How To Supercharge Your Relative Pitch | Like Perfect Pitch!

In this video I will show you how to supercharge your RELATIVE PITCH to make it like PERFECT PITCH! I will show you have to use chord structures to TRAIN YOUR EAR to hear the most difficult chord and interval structures and quickly name and sing the notes of a chord. This techniques is on of the ones in my upcoming 14 part video series called The Beato Ear Training Method that will be available later this year. Disclaimer: I'm not a great singer so excuse my wavering voice :) There are no edits in the video.
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[@iMannyLP]

He sings like his kids :D

[@antoncigur3727]

Probably because he his their teacher.

[@MansWUT]

@@antoncigur3727 that was probably the best use of sarcasm I've ever seen

[@omarpervaiz]

Nicely done

[@tinktwiceman]

Rick could you make a complete Music Theory course or Book? I would so pay for that. That would be amazing. I've learned so much from you. Thank you so much for all the great content!

[@RickBeato]

I do have a book. write me at [e-mail]

[@davemckay4359]

Beaoto book

[@jonc8561]

Wow you don't actually have perfect pitch? Or was that just for the demonstration of the video? If you don't, your relative pitch is off the charts.

[@RickBeato]

I don't have PP

[@st.fallenstar]

@@RickBeato I see what you did there.

[@We-all-watched-the-video]

@@RickBeatohehe pp

[@Linkreincarnation92]

This seems like a much more complex yet thorough way to train your ear. I'm taking an aural training class in college at the moment and all the prof has done for the past month was give us a list of songs with various intervals and spent every class jumping around the list on the piano. It's helped me learn intervals a bit, but I feel like your approach is way more helpful and in depth. And you're giving out this info for free!! My prof could learn from you lol

[@noorhay5960]

Linkreincarnation92 His teaching is reliable because he is also a Prof.

[@lucasglenn3079]

you want to to sing a whole chord off one note, but i can't even sing that one note 😭

[@alexandrapai9302]

I have absolutely zero idea what is going on here.. :(

[@1man2manynotes]

This is really cool. All these youtubers promise you they can teach you to “play what you hear” but developing relative pitch is glossed over. This is the key to that and no one talks about it in detail like this video

[@marisjeanmusic1312]

The ones, who actually have perfect pitch will realise (and I actually do not know if people without it would be able to perceive it - please do let me know) that Rick actually did not sing "F-C-A" at around 1:08. He sang F-Db-Ab (the Ab went a little up at the end, nearly reaching "A"), went ahead and actually played F-C-A on the piano (assumingly not realising that what he sang was not what he wanted to sing and therefore not the same pitch he then played). xD Not sure if this has been mentioned here in the comment section yet, if so I'm very sorry . I recently discovered that I might have perfect pitch and I say might, because it is highly unlikely that I (or anybody else around me) had not realised in the past 25 years. So I'm basically sufering suffering from imposter syndrome, because nobody never told me "you have it" and I know that it cannot be acquired at adolescent age, that would be relative pitch, as I understand it. However I do experience that I hear things most people around me (academically trained musicians) do not hear...

[@gkniffen]

Best music tutorials available. Great stuff.

[@kiwi9939]

Would you be able to make a video talking about Perfect Pitch in comparison to Pitch Memory and how it relates to Relative Pitch? It seems like it would be incredibly useful if you could just have a memorized b-flat, because you could find any note from there (chromatically or interval jumps or whatever).

[@guest8571]

I have pitch memory for only one note, F, and it is useful to find notes from that F by descending or ascending notes in my head; however, it takes a while and it's not always reliable-it's like trying to learn to read a new clef by transposing from another clef: possible, but time-consuming, not always correct, and impossible to truly _learn_ the notes like that. Also, since I don't have perfect or memorized pitch for any other notes, sometimes I'll get the tuning wrong in my head when I'm trying to find a note that's further away and isn't in the key of F Major, like C# for example. It is quite useful for things in the key of Bb Major, F Major, Eb Major, and C Major, though.

