#1 Ear Training Exercise - It ALL Starts Here

In this lesson you will learn about the #1 ear training exercise.
It ALL starts here!
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[@yourguitarsage]

Hey there guitar ninjas! Thanks for watching! Please leave your comments below and let me know how I can help you. e :)

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks friend. Yes, that's a great amp for beginners. Also, the Line 6 Spider 3 or 4 is a LOT of bang for the buck.

[@DaveGiudice]

I needed this lesson big time its interesting how a cochlear implant sounds. with my music setting on my cochlear i get enhanced digital sounds so I try to use my normal setting best as I can most of the time. That reminds me can you do a lesson for Ramones I want You Around for us begineers?

[@sickynixx]

Just tried it. But the second i try i hit a note i modulate my hum to this note. Its really hard to switch from hum what you play to play what you hum.

[@dhushorshomoy9031]

Ok got it, please make a video on this method 'how to find chord' for hearing a song or singing a song instantly by guitar rhythm

[@dashermorgan]

2:02 This is me (beginner) everytime I pick up the guitar to learn a song (without tabs) huhhhhhh jugbjgbjdhkuwiod LMAO wow

[@freddyhank]

The reason I like this lesson is that it reveals a major fundamental in ear training… If you ask 100 people to hmmm a note it is highly likely that they will pick one of the notes in the octave….which is perfectly ok. But here’s something interesting. About 90% of the time when asked to pick and hmm at random…most folks will hmmm the same note over and over again….and That is their ear tonic. That’s where their voice and hmm is grounded. So if you know where your hmmm tonic is most predominant or predictable, you can begin to expand your ear and voice across the fretboard….

[@deepakrebentisch9173]

Excellent lesson sir God bless you and your family

[@abuhanifah3380]

Thanks. Tried this method and now i can communicate with houseflies in few metres radius around me

[@TyTy-fq3mh]

Hahaha😂

[@geraldineorji5664]

U r a funny human being🤣🤣🤣🤣😂

[@MusicLover-bd5hj]

🤣

[@tjstevens001]

Good stuff! Thanks!!

[@terebiomimasu]

So you're saying that it all starts hEAR? This was a sEARiously good lesson. Hahahahaha! **sigh** I need to practice more...

[@charlieturnbull9968]

terebiomimasu I bet those puns were EARasistable

[@yourguitarsage]

HAHAH! chEARS!

[@yourguitarsage]

So everything is crystal clEAR, right? :)

[@hemantrautela6764]

Oh dEAR

[@wocken4me681]

Y'all are EARitating!

[@HimanshuKumar-ph8pj]

Pretty cool . I was looking for a method . Just the thing I was looking for .

[@geraldineorji5664]

Just halfway through the video and I know am gonna subscribe!!😋😊

[@eddievassallo]

good lesson mate. interesting approach to ear training.

[@mightycornholio7577]

Cool video man and a great method

[@ajaxkhan102]

please continue

[@Gipeamusic]

Super great lesson !

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks!

[@M4rciano]

And if you follow these wise words and practice lots, you will be extremely successful and then you can treat yourself with a fantastic Fender Stratocaster like the one in the video! (Before that it is a waist, especially if your playing skills are such low level as mine)

[@yourguitarsage]

HAHA! :) No, my friend. The guitar IS nice for sure, but ANYONE can do this.

[@FastLifeInc]

2:01 i literally spit out my drink, that came out of NOWHERE

[@yourguitarsage]

ha!

[@JamesJohnson-hb1me]

I can't! What?! I can't do it! No, please everyone, never say "I Can't", that is giving up and not trying. Instead take the "T" off and say it again- I Can! I can do it! And you know what, it turns out to be true, we actually can do it. Whatever it is, it may just take some effort. Thank you very much for this video!

[@yourguitarsage]

LOVE IT! Great positive words and YES, you nailed it. TRUTH!!!

[@jirelan86]

I feel like that last one wasn't an F#

[@alexanderdiesel7426]

This was great, been searching for "perfect pitch guitar tuner" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Peynharlotte Acoustic Smasher - (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my work buddy got cool results with it.

