How To Figure Out The KEY Of A Song by EAR On Guitar | GUITAR EAR TRAINING
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- Learning How To Figure Out The KEY Of A Song by EAR On Guitar is EASY and requires ZERO music theory! If you would like to Identify the key signature of a song and get really good at learning how to identify the key of a song by ear through key recognition ear training for guitar, then watch this very quick Guitar Lesson explaining how to find the key of a song on guitar INSTANTLY, in which I will Teach you the one simple method that all Guitarists Use to answer the question - What key am I in ? this will teach you how to find the key of a song on guitar EVERYTIME! so that you can then improvise and solo without having to ask the key of a song first! really useful in a jam band scenario, and is also the first step to then being able to figure out the chords in a song by ear. Watch this video right through to understand the most simple way to learn how to recognize keys by ear for any song👌
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no clickbait, straight to the point and easy to understand. You're the real MVP
Much appreciated 👌 welcome to the channel!
What's the point of inverted guitar, upside down?
@@Titus357 I think because that's how you view it while playing
Yup
The bass is so easily ignored in the majority of songs, yet by simply paying attention, one can figure out a song structure quickly
Very true👍
Trying to explain this to people is unnecessary difficult
easily ignored by you!! maybe 😎
People ignore bass?
The bass is litterly the most important thing to listen to. If you have the bass soprano and the chord quality then you can figure out what the chord is.
That's how a video should be made, straight to the point, 5 minutes length. Tired of watching 15-20 minutes of length videos which could have been explained in just 4-5 minutes. Great work 👍
Exactly! Glad you think so too👍
agree, no filler!
or 20 min videos that dont actually seem to be of any help, this was GREAT
Same
I'm a beginner and I need to repeatedly listen and watch your video to understand clearly what you mean. However, it seems to me that you were straight to the point.
This was freaking awesome. The guy painted a visual so perfectly. Well done
Thanks!
Why doesn't this channel have a gazillion views and subscribers?!!!? The information on this channel is pure GOLD!!! People need to wake up!!!!!!!! YES, DO A VIDEO ON HOW TO FIND THE CHORDS OF A SONG!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks Deltafour1212!!! The Video on Working out the chords in a song by ear will be next👍
I didn’t expect this to be helpful, but it was.
Subscribed.
@@Samjamguitar fantastic explanation to keep it simple. Theory is so intimidating. Thanks you!
Try note E and how it relates, or Bb. if you know circle 4th 5th
I learnt this playing on church
Note: I'm a voiceover agent. I have to say, your vocal delivery over the content is perfect. You have the right tone, speed and pacing. You're very easy to follow. Great editing as well.
Sounds like a robotic response.
@@JoeKoOhNo Irony.
I love the “this will sound bad” warning lol. Really shows how we’re naturally programmed to listen for “good” sounding patterns
10 months after you posted this video, I was looking for this subject matter across CZcams. Not only this particular video but all your channel videos are a godsend to help develop my guitar playing to much higher plane. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
As a novice guitar player, this is the most useful video I ever watched
Thanks!
ask the Drummer
Excellent video! About as clear as can be. Love the key icon. These types of videos are insanely useful for me. Please make more videos. You obviously have a great talent for making them.
Thanks, will do!
Great lesson, as always! Yes, please, would LOVE to see a video explaining your method for finding the chords -- and, if you're up for it, the melody -- of a song. You walk us through these things so clearly. Thank you!
Hi Boomer Dell! Great idea! I will add figuring out melodies by ear to the list👍 thanks for watching!
transcribing chords is much more advanced than transcribing melodies
perfect for my adhd, now just play subway surfer on half the screen and we're all set
Tip for beginners: sometimes you may find it easier to use this exact method, but on your treble E string instead (E1). The dissonant notes stand out more as the wrong notes, and the right notes sound more "right".
Excellent tip! I did have a little trouble with that, and I can see how this will help. Thanks!
59 yo and ‘playing’ for only 3 years. Finally can move my barre chords at a decent pace. On a good day. 🤷🏼♂️ But I still can’t play along in chords. 😵💫 Single notes are easy for a long-ago trumpeter, and far less uncomfortable. I (edit: obviously) have no self-discipline and an easy-going teacher. 😊
Have a great day!
Any chromatic scale will do.
Some of the best 5 minutes a new musician could ever spend on CZcams. Sensational video!
Thank you very much!
