Unlock Your Ear (The Most Effective Ear-Training Drill I Know)

I honestly didnt learn a thing till i literally spent 5 hours a night playing along to every song on my itunes playlists. Then i started listening to music and humming like crazy. I not only learned how to play guitar but to sing and play piano. Its amazing. I literally find myself automatically gravitating to pitches. Its wierd. The humming is what I think finally locked everything together. Within a span of a month(after 5 years of unfocused dabbling with tabs and theory) i was able to discern intervals and ever the qualities of tones in a scale. I can totally hear maj 7ths and extentions, tonal changes etc. Honestly i saw this video and couldnt believe it because everything in here I picked up in bits and pieces. The drone notes, the humming. I hope people watch this and realize this is the "one big secret" video. I wish you had made this 5 years ago, but honestly figuring it out myself is probably what made me successful.

Started learning by ear a week ago after playing guitar for a year and damn does it feel amazing when you figure out a song and then go back to the tabs just to see that you are absolutely wrong, but NOT actually because the notes sounds the same you are just playing them abother place on the fretboard. It's absolutely amazing and motivating

Ear training was my reason for getting out of bed this past Spring, tbh. It was the first thing I did every morning, for 45 minutes, five days a week for two months. It was fun to see my progress day by day, and the results were crazy! Do it at least 15-20 minutes a day for at least a month, and you will play music differently, hear music differently, sing music differently, and write music differently.

Protip: Do this exercise while practicing inversions and learn to pick out the root 3rd and fifth in different positions down the neck. Sing the note as well

I'd just like to say that your video that's should be everyone's first guitar lesson made me have the confidence to start guitar I bought my first guitar a couple weeks ago and I'm having a blast with it

I like Mike's videos the most, honestly this guy simply starts his videos not by seeking for subscriptions or notifications, he just starts. One of the few guys I don't really mind having the "patreons" :D

One of my ear training exercises is just tuning by ear

I've been playing guitar for over ten years now, always complaining about my bad ear. All I do is improvise, having fun and it works great too, i can solo for hours, but i never could identify chords or single tones very well. This is exactly what i needed. Feels easy, natural even. To be fair i know i have been training my ear without knowing, but i now i know exactly how. Thank you so much.

You just blew my mind dude. It's like I was blind my whole life and now I can see.

I have been studying ear Training for so long and this, by far, is the best method. Awesome lesson as usual.

Great lesson Mike! I have been looking at improving my ear training and this was an excellent addition. Thank you.

Fantastic lesson, looking forward to doing it in the site.

This is honestly the easiest way I've ever heard learning ear training explained. Thank you

This really helps a lot. Playing for years and really had troubles hearing out specific notes. Thx this definitely made my day :)

Was trying to learn the solo to La Villa Strangiato by ear today, I got a good chunk through, however it really opened my eyes to how bad my ears were.

Thank you for this.... definitely a missing piece of the puzzle for me and my playing.. this starts me onto a whole other level..

Hey man i love your videos your my favourite teacher on youtube cuz i feel i can connect with your story the most

Brother... I've played for over 40 years, but could NEVER sing. My wife even bought me voice lessons from a local college with an excellent music dept for Christmas one year... the instructor, at the end of a couple months, told me to just stick with guitar...lol But this... kind of embarrassed after playing so long, was brilliant... thanks.

I just want to say thank you so much. Every single video of ear training they just say that you should try and figure out song. But this. This is diffrent

Yup, this is so important. Thanks for bringing it up, man!