[@Joormode]

whats wrong with your eye ?

[@yourguitarsage]

I dunno, what's wrong with it? Now you got me worried :)

[@roadcrewexperience2871]

Joor eyes are use for reading notes and see the position of the chords in the free board, if combine with correct hearing of that note, you got the best of both worlds :) cheers

[@panlis6243]

I've been searching for ear training tutorials since I've heard that learning songs with tabs is a bad habit and I've seen most of them recommend that humming thing but I just don't get it. The fact that my voice's tone is different than guitar's makes it impossible to tell if it's higher or lower or the same. I know this would obviously be hard but I have no idea if the note that I found is the correct one so I don't know if I'm doing it right. The "hum both notes" method doesn't really help me since I don't know if the note I'm humming matches the note I'm playing on my guitar either

[@riturajpathak1905]

Same man... I just can't hum the notes. I find it easier to memorize some common songs for each interval. That may help you too.

[@zeroxcrusher]

Try the opposite. Play a random note first, then hum it.

[@barakota89]

I had the same issue. Kept doing it. And all of a sudden it clicked. You’ll know when it is right.

[@postmur625]

Vocal Pitch Monitor download small app and it really helps me

[@SelfPropelledDestiny]

7:48 watch his reaction as he subtly notices that the note he called f# is actually a c#. I love how he debates whether it’s worth correcting. Haha.

[@martinlin621]

I just want to say that and I see u lol

[@bkenpachi8377]

2:01......That was so beautiful.

[@righteousrat]

Wow man. One of the most comprehensive methods on ear training ive ever read, seen, or heard. In only 5 minutes of the video, I learned enough to take with me to my guitar to start mapping out the notes for my songs. Dude, you're a life saver.

[@lisalawn1111]

Before today... I didn't know ear training was a thing. Suddenly-- new goals! Love you Erich!

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🙏

[@pinguman13]

I never knew he wrote the happy birthday song. This guy's a genius!!

[@yourguitarsage]

just wish I had taken the time to get that darn copyright :)

[@anamarshi8708]

@@yourguitarsage sad times

[@deltafour1212]

THIS FN' WORKS! ! I was all over the fretboard like he said. Wasting time trying to figure out the melody while getting frustrated. That's until I used the one string at a time method. Within a half hour of using this method I was able to play 7 to 8 songs on each of the 6 strings one at a time, until muscle memory took over. Now I'm able play all over the fretboard, even past the 12th fret. I'm far from being great at it but good enough to know about what close proximity my hands should be at on any given string and fret based on the pitch of the melody. Using this method has me motivated and looking forward to practice..

[@herrvorragend8135]

7:44 It's c# not f# :/

[@herrvorragend8135]

But after saying f# you look like you realized that it isn't f# HAHA :D

[@yourguitarsage]

HAHA! Nice catch! The student becomes the MASTER! Annotating now...

[@spamz2]

yes, i thought so too haha :D

[@Jonpriley]

Yes, and it's an octave above the C# he's humming...

[@guitarsandweightbars9537]

Thank you! I replayed it 5 times wondering how my ear was so bad!

[@paulgiddens9773]

Thank you for passing on your amazing knowledge and the way you deliver it.

[@yourguitarsage]

thank you for listening!!

[@MajorKassad]

2:01 hahhaha you had me on this one

[@SufiSakib]

Sir?how to get the chords through humming?

[@pandayamitray1]

Find the first or last note of melody by humming technique as described in this video. That will help you figure out the key of song. Try playing chords of that key..

[@pandayamitray1]

People who are unable to find key of song by ear, can try app called "BACKTRACKIT".. it analyzes and tells you the correct key of song. However, if you are doing ear training, use it as tool to check whether you are able to find correct key of song or not & try to find atleast key of one song perday on our own, then compare it on backtrackit app. Finding melody notes or chords is quite easy once you know the right key of song. I hope it helps someone ! Good luck ☺️

[@Reginaldesq]

When I hum or sing, what I hear is different to what other people hear. So, I think I have a match on the fret board but I actually don't. I can get my voice to match the note if I record myself singing along with the guitar. I play it back and think, nope I have to go higher. After a few tries I get a match and them remember how to sing that song. Even though it sounds wrong in my ear (it sounds right on the recording). Anybody else have this?