INSANELY underrated channel
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Interesting way of explaining it. I'll definitely be sending this to other guitar friends as I've never been able to explain how I do it.
I do a similar process but usually will just start playing some notes and instantly know what key a song is in based on where the note I played is in the scale. For example if the song is in D and I hit a G note, I will instantly know (from practice) that that G is the IV of the key that the song is in which means the song is in D. And if I hit a note that definitely isn't in the key, I'm only one note away from a "correct" note and can instantly still work it out from there.
Knowing your Roman numerals really helps. If you know it well enough it also means you can easily play chords along with almost any song
This might be my favorite guitar information channel on CZcams. The videos get right to the point and the approach is very easy to follow. Thank you for doing this! You have another subscriber.
Wow, thanks!
Your channel is helping me grow as a guitarist, brother many thanks.
That's awesome!
Your mechanism of teaching is just mind-blowing...the voice over with great illustration is very helpful...i have learnt a deal from you... 🙏
Thank you!
Nicely done. More like this please. Short, sweet, effective. A+ instruction. Subscribed!
I've never seen a technique explained so clearly. Much appreciated
You're very welcome!
You are a genius and always on point...you are easily the best guitar teacher in the world...Thanks for helping in my guitar journey
Happy to help👍
This really made my day, wish I had known about it sooner. I tested this right away on a couple of songs, and strangely enough the first 3 were in C# key. I really thought I was doing something wrong until I googled the chords, but it was correct. What a strange coincidence lol! Will absolutely recommend this video if I see someone struggling with this. Thank you!
This is a great video! Short and precise! Really good, nicely done
Thank-you it's very much appreciated!
Great tip. Other than playing the full pentatonic scale you can pay attention to the note right bellow the root note. I.e. you found out that 10th fret (D) sounds like a main (root) of the scale. However before you stumbled on 10th fret you've also listened to 8th (C) and 9th (C#) fret. C would be the 7th note in D minor scale, while C# would be the 7th in D major. In other words, if you found your root key, and half step bellow it doesn't sound good - it's probably a minor scale and vice versa. That works if we are not talking about modes ofc
I taught myself to play decades ago and along the way I was able to train myself how to hear notes to place me in the right key. I didn't know any method to do so. This is one that I picked on my own along the way but always wondered if there is a better way. It's great to know I wasn't off in the weeds somewhere. Thanks.
This was the most important guitar lesson I have had in my entire life, it works, thank you!
Glad it helped!
this was the most straight-forward, fully answered approach that i've seen from the perspective of a guitar player. Thank you so much!
Hey! Thank you very much!!
Great lesson. I came up with the same procedure on my own once I learned the major scale positions and I use the hight E because it cuts through the mix much better
Great video in every way! Straight to the point and very instructive! Bravo and thanks a lot!
You no bs, practical approach in all your videos is incredibly helpful in cementing concepts easily.
I know theory pretty good and I've already gleaned insights from you. You're the ideal teacher
I appreciate that!
you are a life saver. i had to come up with a guitar solo and didn't know where to start, this helped so much. thanks :)
No problem! Perhaps check out my playlist Lead Guitar Tool Box: czcams.com/play/PLcIs25jv9P96vFf7mfO0z2HBdYRoqYfWq.html you should find plenty of helpful lessons on how to play guitar solos!
Great video, thanks for the guidance! I’ll be incorporating this ear training later today. Instant like and subscribe, looking forward to watching your other videos 👍
Nice thank you. Very helpful.
You're welcome!
Holy! This is exactly what i needed. Makes sense now. Thank you!
Glad it helped! Check out my other videos for more like this👌
Pretty nice description for beginners. Eventually you get to the point where your ears and your hands have the muscle memory to just jump to the key w out you barely thinking about it, but that's easy for me to say bc I've been playing over 30 years. But that started to happen for me about 5-7 years after I began playing.
Yes this is definitely the case.... I would practice the above method in this video on adverts/commercials between TV shows as a kid and after a year or so I could jump straight to the key without any thought pretty easily. I feel most musicians that have been playing for a few years generally are all capable of this but for those who are not yet able to then this video will certainly teach you how to approach this useful skill.
This really helped. Thank you!!
You're welcome!
