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Each of these activities involved putting your musical ears to work (or play - better word). You might not have thought about it that way, but the truth is you were displaying your inherent ability to reproduce music by ear. Even if you're more reserved and don't express yourself via whistling, humming, or singing, how about this: when you hear your favorite song being played on the radio or other source, do you recognize it? Of course you do. Okay, that's a major point. When you recognize that song, your brain has already exercised its natural ability to hear distinct sounds. Click here if you want to experience something fun. Even if you have never played piano before, you'll accomplish THREE(3) things with just this one lesson: 1) You WILL be playing the piano 2) You WILL be creating music (actually improvising!) 3) You WILL be playing piano by ear Just be sure to combine what you learn in the free eBook A Secret To Playing Piano By Ear In About An Hour with the full version of the video you see there. I had fun creating this and you'll have fun, too! You will actually amaze yourself before you're done. It's rather interesting how the concept of playing by ear became sort of a household phrase with all of us. When you really think about it, your ears are doing the work of allowing the sound to be interpreted by your brain, but the actual part of the process is accomplished by the brain itself. You see, your brain has an innate ability to make sound distinctions. There are many categories of these sound distinctions that make up what we commonly refer to as having a good musical ear... The first and foremost element of music you are apt to recognize when enjoying that favorite song is its melody, the part of a song usually sung by the lead vocalist (ex. Barbara Streisand singing The Way We Were) or played by the lead instrumentalist (ex. Maynard Ferguson playing MacArthur Park on trumpet)... This is easily understood just by walking past someone whistling a tune and you saying or thinking, "hey, that's my song!" You simply identified the melody. Just as you can identify melodies by ear, you can recognize piano chords by ear. As you become more and more familiar with the process, you can recognize chord progressions as well. Get a handle on relative pitch and... wow! Now that opens the door to loads of fun and... wpew! Super confidence! You can certainly learn to become more and more proficient at this recognition, or identification (in other words, improving your musical ears). And we're going to have a ball doing just that. Incidentally, if I may, I would like to suggest that you consider getting involved with this program ... It's a totally result-oriented program - regardless of your experience (none needed!). ( see a press release on this here ) I get excited when I work with someone who is about to realize abilities he or she already possesses and doesn't quite know it yet. What fun to see those eyes light up! We refer to this process of improvement as
ear training.
We take this further, of course, by actually getting you to learn how to play your favorite songs by ear.
A significant starting point is here
Another very significant point you want to not overlook: ear training is never a forced affair. In other words, you can't force your ears to get better. Instead, you simply remain open to a higher musical awareness. You'll learn more about this as we proceed. You're going to do great with all this. Again, your ability to play piano by ear already exists. For now, just trust this to be true, keep your mind open - and your ears - and you will learn to play piano by ear with remarkable improvement! Return from Play Piano By Ear to Piano Lessons |
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