Part 2: Playing by Ear

[@EclecticEssentric]

Cool, thanks. It's also excellent to vocally hum/sing each note to connect our vocal ability to our auditory sense, it really speeds things up.

[@johnstaf]

I would love to have had this woman as my teacher.

[@Link77793]

Happy birthday 🎂🎈

[@ModuSpaSm]

You write it that order, but you wish it in the reverse order:)

[@theresaandrews8131]

This teacher is amazing! Very knowledgeable and charming.

[@motorcop02]

Miss Karen, you are the second best teacher I've ever seen! The first was a lady named Marie Haydon. She was my teacher as a five year old child. When she realized I had the ability to play by ear, she nurtured it and developed, or expanded it. Sixty years later, I still play and am held in somewhat high regard by my peers for my ability. I made a good living for a long time doing nothing but playing in all types of bands and as a single when neccessary. ALL music teachers should be requied to take your course! God bless you for teaching a lot of people how to be players, not just technicians!

[@Link77793]

Happy birthday 🎂🎈

[@mjencristo]

May God bless you for bringing so much joy to others, Karen. Awesome lessons . Thank you

[@KRISJINGLE4]

Karen just like to say thank you for your many up loads, you have really helped out an old guitarist that struggles with scales and lead improvisions. but now i can hang with some of the best and my gratitude go's out to people such as yourself on the Tube thank you! ,

[@music_tj7601]

So far this woman is the best teacher ive seen...and shes quite got humor herself

[@user-qu7jr8fx6t]

Except...as an ear player, there is not a thing in this lesson that resonates. It's not how we do it, not even vaguely.

[@yosserhughes9100]

She's brilliant. By ear is by ear, practice makes perfect.

[@derekcarney]

MRS. RAMIREZ is one of the BEST teachers ever. ever. ever. She made all of my 45 years of bits and pieces of music theory and music making and filled in all of my blanks and BAM! It all makes simple sense to me now. That's a gift that few teachers can give. THANK YOU, MRS. RAMIREZ!!!!!!!

[@chipgracey169]

This lady is awesome! I wish everything could be taught with her style.

[@CaseyVan]

6:12 finally someone says what I found out a long time ago by myself. The three chords Tonic, Subtonic, and Dominant cover every note in the diatonic scale!

[@guitarandhow]

These lessons are the best of the best, upbeat and entertaining.

[@Ghostman7777]

My god. I came into this lesson thinking "yup, this is where I am going to stall out and quit", but I actually played along with Silent Night, and I have never even so much as glanced at the sheet music. Karen Cuneo Ramirez is a godsend! :)

[@joanjohnstone7241]

This lady is a fantastic teacher - how I wish she had been MY teacher 50 years ago!!! When will we be able to buy your books and dvd's again in the UK?? Love your work and your tutorials Karen.

[@jcgurl3773]

I took piano lessons for 7 years as a child. My instructor made it miserable by always forcing me to play classical music which I hated and that if I didn't play exactly as the metronome ticked counting my notes I was not proficient. This lady showed me playing can be fun and yes it's okay to play by ear!!! I actually want to play again.

[@RupamTalukdar]

I was laughing like anything else after seeing your reaction at 3:20. Your teaching is so simple. Thanks a ton. I have come a long way now only with your teachings.

[@general5104]

My mother was the best piano teacher in town., started a teachers club. helped start a music conservatory, in our local college, and you guessed it, I didn't want to learn the piano. I wanted to learn the guitar, so she paid for lessons for me to become a guitarist. Here I am almost 70 and still cant play piano. I remembered seeing this channel, many years ago and started following it but became side tracked due to health related time issues. I've found it again, now that my dear wife has passed. I WANT to learn before I'm pushing up daisys !

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

If there's an expression 'delightfully helpful' then this is the most delightfully helpful music video I've ever seen.

[@QuizzQuest08]

The lesson is so hilarious and and educational at the same time... I learned a lot. Thank you

[@ArtoriasSif]

I love you T.T...thank you soo much I've always had trouble picking chords for my melodies but you cleared that up for me!

[@toddzhang445]

I'm not musician at all, but because I have been helping my 6 years old son (since he was 4) study piano, I watched a lot of youtube piano teaching videos. I'm so surprised that in this world, there is a so talent teacher like Ms. Karen Cuneo who not only can teach the hard part of music theory but in the most fun way. Thank you so much Karen. I would like to watch more your videos, and see how much I could digest as non-musician, haha, and then pass the knowledge to my son.

