Practical Ear Training - 3 Super Useful Tips!!

[@toniomiklo2406]

This was precious. If he threw in a super fast lick to go with it he'd rack up millions of views for this video. That's just how people are nowadays unfortunately. My favorite guitar teacher on YT right now.

[@mt-qc2qh]

Brian, your lessons are timeless. Thanks, they really help.

[@bryanlilke5058]

you are the ultimate teacher.wish i had it 40 years ago.

[@Sled007]

You didn’t ruin music forever for me, you just keep making it clearer what I have actually been listening to for 50 years. Thanks again.

[@dmaikibujin]

I don't know if I've finally hit a certain level or if it was the explanation (probably a bit of both), but this is the first video about the circle of 5ths, where I didn't think "Too complicated, I'll come back to this later when I have more experience". It was pretty straight forward and easy to understand. Awesome stuff! 😁

[@zombieguitar]

Glad to hear it! 😀

[@scottjones6624]

terrific video. Your presentation keeps just getting more skilled.

[@UFO6600]

You have ruined my music for quite some time with this, but I am extremely thankful for this. This has opened a new world l did not even know it could ever exist for me 🤓😋🥰.

[@vincentryals2478]

Brian, fantastic lesson. Has been a great help and encourged me to really improve my musical ear. Many thanks!!

[@BigDogCali760]

You are so good at explaining this . Keep up the good work Brian !

[@russlgtr]

Love the d/f# 5 substitute for 7 chord example. Extremely practical and relatable.

[@skeeterman7144]

I began learning guitar in 1965 at the age of five. Having a strong ear got me through everything. Watching your video about your training put it all together for me so I could understand why I’ve been so successful without knowing what I was doing. Thank you for this video. There’s a song by Dexter Britain called Summit. Check it out. It covers most of the scale and allowed me to understand when they were playing a 6 or a 4 note etc.

[@tableken9143]

Just rich lesson thank a lot dude.from Switzerland

[@anthonythornhill8715]

I have been waiting for this!!! Thanks!

[@fattyz1]

I really wish my teacher had gone over this instead he just wrote tabs endlessly. It’s pointless to look back and I’m happy to be doing it now except for the arthritis lol. Good lesson thx

[@garyelswick2459]

Yet another excellent video! Have been perusing your site for several weeks now and found so many courses I could put to use. One that I didn't find is ear training although your site is so big it is probably there I just haven't found it yet. Anyway, check my youtube notifications this morning and here it is. Your depth of knowledge and scientific approach to teaching is exactly what I was hunting for. Thanks Again!!

[@garyelswick2459]

Quick update.... I practice determining the key by listening to many song videos every day. Blues seems to be fairly easy. Was playing a G just now and the other half started running the sweeper. Then the G chord sounded terrible. Spent a minute trying to figure out what I was screwing up this time, then realized the G was clashing with the shrill shriek of the sweeper. Took 10-15 seconds to figure out the sweeper was in E including testing the E pentatonic scale. Thanks Brian!!

[@10tendogsdonie]

@@garyelswick2459 hahaha... 👌

[@dmaikibujin]

@@garyelswick2459 This has to be one of the best comments on KZbin ever! 😁

[@tobiaslejnerborn2238]

a very very good lesson! saving it

[@rockstarrcustomz]

I was having a hard time listening to this because the audio sounded distorted. 20 min into the video I realized it was my snare drum buzzing and the audio was perfectly fine. 😂. Thanks for the great video

[@YOGAMUDRAVIDEOS]

Another great video! Thank you.

[@thomasfritsch3536]

You consistently earned my like and my sub thanks

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks man! Much appreciated 😀

[@kasperdenouden7650]

Lol Started doing the ear training too with my daughter's shows and songs.

[@grahamjenkin2882]

As always, an excellent lesson Brian!!! Many thanks!

[@reboxetinmesilat]

Great lesson as always! 👍

[@ingemarnilsson5498]

Excellent, even if I’m not good player I understand the principe.

[@shawnowen2902]

Another great lesson! Thank you.

[@stevenw4549]

You cover a lot of useful info. Thanks.

[@budsodalsky]

this guy rocks!

[@raiser2059]

I finally just became one of your patreons! Yes!

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you! Much appreciated 😀

[@putratirana7506]

Thanks Brian!

[@solmonr]

Your are the best.. respect Guru..

[@suvamsarma4267]

You are simply great boss

[@zombieguitar]

Thank you! Much appreciated 😃🎸

[@Ralphyg100]

This is great! Thank you Brian!

[@josephcowdrick438]

Hey man, love your simple tips and break down on figuring stuff out. Do you have a PDF of that circle of 5ths?

[@zombieguitar]

There's a ton of them online. Just do a Google search. There where I got this one !

[@spricy3374]

Excellent lesson!

