Essential Ear Training system - part 1- melody chord relationships

This video is about getting to know/becoming friends with
each note of the major scale - how each one is unique in its relation to the tonic or root chord.
To facilitate this process each degree is associated with well known tunes by Queen, Bach, Mozart, The Beatles, The Police, Beethoven,
Hoagy Carmichael and many others!
In the video I talk about 'musical gravity' and the harmonic series
and give tests and suggest ways to practice, strengthen this
the essential Skill that is of paramount importance for the musician.
1:40 the root
2:15 the sixth
3:10 Musical Gravity
3:45 The third
4:15 killer exercise
5:15 the 9th
6:10 the fourth
7:20 the Harmonic series
7:50 the Fifth
8:40 major 7th
9:45 crib sheet!
10:00 Test
11:05 Answers!
suggestions for more songs greatly appreciated in the comments
especially major 7th and 4ths!!!

[@janka1298]

Wow! Completely agree. Hearing chord and note relationship is a really important skill for every musician that will open a door for better understanding of music from inside! Great video, thank you! Subscribed on your channel ;) P.S. Nice track compilation. From Miles Davis to Beatles. That was cool :D

[@commentfreely5443]

4ths sound like one of the most normal notes to me.

[@phenixreturns]

A solution is to find notes-tab without any tab-notes examples i play song which have no tab and it sounds great kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmK7Y2yAlpqAebc

[@nicero870]

This was ten minutes of my life WELL spent.

[@spoonito]

As self-taught same as you, I find it amazing that we think about music the same way. Gravity, feeling the notes within scales, it's all rather fascinating we evolved such similar ways of thinking!

[@electorize]

This opens the door into years of ear training work. Phenomenal!

[@because88]

This .. is exactly what video music education should be. Of all the iterations, this is the first to really meet (and surpass) expectations. While others have their own strengths, *this* masters pedagogy.

[@phenixreturns]

A solution is to find notes-tab without any tab-notes examples i play song which have no tab and it sounds great kzbin.info/www/bejne/mmK7Y2yAlpqAebc

[@jasonbohen4142]

THAT SONG SELECTION THO

[@JocelynForget1]

Yes it is very useful to have a good ear, because in some situation, eventhough we are quite good at our instrument, if a friend or family or say we play in a restaurant and someone ask us to play an easy piece that is not on our " répertoire" (eg. Happy birthday) and we rely only to sheet music and not used to play "by ear" , instantly people tell themself " this pianist is not so good, he can't play this very easy piece". Eventhough we can play a good arranging of Giant Step or any difficult classic piece.

[@JayCee-hw4zc]

Musical gravity! I love it. Makes so much sense now. Thankyou

[@peterfeeney5870]

This thing ...5th...called... 6th ... I am learning so much from you ! Very grateful 😊

[@freddpenny1963]

I've always been told I have a great ear, but never had a full understanding I was hearing and the relationship between the chords and notes. I would mimic what I heard. These videos will most assuredly help me to have a better understanding of what I was always able to hear but could not fully understand. I subscribed to your channel because you helped me to see the value of understanding these relationships. Good show mate.

[@donaldstapleson5497]

Thank you for this video. I'm making watching this video an assignment for my college Ear Training course. A lot of times students don't seem to understand just how important ear training is to the musician. I think this video will help with that. I'm hoping that you will add more to this series. I'm now a subscriber.

[@dannyheijnen1179]

Wat een openbaring. Dit wist ik nog niet. Weer wat bijgeleerd.

[@gianlucarobustelli6981]

one of the best YT channel for the music!! please don't stop man! PS if you can , make another video about ear treaning, are very interesting

[@JazzDuets]

Working on one today , cheers!

[@AdrumaVictoria16]

You are a brilliant communicator of the science of sound for any thinking soul. Thanks!

[@JazzDuets]

Thanks!!!!

[@shakespearouac]

speaks for me.

[@branco000]

I play doublebass and some others, guitar, cello, mandolin, flute, accordeon, I sing.. I really wanna say I like ur contribution, really helps me a lot .THNX! :))

[@onedavidonegopal]

Very effective...and good idea to memorize note

[@JayCee-hw4zc]

Fantastic explanation. More vids pls.

[@6drk6mrc6]

Still part 1 after 4 years. Puhlease man, continue this series-to-be.

[@julie3025]

Love your content, you really teach what is important to become a good musician

[@mikewellwood1412]

This was harder than I expected, but very interesting. :-)

[@jsazparren]

Beautiful concepts and sense of music Nick! I love you videos!!! Thank you very much!

[@soumyajitdas6598]

I admire your collection of songs!

[@miguellegoff]

Nick Eres estupendo! me encantan tus vídeos. Los estoy viendo todos. Mi novia me dice: "¿ya estás viendo otra vez los videos de los ratoncitos?" Aprendo mucho contigo. Eres un gran profesor. Por cierto, a mi novia ya le están empezando a gustar tus videos.Gracias por hacerlos, muchas gracias.