[@passioncontrolledoscillato3739]

Reginaldesq I used to have this problem too. But ear training and singing more solved the problem. For me the solution was that i needed to get used to the feeling of singing in tune, even I though I was doing it right in the first place, I just wasnt. So sing more single notes and scales and be dead sure about the pitch. It will get better if you put in the work!:)

[@Stropitor]

This guy deserves more subs

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks friend! I truly appreciate it :)

[@dandubreuil9676]

Justin Roman I

[@Neo-hr9pt]

idk when I try to learn, everything sounds right and I don't know what is wright or wrong

[@yourguitarsage]

Start here, friend. I will guide you: www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@jessica9043]

this was really easy to understand for me as a beginner so thank you so much 😁

[@yourguitarsage]

You are so welcome my friend!

[@adhishthanashok]

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[@teddyoverbaugh1246]

Super lesson. I've never heard anyone explain it like that. Good job

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you Teddy 🙌

[@Nila_n]

@@yourguitarsage Can you please tell,I can do it on one string, but playing a song with only one string sounds so random

[@ericdavidson1300]

I like to try to mix Jimi Hendrix type jazz chords with Paul Gilbert style speed legato

[@nhproductions1895]

But it still remains unsolved for me, how did guys like iommi or kirk write those fast solos Did they use the hum and hunt method?

[@eddieneal9920]

Well I'll save the video. My phone speakers quit on me a couple of days ago.

[@michaelahumada936]

I think you made a mistake, you said it was a F sharp note but it was a C sharp note, no biggie...

[@birdiemcflap5110]

2:02 I related so much to that 😂

[@CamilaMartinez1327]

I've learned so much from you! Thank you so, so much

[@yourguitarsage]

I'm so glad!

[@jameshihihin1320]

Simply and perfectly explained for a beginner to this. Thank you so much. A lot of these other videos were confusing me.

[@yourguitarsage]

🙌 thank you!

[@anuncolonizedmind6296]

My son naturally knew how to do this, I'm so jealous of ppl like that 😔

[@lizardking2054]

I got a feeling his stoned, like in every video... Good job man, really admire your work!

[@michaelpobuk1572]

the pause at 7:50

[@nadakhan7767]

But what if i forget my voice ;-; like i find the same note for my voice but then i forgot which voice i was using- does that happen? And how do i fix it-

[@HeROsiNhEaVeN]

I don't trust the man!.....I don't even trust myself....we'll sometimes!

[@jawherjojo8889]

HeROsiNhEaVeN i trust everyone but i don't trust the devil inside them

[@yourguitarsage]

HAHA!

[@yourguitarsage]

Nice, I like that!

[@anitazuck]

excellent. first time i ever heard anyone acknowledge that there are some people who can't just naturally tell if a note is higher or lower. (actually there is a line in a song in A Chorus Line in which the actress says "I really couldn't hear which note was lower or was higher" and that line always gets a laugh. but living it is no joke. thanks for offering a solution!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

it can be learned. People do it every day.

[@ee7966]

Yea but than how we going to know that we found the right note. To most of ppl with no music ear everything sound kind of the same lol

[@eddieneal9920]

2 days after I got KZbin Premium?

[@rajulikersipath4377]

You look like cooler Ryan Reynolds

[@serirracional]

Great lesson! Very well explained, thanks! Now time to put in practice

[@callforjhed]

this technique is very effective thanks for this tutorial!

[@yourguitarsage]

👌

[@vivienszegedi4690]

I find it really useful. I have tried it after struggling for years, I have a good ear for piano but somehow it was difficult on guitar. The previous two days I practiced for hours and finally I enjoy practicing it motivates me so much. Sometimes I have to search for the string but I think it will be helpful in the long-run especially later on finding some base for chords. Thank you soo much for I don't have to struggle for hours.

[@harshtiwari9341]

is it just me or he looks like james hetfield and lars had a baby

[@SkwerlyChess]

Something else that is going to prove invaluable to me. Thank you so much!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thank you Derek!