This is super helpful thank you! I have a horrible musical ear, but a great sound one! I know chords really well but it takes a LONG time to hear keys and stuff. This perfectly sits into how i hear and my strengths with my ear. I’m an audio engineer and am pivoting more towards other areas in music. I know theory pretty decent too, but my knowledge holes are huge when it comes to musical ear and playing along with others (i don’t have much experience i mostly wrote midis by myself in scoring software since i was a kid). Most people followed along with me in the end and I’d like some more push and pull when working with others.
This was so helpful in so many ways. Really puts things into perspective. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
WOW! This is the ONLY channel that makes Me actually feel confident I can actually learn stuff that always seemed obscure to me!
Thanks Matteo Giberti! Glad you enjoyed this one as the idea came following our chat on a recent community post! so you could say this one was for you👍
@@Samjamguitar Thank YOU for this GREAT video! As I said before, your unique way of teaching guitar stuff makes me really understand what other videos and even guitar lessons I've taken in the past never did. Now I just have to train my ears and practice!
+Matteo Giberti Brilliant! Really pleased my videos are helping 🙂
Thanks for this appreciate it!
My pleasure!
Great use of examples. It would be interesting to see how the progression towards the key center sounds as you make your way around the circle of 5ths. I might try that out myself...
Used to be really be amazed when people could find the key of a song so quickly and easily. Stumbled upon your video today through my recommendations and I must say I've learned a lot today. Slowly getting the hang of this, thank you!
Wow, thank you!
I’ve been doing exactly this for some time, but man this would have been helpful when I was in that long, drawn out discovery phase. Thanks for reinforcing it for me!! 👍🏼👍🏼
Thanks!
That phase is where I’ve been stuck! I finally get to take the next step. Phew.
Thanks for the comment from someone who’s been here, Alex. I thought it was only me. 👍 (Ok, i know we all have, but still… 🤷🏼♂️😉)
Simple?Yes.And so is a bicycle.
Once you see it.
Awesome not only it explains well but it clarifies other thing as well.. great expansion !
Glad you liked it!
Ive been practicing guitar for almost 2 years as a hobby. I never knew how to find keys in songs or what they really referred to. I saw this video in my recommendations. So, I wrote down the notes and used it in about 4 different country songs (cause their easy for beginners and my novice ears) and holy cow! I was able to find the key by the 2nd song. I had to listen to the songs a few times but this tip was 1000% worthwhile. Also being able to tell if its a major or minor, makes it fun to fingerpick the scale during the song.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
No probs, I'm glad the video helped you out! Welcome to the channel👍
Not sure if you already made the chord video or not but I would love to see it. This video was so helpful
Just now learning guitar. This surely will be a great help👍
Great to hear! Keep it up👍
Thanks bro.may god bless u♥
Thankyou!
Great lesson on something that’s hugely important.
Cheers!
Concise and to the point. Well done. You have a new subscriber.
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks for the lesson. It’s perfect! Also It would be an awesome video about how to find the other chords. I have problem finding different Chords sounds, like F5+, sus, etc. Thank you so much!
Thanks! Learning how to identify the basic chords in a key will be coming up soon and after I will definitely put together a more advanced video that explains hearing different chord types/qualities other than major and minor 👌
Only a legend would be articulate exactly how to develop such a skill. Thank you.
Much appreciated!
The term pull really clicked with me. Thank you! :)
So, many people have asked me how I find out the song key and I wasn't always able to explain to them properly but you have expressed it in a simple understandable manner, Great job!
Imma send this to everyone who have asked me or will ask me in the future. Great video man
Brilliant! Yes it can be difficult to verbalise/explain something like this so I'm glad to help👌 thanks for watching!
Sounds very good. Figuring out the key of the Law.
im not a musician but this thing really do be working
This video was just recommended by CZcams. Thank you, it's so helpful and well done. Subscribed!
Awesome, thank you!
This is something I figured out myself after years of practice, but it would’ve been super nice to have known it earlier.
Great to hear!
You're video's are nothing short of brilliance so clear and easy to understand thanks .keep them coming .
Cheers...and yes I will keep them coming your way👌
never has it been so easily explained!! thank you
No probs! Cheers!!
Thanks samjam, i usually I'll the play each note thing with some trial and error, i didn't know there was more to it. this is helpful. (:
No probs 👌
Nice and short, concise, to the point, ... Well done. (I've been playing music for years.) Count me as a new subscriber.
That is very much appreciated Micheal!
Thank you so much for this video. I have been playing guitar on and off for over 40 years and listening to music for even longer than that and this is the first time I have been able to easily discern the key of a song! I haven't looked yet, but I am going to see if you made that video on how to figure out the chords of a song.
