Basic Ear Training Exercises and Techniques for COMPLETE BEGINNERS

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  • čas přidán 20. 05. 2024
  • If you're a complete ear training novice, start with this video. Once you have developed some relative pitch, you'll be able to play songs, hear chord progressions, figure out notes, all by ear without having perfect pitch.
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Komentáře • 488

  • @PresidentMystry
    @PresidentMystry Před 3 lety +1842

    As soon as you said “Now here’s the second note.” I prepared for a single note and closed my eyes. Then an ad started playing of a guy playing a jumpy tune on his piano and I thought, “Is this a trick question??” So I opened my eyes and saw the skip ad button

    • @opasnajovana
      @opasnajovana Před 3 lety +85

      same, i got so scared

    • @NoahKellman
      @NoahKellman  Před 3 lety +196

      hahaha oh man sorry that's awful timing! Didn't realize that's where the ad was setup. Did you end up getting the question right after you recovered from the shock?

    • @PresidentMystry
      @PresidentMystry Před 3 lety +47

      I had to skip back a few seconds but yes

    • @thembelihlezwane4226
      @thembelihlezwane4226 Před 3 lety +17

      😂😂😂😂

    • @DanielLearnsPiano
      @DanielLearnsPiano Před 3 lety +18

      I did exactly this. I had the Simply Piano We Will Rock You ad.

  • @kcreative7293
    @kcreative7293 Před 2 lety +139

    The biggest secret and most challenging part of ear training is...."CONSISTENCY" .....you have to do it everyday!!!!!!!! the consistency part is where people fail and quit. I know cuz I was one of them. its hard and frustrating and it makes you want to quit. Believe me if you do it every day every day every day it does get easier and you'll be amazed of the results.

  • @chaleureusenikolai3741
    @chaleureusenikolai3741 Před 3 lety +398

    Im distracted by the background its so beautiful

  • @tuttilynn3791
    @tuttilynn3791 Před 3 lety +335

    I've been looking for a good ear training course for a new student, this is it. Thank you.

  • @k_drive
    @k_drive Před 3 lety +78

    that snowfall in the back is majestic

  • @ninij9692
    @ninij9692 Před rokem +138

    The snow outside is mesmerizing, it goes really well with this video.
    Thank you for doing these videos for those of us who have struggled with ear training and singing on pitch.
    💜☮🎶

  • @MsVikings100
    @MsVikings100 Před 11 měsíci +12

    I got the G in the first question. Fun, and awesome teaching video, just what I needed. Thank you

  • @FlowWithBo123
    @FlowWithBo123 Před 7 měsíci +5

    I like how you explain it as a new language. Takes the pressure off getting it right away.

  • @christinamilioni6325
    @christinamilioni6325 Před 3 lety +16

    Great content! Thank you! Looking forward to more beginner ear training videos!
    Have a great 2021!

  • @WillsJazzLoft
    @WillsJazzLoft Před rokem +24

    Wow! I already do well at recognizing tonal centers for a few of my favorite jazz tunes ( example C minor for Footprints ). But this also is an enormous help. It's in almost deceptively simple and yet effective methodology. I think that I will try it out on relatively simple tunes however

  • @dedrg470
    @dedrg470 Před 2 lety +52

    I love this, he shows the difficulties we may encounter, makes me feel less lost, worrying if I am doing it wrong

  • @claudiachestelson8289
    @claudiachestelson8289 Před rokem +8

    This video and you are what I've been looking for...I kept thinking we've got to recognize the SOUND of notes to actually find and play them. And that definitely is like learning a new language. Thank you...for un-complicating this!!!

  • @witchenette
    @witchenette Před rokem +28

    This is so helpful! I might be able to finally overcome the trauma from when I was in elementary school. Where I live, arts and music are obligatory subjects up until 18 yo, the end of high school. When I was about 10 yo I think, the music teacher was forcing the whole class to write down the notes she played on the piano. She would run through the basic chords first and then she played some random sequence. Of course, the whole excercise was always graded. That was impossible for me then, as was for the majority of the class, and it's still impossible now. I hated music because of that so much, each lesson was so stressful. It was maaaany years ago and I still remember that lessons vividly, the trauma is real.... It seemed very wrong to force kids to do something like that at such age... Your video wasn't stressful at all, I even feel motivated to practice and learn now :) Thank you so much for that!

  • @jamesrusso2523
    @jamesrusso2523 Před 2 lety +3

    Simple and efficient . Best lesson on you tube , I have been searching a long time .

