How to Play Music by Ear: From the Basics to Fluency

Learn how to make music your lifelong companion by connecting your ears, voice and body to music, through piano and ear-training

How to Play Music by Ear: From the Basics to Fluency

Learn how to make music your lifelong companion by connecting your ears, voice and body to music, through piano and ear-training
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About the Class

What will you learn in this course?

  • Discover the underlying building blocks of music
  • Internalize your sense of rhythm
  • Connect your voice and ears to find notes on any instrument
  • Learn how to find and play a melody by ear
  • Understand harmony - How chords work
  • Play chords and melody at the same time
  • Follow the step-by-step process to learn the rhythm, melody, and chords of any song
  • Learn and play popular songs without reading music

This course is divided into fours sections:

Part 1 – Rhythm

Description: In this course, I will be taking you through a series of movements, counting exercises, and real-life examples to teach you how to connect your body to the rhythms around you. You will learn how to listen to different songs and learn where the beats are, when and where to clap in a song, and most of all how to gain confidence in your musical ability while having fun.

What will students learn in your course:

  • Discover the underlying building blocks of music
  • Internalize your sense of rhythm
  • How to find the beats in a song
  • How to count and clap on the right beats
  • A simple drum and percussion lesson for anyone
  • Learn about different time signatures
Part 2 – Melody

In this course, I will be taking you through a series of listening exercises and examples of how to listen, and discover how to play melodies by ear. We will start with very simple songs to give you the tools and confidence to play music freely while listening and understanding why and what music is.

There is no requirement of previous experience with music or music lessons. This course can also be very effective for music students who have only ever played music by reading sheet music.

What will students learn in your course:

  • How to play simple melodies by ear
  • How to find notes on an instrument using their ears
  • The names of the notes on a keyboard
  • How to tell between high and low notes
  • Techniques for listening to a song to help discover the melody
  • How to play a song in different keys

Part 3 - Harmony/Chords

In this course, I will be taking you through a series of listening exercises and examples of how to listen, and discover how to discern chords and harmony in general. As with the Melody course, we will start with very simple songs to give you the tools and confidence to play music freely while listening and understanding why and what music is. I will also introduce the idea of playing in different keys and the overall function of chords, why we use them, which chords sound good together and how melody and harmony work together.

There is no requirement of previous experience with music or music lessons. This course can also be very effective for music students who have only ever played music by reading sheet music.

What will students learn in your course:

  • The basics of harmony and chords
  • How chords work and enhance a melody
  • Which chords sound "good" together
  • How to play in different keys
  • How to accompany yourself while playing and singing

Part 4 - Song Discovery

In this course, We will be taking all that we have learned in the previous three courses and use the

There is no requirement of previous experience with music or music lessons. This course can also be very effective for music students who have only ever played music by reading sheet music.

What will students learn in your course:

  • The basics of harmony and chords
  • How chords work and enhance a melody
  • Which chords sound "good" together
  • Step by step process to learn a song by ear
  • How to Play "Hello" by Adele
  • How to accompany yourself while playing and singing
  • This course follows naturally from How to Play Music by ear - Part 3 - Harmony/Chords

Author

Michael Emenau

School

Michael Emenau's School

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What's Included

Language: English
Level: Beginner
Skills: Chords, Music Theory, Music, Harmony, Rhythm, Melody, Singing
Age groups: All ages
Certificate: On completion
Duration: 3 hours 41 minutes
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