I have been looking for a video like this for a couple months now. Thank you very much for taking the time to record it and put it online. Let's warm up those ears !
@KlausM5 жыл бұрын
Great tutorial. Thanks. I tend to put focus on the highest note of the chord, such as D, E and F# in example I, which are actually the chords G, C and D. It is only when I pick the guitar and check that I get certain - more practise!!!
@EarleWood5 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and keep up the study. You'll get it in no time!
@richardbusson59035 жыл бұрын
First of all thanks to Mr. Wood for supplying the quiz. Man your guitar is so in tune and clear. I wanted to comment that 3 chord sequences can be interpreted more than one way. The IV I V progression could be heard as bVII IV I in mixolydian. For example the E B. F# sequence could be heard in F# mixolydian. Especially if your listening includes modal music.
@Boxxxxxxxxx4 жыл бұрын
Okay! I know I will master this. Practicing daily. To the untrained ear this sounds hard as hell, but trust me if you’re just starting out, JUST BE CONSISTENT. You’ll get there.
@RafaelMorenoSaavedra8 жыл бұрын
You should use the 7th in the V chords because, whitout it, you can interpret some chord progressions in a diferent way. For example in the example 3, you can use the chords D-A-E as a VIIM-IV-I progression where E is the tonic and that can be confusing in therms of ear training, I think that the work in the recognition of a dominant seventh chord is essential before a training in chord progressions.
@cimmik8 жыл бұрын
It would be harmonically wrong in those cases where V7 will be followed a IV instead of a I.
@cimmik7 жыл бұрын
The special thing about the dominant chord is that it leads towards tonic (aka I). Therefore, the dominant chord traditionally always goes back to some kind of a tonic. However, it is okay to be rebellious by building even more tension into the V, and thereby stretch the dominant (like Wagner who stretched the dominant for hours in his operas), but you don't do that by going to IV. If you go to IV it, kind go harmonically backwards. But it is still used in modal and blues music. You are welcome to ask, if you have any further questions.
@EarleWood7 жыл бұрын
Yes, you are correct that one could hear D-A-E as a VIIM-IV-I progression if one was thinking E-Mixolydian, in which case the harmonization would be I - E ii - F#m iii - G#dim IV - A v - Bm vi - C#m VII - D I, however, was keeping strictly to Ionian for the purposes of this exercise. Thanks for watching!
@BlackheartCharlie2 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. I've recommended that my music students use this as practice and a quiz to check their progress on hearing I-IV-V. Liked and subscribed!
@EarleWood2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad that you like it!
@EarleWood10 жыл бұрын
We all could use a little help with ear training. If you're familiar with I-IV-V chord progressions, than the next step is to be able to identify them by ear. This video is here to help: Ear Training Quiz - I-IV-V chord progressions
@redcory26372 жыл бұрын
Example 10 sounds like 2 patterns. Anyone else catch that? Great video to hear 1-4-5 patterns! Thx!
@allanjeong5 жыл бұрын
Hello! When I play a song for the first time, I can never remember on the spot which chord progressions to play with a given song. And as I listen to a song in my head, I often have difficulty and am unable to make out the bass notes to identify the chord progressions. So I and I suspect many of us (consciously or subconsciously) use the following musical forms/patterns to extemporaneously reconstruct and play the chord progressions on the fly while listening to a song in our head: 1. The last root note of the basic chord (not inverted chords) of a song is almost always the same note (+1 or more octaves below) as the final note of the song/melody (or final note of the opening stanza/verse). 2. When the melody progresses upward or downward chromatically, the root note of the basic chord is often 3 note intervals below (+1 octave) the melodic notes played on the main down beat (or sometimes immediately after the main down beat if the down beat melodic note is just a passing note). 3. Otherwise, the root note of the basic chord is either 1, 3, or 5 note intervals BELOW the melodic notes played on the main down beats (or immediately after the main down beat when encountering passing melodic notes). Try playing some traditional Christmas carols on piano in the key of C to easily confirm this simple correspondence between melodic and root notes. 4. Form the chords by playing the root note and the notes at 5, 8, and 10 note intervals above the root note. Add intervals 7 and 9 to jazz it up. I’ve been able to use just these four simple steps/rules to identify the chords to play any given song melody (if you’re playing the piano) by simply and literally watching and visually identifying the melodic notes I am playing with my right hand on the main down beats - a process I’ve come to call “playing by sight” as opposed to “playing be ear” - a process that requires little or no mental effort. If you’re not playing the melody and just playing the chords, you’ll need to “play by ear” and use your ear to identify the melodic notes as you sing the melody in your head using the solfege (do-re-me) method and apply the steps above to identify the root notes and chords.
