Summary: ear train in this order 1. all 12 intervals 2. major and minor triads 3. sus chords 4. line clichés / augmented and diminished 5. inversions 6 chords in all major keys 7. listen to the outer notes to find the interval, then find the chord quality/inversion. INCREASE THE VOCABULARY OF SOUNDS YOU RECOGNIZE!

24:16 "oh man, this is way too complex" says Rick, and I think, "Hey I know this stuff! I'm better than I think I am" followed by 24:18 "It's actually not that complex." Thanks Rick. I was great for two seconds.

Not all musicians take the trouble to bring music to the whole world like this, so intelligent and so empathetic way. I really appreciate the effort. Of course, as an illiterate musician that I am, all that chords sounded to me and I didn't know how to name them... until this video. Here a little spanish bass player thanks you A LOT! Thank you so much, Rick!!

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I am not a guru by any means but I have come along way with learning guitar by ear. What helped me the most was first learning the C major scale (only 8 notes) and then figuring out nursery rhymes like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had a Little Lamb etc. Once comfortable picking out these melodies by ear, then move onto your favourite genre such as rock. The pentatonic scale is good but so is the major and minor scale. At the very least know the names of the notes all of over the fretboard and how to play these scales in different positions. See the relationship also between the scales. For example, the minor pentatonic scale is simply the minor scale with a few notes taken out. It's all connected. Lead guitarists for example are mostly just choosing the notes from these scales when they play. It's funny because I learnt how to play lead lines first because it's a series of single notes but after a while I could really begin to hear the chords behind the melody and then figured out the rhythm parts too. My ear was as bad as they come to begin with. If I can do it pretty much anyone can.

I did this for the first time a week ago, I’ve been playing seriously and learning for the last couple months, and learned all of gravity by John Mayer, the chords, the intro lead, and the solo, it boosted my confidence alot

Did anyone else have an " Eureka " moment while watching this? You think you know stuff after playing over 40 years. Then you watch a Rick Beato video!

I found a series of three music theory books by Paul O. Harder and Greg A. Steinke to be an excellent primer to following along and really getting something out of Rick’s videos. ‘Basic Materials in Music Theory’ is the one to start with. I’m a hobbyist musician and thought I’d throw this out there in case it helps someone else. I can’t say enough how much I appreciate Rick’s contributions to the world of music. Thank you Rick for taking some of the mystery out of music in a fun and practical way. You’re one of a kind!

I just bought the Beato bundle for my daughter. Thank you Rick for all your continuous efforts to teach young and old generation of music lovers🎶

lol I just started learning Bloody Well Right by ear (mostly), and here you are, with this video. Very Excellent upload timing

Hi Rick!!! I am working on your ear training course for more than a year now. The word "amazing" is really an understatement. Can figure out music in a much more instinctive way. I really feel the improvement of my musicianship every day. Anyone who wants a good ear - take this course. Thank you!!!

Missed the stream, but happy you posted the lesson! You are awesome Rick!!

Just bought the beato book and ear training. More than happy to support everything you do Rick!

Your lessons are Gold. All off your videos are great, i love watching them. You are so good at this, never stop doing this!

Awesome. Thanks so very much Rick. Your channel is a musician’s paradise. Bless you ❤️

Really refreshing to learn from you on music. I appreciate the steps you lay out in learning theory from the basic intervals to chord progressions in songs. It’s really helpful to hear your thinking process and questions you ask yourself in figuring stuff out.

Your Ear training program is awesome. Started it a year ago, rarely miss a day and it has changed my brain. I love love love it and couldn' recommend it more. Thank you for all that you do!!!

I have enjoyed every Rick Beato video I have ever watched but this is the BEST! So much to learn about music in this. I'll be revisiting this often. Thanks.

This is one of the greatest videos I've seen on KZfaq, thank you so much for the simple explanations, excellent examples and actually showing how it lays out on the keyboard! Truly appreciate it and as a passionate drummer I know that this is the spark that lights the fire into my continued musical education... ❤️🙏❤️

I truly, truly appreciate all the hard work, passion, charisma, care, and feeling you put into each of your videos and I truly enjoy them all. I'm a guitar player who's started 11 years ago but fell out of it for pretty much 3 years because of "life" and health issues. I've recently started getting back into it, albeit slowly, and part of my routine has been watching tons of videos on all things music, guitar, production, all of it... and watching your videos has helped tremendously in so many ways and has opened up my musician and player skills to a totally different level. You're a very inspiring and passionate person. Thank you so very much for all you do Rick. Keep rockin'! ✌️😎

Great stuff Rick. You were kind enough to say my guitar playing was really soulful when you visited us here in Bristol, England many many years ago. Best wishes and glad things have worked out so well for you, Rick.