[@theace7212]

This guy's guitar mastery book is awesome. Even if you're advanced, you always learn something new

[@miniwaern]

wait my robot vacuum does that and it still gets everything HAHAHAHHAHAHA

[@yourguitarsage]

HAHAH!! :)

[@sandervdcp3513]

What if you do not even hear if you are on the correct note or not

[@StuntcatTV]

That method only works if you can sing, and singing only works if you have your ears trained. I'd suggest to do it the other way round, play a note and try to sing it.

[@yourguitarsage]

If you talk, you can sing.

[@albertogaytan4619]

Everytime I watch your videos, I fall in love with your strat again😍😂

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks Alberto. We share mutual love 😍

[@Flashy_fish]

Cool exercise. Off topic but the placement of the fender logo and that string tree strike me as a little odd. MIC?

[@natespringer9934]

I'm pretty sure it's an older style fender stratocaster

[@pankfish]

I’ve never put it in these exact words before, but now that I think about it I do love wasting time.

[@yourguitarsage]

😂

[@kraljevipingvin7121]

Thank you so much man, you're really helping me out.

[@kennethcarvalho3684]

I don't like to strum only solo.. But I want to write songs and come up with new tunes..how can in solve this

[@alexanderrios9418]

Music theory.

[@jmolan2391]

thanks Erich you're always been a great help in my guitar journey God Bless you!

[@smorrow]

Ways to procrastinate on practicing chord changes:

[@ericdavidson1300]

Hey man can u teach me some Paul Gilbert style runs

[@bikerjon8934]

Try smoking LESS weed before you make a lesson

[@yourguitarsage]

Did you say, “more”?

[@GarryBurgess]

small mistake in video, 9th fret on 1st string is C#, not F#. (7:52 in the video) But it's irrelevant... just you confused me for a second. I was looking at those double dots being E, and thinking a minor third lower.

[@tigerace351]

Thank you so much for sharing. Just came across this video and this was super helpful. Subscribed! 👍🙏

[@meadish]

Sounds to me like when you were supposed demonstrate the 'lack of method' approach, you nailed the correct note the very first time you placed your finger on the fretboard, before fubbing it up... am I right? :-)

[@nhproductions1895]

Hey this was a great great video I have a video suggestion Can you pls make a video wherein you talk about every musical theory a guitarist must know. Being a self thought guitarist I must know what all to learn Pls HELP!!!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks for the suggestion! I have a few vids on KZbin about music theory

[@nhproductions1895]

@@yourguitarsage Thanx (-:

[@nhproductions1895]

@@yourguitarsage could you comment the link/s

[@SamuelLyndonScott]

James Hetfield?

[@ryanjoey4308]

Cheers for this, been searching for "practice ear training guitar" for a while now, and I think this has helped. Have you heard people talk about - Peynharlotte Acoustic Smasher - (do a google search ) ? Ive heard some unbelievable things about it and my buddy got excellent success with it.

[@swampyteafromthesouthlouis8458]

Excellent !! Was in construction for years , people used to say look at that guy he a good worker ! Jumping around , beating and banging !!! Yep ! Wasting time ,energy , making noise, dust ,and not doing good quality work !!!

[@challenger4157]

But what if you're not a pitch perfect singer?? Cz people like me sing between the notes and never find the note..

[@johnnyrandom100]

happy birthday was written by two school teachers a long time ago, but as "good morning". the children would sing it at the beginning of the day, "good morning to you. good morning to you..." the publishing rights are now owned by Sony i think, but it is the biggest selling song of all time. that includes manuscript score sales, record sales and ever thing in between. anyone got more details about it?

[@achimstefan8268]

best ear exercise

[@chaosawaits]

Jump around. Jump around. Jump up jump up and get down.

[@adhishthanashok]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iqLNkKV8a6aYabM

[@manishasoni1576]

I tried to guess the key of a song...I guessed it to be on E major.. But the song was on A#🙊🙊🙊

[@gabrieljones500]

Would this help me in signing... ive been told i suck at signing. Im inspired to beeter my signing skills... please share your thoughts

[@davidnasry2954]

Is there a recommended time to do this per day

[@yourguitarsage]

How good do you want to be? Do it that long.