[@iemranee]

Wonderful ... She is such a talented lady and a great teacher ...

[@dieudonne_89]

I love this lady 😍. She teach with passion. I wish i saw this when i was younger. Does she still teach ?

[@gdadc2649]

Sensational tutoring - jumped ahead in leaps. Thank you Karen

[@GeorgeSPAMTindle]

I am a self-taught bass and six-string guitar player, and due to being a bit of a maths geek I understand theory and chord construction better than some professionally-tutored musicians that I have met. Trouble is that I can't explain a lot of what I know to beginners. I came across this amazing woman Karen Ramirez when I was searching for something to help me to teach my daughter some music theory, I love her style and I have learned quite a lot from what I have seen so far. I am subscribed and addicted to Karen's lessons, to the point where I have just got myself some keyboards to learn how to play. Thanks you Karen, keep it up, God bless you.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

Yes, Karen is amazing. A truly gifted teacher. Just love her style.

[@aimmint1384]

For sure after I'm graduate from my current study, I'll watch all your lesson video to learn about music... I really love music but well.... a toxic environment and unsupportive family restrict me from learning music...

[@MinhNguyen-uf8jd]

Superb teacher. Thanks..

[@leechviolator]

mam your the only teacher i will listen to you make music my friend again thank you specially the lesson about counts and beats its short video but i learn a loay and because of the counting i feel more confident when it comes on. on the spot. thank you soooo much

[@jessicalarreau3647]

She's amazing💕

[@gib412]

I wish I could have had her for a teacher in my youth. I play guitar and have played by ear my whole life...put a piece of sheet music in front of me and the most I'll get from it is tempo and key. She's right about "the pro" ear player. Most of the time the audience never catches those little mistakes...or so I'm told ( nobody has ever really convinced me of that yet :) Being an ear player helps you learn how to cover your mistakes and make them sound intentional.

[@naturalvoice100]

She is funny and effective. Love her!

[@Respect-qn9tp]

You are very kind to have uploaded this video :) I took in everything you said.I thank you :)

[@SHADOWMAN296]

I HAD A LOT OF FUN HERE AND REFRESHED THINGS I HAD NOT THOUGHT OF IN YEARS. I AM OUT OF TIME NOW, BUT WILL BE BACK SOON. I THINK YOU ARE AN EXCELLENT MUSIC TEACHER. WHERE ARE YOU LOCATED?

[@gonzaloarmijos]

She is great!!

[@darrylnichols9747]

Love your teaching style.

[@13Uzamakifan]

She is so amazing, my spirit animal

[@TheJoseMPC]

You are a beautiful Person! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@sk8rjer]

Karen, where were you when I wanted to learn to play by ear back in the early 60's? Smile. Well, I figured it out a little by myself...and "the rest is history" (grin). I'm 80 now, and still play on my own developed level...and my second childhood is awesome! I have "a ton" of videos on my channel that I enjoy and share with a few. God bless you! And those you are helping!!! BTW, I play all in the key of C and I have a key board that will transpose into all the other keys.

[@IsaacAsimov1992]

Hi Jerry. I'm 70 and I find your comment truly inspirational. Thanks!

[@sk8rjer]

@@IsaacAsimov1992... Well, if you permit...Hugs to you!! I don't get replies often, and almost never like yours! Thanks for "making my day"!!! And God bless!

[@Jhopnik]

Good job Karen. Thanks Mr Pugh,

[@mickypoo4622]

A very innovative, instructive and inspiring method to learning new tunes. However, the key for any song needs to be chosen carefully if you are to accompany people singing it. "Silent Night" as played here in the key of C would require singers to reach top F and top E. This should not present a problem if you are accompanying a choral group or church choir. However, such high notes may be beyond the range of most amateur singers. You need to know your target audience when deciding on the key. For a "singalong" group, keep the highest note to D which most people can achieve. This would put "Silent Night" in the key of A (3 sharps), or, for an easier key to play in (and a top note of C), go a tone lower to G (1 sharp).

[@MrAlan0151]

Great teacher.