Your last comment is really the key to living a great life - “I’m always trying to learn”. I’ve watch so many people just give up on learning new things (some were pretty young too). Great video. Great information on picking out chords.

This was another great teaching video. For me, the best nugget was the tip to start by listening for the outer edge of the chord. So pragmatic and easy to put into practice. Thanks Rick!

Been following you since you had a few thousand followers and couldn’t believe you didn’t have more at the time. So happy to see you get recognized man. I’ve learned so much from you that has helped me in my career. Hope to thank you in person one day!!!

Wow, learnt so much from this video ... this has been a massive help. One of the best videos on YT

“Studying implies learning new things.” One of the most profound defining statements in the whole field of education ever uttered. That should be emblazoned on the entrance to every learning institution from elementary to college / primary to tertiary / kindergarten to university in the 🌎

What a fantastic lesson in ear training strategy and development. Thanks for this Rick, very helpful.

Excellent job explaining the importance and interplay of music theory AND ear training. In my humble opinion this is one of your best videos. Cheers Rick!

These videos go so well along side music college!! Thanks Rick!! This video was suuuuuper helpful, being a bassist I struggle to hear and identify large chords as quick as I'd like to.

Just got hold of the Beato Book Bundle... can’t wait to dig in. Thanks Rick!

“You cannot separate music theory from ear training. They are the same thing.” I wish my piano teacher had understood that way back when. She hated the fact that my ear was far superior to hers albeit she was an accomplished classical pianist. For her it was all about sight reading compositions, but she lacked creativity and would’ve liked to stifle mine. That’s why I quit piano after 6 years of lessons and started playing guitar on my own. Best musical decision I ever made.

I'm a new subscriber. As a singer and music lover, I think your videos are absolutely amazing. Thank you for all your insight and knowledge!

Tyler asked the same as I thought: Walking on the Moon chord sounds like Hard Day's Night.

I recall learning a lot of this stuff on my own when "My Sweet Lord" and "Long Cool Woman" were playing on the radio.

I’ve learned more from this dude than anyone else in my life. Thank you, Rick.

One of the best music teachers out their, priceless, thank you.

Very informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge Rick.

Love ya Rick. Keep up the excellent work!

Thank you Rick. You are an inspiration and a gift.

Thank you very much Rick! More power to you!

Thanks Rick, I own your ear training course and this helps me structure a better path for its use. I have been neglecting my ear training and now I will get back to it.

Just purchased the Beato Ear Training Program. Rick is a genius and I am happy to sign up and learn from this genius!

Such a brilliant lesson this. Rick is the main man. 👍🏻👌🏻

That last progression you play is perfect for anyone trying to adapt their ears to nondiatonic chords, with the M3 and min4 chords and the way it voice leads.

Many thanks Rick, I learn a lot through you.

Yay! Breakthrough for me definition of ‘major’ and ‘melody’ and how a chord becomes a melody. Just one ☝️ ‘takeaway’ from any lesson is my goal for the lesson achieved ✅

Wow! THANK YOU!! Every video teaches me so much.

Hey Rick, congratulations for actually saying Saint Patrick’s Day, rather than Saint Paddy’s day. That gets you a dispensation from wearing green!

What an incredible video. Your genius is showing through.

you just doubled the skills of a generation of young guitarists. i remember when i stopped relying on tabs and used my ears my musicality improved greatly. youtube didnt have these kinds of resources back then

And to think I've been trying to learn by elbow.Good thing Beato is around to help people get it right.😎

Thanks Rick, love your channel.