  • @thisyearwithkate9504
    @thisyearwithkate9504 Před rokem +8

    I just started learning the piano and this has truly helped me in recognizing the notes.....Thank you so much for keeping it so simple. Love from Nigeria.

  • @Ashleybmakingvideos
    @Ashleybmakingvideos Před 2 lety +15

    This video was super helpful! I hope you continued this series, because this made me realize I'm more advanced than I thought. Guess those years of high school choir paid off lol

  • @botanicalERB
    @botanicalERB Před 3 lety +21

    I love this video!!! I took choir all through high school and have been trying to tune my ears again to play bass, you're a wonderful teacher!! ☺️ This is really helping me get a grasp on it all again!

  • @elainegroom1989
    @elainegroom1989 Před 2 lety +12

    Excellent training. I have trained my ear to hear middle C. The rest falls into place with repetitive singing. I hope that came out right. Thank you. (Just keep singing)

  • @Skunkbagg
    @Skunkbagg Před 7 měsíci

    One of the best music tutorials I've seen in a while

  • @stephensufian4127
    @stephensufian4127 Před 3 lety +58

    Yes. I recognized G because it seemed substantially higher rather than a bit higher

  • @lancashireliberty7603
    @lancashireliberty7603 Před 2 lety +4

    I'm a drummer trying to learn music theory just started playing bass so cheers for this!

  • @JSDJerry
    @JSDJerry Před 2 lety +3

    Best eat training ideas I’ve heard. Now I need a syllabus to follow.

  • @lynnesteele9682
    @lynnesteele9682 Před 3 lety +10

    Nice foundation for building a bigger sound vocab. Thank you!

  • @bembambimbombum
    @bembambimbombum Před rokem

    I do have an APD and this really helps me a lot. Thank you so much!

  • @alasdairvaler
    @alasdairvaler Před rokem +3

    As a person who always had an issue with understanding notes and sounds because I didn't know how to learn the pattern for that I must thank you. Just at the beginning, with the language metaphor you explained it to me like no-one else. Your way of describing thing is very similar to my thinking and I am really gratefull I've found your YT!

    • @Shreya-vs6bh
      @Shreya-vs6bh Před 11 měsíci

      I'm also really struggling but it takes 3 months to 3 yrs to develop relative pitch. I thought i was slower and its just my day 2 😅

  • @worm91237
    @worm91237 Před rokem +2

    wow this lesson is the best I've come across. Thank you!

  • @LivingGuy484
    @LivingGuy484 Před 3 lety +152

    My teacher recommended making an association between intervals and a popular song (or one we could make up). Eventually, you'll pick it out super easily
    Ex: Perfect 4th going up, in every key, is the start of "Here Comes the Bride"
    Perfect 5 is starwars theme
    A major third going down sounds kinda like a doorbell
    So on, so forth. You can find handy charts with other example songs for free online. I would highly recommend still doing the exercises that he suggests though, because they allow you to internalize the sound better and really get a grasp on what you're hearing

    • @TechTins_Projects
      @TechTins_Projects Před 3 lety +8

      Don't do this. It will make it much harder. I tried that for months and yes eventually I was able to recognise those pitches. But was of zero help when trying to find notes in melodies. The method described in this video is the easiest and best way. You need to use your instrument at all times for this. Learning all the intervals two note associations does not help, believe me.

    • @kaussey4
      @kaussey4 Před 2 lety

      This helped a lot for me , you just have to make sure you put it in music context and remember how the interval sounds in relation To the 1 and in relation to notes that are played in sequence (which is the hard part imo) for ex. 1-4-7 in a min key sounds like two perfect 4th back to back

    • @Philrc
      @Philrc Před 2 lety +1

      Yes that's a good way to do it. I did that and could recognise all the intervals in a couple of weeks. After a while you stop thinking of the song you used as you know the interval so well

    • @Philrc
      @Philrc Před 2 lety

      @@TechTins_Projects nonsense

    • @neongrave5414
      @neongrave5414 Před 2 lety

      @@Philrc well i have a test on monday i can tell the intervals because of the music but when it comes to melody or randomly generated notes i get lost and its only c major scale what should i do?

  • @couch6126
    @couch6126 Před 3 lety +23

    Him:here’s the second note...
    Ad:I found a loove
    lol

  • @prodbycilson
    @prodbycilson Před 2 lety +1

    This is the first vid that I understand. Thank you for your vid.

  • @SANNYKUMAR1
    @SANNYKUMAR1 Před 2 lety +2

    Very helpful. Thank you for sharing.

