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It has the potential to transform the musicality of your entire worship team<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/playing-by-ear\/play-by-ear.html\">MORE INFO <\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/playing-by-ear\/play-by-ear.html\">ORDER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->You\u2019ll learn about:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ear training\u00a0and playing by ear<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hear diatonic and chromatic intervals<\/li>\n<li>Recognise sounds of different chord types<\/li>\n<li>Hear chord progressions &amp; bass lines<\/li>\n<li>Identify chords outside the key<\/li>\n<li>Playing songs by ear<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Keys, notes and scales<a title=\"PBEShot1\" href=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08123020\/PBEShot1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"attachment wp-att-7244 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/drc0fhsrp02et.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/08123020\/PBEShot1.jpg\" alt=\"PBEShot1\" width=\"311\" height=\"425\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Find and understanding keys<\/li>\n<li>Major and\u00a0minor scales<\/li>\n<li>Improvise in different keys<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Chord construction, notes and sounds<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Major, minor diminished and augmented chords<\/li>\n<li>Sus, &#8216;5&#8217;, add9, &amp; extended chords<\/li>\n<li>Inversions and slash chords<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transcribing<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>Working out a song by ear without sheet music<\/li>\n<li>Write out a chord chart by ear from a CD<\/li>\n<li>Transcribe sons with chords outside the key<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Transposing<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Putting songs into other keys by ear<\/li>\n<li>The Nashville numbering system<\/li>\n<li>Key transposing for orchestral instruments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Arranging<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chord substitutions<\/li>\n<li>Use alternative chords to change the feel of a song<\/li>\n<li>Improve your song writing with better chord knowledge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Over 8 hours of lessons \u00a0and backing tracks demos on 4 DVDs.<\/p>\n<p>Plus 20 tests to maximise your learning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suitable for guitar, bass, keyboard &amp; orchestral players, even singers!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Presented by:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Andy Chamberlain &#8211; founder of Musicademy and previously guitarist for Matt Redman, Tim Hughes and Vicky Beeching<\/li>\n<li>Tim Martin &#8211; former high school music teacher, graduate of London School of Theology, now music minister at Christ Church Bristol and presenter of the Musicademy Keyboard and Orchestral Instrument DVDs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/playing-by-ear\/play-by-ear.html\">MORE INFO <\/a>\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicademy.com\/blog\/store\/uk\/playing-by-ear\/play-by-ear.html\">ORDER<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"shopLinks\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Play by ear, improvise and understand chords in worship &#8211; New DVDs from Musicademy Would you like to be able to hear a song and spontaneously find the chords without sheet music? 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