Great topics. Great instructions. Thanks Rick.

explained so incredibly well, finally I understand the process after all these years

Great stuff, Rick. I've been thinking a lot about our conversations about music and seeing more and more parallels between what you're saying about increasing your vocabulary of recognizable musical sounds and about research on how the brain learns the meanings of words. Just like with music, it's possible at any age but there is an effect of developmental phase for growing both your musical "lexicon" and your linguistic lexicon such that it's easier and faster when you're younger. But both types of learning processes are essentially adding to your vocabulary by hanging acoustic patterns onto meanings and in your brain that are understood by example and context. That's the essence of conceptual learning in the language realm when it involves processing of acoustic information. This is different from what you were talking about with your developmental reading comprehension problem, where the information that has to be encoded and attached to meanings comes in through visual pathways, which apparently is a relative weakness for you. Well, as my mom used to say, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. :) Anyway, we need to do some research together, Rick (formally). I'm part of the NIH's new Sound Health Network and am going to hit you up again some time later this year to see if you're interested and have the time. I still want to start a project on childhood/infant absolute pitch and its development. Maybe we can pay Dylan as a consultant? LOL. Hope all is well with you and yours! Warmest Regards, Tim.

Beautiful video, thank you rick!

Had to tell you, last video learning with disabilities, was totally relatable for me, people were not in tune with me as for you. Effected my whole, I'm 60 now, worked it myself. Thank you.

Cant wait to buy your ear training program and your book man!

Actually, Rick, i get something every time i listen to your KZfaq channel. You are really providing value here too.

I'm not even a musician, but I find your videos fascinating! Keep up the great work

This really help me tremendously. Thanks so much!

Wow! Why haven’t I found your channel sooner!! Lol. Probably because I’m only just getting in to KZfaq videos as a main source of entertainment and knowledge! Lol Rick. You are a true gem to the music and KZfaq industry! I’ve always played music by ear. But the theory you talk about here has mostly been foreign to me until about 2 years ago when Covid hit big time, and I put most of my time in to learning piano and guitar. I’ve always listened for the top or bottom note in a chord, but have never thought to listen for intervals, etc. You are gifted my friend. You can play multiple instruments, you have an amazing ear, you seem to be able to play anything, and your style of teaching is second to none. You’re the kind of guy I’d love to sit down over a coffee and just talk music, instruments, and just stuff. You seem very down to earth, and there’s not enough of you in this current world let me tell you! Thank God I’ve found your channel! I’m a subscriber and fan for life. Who knows? Maybe one day we will get to have that coffee and chat! That would certainly be a blessed day! Keep on keeping on Rick! And thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for your selfless contribution to society! I tip my proverbial hat to you! Can’t wait for you to interview Toto again! My all time favourite rock band from the 80s and 90s, and now to present! Take care Rick! I sincerely will sh you all the best in life! 😊

Mahalo Rick! Once again the best on the internet.

I’ve learned more from your videos than 38 years as a musician. 💀🔥

Love you Rick!

Thanks Rick another great video. I wish you were my guitar teacher when I was growing up.

FINALLY a video that de-mystifies what I hear you constantly verbalize! The PIANO graphic SAVED MY BRAIN from exploding!

Thanks Rick. I learned a lot. And I now finally understand what inversions are.

Awesome lesson, Rick! Thank you! 😍🤓🦒🙏

Listening to this while Driving home can’t wait to try out what I’ve learned on acoustic.

This is great! More like this Rick.

Thank you for your enlightening video. Being a simple consumer I can appreciate it’ ‘s value. Will rewind later to gain more insight.

The Keyboard helped so much. Thank you Sir.

Nice to hear you start from the high or outside notes. That is a method I used a lot when trying to figure songs out. I would also search for what note the bass was playing which normally was the root or 5th. Those along with the melody scale would normally nail it down.

Great video Rick! I couldn’t agree more!!

Nice presentation Rick, thanks

Love my Beato book!

Thanks, Rick. Great tutorial.

I am currently going through the ear training course and it's...humbling. I THOUGHT I heard better than this! But I'm also making progress so it's also...rewarding. Thanks.

The Beato book is both definitive and superlative, It is a GREAT resource.

Excelente video!!! Gracias por compartirlo!!! Muy utiles tus explicaciones y enseñanzas!!! Saludos. Èxitos!!!

How the heck could anyone give this a thumbs down? It's a free, fantastic insight that will support anyone interested in growing. As always, Thank you Rick!

Your amazing. Wish I had a teacher like you or KZfaq when I was a kid, I would have taken more of an interest in learning piano. As it is I did become a DJ as I do have good relative pitch and can understand what you are talking about here. I was more interested in the recording processes than playing, but a part of me wants to be able to play still. You got it both. Guess it's never too late to learn.

"There are only three minor chords that have G as the top note!" Music theory GOLD!

