How Good Is Your Musical Ear?

Take This Quick Test and Find Out...

1. Can you "hear" a tune you've heard in your mind?

2. Can you "hear" it get higher and lower (in your mind)?

3. Can you "hear" any of the chords that support the tune?

If you answered "no" to those 3 questions,

 it is doubtful that you could learn to "play by ear",

at least, not very well.

But...

If you answered "yes" to those 3 questions,

you can learn to play the piano "by ear".

Here's why:

Dear Friend:

     In case you're thinking to yourself right now "I could never learn to play piano by ear, even if I passed the test above with flying colors", let me assure you that your judgment is premature -- you can learn to "play by ear". The reason I am so sure about that is because I have learned something most people don't realize -- that playing "by ear" is not entirely what the phrase implies.

                                    When you hear someone say "Oh, I play by ear," you probably visualize a genius seated at a piano with a magical current of musical electricity running from his ear to his brain  and down through his arms  and into his fingers,   where the current is then transformed into a sea of sound, with waves of rhythm and harmony breaking upon the eardrums of those less-endowed individuals sitting awe-struck nearby.

      I hate to disillusion you, but it isn't so! I know, because I'm one of "those people" who can play "like that" and I guarantee you that at one time I was VERY impressed, as perhaps you are now, with pianists who could play "by ear". I had to learn to use my ear in conjunction with my brain before I could play "by ear", and you can use exactly the same techniques I used in learning to play too.

     You see, playing "by ear" is really a combination of 3 factors:

        1. Using your tonal memory to recall music you have heard in the past;

        2. Using your ears and fingers to help you reproduce what you remember;

        3. Using your knowledge of melody contour, chord structure, and chord progressions.

     Obviously, the first two steps you can take more or less by yourself -- you can mentally practice recalling a particular melody, a chord, or a rhythm pattern; you can sit at the piano for hours and through trial and error pick out these melodies, chords, and rhythms.

     But step 3 is what this course is really all about -- teaching you:

                                                    1. How to chart the contour of a melody

                                                    2. How to construct and use chords

                                                    3. How to determine the likelihood of chord progressions (which chords to use when.)

     These 3 steps CAN be taught -- and that is why you should drop what you're doing and take this course right away, so you can get started "playing by ear"!

                                                                                                        Cordially,

                                                                                                         Duane

"How To Play Piano By Ear!"

     You can learn to play piano by ear, even if you don't know one note form another right now. The art of playing the piano without written music is really just a matter of two steps: learning to recreate the musical "shape" of the tune of a song, and learning how to form chords and when and where to use them. You will learn how to "chart" a tune so you can pick it out on the keyboard, and you will learn all types of chords and how they are used in playing by ear.

     You get the book plus the instructional CD plus the great DVD course PLUS 3 BONUS CHARTS!

                            -- The "Magic Chord Locator" to help you find each chord!

                            -- The "Melody Contour Chart" to aid you in recalling tunes

                            -- The "Chord Prediction Chart" to help you choose which chord comes next in a song                  

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