[@allanmacuser]

Hi l loved your version I have been a guitar player from the early 60s and l went on to keyboard in the 70s then l seam to drop off the keys for many years. I am now 70 years old and just bought a new Yamaha s970 OMG how things have changed, I can read music but to be honest l just fined the chord of one of the site and can pick out the song with any problem, which is amazing, you see l had a slight stroke 7 years ago and lost a lot of memory but the funny thing is l still remember the chords. ok thanks once more allan (stoke on Trent UK)

[@kistemaggi7704]

Why did she stick all this post-its on her dress? ;-)

[@josephhellesoe3589]

Karen we love your work and you teach chords very easy. The C chord what about the left hand chords

[@utubewillyman]

This is great advice, but I'd caution against "guessing" notes. I think you get into bad habits that are hard to break. I did this to myself. I think it's better to get into the habit of hearing the next note in your head and recognizing whether it's the 3rd or 5th, etc. in the scale. I think you should practice playing by ear using this very careful method. After a while, you'll get faster at identifying the next note in your head.

[@GrooveBassGurl]

Thx for posting. This is really useful!!!

[@hamletrex]

she is great teacher, i love her

[@lokesh755]

How can someone leave without watching part2 after watching part1 ..(number of views or part2 are lesser than part2) :P

[@321harold]

What kind of car was that that started up? It sounded like a Farrari. That was musci to me little ears!

[@moshondobeat]

What's the song?😂😂

[@imhenotic]

@unterlord well, firts of all, theres no rules in music, starting from there, you can start your progresion in any degree you like the thing is you have to know whats the message you wana send to the person listening, becouse we are kinda tired of hearing those "2-5-1" chord progressions over and over. so if you play lets say a Cmajor chord on the first, then people would expect maybe a Am, or a G7. but you throw a D#7 and then a G#major. and it turns out that you where on the key of G# not in C

[@melanieenmats]

She is awesome, if you know her, tell her!

[@swingking338]

@unterlord Rachmaninov was one of the composers who liked to obey all the rules of music. Good observation though =D

[@pedrosmith4529]

Wow, I can't play the piano at all and I am watching your videos, I would love to be your student! Greetings from Spain.

[@Timbobiddy]

Helping me out in 2021🤧

[@kassandraayalasongs]

Funny lady great teach! Haha

[@sugarjackriggs]

Amazing.

[@Link77793]

Link VS Zoboomafoo

[@Link77793]

Link VS Kangaroo 🦘

[@Link77793]

Piano 🎹

[@jazzutako]

Wow! This is a great educational video. I've learned a lot. And she's funny. I wanna be her student..........

[@siresquire9439]

Depending on Tempo you can literally use any chord with any lead - including `made up chords` which on their own `sound wrong` because you prolong them; but if you use them intermittently or treat the bass hand like a drum pad then anything will sound good if you stylize it: Mood is everything that piano desires: The point of using A as one note for example is to give B and or Bm a mood of sadness followed by a mood of goodness: One pleases or displeases; diminishes the other and this offset brings about a kind of natural imposed symmetrical harmony: There are no exact rules beyond the fundamentals of rhythm and polyrhythm coupled with tempo - progressions - changes; and sudden stops/restarts: Rotation by circular motion of hands allows free movement anywhere except for the obvious linear sound: If you are going to exercise then invent a long drawn out scale which covers all the bases: Rotate and all will work out: Begin with a faster than usual trill even: Commit to it:

[@antonioa.b.1681]

Legend. ❤

[@daveheel]

wish i was taught to play by ear too. best to know how to read music and play by ear.

[@ronit954]

beautiful lesson!

[@UniqueTouch]

Senyora Ramirez...Do you have a video I can Buy on "Playing By Ear" with you as the instructor ofcourse???!!!

[@HDZEP]

hey where she from i wanna visit her. im from australia

[@Ferney1c]

At around 6:00 she says she only has three chord choices. I don't understand why that is so. I'm sure this point is a part of music theory that I don't know about. Can anyone please be so kind as to explain what she is saying?

[@warrenwinslow4266]

Play by ear. Play u tube video and hum it and pick out key. Correct one no other just c. Then play along. It easy hum it and you can do it

[@rectify2003]

Why is G the Dominant chord I the chord of C? I don’t understand

[@TheRoxas13th]

the name is on the description :)

[@AramCanada]

Love you!

[@dorothywiseman567]

Do you do piano?