Rick Beato's marvelous song breakdowns are the best thing on the internet

Thanks, Rick, my whole life playing by ear and now I realized what I've been playing.

New video series idea! *MAKE BEATO LISTEN* Viewers send Rick the most challenging songs they know of and have him try to work them out! Not a wonderful idea business-wise, but it would be fun! Maybe have it so it takes a $5 or $10 donation to send a request.

6:10 look at the back of that guitar neck. That's a lot of practice right there, folks.

Great vid, many thanks. Looking well btw.

Top man! Cheers Rick…👍😎

Just ordered your Ear Training tutorial and looking forward to expand my tool kit.

Hello Rick, great video! Hearing piano has always made me feel a sense of passion, but at this moment in my life (27 yo) I feel the motivation and urge to finally learn it myself. I have a theory that can hopefully be answered. As I understand, the steps to playing end up being: hear a sound > know which chord that sound is (vocabulary) > play that chord on the keyboard. So what if I just cut out the knowledge section and learn to recognize sounds through repetition to create muscle memory. So it would then be: hear a sound > play that sound on keyboard. I wouldn't be able to name the chord, but I would just know that "x" sound = my fingers do "x" on the keyboard. To me it seems like a very intrinsic and natural way to learn. I've thought of it in comparison to learning a new language. It is much faster to learn as a baby would, so instead of thinking Bonjour = Hello = a greeting, you just intrinsically know Bonjour = a greeting. It cuts out that moment of translation, which cuts the learning time to a fraction of what it would have been. Obviously it would not allow me to talk about music in any knowledgeable way, but do you think it would be a viable way to learn if my only goal is to be able to play? I know this is a very long post, but I hope you have time to respond, because I've been dying to hear someone's (but especially your own) thoughts on this! Appreciate all the hard work you put into your channel. Thanks!

As a teenager I learnt by ear, working out all the songs we played note by note, chord by chord. Then the likes of ultimate guitar came along and I got lazy. This video has spurred me on to get back to learning the traditional way. After 20 years of playing I should be better than I am, so hoping revisiting these early skills can help push me onward! Thanks Rick!

These videos are very good thank you am learning 😊 🙏

Thank you Rick!

Qasuch a relented musicion and so willing to share with the masses, Rick ur great! Thank u for selflessly saving and ways eager to share and keep the music alive!!

So good. Thank you.

Thanks Rick!

Some new ways to think about things. I have enough theory to be confused. But this has clarified things. Thanks.

Hey! I'm here in Atlanta, Georgia. I've just found this one, and I'm always eager to learn even more. I've been playing by ear pretty much all my life, and Braille music is not easy to read. (Yup! I'm totally blind and have been all my life, and I want to meet Pat Metheny so much. I've been listening to him since "American Garage.", and I never realized before that album that I was hearing him from education films. I knew it was him being featured on the Weather Channel, and he's been such an inspiration! Back in 1983, I got to go to his show at Cafe 290 when it was here. I'd taken music theory, and I tried to determine what rhythm "First Circle" was, but I was off by 4 beats. I had my sister write down on a napkin what I thought it was and had it passed down to him. After he finished the set, he recognized me for being so close! I'd guessed 18-8. He told me to give myself a pat on the back for coming so close and that it was in 22-8. I was on cloud 9 for over three days and nights! I was also going to Georgia State University, but I never got to meet him before or after any of his concerts I attended. I loved the interviews I heard with Russ Davis. I'm always singing to his music, and I still haven't heard everything he's recorded. The closest concert he's scheduled to perform is this Nov. 6 in Ledyard, ct. I wish I could afford to get up there to attend that show, but I don't have anyone who'd be interested in going with me. He's been a huge inspiration to me, especially when I was at my lowest. I've suffered through a very rare and hard-to-treat form of Trigeminal Neuralgia for over 44 years, and I'm 56 now. Josh Groban and I have met twice, because I've also been a huge fan of his, but I've always come back to Pat's music, because there's so much expression and emotional strength and such good energy that seems to just radiate through his music. Thank you so much for bringing this ear-learning tutorial, because I'm so excited to encourage people to help them broaden their abilities. I'm looking forward to when our choir can finally come back together at church, because there are two people I'm especially happy to work with who would benefit from this video and possibly the course, although I haven't taken it yet. I just noticed this video today, and I'll have to save money for it the next time you run a special on it. Being on a fixed income and owning a home makes courses like this worth saving money for.