Learning Music by Ear-For All Stringed Instruments

Introduction

Learning By Ear - The Method

Step 1 - Select a Song

Step 2 - Familiarize Yourself With the Song

Step 3 - Identify the Key of the Song

Step 4 - Learn the Chord Progression

Step 5 - Learn the Melody

Step 6 - Simplify the Melody

Step 7 - Embellish the Melody

Step 8 - Improvise Around the Melody

Step One - Select a Song

Song List

Step Two - Familiarize

Song Structure and Phrasing

Melodic Motion

Rhythmic Content

Step Three - Find the Key

Pitch Matching

A Word About Electronic Devices

Learning Songs from Recordings

Step Four - Find the Chords

Whole Step and Half Step Intervals

Major Scales

-The Major Scale Formula

Chord Tones for Major and Minor Chords

Diatonic Chords

Finding the Chords by Ear

-Joe's General Chord Progression Rules

-The Chord Ladder

Finding the Chords to "When The Saints Go Marching In"

Melody and Harmony

Step Five