[@jakemf1]

Perhaps a simpler start to this concept? I have a lot of theory knowledge but this is very advanced not a knock just perhaps start form step one then move up? Oe perhaps I missed those? THanks for the videos

[@petragaffney135]

jakemf1 You can't get much simpler than a Db major triad and next a 1st inversion Eb major triad. The Q chord is three perfect 4ths eg CQ is C F Bb. Next there's a simple 1st inversion F major triad. Next there's a G Lydian triad. That's just tonic, #4 and 5. eg a C Lydian chord is C F# G. Next is a sus4 chord which is simply tonic, 4th and 5th eg. Csus4 is C F G. Next is a basic Fdim chord. The last three chords are a bit more complex but more advanced people would lose interest if it was too basic. Rick's posted many great videos over the last year or so which cover every chord structure in this video. There's a series Ear Training Lessons 1 - 7 that you should enjoy. Rick mentions them at the end of this video. Go to Rick's channel. If you got stuck eg. on AbQ you can pause the video and go to Rick's video Modern Nomenclature - Shorthand For Quartal Chords. Than go back and continue to F/A which I imagine you understand and then on to G Lydian. I hope this helps. From Pétra.

[@RickBeato]

+Pétra Gaffney Thanks Petra! I hope all is well. You know it's always great to hear your voice on these matters. I may have a project for you. I will write you on Facebook. Rick

[@petragaffney135]

Rick Beato Thanks Rick! It's lovely to hear from you. It'd be an honour to receive a project from you anytime. Thanks so much. Best wishes.

[@laserbert6739]

hey rick, i find it very hard to imagine the chords as a progression. Once i imagine or sing a chord i forget the sound of the last one, so that the progression does not become a unit in my imagination.

[@srikanthnarayanan]

Hi Rick, strong video! In one of your other videos from many months back, you talked about musical imagery / audiation and how using songs, you are able to recall the 12 notes from memory and sing them correctly on pitch. So using that, could you not have thought of a song (i.e.. Cinderella Man theme), conjure up your Db and then do this exercise without a reference note in the beginning?. And then could you have spot checked yourself in the middle by recalling other reference notes, all without the piano?

[@marvinquerido]

The #9 in C7#5#9 should be D#. No biggie, but still. ;-)

[@JavedAlam24]

Also, the first time he sung "F C A" at 1:07, he was actually singing C#. No biggie though, he corrected it the second time through :)

[@manzarelahi1812]

He sang a G# too! XD

[@LukeBass1000]

Singing Bb to Eb is much easier than Bb to D#

[@klasewiberg]

@@LukeBass1000 I'm new to this but isnt that the same note? I'm not joking, just checking to see that i've got it correct.

[@LukeBass1000]

Klas W it is the same note but consider the intervals. Bb to Eb is a perfect fourth which is very common and easier to "hear" in your minds ear than Bb to D# which is an augmented third. It's just a perspective difference.

[@FiliFilizzola]

Hey Rick, when creating this supercharger for example did you any guideline or on purpose determine the next chord because you wanted to go down half a step from Db or you wanted to go down a tritone from the B or did you just right them down then sing them?

[@mariospavlou8421]

that looks like the maths i was teached in the university for getting into NASA

[@Mick-Dempsey]

You were "teached"?

[@mariospavlou8421]

@@Mick-Dempsey yes i am from greece ,i speak greek (marios pavlou its a greek name lol)..still learning english so i am sorry if i wrote that wrong although i dont understand what i wrote wrong there:)

[@idiotsandwich115]

This was so helpful! My music teacher told me I actually have a perfect pitch, but I couldn't believe her. Now I'm trying to actually learn reading notes lol I hope I'll get better at playing piano :')

[@jackdud8793]

Obviously I will never get perfect pitch, but I don’t know why, every time you sing the pitches out loud, It seems to help me remember what pitch it is, and then I can recall how you sang it as a reference note to others, idk but this seems to help me the most (currently trying to learn relative pitch) P.S I’m a beginner at piano

[@ok.olivia]

Is the piano tuned at 432 hz?

[@beyondthegong]

It’s probably stretch-tuned... like 99% of pianos..

[@yoyothasme123]

Rick. Thank you. I don't see the relationship between these chords.

[@MegaYamato10]

Hi I know this is definitely a really basic problem in comparison to the higher levels of relative pitch but I don't know how to fix it. Whenever I hear a fourth I always hear the fourth as a tonic or a new tonic. I seem to be incapable of hearing it as an ascending slightly dissonant interval as opposed to a resolving ascension to the tonic note. If you see this and reply, thanks.

[@rafflesiadeathcscent3507]

i cant understand the purpose of this, will this help me play piano better? but its too hard to memorise these edit: also im not trying to learn in piano but only an organ with 4 sets of 7 keys i wonder if it would affect my learning? or hearing notes?

[@theholytoilet6668]

If you learn what he’s trying to teach you, it will allow you to play any song from just hearing it once. Chords and melody alike.