  • @gaylecheung3087
    @gaylecheung3087 Před 2 lety +1

    I was talking at six years old by the greatest vocal teacher ever in Toronto back in the 70s

  • @willfoster2635
    @willfoster2635 Před 4 měsíci

    Many thanks. I'm tuning my guitar so I need this help. Power to you.

  • @MFJMD564
    @MFJMD564 Před 2 lety +8

    If playing the piano, it might be good to listen to the interval and then reproduce it on the keyboard, not only try to think for the interval. Why? Because it will train your muscle memory at the same time. You'll train your ear to identify the sound, and your muscle memory to instinctively play that interval. With time, you'll be able to play fast melodies by ear.

  • @philomena1539
    @philomena1539 Před 3 měsíci

    This is an excellent video - so helpful. Now it seems possible. Thank you!

  • @TheKalemba777
    @TheKalemba777 Před rokem

    You are officially my new piano mentor !!!!!

  • @LibraryofMusic
    @LibraryofMusic Před rokem +1

    This is truly helpful. Thank you

  • @samjeshrakbca488
    @samjeshrakbca488 Před 3 lety +1

    Thank you bro . For a awesome tutorial

  • @Eduardsax
    @Eduardsax Před 2 lety +1

    Good tip. A good place to star ear training. Thank you!

  • @mbulelombiko5032
    @mbulelombiko5032 Před rokem

    Thank you
    . This helped a lot.

  • @gangofgreenhorns2672
    @gangofgreenhorns2672 Před 4 lety +8

    This is great. Thank you.

  • @KipIngram
    @KipIngram Před 2 lety +6

    2:50 - Ok, given that the only possibilities were E and G, it was clearly a G. But I don't know if I'd have known that if it could have been any note of C. If F and A had been possibilities... well, not sure.

  • @milagrosramos2601
    @milagrosramos2601 Před rokem

    Thank you for the ear training class.

  • @stephanielupercio3168

    im excited for this journey!

  • @pericologan
    @pericologan Před 3 lety +1

    The snowfall is beatiful!

  • @josereyesguizar4449
    @josereyesguizar4449 Před 2 lety

    thank U so mch 4 ur Time...i L0ve Music.. sadly I am a beginner, but I have one Question?, what is the concept behind playing any given NOTE and having the next one play in harmony with it on an instructment. Pretty much, the making of a song; Not whole in theory but if you were to play Gmajor for example within the next 3-5 notes play; would there be such a musical equitaion that 2 or more of those NExt 5 notes played would have to be specific notes carry the beat with structure. How you do put notes together to create a BEAT/SOUND/RHYTHM. ( Not reading them) is kind of hard to explain myself. Thank U...

  • @ORagnar
    @ORagnar Před 11 měsíci

    This is good. I could do the equivalent on my guitar. I'm curious about another aspect of ear training, and that is listening to music and being able to pick out the instruments that are playing. Is that a fundamental part of ear training?
    5/27/23

  • @thegoodinfluencer15
    @thegoodinfluencer15 Před 19 dny

    Beginner friendly! Thank you!

  • @trevorfox3759
    @trevorfox3759 Před 3 lety +27

    This video quality is good bro. Keep it up

    • @NoahKellman
      @NoahKellman  Před 3 lety +1

      Crimson Lightning Music thanks appreciate it!

  • @yesido7304
    @yesido7304 Před 2 lety +14

    Great lesson. Btw i'm a guitar player and generally i'm not so trained on identifying single note, but i'm very good on identifying chord (harmony created by the chords) or the sound created by the bass guitar. Any suggestion to improve my hearing abbilities sir?

  • @ramonalee392
    @ramonalee392 Před 2 lety

    Super super helpful, thank u so much!!!!

  • @serirracional
    @serirracional Před 2 lety +1

    That was useful. Thanks a lot!

  • @allangaus9761
    @allangaus9761 Před 2 lety

    Thank you for your gentle tutorial for a beginner :) dig the sweater- wonder if its still around 3 years later lol

  • @juneclarke7618
    @juneclarke7618 Před 2 lety

    Thanks Noah
    Looking fwd to some more videos.
    Stay safe God bless🌻

  • @strangefruit3737
    @strangefruit3737 Před 2 lety

    Yaiiii thank you for this vid. I an so exited learning piano 😍

  • @ijyoyo
    @ijyoyo Před 3 lety

    Yoooo thank you for this , really appreciate it !

