Playing By Ear Demo – Hold Music

I have a thurough self-led lesson about playing by ear in the works. For now, I thought I’d leave you with this.

My advice on how to learn to play by ear.

How to Play by Ear

  1. First, seek out financial institutions who provide one minute of music on repeat when you’re on hold.
  2. Next . . .

OK. While that video is just kind of a kidding around, playing by ear is a goal of many of the people I work with.  Here is a video I made awhile back demonstrating one of the processes I use to learn a song by ear. 

Blog Post: How I Learn Old Time Tunes – Learning to Play the Tune, Nancy, from a Recording by Jonas Friddle

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