[@cancelbubble6535]

Really great stuff.

[@Lillywright501]

Described it bang on 👍👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@funguy29]

Could you do a video on how to write corporate gressions to a vocal melody? Thanks

[@JamesMcCormack]

Hi Brian - absolutely love how you teach guitar - you've helped me a ton. I especially like how you use the logic of the pentatonic scales and the layout of the fretboard to figure out how to navigate to your hearts content. In this video you show an approach for how to figure out the key of a song and while it works it takes quite a long time relatively speaking. I recently figured out a way to find the key of any song in under 7 seconds (and even less sometimes) by just using some of the logic you discussed, the high E string and the "shape" of the pentatonic scale. Check it out at kzbin.info/www/bejne/h3rSYX97aZqSl6c. It takes a bit to get through it but once you get the concept it is dead easy and works EVERY time. Hope you find it useful and logically geeky.

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks for the share. I will check it out 😀

[@jasonwojcik]

Excellent approach to ear training. In a future video, maybe you could go through the pro/con/effectiveness/? of going to a piano and singing a pitch. Sometimes you need to tune a guitar and you don't have a tuner, like the video where Zak Wyld plays on a hello kitty guitar. 🤣

[@zombieguitar]

I'll have to look for that vid 🤣🤣🤣

[@dompalozzi4384]

When playing with jam track how you know what speed to fret notes or can you play it slower?

[@zombieguitar]

Check out my most recent lesson on subdivisions (aka. rhythm). That's what it's all about! 😁

[@dompalozzi4384]

@@zombieguitar okay thx.

[@WhoCares_Official]

Legend!

[@ОРОКС-к5п]

You the best

[@AfikAfikAfik]

Hi, thank you for the video! I found out that most of the songs has at least 1 chord that doesn't match the key progression chords, weather if this a one is major chord instead minor or a completly different root chord. So even if I know the key I don't have the all possibilities chords in most of times. Please advise :) Thanks!

[@zombieguitar]

So it is your job to make that determination as to what the outside chord is...make that part of your ear training!

[@AfikAfikAfik]

@@zombieguitar Thank for your input, I'm trying to find the bass note by ear but sometimes I'm playing the melody note instead of the bass and assumes it's the bass since it's matches the track when I'm listening to it. What do you think?

[@blaisecruise5037]

Hi Brian, I have a zombie guitar lifetime membership and looking at the 19 dollar e book. Does this download show the 1st/3rd/ 5th/ 7th notes of different scales for blues chord tone training? Thanks

[@zombieguitar]

Hey Blaise, I appreciate you being a member! To answer your question...no the eBook doesn't have that info in there. The diagrams in the eBook just show you the triad notes highlighted on the neck, overlaying the scales. You will find most of what you are looking for in the "In-Depth Lesson Portal > Intervals". Also, in "In-Depth Lesson Portal > Blues theory". In there you will find a ton of helpful stuff!

[@blaisecruise5037]

Thanks Brian, I'll check out those lesson portals, probably grab the ebook regardless, awesome work man.

[@AlexEllwein]

It's easy to train by ear with "pure diatonic" songs. How about songs which also mix non-diatonic chords, like, e.g. Hotel California? It's supposed to be Bm -- so D major scale (expecting D-Em-F#m-G-A-Bm), right, but there is suddenly F#7 instead of expected F#m and also E major (in addition to Em)? Is there some recipe to this out of scale chords?

[@zombieguitar]

Every chord in Hotel California still maintains the same function, but some are major instead of minor. Therefore #1 would apply!

[@adamserres12]

OK dude I’m a little confused on the identifying the cord progressions maybe you have a video that explains like the 1356 etc how do you do it ? I’m a little lost on that and it seems very important for ear training…..

[@zombieguitar]

Hey Adam, this is actually something that I talk about in 90% of my vids. Just watch a few of my vids and you will quickly pick up on the "6 chords" that are found in a key signature. It's almost at the point where people are starting to tell me to talk about something else for a change 🤣🤣🤣

[@elmerarellano2674]

hey how's your day Engineer Brian iv'e been having fun trying to play Joe Satriani big big big thanks hope your doing well you and your family good night and i consider you as a big brother giuiding us all may you continue to be bless bye

[@markwelsh9068]

My musical appreciation life now ruined! By the way, now I understand why your songs are always instrumentals! That "Do re..." explanation nailed it for me. Relieved you didn't go to me, fah and so. ;-)

[@alexcustos]

Hi Brian, I have a question. It's not the first lesson where you talk that only one of 12 pentatonic boxes locks to a specific key perfectly. But if we are talking about pentatonic, one box covers three keys for obvious reasons. How can you tell the difference which key is correct?

[@zombieguitar]

That's why I mentioned taking it a step further with the "diatonic test". That will ensure that you picked the right one!