[@arlynincali1127]

Just newbie watching you to learn thank you

[@MaRlBoRoMaNkHuNRoBbYKaP]

just saying same in a way like when your mother was vacuuming honestly sounds weird but same thing youll know when you get it

[@2112dorf]

I want to make sure I show this video to the kids I play guitar with, because I've shown them this method. I am not an expert or a teacher, it just made sense to hum and find the note. I also tell them to use their finger in the air on an imaginary line, and move their finger up or down depending on what the note is they are humming. Having a visual sometimes helps. Keep making these helpful videos. Myself and my kids find them very useful. Thanks.

[@yourguitarsage]

Indeed, that is a great bit to add. Thanks my friend.

[@SriramVad]

Goddamn.. this technique can even improve my singing 😂. What a tuto.

[@yourguitarsage]

👍🙏

[@SriramVad]

@@yourguitarsage hey, I wanted to ask. Do you have a lesson on moving chords all over the fretboard? Like maybe playing a c chord on the 7th fret or something like that. That would help a lot. Thank you.

[@yourguitarsage]

Old video, but: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXPIZmB5rZaksLM I have entire courses on this in UGS 👍 www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@keshavyaduvansh4530]

Thanks for your help again 😀

[@yourguitarsage]

You're welcome Zapak!

[@shadadalshad2574]

And how do I hum a note actually?

[@yourguitarsage]

Speak while your mouth is closed. 💣, you are humming.

[@sharonlys1406]

Hi all of you guys you shall really listen to William Branham's they are very important, urgent

[@Szkola.Przetrwania]

,,0-3-5 will get you there" Coincidence? I think not

[@jackmorris3279]

This was seriously helpful

[@yourguitarsage]

🤗🙏 www.yourguitarsage.com/30

[@danielhartman5086]

Not only are you a cool guy and a great teacher. But your a funny guy as well. Love your vids.

[@awittypilot8961]

best method I ever saw...will be playing with it for sure

[@le0mendez]

Great class, but how different is this from the Aural Skills thing used on the music schools? I know nothing about any of them.

[@yourguitarsage]

MANY different exercises and methods, but it all comes down to practice, repetition and increasing ear challenges.

[@shadezaher8916]

Please iam have a problem il listen all songs the same like do ihear it do and re and me and fa and sol i heard all of thim do

[@joepolygraph]

you don't look old enough for 4 decades. not you. naaaaaa we don't believe it for a minute lol

[@yourguitarsage]

LOVE IT! Thank you Joe.

[@joepolygraph]

just make sure that check gets in the mail. Lol. p.s. fan of Tony Robbins too. Before I prep my shows or work on new material, I like hitting then, emotional flood, exercise. good way to snap out of negative, "I suck" patterns of thinking, and replace with creative thought. any additional insight to that? figured no better person to ask than you

[@yourguitarsage]

:)

[@MikeDeVane]

Not trying to dis u bro but when ur finding the note on the high e string 9th fret that is a C# not a F#! Unless of course ur in another tuning other than 440! But keep up the lessons, I have learned lot from them! Thanks

[@paddyboyfoots]

I caught that too!

[@BekkersBelly]

7:48 That's a C sharp...

[@yourguitarsage]

Indeed, thanks for catching that.

[@xxxfirehuunterxxx]

Need to advertise your channel a bit more mate, I was on your last one and took a while to find this one. Awesome video anyway!

[@yourguitarsage]

Thanks Yankee.

[@MrKemKemal]

How come you are singing perfect notes? Is that easy? Or does it require perfect pitch? I will try but I am pretty sure 'my' note will unfortunately fall in between two actual guitar notes.

[@yourguitarsage]

You don't have to hit it perfectly. You'll get better with practice

[@AnglerDads]

Jump around, jump, jump, jump around! Sorry I had to lol. Great video!

[@yourguitarsage]

You mean like this? 😜 kzbin.info/www/bejne/foPZk36oj7-biJo

[@craigfamilymusic2728]

It was interesting that on your example of how not to do it, you nailed the first note right away!