  • @jackwilloughby239
    @jackwilloughby239 Před 7 měsíci

    I think it would be more profitable to start with the Harmonic Series. An Octave of C in the Bass followed by the fifth, root, third and fifth in the right hand. this is Still a triad, but the 5th is doubled. These are the four notes of a standard Bugle Call which are prevalent in almost all Western Music. These 4 Notes Frame the Pentatonic Scale, which Frame the Blues Scale. Once you have these notes down you can apply the standard Morphology that Arrangers use, Minor, diminished, sus 9, sus 4, Altered, Sharp 5, sharp 5 to the Ninth ( which Miles uses in Airegin and which the first four bars of the Melody by Sonny outline this Methodology I'm talking about). Ear Training is sort of misrepresented these days because teachers play random intervals without a tonal center. The Harmonic Series just fits the ear like a glove and if you don't start there you are sort of Lost in the woods. The fact that thousands of even tone deaf Soldiers could Learn, Recognize and Respond to a wide variety of Bugle Calls (as many as 100), is sort of embedded in our Musical DNA.

  • @gustavo1h3
    @gustavo1h3 Před 2 lety

    great video, ill practice this from now on

  • @klaara_
    @klaara_ Před rokem

    Thank you for this video.
    P. S. I love the snow in the background.

  • @donnagadde5152
    @donnagadde5152 Před rokem +3

    Hi Noah! Thank you for this great information. I have a question. I can listen to a favourite song a few times and then have it play back in my head, almost as it it were recorded on tape. I can hear the melodies and instruments like I was listening to it again. This is true even with songs like the Piano riff played by Edgar Winter in the song "I'm Not Sure" on the Second Winter album. I've been told that I have a good ear for music. I am currently learning to play Tin Whistle and want to start with Piano. Is my ability to hear music after listening to it a benefit to learning an instrument?

    • @NoahKellman
      @NoahKellman  Před rokem

      Hey Donna, yes, absolutely. That ability will likely make it far easier for you to naturally absorb melodies and chords as you are learning. For many people, it can be difficult to get away from the page, meaning it takes a long time to memorize. That means they are always simultaneously reading and working on skills. If you can easily memorize music, you can quickly step away from the page and focus on the skills themselves. Hope that makes sense, and keep up the great work!

    • @donnagadde5152
      @donnagadde5152 Před rokem

      @@NoahKellman Thank you for your reply Noah. You are so right! I amazed myself! Just 3 or 4 days after buying my first keyboard, I'm playing the right hand melody of the Intro. to Fur Elise. That's with correct posture and fingering as well. The scales and fingering are coming really easy to me with my right hand so far.

  • @jenmartin2870
    @jenmartin2870 Před 2 měsíci

    thank u . very helpful

  • @lapis_zarzyk
    @lapis_zarzyk Před 9 měsíci

    this is so helpful, tysm:]!

  • @sadglad8967
    @sadglad8967 Před 2 měsíci

    I got E! Im so proud c:
    Wonderful beginners guide!

  • @emmettadair4015
    @emmettadair4015 Před 2 měsíci

    Thank you so much!!!😊

  • @anastasiyatrukhanova5056

    Thank you! I will try!

  • @bickydas4471
    @bickydas4471 Před rokem +1

    Do you recommend using solfege in this practice? Like, is it better to use do mi Sol instead of saying c e g?

  • @curtpiazza1688
    @curtpiazza1688 Před 2 lety

    Great lesson!

  • @abcxyz-nd6xh
    @abcxyz-nd6xh Před 2 lety +1

    At 2:30 I counted on my mnd to have got "G"
    Thanks for the exercise!

  • @FallenLight0
    @FallenLight0 Před 8 měsíci

    Thank you

  • @pallavisreetambraparni6995
    @pallavisreetambraparni6995 Před 2 měsíci

    Your method to identify intervals is pretty good

  • @prashantkumar2963
    @prashantkumar2963 Před 3 lety +1

    thank you sir for your valuable lesson.
    how much time one should practise this and what are its application?

    • @jonathanallen2560
      @jonathanallen2560 Před 3 lety +1

      The ability to learn to play a song just by listening to it is usually what drives people to get good at this. Also impressing your non musician freind's by saying you have "perfect pitch. "

  • @IUAI-pg2ll
    @IUAI-pg2ll Před 8 měsíci

    Thanks!

  • @Elienguitar
    @Elienguitar Před 3 lety

    Just watched another vid on using soflage. Now on a journey to learn my intervals!

