The Best Ear Training Exercise For Guitar Players

musictheoryforguitar.com Here I show you an incredibly simple ear training exercise that you can do with your guitar, that is simple enough even for beginners, and that will give results in few minutes. Unbelievable, you say? Try me: watch the video.

[@seamanjive]

Shes brave to do that in front of people. Shes very much a learner si well done. Good lesson

[@psbii]

My guitar teacher is alway on me to sing or hum what I want to play, and my fingers will follow. Once I got over my aversion to hearing my own voice it was really helpful. As a bonus it helps my singing ability, such as it may be.

[@tommyk.7443]

Only legend hold electric guitar like classic guitar

[@turkmusik]

It takes courage to get up on stage like that and then being filmed demands yet more courage. Kudos to the volunteer.

[@sholland42]

What a great teacher, passing along an understanding to the music inside us all. Thank you.

[@theperpetuallyannoyed4074]

She us brave also this is exactly wt u want to see a beginner like u learning so that u can relate n learn as well. ❤️👍👍👍

[@stefanlethra2788]

Worked almost immediately for me but I can feel my brain working. Quite amazing feeling. The second best exercise I found besides playing songs that you already know from your mind. Thank you!

[@suezeeque1]

Such a great session! Thanks :)

[@JohanTillgren]

Great lesson! This is such a great exercise that can be tailored to everyone from beginner to advanced.

[@toddscarlett3761]

great lesson. Thank you lady for being the student. More videos with teacher and student live please.

[@arthurpolendo3941]

I see the immediate benefits from this, great lesson!

[@dhaneshs131]

Great lesson as always...

[@sebastiankreck]

Great video! It is the most natural thing to sing. The voice is near the heart and then you play with the heart and not just with the head.

[@warwickgb]

Excellent lesson, really interesting concepts, and sublime playing. I wish I had read the Larry Carlton book that came with the video all those years ago!

[@optimusprime7628]

Amazing teacher

[@davidreid2301]

Great lesson!

[@afonsomendes6907]

In all endeavours, there seems to be a small minority of people who, as we say in my family, possess the "Teaching Bone", where they are naturally great at teaching concepts to others. These people are instantly distinguisheable from those without upon hearing the first few ideas they bring across. I've seen it everynow and then throughout my whole scientific academic life, and I must say, YOU possess the Teaching Bone aswell! It is a wonder to learn from you sir, I'm so glad i stumbled upon your channel! Rock on :D

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Thank you! :)

[@paraflightjoe1053]

Shes trainable, I'll take her...

[@Wrapped4]

Amazing way to learn an otherwise hard topic. I couldn't get ear training right for years.

[@taylordudley2074]

She has a great soothing voice!

[@dimwitsadvocate6264]

Oooo! I like this method! I'll be doing this today and every day. Thank you! As I sing, I'm singing the number of the note too. For example, 🎵🎶 1-4-5 🎶🎵

[@kristianmalinovic50]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 Amazing teacher ! This lesson was INCREDIBLE ! Ill start to work on it immediately! Thank you so much!

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Great! :)

[@alessandro9740]

thanks for the great tips😁 do you think i should practice it with backing track?

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup. I had a real handicap to singing, and it's only recently that I've started.

[@blacklab282]

Great stuff! Thanks Tommaso!

[@JereToikka]

Very simple and effective exercise. One of my favorite kinds! :)

[@UserNameGenerated]

She actually was kinda getting it at then end there when he asked her just to play randomly in the pentatonic and sing along. Good for her! Man I'd be so nervous up there trying to do that in front of people and cameras. But her hand position worries me a bit, her wrist was bent in a way that I think could cause her some injuries in the future. Hopefully she's still working at it and has sorted out some of those finer details of playing!

[@AJGNW]

Nice

[@srwven]

She is one brave guitar student!

[@jamesmaxwell5415]

Very Cool :)

[@EclecticEssentric]

An oldie but a goodie.

[@kristianmalinovic50]

What a lovely singing voice.

[@cavaturnagesh]

Awesome! The pentatonic is a very old scale, which is termed the Hamsadhwani Raga in Indian Classical Music.

[@PatrickMrSmith]

Nice video, you're awesome man. And I love the track at the end of the video.. is that you? Can you make a video on how to play that.. very cool!!

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Yes, that's an old track of mine (I never released the full version). Glad you like it!

