Relative Pitch Ear Training - Secrets to Hearing Like a Pro

If you train your ears right, you can hear practically anything in music, and you don't need perfect pitch to do it. In this lesson, we begin a discussion about some different ways to practice training your ears so that you can learn to hear chords, progressions, harmonies, and more.

[liraz]

“Don’t even use your instrument for now”
Me: *panics in singer*

[TomAnderson]

This is a good practise routine. You could also try to familiarize yourself with different chords. Preferably 4 finger chords as I call the them, because they are harder to separate the notes. Choose a chord you like, then play that chord in every key, or play it within a scale, where the root note is the note you refer to as being in the scale. Practice that then eventually you’ll be able to recognize the type of chord hear in a song

[rejy]

Thanks man. Its indeed like learning a new language

[anaicia]

im still really sad that i was unable to get perfect pitch when i was younger. however, gratitude is a virtue. i’ll work with what i have.

[jakemf]

A famous jazz educator would teach this to all his students and many players could hear 5, 6, 7 notes.

[shrinidhideshpande]

I believe if i watch this video daily for two more months, I will acquire thi skill. thnx bruhh

[AllisterMacDonald]

if i had the pitch ability to sing up a major scale, i wouldn’t need this video

[victormanickam]

Finally I got a SUPER YouTube channel that can do the ear training. Well done

[marshmellow]

I got 2/3! I got the first and third test! For the 3rd one, I had a hard time guessing it because that's my first time ever to guess 2 notes played at one time! But I took the tim to guess it. So I listened over and over to the 2 notes. I know the first note was G, but I couldn't identify the second one. So I used your method in guessing which is to sing the scale from C. That way, I knew that the second note was D! Very great. I am happy that I see progress within mee 😭❤

[marshmellow]

OMG WHEN I GUESSED IT RIGHT I WAS SO SO SO HAPPY. I'VE BEEN TEACHING MYSELF RELATIVE PITCH KINDA SINCE YESTERDAY EVENING. THE ONLY NOTES I'VE ENGRAVED IN MY BRAIN SO FAR ARE THE LETTERS C G and E. I AM GLAD I GUESSED IT CORRECTLY BECAUSE THAT MEANS I AM LEARNING AND THERE IS PROGRESS ❤

[arcadicus_ezevius]

I cant believe I got the first exercise right. I’m not even a musician I just started familiarizing myself with notes by listening to “perfect pitch programming” videos. (I’m just jealous of Eddy from TwoSetViolin.)

THOUGH, I don’t think they helped me determine the relative pitch as much as a simply exercise with a “relative pitch test” video I watched just before this video now..

I guess you just really have to familiarize and analyze, practice as mu as you can.

I just can’t believe I got F# right...

[lonzcityy]

i really don't get how you don't have more subs and views.. you always drop gems

[KitanKate]

On the first note I was like "sounds like a G....ew no it's an f sharp....but it cant be it's only the first note so it must be a G...nah but it's an f sharp..." usually people do an easy first note lol

[edgarbenjoseph]

I was able to recognize example #3... my gawd, it feels like a super power lol

[PJ-nhdc]

Great singing at 4:00 man 😂 sounds like me trying to find the correct note!

[edoardodepiccoli]

"there it is" in g flat, i loved it

[bandqueen]

Thanks for the motivation🙏🏽, I'm a percussionist, trying to learn how to play the keyboard‼️

[sanzay.]

What you pointed out about counting is pretty informative but I still find it difficult counting the intervals and figuring out in my mind. I guess practice is the only way out for it !

[soultabs]

that carpet looks like the cover art of the album The Shining by the late J Dilla. cool lesson btw

[Dankflamio]

If there are any higher level stuff you could give tips for that would be awesome! I feel like I can’t Find any advanced videos on YouTube. Thanks for the video though. I’m in Berklee right now and I still suck at hearing more than one note at a time and I think your tips will really help me