[@dasduo3932]

This is great! When are you gonna put part two out? Will it be the same approch for minor tonalities? Thanks !

[@Hagai-Rehavia-fingerstyle]

Best music educational channel on youtube

[@felixfast4ward]

Incredible Work !! Thank you !!

[@elainefairchilde7982]

Freddie *the* Freeloader? Hmmm , great video toots. Have some taffy. Toot-toot!

[@ThiefontheCross1]

Loved it. Can’t wait for part 2.

[@Jesse-mh6hv]

This is the first video I watched on the channel

[@calebcreates8555]

This is AMAZING

[@onedavidonegopal]

You are best guy I love your idea and good idea

[@onedavidonegopal]

It's awesome brother great exercise

[@maverik8507]

Great learning maestro

[@rafaelhein96ify]

Thank you so much for the great videos and the good teaching approach. I really appreciate it!

[@ronaldo.araujo]

This is such a great help for those who want to understand music, thank you very much

[@Iluminacion32]

Brilliant! I love your teachings! Thanks so so much!!!

[@verantube]

Thanks for introducing me to some great music.. Cheers!

[@JOINTCA]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR AWESOME MUSICAL KNOWLEDGE...BE WELL AND GOOD ALWAYS SIR....

[@tobefree8510]

Very much great full of interesting interest interesting approach...

[@Simon.the.Likeable]

You can think of the Bach motif note H (two b or not two b). It may help you spell "whether" properly.

[@GJHamann]

Great lessons. Your enthousiasm is catching.

[@GillJazzTranscriptions]

Congratulations for this video, I just wanted to add that sometimes the 7th major is attracted by the sixth like in "After You've Gone"

[@stevenpietrusza6944]

Holy shit this video is SUPER USEFUL. Great stuff man thanks so much!

[@robertpien8708]

That was awesome the more we relate to what we look like to listen to the more we can relate to how music resolves becomes part of us so we all can find home well worth checking out thank you

[@intrvrtdpyrldblog6568]

wow this helped me a lot! i really love your channel! more power!

[@TheInfamousChes2]

You always have the best info in your videos

[@bassoelettrico]

Wow, fantastic 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@rockstarjazzcat]

Love these videos, friend. Thank you

[@ImanSpaargaren]

wow, lovely video! good job!

[@neutral_puma845]

2:13, the thing they have in common is they sound exactly the same

[@guilhermegomes4742]

Sound really different to me, just the same genre

[@toniamarchesiello7508]

Love this a lot 👌👍💞

[@latin-style]

great video! thank you very much! the usual approach is identifying the first interval of a song, which really are the first 2 notes played. your approach is slighlty different: it's the first note in context of the first chord (not 2 notes, only 1). I really like that and I think it lets you feel more the note (or implicit interval). really great! could you share popular songs for the other intervals like b9, b7, b6 and tritone? those are really hard to find, especially the b9 and tritone. I think also altered notes could be worth identifying as seperate intervals, even if for example a #9 is technically a b3, but in dominant context. but I guess that barely exists as the first note of a song. thanks a lot!

[@PedroMamedeOficial]

Great!! Following!!! Thank you

[@TimJim333]

Close Encounters reference sold me the sub 😂 fantastic work!

[@soumyajitdas6598]

Beside an awesome explanation ,you just nailed the point how our hearing abilities are subjected to change in this changing world.

[@AkshayKumar-sd1mx]

Those are really beautiful examples

[@geraldhickey6058]

Thank you for the ear training. These old ears are struggle outside the 1st octave. Lol.

[@jeanlucchapelon]

I will apply this like question and answer !! Thanks

[@wassilykandinsky4616]

Amazing channel !!! (In my opinion "crazy little things.." starts with a fifth.)

[@DiegoNavaja]

Same. Its a fifth.

[@FontenlaAndres]

It IS a fifth.

[@DrumSolVanIsle]

Well presented, as expected. I’m particularly intrigued by the relationship between (in chrono order) the New World Symphony (theme), Edelweiss and Every Breath You Take.

[@marktyler3381]

New World - 355 321 23521 Edelweiss - 359 854 3334565 Every Breath - 343211 343211 11341 11432 21311 They all start on the 3rd perhaps?

[@DrumSolVanIsle]

Matthew Taylor Nice numerics, and yes the 3 pieces begin on the 3rd note of the major scale.

[@nejm612]

Very well produced

[@andrewdatar9880]

Amazingly crafted video and examples, thank you so much! Does part 2 exist? Could not find it among the channel's video.

[@Zack-xz1ph]

I did ear training a few years ago but the "musical gravity" is a good point, may save me in the future if I forget what a descending major 6th sounds like or another interval, lol

[@1TreukFlyyy]

When the chord changes for example for a IV chord, do you keep the same numbering for the melody notes (relative to the key center of the song) or do you change the numbering relative to the new chord being played behind ?

[@YanSalvadore]

Maestro! Me encantan tus videos. Por favor si pudieras traducirlos, entiendo un poquito. Muchas gracias!!!