[@mak2488]

Hi. Love the video. Why use these particular chords for relative pitch? Can we substitute any chord structure or progression?

[@kylezo]

I think because of the variations in interval resolutions b/t them, . He explains this in the video. You can use whatever you want as long as you know your intervals.

[@nickbobaymusic8691]

Thanks Rick! Keep the ear training coming, this is excellent and your book is great!

[@crieverytim]

Yikes

[@cincinnatipedalsteel4347]

Multitasking while ear training.... great stuff.

[@szajbon]

Is it a big difference between quartal chord and inverted sus? Sounds and looks the same, for example Fsus4 in 2nd inversion is basically C quartal. Never heard of a quartal chord before (though, I am not trained musician ^^). Great video by the way!

[@momoadept]

It's just a different way to look at the same sound. Sus chord is usually expected to be resolved, while quartal chord is independent. And it's shorter to write AbQ then Gbsus2/Ab

[@FlanaFugue]

"since I don't have perfect pitch"??? What about the other videos when he talks about losing his perfect pitch with age??

[@jbcraipeau]

Great exercices ! Will share it to my page, as a lot of people ask me how to be better at transcription ! Thanks for sharing :)

[@swojnowski453]

Rick, sing do re mi ...not F,C,A ... that's nonsense.

[@andresgornatti1957]

Epic

[@guittoguitto970]

Coolest teacher ever !

[@simpleeye7950]

Talk about a crash course!

[@generaljj577]

i play a game where I try and get thru this exorcise perfectly. its called "lets Start OVER"

[@philipbrown2225]

I like that you sing the letter names as that gives you the correct relationships for the chords unlike fixed do which is easier to sing but doesn't give all the correct relationships. I have noticed some people sing numbers but for your chord exercise that seems pretty un useful. I find fixed do easiest for me when I sing melodies but if I try to sing a melody just on la and think of the letter names or solfa names it is much harder for me. However I focus on singing just on la. A voice teacher told me about straw singing so when I practice singing I make a small circle with my mouth. This give me a greater range and keeps the volume down for my neighbors when I am hitting the high notes and not straining and I can sing for much longer times a day without going hoarse or losing my voice . Its not possible for me to sing letter names or solfa with this singing technique. Love your channel

[@timothycrogers]

This is great. Why not use solfege instead of note names when singing the notes? Any benefit to just singing note name?

[@RickBeato]

What's the difference? You are either singing the correct notes or not. Solfege is fine but it doesn't help you with the theory of what you are hearing. You need to be able to spell these chords instantly with the correct note names.

[@AntonioRockGP]

Rick Beato True. Just for curiosity, do you know that the solfege is really the actual name of the notes in Latin derived languages? As a Portuguese native speaker I make no distinction between the note names and solfege. In fact I have to think a little bit and it's antinatural when I'm force to use solfege in the relative way that English speakers do...

[@andreacassano3991]

That's a tricky thing, I'm an italian speaker with relative pitch and that's what my Italian ear makes my brain catch: DO MI SOL FA LA RE (played FA# LA RE) SOL DO FA MI DO SOL (played MI SI SOL#) then my ear gets lost and I hear DO SI FA lost again: DO FA SOL (from here on I start hearing relatively as in movable Do) DO# MI SOL MI SOL DO RE FA MI SOL DO RE FA# and the last one just like DA DA DA DA DA LOL Rick I hope you would like to take the time to figure out what happened in my strange head, and possibly get advices for future tutorials. Thank you a lot!

Hi. I´ve discovered that language plays a huge roll in the approach yo decide to use. I am a spanish speaker, In spanish we use always solfege sillables to name the notes. I studied the fixed Do solfege method(the root is always named do in any key) and I found that this method gets in the way of my guitar playing. Lets say yoy are in B-flat, you are playing b-flat and hearing Do , then you play a C(I think Do) and you are hearing Re, then my mind would be all mixed up. Maybe If I was an Engilsh speaker I would´nt face such a problem because note names wouldn´t repeat themselves.

[@andreacassano3991]

Hernán Londoño that's me

[@RobCarrollMusic]

this is fantastic. I love your videos you're a great teacher

[@Frankenstein-sc8rc]

can intervals of these chords relate to how you move your pitch? For example if it was a half step or a whole step in a chord would you change your pitch according to the spacing of the intervals. -best, Nathan

[@JohnResciniti]

I'd never hear of a lydian chord before. I understand it's a maj7 #11. Why no 9? or is it implied?