@asamshabani60364 жыл бұрын
Is the any video to visualise what your explaining ?
@allanjeong4 жыл бұрын
Asam Shabani Yes. I have a code demo at kzbin.info/www/bejne/d5_LhGyio7SegMk
@cannabis14902 жыл бұрын
example 7sounded like V IV I.
@SK-qn1fw7 жыл бұрын
IV I V is really hard for whatever reason to my ear, something throw it off, I don't hear the middle note as I
@johnstamos74615 жыл бұрын
That’s funny because I distinguish that one the best but suck whenever V to IV
@loui2w1184 жыл бұрын
That’s cause it’s played in a different octave
@Moootin4 жыл бұрын
because it is not the one, IV I V can also be written as I - V - II (Lydian mode, so the IV in ionian mode in the one)
@matthewsammy20264 жыл бұрын
@@loui2w118 No.The high 6th is added to the chord whenever the IV I V progression played. Making it harder to identify
@michaelhausted4 жыл бұрын
Same goes for me :D Failed that one everytime
@Art-zs6sl5 жыл бұрын
I really loved this. Great content idea.
@wfqsfg7 жыл бұрын
good exercise. I wonder if this exercise will help in times when I am trying to follow along without the chord charts in front of me. The I chord was the easiest to identify. It sound like the other two chords resolve to it.
@SomethingSara228 жыл бұрын
This is great! Please post more videos that are similar with different progressions! :)
@rushcho12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the good contents
@lauroferreira86663 жыл бұрын
Please play more quis like those playing others chords. Very good
@demolicionesdemexico Жыл бұрын
Would be great if you shwo what inversión you played
@Silencer09004 жыл бұрын
Wait, I totally figured it out! Lol All you have to do is listen to the lowest note being played and it’s super easy
@SuperJzero4 жыл бұрын
Except when inversion are being played... I find this really difficult.
@Samgurney885 жыл бұрын
Are there any ear training excercises with chord progressions which are more difficult?
@ravi2309882 жыл бұрын
I am not able to judge any chord progression out of these..can any one Help me make some kind of perception before judging, when listened to them
@squib96822 жыл бұрын
after 2 years and coming back to check how much i've improved im as equally as confused as i was at the start
@paulo_costa8 жыл бұрын
Interesting ear training...I might use myself and also with my students...thank's...of course with guitar on hands i have no difficulty...but without, it's hard for me.... this is one of my weaknesses...if I had the tonic chord on beginning it would be easier...lol
@veryshortandround18275 жыл бұрын
Example 9. V , I , IV sounds like I V IV Or is it just my amateur ear.......Anyone please??
@fhidalgo3 жыл бұрын
And what about inversions ? With inversions and adjacen octaves is more complex to figure out the chords
@justindza2 жыл бұрын
Exactly my question. The change in pitches makes it really easy for these examples
@SNSDFOREVERSONESEO8 жыл бұрын
Are those even V chords? They sound like VII chords to me (on a mixolydian / Major with flat seventh). Like the one at 2:20 Some of them are definitely V chords though. Like around 2:53
@vkwrockman45916 жыл бұрын
exactly
@anotherbahamianguitarplayerАй бұрын
Is that a stratocaster
@EarleWoodАй бұрын
Yes, indeed! Good ear!