[@PrantikNath]

hi, you start with only major chords in that key, what about other 3 minor chord? A minor, D minor and E minor.?

[@KRISJINGLE4]

her name is Karen Remirez

[@patricksaxon3983]

What I do not like about the Lowrey Magic program, is the studnet struggles to learn how to play the song, without hearing how it should be played. I say play the song for the student and then it would make it easier to learn how to play the song. I do believe that if you have trouble reading music, try the play by ear method. Many professional musicians in Nashville plays by ear, and utilize the nashville number system. I am a strong believer in the transposer and then you can always learn how to play it in the correct key. Using the transposer makes it easy and faster to learn a song. Advanced players will tell you that using the transposer is cheating, but it does not mean that you are avoiding the sharps and flats, it just minimized the sharps and flats.

[@wylancslass]

Totally confused. Do you have to know root notes to understand this?

[@tintinhonda]

@brujithaz Karen Cuneo Ramirez teaches us how to play be ear. Part 2 of a series

[@Dreddusa]

The most adorable woman

[@kassemir]

If you're working on this on your own. Sing the melody before you start playing! You'll make less mistakes, rather than just poking around for the right note or chords.

[@WysteriaGuitar]

Can we make Karen Ramirez a national treasure now please?

[@ujenajackson6874]

How do you know to use the C F G maior chords in the song?

[@robfriedrich2822]

There are different ways. The most easy one is using a song book with lyrics and chords. I can hear from some songs the chords. Another way, playing along with the original and so may find the chords. I played "Sun of Jamaica" in F with wrong chords. It didn't sound bad, but F Gm F C wasn't correct, but F Bb F G7 C

[@aspotv6907]

Circles of 4th and 5th. That's the general rule theoritically.

[@3ugen]

Karen Cuneo Ramirez

[@Respect-qn9tp]

“What’s the song?” Lmao

[@fightfairloseeasy8920]

Shelley Winters

[@mohamedshoieb5477]

you are wonderful amazing teacher hope to learn more from you thank you

[@niramsorn.5607]

How to figure out complex chords by ear?

[@depravedchristian6029]

If you're anything like me, you just know. I can't explain it.

[@JacobKinsley]

Practice. Until then just do trial and improvement (sometimes I just play each individual note until it eventually forms the full chord)

[@JohannDaart]

First you need to know that complex chords. If you can play them and know their sound, it's easier to recognize them in the song.

[@thanasister]

Did anyone understood how the C, F, G chords came out for this track?

[@youdrok]

Go watch her previous lessons before this.. especially how the chord progressions work. She explain quite well.

[@seanogrady2870]

cHORDS ARE EASY AS . I PLAY BY EAR (IWILL EVENTUALLY LEARN TO USE MY FINGERS) I AM SELF TAUGHT. Also there are a couple of different ways to play any chord. But you probablhy already know this.

[@nehalrazishah6429]

too great im an musician

[@lovestuck97]

How i wish i could have the privileged of learning from her :)

[@amitshahabad]

g.m mam, i want to learn piano but not understand basic of piano keybord

[@amitshahabad]

please help me,

[@melanieenmats]

She should get her own channel plz

[@MaartenVenter]

She is just talking about the Major Chords for now.

[@glennso47]

Playing by ear? Wouldn’t it be easier to play using the hands and fingers?🤔🥴

[@viralbuthow000]

how can make this woman my teacher, yes?

[@1margate]

greeatt teacher

[@ammallcpro-trainer9460]

Karen you are the best since they discovered the cure for hunger.

[@firstlast1357]

Did she write a book ?

[@lindam.lasley5049]

I AM IN OF YOU.

[@bluesriot2]

awe ?

[@m.r.5990]

A very basic stuff, and not even true for most songs more complex than silent night. A melody could even start from a major 7-th of the chord....

[@Thewritingbutler]

It would help immeasurably if you showed what keys you're playing and not your back. Thanks.

[@aramilek]

Repetition legitimizes

[@cynic150]

This video is purely for amateurs. Very basic. It is wrong to say that without the music (score) you cannot play. All piano recitals/ concerts are played without the score. Pianists either play from memory or by ear. It is possible to be able to do both! Some do both very well. The key to playing by ear, I would say, is to develop your ear. In other words, play a few notes or chords and then try to improve it. that way, you learn.