[@bartosik321]

this is great

[@Frontkickmusic]

Excellent video. Btw, I'm pretty sure I hear a perfect fifth at the beginning of "Crazy little thing called love", at the very end of the video.

[@serenuszeitblom2063]

very interesting and useful, thank you

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci.

[@davidarielmendozavaldivia]

Buenos videos!

[@gabrieltafarel]

If He likes It Let Him Do It by The Drums starts with a major 7th interval

[@brittdavid8591]

🔥👊🏾

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Super idea !

[@FiliFilizzola]

Where's part 2? This was great!

[@JazzDuets]

cheers! please be patient!

[@amancoki]

Jazz Duets almost a year, when will it be?

[@Harry-pv4od]

yep, I’m just waiting patiently:/

[@michaelanzalone45]

Yes, please provide lesson two! Thanks

[@StephaneBernardGuitar]

I got confused at first because I thought you were referring to the notes relative to the C as the root because the C scale is always shown after the audio example. But now I understand the point. maybe a little label under each audio example indicating the root note would help.

[@talbiser1]

Amazing ! Thank you so much, I was struggling with scale degrees since month ! But with your video, I already progress on a day ! Can we still expected a part 2 ? Sorry for my english, I'm French !

[@lionsskyblue442]

this is amazing, thank you so much

[@fuhaaa2022]

thank you！

[@samblitt3292]

Hey man - would you consider doing a blues lesson video featuring some Lee Morgan analysis? He's one of my favorites and I noticed you're a fan

[@AmeeliaK]

I imagine the root to be the "mother" and the other notes are the children who want to go back to mum. 2 and 7 are small children, very attached to mummy, four and five are older children and a bit more independent already :-) the non diatonic notes are friends of the the kids that they brought to the house but who are not attached to the mother... There is a great free Android app that helped me a lot with my ear training, it's called functional ear trainer.

[@AimeeBurnett-AyMeBurnIt]

Ameelia K thank you!

[@ingridayarza]

That's a great way to see it!! Wow! And thanks for the suggestion 😊

[@jaktron]

i hear a perfect 5th for girl from Ipanema (melody note Eb over Ab Maj 7 Chord)

[@ThiefontheCross1]

I thought so too. But I looked up a chart and it had the first note as G over a Fmaj7 chord.

[@jaktron]

Peter Cavanagh yes the charts are all in Fmaj because Jobim composed it in that key, but the extract we hear is from the Getz & Gilberto album where it's transposed up a minor 3rd to Ab.

[@gu5944]

The chord sound is Dbmajor9 ,the Ab is the fifth of the chord. Some latin guitar play this style to make a darker cohrd sound. But it's still a Dbmajoj9 chord to Eb9 chord,so that the melody is Eb , started a from 2nd . (Sorry that I can't type English well)

[@OscarGeronimo]

Is the 5th of the scale. And that's another element: are we talking about in relationship to the de diatonic scale of the key of the piece or the chord being played at the moment.

[@anjobanjo1221]

There are things I like about this video, but the problem I've had is that we aren't given enough context to establish the key in our ears, especially with The Girl from Ipanema. The root is unclear in that clip.

[@johnk8174]

Magnificent!

[@JontCarr]

Thank you!

[@DojoOfCool]

Excellent video

[@magnificentelectromagnetic7417]

this great, thanks for sharing

[@JuanRaven1]

You are Amazing dude, mil gracias

[@Aleredes]

Fantastic!

[@variable3941]

Thank you for super super helpful video for ear train! btw I think in 5:17 that song doesn't start with 2nd note. It's the 1st, isn' it?

[@quocuydacnguyen3515]

Thank you. Very useful

[@HarmoChopin]

Your video is excellent.

[@MisantropoFilantropo]

If there is a second part here goes my grain of sand: Augmented 4th: Last movement of Stravinsky's Firebird

[@fgsproducer]

Wonderful.

[@ahmedelakrab]

Great video. Was that Brazilian song about Neymar Da Silva ??!!!! I can swear I heard his name.

[@alonsogutierrez7666]

Thank you!!

[@MiguelBaptista1981]

Nice, thanks for the video. Just one thing, on the Queen song, the first note on the word "This" is actually a 3rd, not a 6th, although the third note of the melody on the word "called" is a 6th, at least to my ear.

[@BennyVanAcker]

Major 7th: Theme from Superman. 4th; Wedding March

[@DaddySantaClaus]

i could play simple jazz lines from sax players, can sing the blues scale ,but couldn't play happy birthday , but i also didnt knew the major scale , but i could play twinkle twinkle in different parts of the guitar neck ,but im getting better at putting melodies in my head to my fingers, if that makes sense

[@mr7clay]

M7 = chorus of "How Can You Mend a Broken Heart?"

[@password6975]

Brilliant

[@RobKL2008]

Outside of this great lesson, may I ask what software you use to draw your info on the screen like that. Love it

[@JazzDuets]

video scribe on this one