Musical Ear with Practice Sessions

Learn to play music by ear with step-by-step lessons

The Musical Ear course gives you the highlights of a 4-year college music degree, boiled down into concise step-by-step video lessons.

By the end you'll have the tools to transcribe the majority of music by ear (at least 95% of mainstream music).

This course focuses on music theory and harmony - which play the biggest part in playing music by ear (more than your ear).

When you join today you'll get lifetime access to the course, plus I'll send you 90 minutes of 'Ear Training Practice Sessions' as a free bonus ($150 value). Join now.

Is ear training important?

Yes - it's at the center of everything you do in music.

Until you train your ear, there's an invisible barrier that keeps you at the beginner stage:

But when you train your ear, all other skills improve:

What is The Musical Ear?

The Musical Ear is my complete course in ear training. It teaches you how to play music by ear using relative pitch, through step-by-step lessons.

I focus on teaching you music theory first (which is 80% of playing music by ear) so that you know how music works, and you know what to expect from any song.

And I've simplified playing music by ear down to just a few essential skills that you really need.

The Musical Ear course is 5 hours of concise video. All lessons are pre-recorded and edited - so you can watch them anytime.

By the end you'll have the tools needed to transcribe the vast majority of mainstream music by ear - without using your instrument.

If you have gaps in your music theory knowledge, or you missed out on formal training - I made this course for you.

What will I learn?

Here are just a few things you'll discover:

• Why playing in all 12 keys can confuse you about music theory and stop you from learning to play by ear.

• The 3-step transcribing process to transcribe any song (without using your instrument).

• The two most important intervals you need to master to play most music by ear.

• 10 highly popular melodic shapes - which will allow you to transcribe hundreds of songs.

• 10 highly popular chord progressions - heard in the majority of mainstream popular music.

• How to guess what the chord is just by knowing what the melody note is.

• The six chords you need to know to transcribe 95% of chord progressions by ear.

And much more.

What is 'Fixed Key Learning'?

In The Musical Ear course I teach you everything in one key (A minor / C major):

I line up every song in the same key, so that you can see that it's the same melodic shapes and chord progressions in most songs.

(The only thing changing from one song to the next is usually the key - not the notes and chords).

This removes the distraction of changing keys - which stops most musicians from ever figuring out how music works.

- Today's Bonus Training -

When you join the course today, I'm including an additional bonus:

90 minutes of 'Ear Training Practice Sessions' ($150 value) included free.

These are pre-recorded practice sessions with me at the piano - where I test you on real songs, walking you through the transcribing process until it becomes habit.

Your Practice Sessions come in both video and audio formats - so you can either watch them or listen to them 'on the go'.

You'll receive this $150 bonus training for free when you join The Musical Ear course (ends Friday at middnight).

Do you struggle with the following?

• "I rely entirely on sheet music and feel like I’m nothing without it."

• "I don’t know how a note will sound until I play it."

• "I lack confidence in music because I never had formal training"

• "I’ve hit a plateau and I’m playing the same things as 12 months ago."

• "Composition takes me a long time and most pieces don’t get finished. I struggle to find the notes in my imagination and I often loose the tune in the struggle."

If you experience any of the above, then I made this course specifically for you.

What are students saying?

How much does it cost?

To cover this much training with a private teacher or music college would cost thousands of dollars.

The price of The Musical Ear is just one payment of $299 USD.

In addition to today's lessons, I'll also send you all future updates (new lessons and resources).

You can revisit the lessons again in 6 months, 2 years, or 5 years from now.

What if it's not right for me?

No problem. As always, you have my 90-day money-back guarantee.

If for any reason this training is not right for you - I will fully refund your purchase.

This is more than enough time for you to watch the lessons and see results in ear training.

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Course Outline

• Part 1. 'The Terrain of Music'. First we memorize the key: major and relative minor scales, primary chords, the pentatonic scale degrees, resolution and tension notes, which chords exist within the key, interval locations, and how melody and chords go together. First we memorize this terrain that music is written in.

• Part 2. Transcribing Melody (Techniques). Next we study the 6 intervals you need to know to play by ear (not 12), how to learn intervals by ear, 'pillar notes' within the scale, note resolutions, how to locate an interval's location within the scale, the pentatonic shape, and how to transcribe a melody.

• Part 3. Transcribing Chord Progressions (Techniques). Why most chords that exist will never be used, the 6 chords that make up 95% of songs (memorize these). The 4 pop chords. How bass lines work. Resolution chords and tension chords, how to guess the most logical chords by 'thinking as the composer', and the melody / chord relationship.

• Part 4. Highly Popular Melodic Shapes and Chord Progressions. Discover the most popular melodic shapes and chord progressions of all time. When you know what these common shapes are - transcribing becomes almost effortless. You simply know what the notes are because you've heard them hundreds of times.

• Part 5. Transcribing Complete Songs (melody, chords, bass line). Now that we've covered music theory in depth, you're ready to transcribe songs by ear. I'll walk you through 12 ear training video sessions at the piano to show you the process.

• Bonus | How to play in all 12 keys. So far the whole course has been taught in the same key (C major / A minor). To end, I'm going to show you how to transpose everything from the one key into all the other keys.

"I never had formal training"

If you have any regrets about not attending music college, this course is designed for you.

I made The Musical Ear for musicians who never had formal training at a music college.

This course presentes you with the highlights from a 4-year college degree in music in a fraction of the time.

Prerequisites

Before taking this course I recommend you have the following:

• You play piano (even if it's not your primary instrument).

• 3+ years of music experience (lessons or playing).

• Reading music is NOT necessary.

• For adult musicians (18+). Not intended for young children.

"What does the course come with?"

• 5 hours of concise video lessons.

• Lesson summaries (download, print and review).

• Email tips. Key points from the course sent to your inbox.

• Recommended Listening. After the lesson I've selected real life songs for you to practice listening to.

• (Bonus) 90 minutes of Practice Sessions (guided ear training sessions).

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What you will discover

• Why music is not just major or minor anymore. Discover the ‘swaying effect’ and how modern music works (most music colleges never teach you this).

• The 2 intervals you need to learn to transcribe 80% of melodies.

• The 6 chords that make up 95% of chord progressions (there's not 24 major and minor chords that you have to transcribe).

• The melody-chord relationship. When you know what the melody note is, you can guess the chord. And vice versa. Melody note and chord are always related.

• How to think logically - and figuring out the most likely option without even using your ear.

• My top 7 most common melodic shapes (when you know that these are, transcribing them is effortless. You just know what the notes are, because you've heard it a hundred times).

• Common chord progressions (when you know what they are, you can’t miss them. Transcribing doesn’t even take effort).

• Discover the 4 most common bass notes (most bass lines use these notes).

• Resolution and Tension Notes, explained. Discover how notes want to resolve, and apply this knowledge to every scale.

• The 3-step process for transcribing songs by ear (do this away from your instrument).

• How to play in all 12 keys. At the end of the course, I show you how to transpose everything out into all 12 keys. When you do this the right way, you won't be intimidated playing in any key.

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