[@vitoandreamorra]

Hi Rick, my name is Vito Andrea Morra from Italy; I'm a jazz arranger and composer and composition teacher in Conservatorio di Bari (Italy). I'm extremely interested in your videos explaining how people with perfect pitch developes it and some of my students have perfect pitch. As you can imagine, I don't have perfect pitch; I have a very good relative pitch and I find quiet easy to do the exercise you're showing in this video. I'm convinced about adults cannot develop perfect pitch, but I'd like to know if your "12 songs approach" for developing pitch memory could work and help me to learn to sing a note without a reference tone. Even If i find relatively easy the exercise in this video (singing complex chords and connect them) I find almost impossible to start singing a song in the correct key....Do you think I could develop this "memory pitch" efficiently and satisfying, even if I never could do it after more than 40 years of music studying and professional working? Thank you very much . I'll keep following your super interesting videos about how human brain works with music. Thank you again, Bye.

[@dominoplay3712]

Write him on mail, he always answers. He also have a web.

[@deadgamerx]

thats really nice but how do i supercharge my relative bic

[@slikevents]

Maybe I am missing what you are inferring. I don't understand how to use this.

[@Byteswap]

how do you know if a note should be expressed as sharp or flat?

[@petragaffney135]

Done! I'm supercharged. I didn't need the notes above. It took about three minutes to complete. Thanks, it was fun!

[@rfml]

You obviously have a great ear. I've read your comment saying that you've been learning music since you were 5. you're How long do you think an average music lover (with an ability to sing a melody, nothing extraordinary) would need to develop a good relative pitch?

[@Mymusicaldream]

John Doe if you train enough and have a naturally good ear I'd say 2-3 years will get you to a really advanced level

[@rfml]

Thanks

[@remon563]

Hey Rick, I have a question regarding "relative pitch" and modulation: - What is the best approach to singing modulations in relative pitch ? I learned this intuitively so I am very curious if this is the right approach or if there ane improvements: I either # or b a certain relative note name to indicate a half step above the name: Fa becomes #"Fi" , So becomes #"Si'' etc. any raised # note will act as a leading tone to the note above. Sometimes I instantly name this new tonic the "Do", but if its only a temp modulation I just give it the same name and remember it changed keys. e.g.: in C, modulate to G: Do Re Mi Re Do Mi So So #Fi "SO" La So //Fa Mi Re Mi Re Mi Re Do e.g.: in C, modulate to G harmonically : Do Do Re Mi Fa So Fa Mi Fa #Fi "SO" La La La SO -- melody ends on SO as new tonic but I keep the name SO for the candence. Then the melody continues and I change the G to DO: Do Re Mi Fa So Fa Mi Fa #Fi "SO" La La La SO (ending on D)

[@TotalVoiceStudio]

The trick to singing modulations is (1) decide whether you need to change the relative pitch names (tonic sol-fa). ---- Is there a LOT of chromatic alterations in the new key? If so, it's easier to change the sol-fa --- Is the key modulating for just a moment and then back to the home key? If so may not be worth changing the solfa.. (2) If you are going to change the sol-fa then you need to find a pivot note.. that is a note that is common to both keys that you use as the change note. In your example, modulating from C >> G major. G is a good pivot note... it is SO in C and Do in G... so your example would be C-Maj: Do Re Mi Re Do Mi So G-Maj: Do Ti Do Re C-Maj: So Fa Mi Re Mi Re Mi Re Do

[@ivanfrangugic8355]

Dear Rick, at the age of 13 i dicovered my "pich' but i am not sure us it perfect or relative? here is my story: when i hear a song i can play it on piano, but when i hear my melodys (all what i am playing is by ear). it sounds just as in my head but i am not sure in what key is it. tnx for your answer.

[@neptune867]

It is relative pitch

[@ivanfrangugic8355]

@@neptune867 tnx

[@neptune867]

@@ivanfrangugic8355 No prob, friend ^-^

[@phingzhersoe1436]

I think you have perfect pitch, but you haven't learn the theory yet?

[@ivanfrangugic8355]

i do not eny type of music school but my father played piano since he was 3...i dk not read the sheets btw

[@evanstrother9137]

Thank you Rick!

[@xtarssgi5922]

I wish it'll be any kind of lessons like this one in spanish because is hard to me to understand everything you say and translate it to the system we use here but...well anything I can do. Anyway I'm glad you upload this video, thanks man

[@xtarssgi5922]

What I try to say with "in spanish" is that I would love to find a KZbinrs that uploads this kind of music theory in spanish

[@valeriorizzotti]

Hi Rick, I don't understand how do you construct Lydian Triads (and, the Modal ones in general). Could you explain it? Thank you for all your lessons!