You're very welcome! The video is in the works!
Eye opener. Thank you. Just made a breakthrough
Like the video and would love to see more on figuring out the chords also.
Working on it!
@@Samjamguitar we are eager to get it!
Bro I tried this out and it worked first time. The key was F Minor and i googled it turned out it was correct. Thanks bro! Also, please make a melody and chords one, that would be super helpful!
Great! And the more you do it the better/quicker you will become at it! I will follow up with a Chord + melody version soon👌
that full chromatic scale from E to E at 4:05 just to find the root... sounded amazing as an intro for that song!
I usually skat sing or hum the note, either physically or in a monologue type way. And usually I can find the root no with no issues. Practicing finding the note and singing it seems to help a lot, also improvising as well. I usually put on some pop songs and play over or along with them sense they're not technical and fairly easy to fill in.
Great tutorial! Please do make the next video about finding the chords of a song!
Will do! It's in the works 👌
Great video. Not something I really need personally, but this is a question that comes up on online forums quite often, and it's important to have a video that explains (and demonstrates) this concept in a really simple way. It's difficult to communicate this through text. I mean, this is one of the most important concepts about music theory IMO. People talk a lot about keys, but I think a lot of people don't properly understand the most important thing about a key that is the tonal center. And if people don't understand tonal centers and can't hear them, then the concept of keys will make little sense.
I've been looking for a video that would demonstrate this in an easy way, but hadn't found one before this. Well, there was another video that touched on the topic that was decent, but this one is much simpler, and also shows an easy method for finding it that isn't just "feel it and sing it" - which BTW I don't think is bad advice, but not everyone can do that instantly. The method shown in this video on the other hand helps with practicing hearing it if one can't find it instantly.
Thankyou! this was definitely the intention of this lesson!
This was such an easy and straightforward video without any fluff or ad or long ass intro. THANK YOU!!!!
No Fluff, no filler! That's what this channel is all about!
wow the simplicity, it's so good thank you
Glad you like it!
what a great video!
I would love to see a video explaining your method for finding the chords - or have you already done so? I couldn't find it!
Coming soon!
@@Samjamguitar i'm excited!
lol i misread the title and was like why is he only teaching for the key of A
🤣
Something tells me he titled it that way intentionally… 😐
very useful approach. thank you for taking the time. I've used a similar approach to finding chords but would love to hear/see your approach to that.
Hello, well explained, great job, thank you. 🎼🎶🎹🎵🎸.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Well done explaining this technique efficiently and straight to the point. This is a method I’ve used as a backup for decades but wasn’t even self-aware that it needed explanation until teaching my son guitar - so thank you again very much for the assist! We don’t know what we know until we know what they don’t know!
Glad to help!
If anyone ever asks me again how to identify the "key" of a song, this is the video I'm sending them. Awesome tips!
Cheers!
Really good video and very helpful. Thanks
Hey thanks!
Visually and audibly concise. Pretty much a perfect tutorial.
Thanks!
3:42 Did not think i would stump on a meme in a middle of a lesson. This is gold
This is brilliant!
I thought yes sure..... what a great video with no nonsense.
Thanks.
Good job. Really easy to understanding. Thank you so much
It really helps me .Thanks man and keep it up
Thanks!
Perfect teaching for every age!!! I found my courage back! Thanks. I would like to see another video about finding chords!!❤
Great to hear thanks!
Thank you. I'm trying this out and will be trying your other lessons. I agree with all of the praise.
Thanks!
Super video. I've never thought of what I was doing. This really helps to be quicker. Thanks 😊
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks Sam your great videos have helped me enormously.
Happy to help!
valuable info and this style of teaching is absolute gold. thank you.
You're very welcome!
Great video with great explanation. It is gong to be super helpful when I play.
Lots of good advice on CZcams and very helpful, except…..many are overly complex. This was the most straightforward and practical method as well as easy to apply.
Perfect video. i didnt understand a thing cuz im a drummer. but still made me watch every second of it
Very helpful video, thank you so much. Could you please be so kind and make a video that explains figuring out the chords in a song too?
Sure thing!
@@Samjamguitar omg, thank you, you have no idea how much this helped me
amazing work brother highly appreciated!
BRO !!!!! That was absolutely what I was looking for and more !! You have made a positive difference on planet earth !!
Cheers!
Utterly brilliant 🤩 thank you
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks 👌