@javert246019 жыл бұрын
Annnd I'm having the same problem with Example 15, which has the same answer. What's going on, do you think?
@1bulldog9986 жыл бұрын
well i got one right guess i no were my weakness is great video
@stevenpietrusza69444 жыл бұрын
all the comments about hearing the 7 are silly. U know from the title of the video we are thinking about these chords as 1s 4s and 5s . Yes u can hear them as 7 5 4, but bro follow the directions and . If ur hearing it as 7 u need to then think of the scale and see how u might be hearing it mixolydian instead of ionian .
@wakam26703 жыл бұрын
I’d like to know what key example 7 is in please.
@EarleWood3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching. Example 7 is in E-major.
@joeltavares99310 жыл бұрын
I struggle so much when he plays different inversions ! does anyone know any techniques to get this with a certain 'logic' ?
@EarleWood10 жыл бұрын
Listen for the bass note, that will help you establish the root. Secondly, listen for the chords that are close together. In other words, try to listen for the pair of chords that are a whole step (whole tone) apart. Those two chords are your IV and V. The lower pitched chord is the IV. The chord that did not meet this criteria is your I chord. I hope that helps!
@anicho279 жыл бұрын
***** That's a great help Earle! Cheers
@jerky21128 жыл бұрын
You can't only listen to the bass note or lowest note. Not all chords are in root position. The I chord in root position contains the same lowest note as the IV chord in second inversion.
@EarleWood8 жыл бұрын
jerky2112 True.
@Boxxxxxxxxx4 жыл бұрын
I: 'Resolution' A very strong and complete chord. IV: 'Cliff Hanger' This chords makes me feel uneasy, and tense. V: 'Airy Transition' Think what's next? Needs a resolution. I associate and pay close attention to the mood they evoke, this is by far what has helped me mid-way, realizing how difficult it was to tell between inversions. Considering it's been five years, you may have figured it out by this point. But just for anyone else out there!
@L.i.s.o.h4 жыл бұрын
More Please!
@ChristofferKeizer3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video. I'm horrible at this.
@MrPalomos24 жыл бұрын
Thanks, but no answer to the quiz
@EarleWood4 жыл бұрын
The answers are given on the fourth repetition of each question :)
@coonjamalay4 жыл бұрын
how do i get good at this?
@erikorsag8084 жыл бұрын
What if this is easy for me and i hear it first time?
@sparshbhowmick45724 жыл бұрын
0:40 1:00 1:27 1:56
@girishchingangbam90363 жыл бұрын
Its kinda easy bcoz the V sound is much higher and secondly the IV and lastly the I as the least highest but the problem comes when chords like V are played at a lower octave than the I 😂
@katarinabilic6329 жыл бұрын
i got most of it right but i don't know what I IV V means. can someone briefly explain?
@EarleWood9 жыл бұрын
Hi Katarina, your question is about the Nashville number system. Google that and you'll find lots of great explanations. Good luck and thanks for watching!
@Manuel-dn5ew2 жыл бұрын
What does IV mean?
@Maydoggie Жыл бұрын
It's the 4th note/chord in a scale. A C-Major scale is C D E F G A B; so the 4th note (IV) is an F.
@javert246019 жыл бұрын
Hi there, I find myself a bit confused on Example 11: I'm distinctly hearing 3-2-1 in the top notes, but there's no 3rd scale degree in a V chord and no 2nd scale degree in a IV chord. So how can this be?
@EarleWood9 жыл бұрын
javert24601 Good question. The three chords played in Example 11 are B-major - A-major - E-major (V - IV - I). The key is E-major, containing the following notes E - F# - G# - A - B - C# - D#. The notes that you are hearing are the notes D#, C#, B, whereas D# is the 3rd in the B-major chord, C# is the 3rd in the A-major chord. and B is the 5th of the E-major chord. Those notes are also the 7th, 6th and 5th notes of the E-major scale, respectively. You're right that it feels resolved, much like playing a descending run of the 3rd, 2nd and root notes of a major scale. That's because the intervals between 3, 2, 1 and 7, 6, 5 in a major scale are both the same: whole step - whole step. This resolution is part of the reason why V-IV-I movements sound so good! I hope this lengthy explanation helps!