[@PatrickMrSmith]

@@MusicTheoryForGuitar ya it's really great man, I really like it a lot. Thanks for the other video is just watched to. I'm practicing learning the fretboard one note at a time on 40bpm. Another great video. Very cool! Have a great day. If you feel like sharing the full version.. you should put tabs on it and show it off.. it sounds incredible. Thank you

[@ginkgoteki]

big respect to her

[@oscarherrera3154]

"Play 3 notes, no 3 notes, no, just 3."

[@truechamp3404]

My teacher would be like that with me 😭🤣

[@strauss1414]

The pentatonic IS inside you 🤣

[@taylordudley2074]

This gave me a confidence boost 😭🤝

[@colesizemore3849]

What can you do for notes out of your range?

[@kezwanmusic]

Sing and octave below or higher, which ever you find more comfortable

[@Blutrot2]

3:54 almost Lord Of The Rings :D

[@manuelgonzales6483]

TOTALLY NEW TO YOUR CHANNEL. AS A BEGINNING GUITARIST, WHERE DO I START ON YOUR CHANNEL 😮?

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

This playlist: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jYSlZJx_oKmsbdE&pp=gAQBiAQB

[@joshsblee]

"THE PENTATONIC IS INSIDE YOU" - Tommaso Zillio for MusicTheoryForGuitar.com

[@damien6685]

I also picked up on that point - very, very interesting. I've been wondering about the underlying concept of the pentatonic, and why it is so widely used.

[@mikem668]

Interesting exercise. Can't wait to try it. I understand that she's nervous and brave, but three is three, not four or five.

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

She's in front of a crowd of a few hundred people... ALL of them musicians. Several of them very successful pro musicians. People underestimate how nerve-wracking such an audience may be. Honestly, she's faring quite well.

[@mikem668]

@@MusicTheoryForGuitar I agree people do, but not me. My disappointment comes from the fact that by her not following directions - I'm not talking about mistakes - she confused me and made it way more difficult for me to learn. It's a difficult subject, which is related to the most efficient way to learn. Patients with brain injuries often use error-less learning in their rehab. Most of us use trial and error, mistakes being inevitable. I've been in college classrooms where the professor thinks the best use of the time is to demonstrate something with a student who muddles through. The best lecturers I've ever heard at scientific presentations tell you what they're gonna say, say it, and tell you what they said. The teacher was patient and no doubt a good teacher. But as an audience member, I would have like a clearer and shorter presentation. But still it was a great lesson. I gave it a like. Here's the bottom line. Because of the presentation, while I know the material of value to me, I don't remember the method. Remember when he said it was better to do Y then X, than X then Y. I will have to re-watch the video to see which is which. But I will re-watch it.

[@lrb3989]

I had to laugh when he said the pentatonic Is inside you

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

Well, it IS funny... but I actually mean it :)

[@dawesgap6544]

The fact that people with no contact with the modern world recognise the pentatonic scale is such a mind blowing idea !

[@lazymountain]

dude this dude is awesome, this woman is not listening to anything he is saying

[@lebulle4544]

I think she got nervous and her brain is just farting.

[@brianmincher716]

“Before you know it” happens a lot more slowly for some of us than others. I’ve owned guitars for over twenty years and I can’t do this.

[@MusicTheoryForGuitar]

It happens "before you know it" if you practice this skill consistently, doing what I show you in the video.

[@molekyyli]

Well, what if you can't sing cos if you try, it's just horribly out of tune?

[@speedy9753]

I m going to start growing bear maybe I ll be as good as him🤦🏾‍♂️

[@ogawasan5581]

If i was in her place : Teacher : sing and play Me : crowd you better cover your ears 😅

[@rzambory2938]

3 NOTES!!! Geeze

[@julianv5907]

I dont get why shes talking about phrasing when she cant even play her minor pentatonic :(

[@alessandro9740]

lol, i thought that too

[@rubendez]

basic melody comes from from triads and voice leading, thats why C,F,G progressions r so important in ear training, and yes guitarists r lousy at repeating sequences of notes on the instrument, even if they come up with an interesting lick, they cant repeat it, so yes make em sing it, oh and if u cant repeat a melody with your voice, u shouldnt be a musician nor recording engineer!!!!

[@mrwingshot]

is counting to three hard? what’s going on here lol

[@uhjb3]

It was very painful listening to them.

[@mpbirk]

Who doesn't know a pentatonic minor scale?

[@jeromeakar2246]

Your mama?

[@riteshrawat4703]

@@jeromeakar2246 😂😂😂😂😂