[@juancpgo]

he's got a whole video on triads where he shows all of them

[@metalkreationbiatch]

awesome ! thank you Im practicing my ear training very soon. great lesson

[@felipecoelho7127]

what are the exercise videos he was talking about?

[@Chilajuana]

I was wondering if you might teach ear training online.

[@beyondthegong]

Can we get those links to the practice videos?

[@lobsterolo]

FCA 😕

[@davemckay4359]

Rick do e sharp a sharp. Sorry b sharp.

[@peterritchie2990]

Great stuff Rick. Thanks very much.

[@walrus666]

Your and your sons singing is so alike. I mean the voices. ))

[@lofy1263]

*You and your son's singing are so alike.

[@kierrajohnson9244]

Well I'm just starting out in learning to read music notation. So far I can read a few notes on the staff and where they r on my guitar. Being a beginner a lot of this just went over my head. I want to learn relative pitch and gain a good pitch memory. Where do I start with that and my small knowledge of music or should i wait til my understanding of music is better to the point i actually understand what you're saying in this video? Do I just drill the notes sounds into my head or something? lol. Oh and is it possible to see a note and hear how it sounds in your head and vice versa or is that more so a perfect pitch sorta thing?

[@joshuajackson4742]

Kierra Johnson sing along. That's helped me the best. Practice learning to tune your guitar without a tuner. Tune the low E and use your ear to tune the rest.

[@joshuajackson4742]

Also be confident and trust your ear 😊

[@joshuajackson4742]

Kierra Johnson also if you want to hear the note as you read it, I would play and sing along and then look and read and hum the tune, and then find another song to him without playing first.

[@MarsLos10]

I play the guitar as well. Tonal memory is cool. I can immediately recognise the pitch of E anywhere (or sing it correctly whenever I want) because of the high E string on guitar. I've tuned my guitar countless times, so that pitch is imprinted in my head. So with some practice you may accomplish something similar. Ask your teacher to help you with your ear training.

[@McMinnManiac]

This is a step beyond myths

[@midodon4294]

So does not having perfect pitch mean that you cant hear the notes correctly. How can you develop relative pitch if you can hear the notes right?

[@DavidSarmientoOyola]

Great tutorial!. Saludos from Ecuador

[@jakejudy5455]

Recognizing what notes make up some of the songs from Zelda oot and majoras mask has helped strengthen my ear. I always remmeber what b sounds like ftom associating the 1st note of zeldas lullaby with b. Retrieval by association. Any Zelda fans watching?

[@hannahwilkinson1085]

Jacob Judy that might actually really help!

[@sk8rdad]

good lesson

[@elseelin9666]

thks

[@hazeleyes5278]

Rick could you please do a video on The Walking Dead theme? It's sounds so powerful and ominous. How does the composer create that emotion and all that stuff?

[@RickBeato]

+Hazel Eyes5 I love The Walking Dead theme! I can't wait for tonight's show!

[@JoshuaConnorMusic]

Well it's pretty simple really, it's just minoradd9 (incredibly dark chord) chords moved down diatonic thirds; Gmadd9, Fmadd9 and Cmadd9. You've probably already seen it but Rick put out a video last week about mediant modulations, should answer all your questions.

[@tylercass2387]

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[@tylercass2387]

Realtique of really@@RickBeato

[@eddiehaney7897]

Thank you Rick

[@davemckay4359]

Tnks

[@johnk8174]

wow.

[@ronironn]

i have perfect pitch - any lesson for us?

[@AgustinCaniglia1992]

you should ask dylan. haha Anyway, relative pitch is necceary foryou as well. Although there are some references about absolute pitch across different rick's videos... Example, what mental process does his son Dylan use for different things...

[@RickBeato]

+Roni Cohen My son Dylan has perfect pitch but your training has made it much better than anyone I know with perfect pitch. Theory is the biggest thing. You able to hear the notes but if you don't know they make up together what's the point?

[@znmaf]

Fantastic Teacher

[@phoneticalballsack]

C♭? LMAO

[@loganjuttner1055]

C flat is B

[@JJ-zo7jv]

Phonetic once you get past 5 flat and 5 sharp keys the correct way to say pitches is c flat, f flat etc someone correct me if I’m wrong

[@ashishsh2859]

jsjs C Flat , B sharp , E sharp , F flat they all work the same just like normal keys