[@alexcustos]

Thank you for the replay. Sorry, I stopped watching before you mentioned diatonic this time. But it still sounds like you don't need a diatonic test at all. What's your strategy to spot the correct key using only pentatonic boxes?

when tuning I use the 5th frett and i keep tightening the string till it stops sounding like the fur elise intro

[@АндрейМирошников-е1р]

please write a list of songs that you can use to train your ears

[@zombieguitar]

Every single song that you listen to throughout the day!

[@АндрейМирошников-е1р]

Let's say I'm a beginner and don't know which chord is 1 and which is 5​@@zombieguitar

[@АндрейМирошников-е1р]

​@@zombieguitar so it would be useful to have a couple of songs for practice

[@zombieguitar]

@@АндрейМирошников-е1р I'm telling you...do it for EVERY SONG you ever listen to for the rest of your life. I have 2 young kids, so I do it with Cocomelon and Blippi songs 🤣. Literally ANYTHING that has music...ear train with that.

[@АндрейМирошников-е1р]

​@@zombieguitarthanks, I'll try it😂

[@ronnyskaar3737]

I listen to music like that. But sometimes it just has to flow. Thanks.

[@simonpierce9983]

Brian kelly is my dad

[@KennethDensmore]

“That was actually Zombie by the Cranberries!!...Low Tone Brian “ZOMBIE GUITAR “!

[@zombieguitar]

🤣🤣🤣

[@GlobalEnglishSupernaturals]

Great video! Two questions if ok (and thanks for your previous help ❣️) 1) do you know anything about the napoleon chord? And how it relates to neo classical guitar (whatever that actually is) 2) I just made a vid trying to understand the song ‘White Room’ using as much of your teachings as possible (only found you a week ago so after quickly watching so many of your vids, I may have aimed too high and gone out of my comfort zone comprehension wise!) But I explain: The intro is possibly an aeolian modal chord progression in the key of F thus making Dm its modal tonal centre (Gm, F, Dm, C; Gm, F, Dm, C…A) Then to the ‘verse’? (Or the bit where the singer first enters unless that is called something else? Eg section B?) D5, Cadd2, G, Bb, C; D, F, G, Bb, C (so that bit has modulated from F (used in the intro to D major as soon as we here that first A major key which acts as a 5 to the new 1 (D major, this the ‘verse’ is all in D) However, when it goes to the ‘Bridge’ (or what ever you’d call that other section eg section C?), wouldn’t you say that it starting in the key of F (still giving off D aeolian vibe, reminiscent somewhat of the intro’s D aeolian vibe, and even D harmonic minor when it goes to the A major of F’s parallel key which is D: C, G, Bb, A; C, G Bb, C…. D And on the last D (we don’t need a 2 5 1 or a 5 -1 transition to D since that section was already borrowing chords from the key of D, since it’s a parallel key to F?

[@10tendogsdonie]

Ace

[@jimbeard2952]

Congrats on the kiddos.

[@thoth_amon]

unless you are dealing with them suspicious chords that use a 2 or 4 instead of a 3, probably a spy for the other team

[@zombieguitar]

Ha, they still will have a function within the progression though 😁

[@jairbuitragobarrera2191]

Man, please try to condense your videos in max 15 minutes. I know your content is so engaging but I sometimes see the duration and I prefer not consuming it due to it's so long for me and I think the most of people. A piece of advice. Regards, and thank for your valuable content.

[@lesacadiens-natachavincent6986]

Mr. Kelly doesn't speak very fast and he is easy to understand, so I often speed up the video to 1.5 and it is still understandable even though English is not my first language. Vincent

[@michaelkeller21]

@@zombieguitar I think Brian is the most efficient/succint teacher out in KZbin land. He teaches with no fluff imo. Sometimes the concepts require more time in which case you can break it into two 15minutes segments if that works best for you. Brian, please keep doing exactly what you're doing. I became a life-member because of your teaching style (the Zombie Guitar site has elevated my play) and I appreciate your efficient and effective way of teaching.

[@galelongputt]

If your attention span is limited to only 15 minutes that is your problem. I suppose you think the 4 minutes it takes to microwave your dinner 🍽 is too long. 😜

[@jimhimesjr]

I hear Cocomelon in my sleep lol

[@zombieguitar]

🤣🤣🤣

[@kripplespiele]

Haha, one more step taken into totally ruining music for myself forever

[@zombieguitar]

🤣🤣🤣 I honestly haven't just kicked back and "just listened" to music for at least the past 10 years. I can't shut off my damn analytical brain!!!

[@AlexEllwein]

Ah. Another 4-chord song 😆

[@uhjb3]

I have to say your method of determining the key of a song is probably the worst I've ever seen or heard. It takes too long and not very directly. Sorry!!!🤨

[@zombieguitar]

Thanks for sharing!