perspective on learning to play by ear. We’re very pleased to welcome the founder of Theta Music: Steve Myers! I started playing guitar at age 11, and learned songs by sitting down with...
Can Learning To Recognise Notes By Ear Improve Your IQ? (Rob James)
We’ve looked at how to learn to play by ear, including some great tutorials and howtos from our guest experts. Today, Rob James reveals a side-benefit of focusing on your play-by-ear skills… A bigger brain! Learning to recognise and play back notes by ear...
Learn to play by ear using chord tones (Part two)
Here’s part two of Brad’s article on playing melodies and improvising by ear using the notes of a song’s chords. It’s part of our series on learning to play by ear. You should start with part one if you haven’t already read it! Welcome...
Learn to play by ear using chord tones (Part one)
This week in our playing-by-ear series guitar teacher Brad Mavin shares a process he uses for learning to play songs by ear on guitar. A fun exercise that I like to do with students is to play along with a popular four chord song. Identify the key and make music using...
Learning to play by ear was the answer when flaming fingers left me cold
Continuing our playing-by-ear series, we’re very pleased to welcome the first of our “home team”, Easy Ear Training author Nick Long, to share his experiences learning to play by ear. I decided I wanted an electric guitar aged 14 after seeing a video...
Like vegetables in your diet! (Eugene Cantera)
Today we’ve got a slightly different viewpoint on playing by ear to share with you, from Eugene Cantera of the excellent Discover, Learn, Play website. Eugene’s joined us here before, writing about ear training technology and we’ve covered the DLP...
4 Steps to Playing By Ear (Natalie Wickham)
One of the most effective ways to improve as a musician is to learn from multiple teachers, exploring different approaches and hearing from a variety of perspectives. So to continue our series on playing by ear, we decided to invite some teachers and musicians to...
Top Online Courses for Playing By Ear
Want better musical ears? Get the latest methods, information and techniques for training your musical ear with these top online ear training courses.
