Course list

• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 1
  • Introduction
  • Finding the key
  • The major scale
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 2
  • Working out the sharps and flats
  • Working out complicated keys
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 3
  • Making scale notes work over chords
  • Picking out melodies to develop your ear
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 4
  • Intervals
  • Descending intervals
  • Hearing intervals in chord sequences
  • Other intervals
  • Using songs for hearing intervals
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 5
  • Understanding basic chords
  • Identifying the chords in the key
  • Bringing the learning together
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 6
  • Developing chord sequences
  • Hearing 1st and 2nd inversions
  • Hearing chord sequences
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 7
  • Transcribing songs
  • Transcribing songs into a chart
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 8
  • Using Nashville Numbering to transpose
  • Transposing for bass guitar
  • Transposing orchestral instruments
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 9
  • Transposing Everlasting God using Nashville Numbering
  • Transposing – your turn
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 10
  • Basic chord substitutions
  • Using chord substitutions to change the feel of a song
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 11
  • Playing in minor keys
  • Harmonic and Melodic Minor
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 12
  • Diminished and Augmented Chords
  • Suspended and Power Chords
  • Other types of basic chords – add9 chords
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 13
  • Understanding extended chords
  • Hearing the different types of chords
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 14
  • Transcribing songs with extended chords
  • Hearing chords outside the key – diatonic
  • Hearing chords outside the key – chromatic
• Play By Ear and Understand Chords – Part 15
  • Transcribing songs with chromatic chords part 1
  • Transcribing songs with chromatic chords part 2
  • Using chord knowledge for song writing
  • Outro
• Play By Ear Tests
  • Test booklet
  • Answer booklet
  • Test 1
  • Test 2
  • Test 3
  • Test 4
  • Test 5
  • Test 6
  • Test 7
  • Test 11