@tylerthompson57148 жыл бұрын
+Earle Wood (EW Guitar Lessons) this is very helpful! Pretty abstract concept :/
@faye87208 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! love ya!
@nyentymichael15564 жыл бұрын
Everything is 2 5 1
@randykern18426 жыл бұрын
Isn’t V to IV a retrogression? I’ve never heard V go to a IV in a dictation
@EarleWood6 жыл бұрын
I'm using the common definition of the word "chord progression" as it pertains to music, not the strict, and frankly, archaic, definition that I think you are suggesting here. Sure, strictly speaking, a chord sequence that plays a progression in reverse is called a retrogression. Bravo to you (seriously) for knowing that. I had to look it up myself. But no one actually uses that term in day-to-day pop music music making. In common speech, everyone refers to a sequence of chords as "chord progression," regardless of motion, in my experience. Lastly, in pop music at least, V chords move to IV chords in many songs: for example - bars 9 and 10 of 90% of the blues tunes out there. I don't know any other way to notate it. Thanks for watching and please comment back. I want to learn more about what your thoughts are.
@Charlie_Chubby6 жыл бұрын
Blues Progression use V-IV.
@debrasennet35545 жыл бұрын
Earle Wood o
@azdruval85363 жыл бұрын
1:05
@Demka035 жыл бұрын
I will never be able to sort this crap out
@arisaris34845 жыл бұрын
Keep working at ET very slowly and patiently and you will automatically get better. Consistency is important also; it's better to practice 10 mins a day than an hour once or twice a week.
@Mishtiman5 жыл бұрын
Yes, single notes wud've better for us. Chords are difficult for newbies.
@MARCKEL74 жыл бұрын
Think flat and sharp as you listening to the tonality of these chords..And it will be easy to tell.The one chord will always sound lower in tonality(flat)than the IV chord and the V chord will always sound sharper than both I & IV chords.I hope that help.Its as if you are progressing on the fretboard from the headstock to the body..IV and V chords will be closer to the body or higher in the neck which sharpen the chords tonalities while the I chord is closer to the headstock meaning lower tonality(flat).
@geovaniraffaelli45084 жыл бұрын
@@MARCKEL7 wow dude thank you, your advice helped me tremendously
@MARCKEL74 жыл бұрын
@@geovaniraffaelli4508You're very welcome.Sometimes the 4 and 5 chords will be so similar pitch-wise but with practices you'll pick them them apart.God bless you.
@disciple6783 жыл бұрын
Names of the chords would have helped a great way
@joaustin16 жыл бұрын
I love this! I was wondering, are these all in the same key? It seems to me that they are not but I am no expert.
@EarleWood6 жыл бұрын
Hi John. You are correct, these examples are in different keys. Thanks for watching and I hope it helps!
@joaustin16 жыл бұрын
Earle Wood yes this is very challenging for me and I think the different keys and how you made it so random helps greatly.
@azdruval85363 жыл бұрын
0:10
@Zorax21445 жыл бұрын
what key was example 6 in?
@EarleWood5 жыл бұрын
Key of Ab: Eb - Db- Ab
@quarter_moon_and_a_guitar7 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Seems if we heard the whole song, the 1 would be more evident. I failed this miserably, but do better with me guitar and song.
@IlIl004 жыл бұрын
I suck :(
@Boxxxxxxxxx4 жыл бұрын
Husain Alhamiri Stop! Don’t give up! It’s overwhelming at first but persist and you will surprise yourself!
@IlIl004 жыл бұрын
@@Boxxxxxxxxx I appreciate your encouragement. But I've been playing for almost two years this should have been easy to do.
@nils85848 жыл бұрын
eww... guitar.
@nils85848 жыл бұрын
+Nils oh, and thanks, preparing for something this comes in very handy!
@alison40516 жыл бұрын
piano master race amirite sorry sir I’ll remove myself