  • @devanand5031
    @devanand5031 Před 2 měsíci

    Super, very useful video, thank u

  • @victordavidpeeler8033
    @victordavidpeeler8033 Před 3 lety

    Thanks so much

  • @user-pv6rt6or2o
    @user-pv6rt6or2o Před 2 lety +2

    Greatings everyone! I haven't got a lot of experience in singing but if I'm not mistaken You're singing an octave lower than you actually playing (6:15). Please help me somebody out with clarifying this. THX!!!

  • @rushcho1
    @rushcho1 Před rokem

    Thanks for the good contents

  • @kineticslides
    @kineticslides Před rokem

    love that sweater. where did you get it?

  • @danielbair8722
    @danielbair8722 Před 3 lety +2

    Hey, so you said if you've had experience with ear training to check out some of the other videos. Do you have any more advanced ear training videos? I grew up with a basic concept of Perfect Pitch that I developed on my own, and now I want to work on hearing cords, Etc instead of just hearing single notes. Do you have any videos that are about that? If not, do you have any channels you would recommend? Also, just a quick side note I am mostly blind, so I would need something where the instructions are read out loud rather than being text on the screen in the video

    • @NoahKellman
      @NoahKellman  Před 3 lety

      Hey Daniel, I don’t have any videos about perfect pitch specifically, but I do have other more advanced relative pitch ear training videos!

    • @NoahKellman
      @NoahKellman  Před 3 lety

      Here’s a video I released recently: czcams.com/video/HB_jl6xAaZ0/video.html

  • @David2013femi
    @David2013femi Před 3 měsíci

    Nice work on the site

  • @harpersproduction1505
    @harpersproduction1505 Před 3 lety

    I would like to ask a question sir can this be done and a guitar not a keyboard

  • @kaceywills8551
    @kaceywills8551 Před 3 lety +1

    Can you use solfege as a substitute instead of singing out the note name?

  • @marieortiz5184
    @marieortiz5184 Před rokem

    Very helpful.

  • @urbanlegendsandtrivia2023

    Hello. I am deaf in my right ear. Do you have any specific suggestions for me? For some reason I have strong relative pitch, but when I try to learn perfect pitch I start out okay but get worse as I practice guessing notes. Thank you.

  • @samueljohnson163
    @samueljohnson163 Před 2 lety

    Really very good teaching..well done..

    • @NoahKellman
      @NoahKellman  Před 2 lety +1

      Thanks, Samuel. Glad you enjoyed it!

  • @mario_israel
    @mario_israel Před rokem

    Thanks a lot!!! 🙏🚀

  • @anupadhikari4525
    @anupadhikari4525 Před 8 měsíci

    What does it mean to keep note in C scale??

  • @carlosbaker7825
    @carlosbaker7825 Před 2 lety

    Amazing stuff Noah thank you ive been trying to learn sincy 2008 and i still dont get it

  • @v0vee
    @v0vee Před 3 lety +9

    Glad I’m recognized all three correctly.. I thought I wouldn’t

  • @italianjustice7355
    @italianjustice7355 Před rokem

    Thanks❤

  • @alfiemarie
    @alfiemarie Před rokem

    love this. one question tho, how come it starts with C and not A? sorry. :C

  • @jesikaglenn4561
    @jesikaglenn4561 Před rokem

    I love the falling snow ♡

  • @desinatdjeffson5522
    @desinatdjeffson5522 Před 2 lety +1

    I would like to know how intervals can help me to recognize the chord progression of a song

  • @jude4736
    @jude4736 Před rokem

    Very good Nohal bhai

  • @beatsfromyhwh
    @beatsfromyhwh Před 2 lety

    cool, this is helpful! wish you greatness 🎹

  • @makemoneyjourney7864
    @makemoneyjourney7864 Před 2 lety

    Wow amazing video and not to sound like a hater. this C d e etc like this will take ETERNAL LIFE..... But better than nothing. Of course this is youtube might not want to give everything here since it needs much work and people might not even watch and follow all you need to give them to perfect their ear, So I get it. good job sir.

  • @missdee108
    @missdee108 Před 3 lety +1

    I can be able to learn to recognize the notes but I dont know if I'm hitting them correctly (on pitch).

  • @pusep132
    @pusep132 Před 2 lety

    U are a gud teacher

  • @johnmclaughlin9004
    @johnmclaughlin9004 Před 2 lety +1

    So... if i cant tell what note is what and im trying to train my ear how do you expect me to be able to sing it?
    Nevermind just needed to watch some more.

  • @SanAntonioRosie
    @SanAntonioRosie Před rokem

    Sweet sweater!!!!

  • @oliverispissed
    @oliverispissed Před 7 měsíci

    The second note was G🗣‼️🔥