Kyra H asked:


i’d really like to know how, i can’t read sheet music so it’s very frustrating. links or advice anyone? thank you

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Mr. I.Q. asked:


I’ve been playing by ear for almost 8 years. I’m good enough to play most songs I want to play just by memorization. I even make tutorials to teach songs to people that don’t know how to read sheet music.
One problem: I don’t know to read sheet music. I know the basis (the notes, the rhythms, the symbols) for the right hand (treble clef). I was wondering if there is a way to easily recognize the notes on the left hand section (bass clef). I’m pretty sure there must be a trick because it would be too hard to master both clefs and to read different notes on different clefs simultaneously.
Any advice ?

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Nathan S asked:


I play piano by chords… I want to know how I can improve. If you say practice… how do I “practice”? Also… how do I play piano by ear? If it is a gift… at least how do I improve my playing piano by ear?

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Santa-what would u like 4 X-MAS asked:


I am a bit confused on that,does anyone know what it means for a person to play piano by ear instead of reading written music,how do they do all of that?

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corona7w asked:


I don’t really have much musical knowledge, I apologize first if I used non technical terms. I’m trying to play songs on piano by listening to them. I can figure out the score for the right hand (the harmony?) of a song no problem, but it’s the left hand that befuddles me. What do I need to learn first in order to be able to play the left hand part of a song by ear?
Even if I do memorize all the chords, how do I know when to use which?

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Alaina asked:


i want a song thats pretty, not too hard not too easy.

i just finished “marriage d amour” and “a river flows through you” so i want something like that. any help??

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ohio756 asked:


We have an upright Piano in the house. I don’t want to learn how to read music, I just want to learn how to play by ear . A Floyd Cramer kind of music. Any help? Any suggistions? Please don’t answer me with practice, practice, practice.

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Like I said, I am not very good at reading sheet music. It takes me forever to dissect it and figure it out..usually incorrectly. I can also find a melody by ear, but I’m not really good at finding the chords to accompany it. Yet, I can sit at the piano, and not even be looking at my fingers, and I can just hit random notes, and chords, and just basically..create a song that sounds good. No clashing notes or anything. I don’t get it. =/ How can I just sit there and like, create decent sounding music, but not be able to sit there and read sheet music or play a song by ear with ease?

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dwight asked:


sensible suggestions please

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flyguy8675309 asked:


hey ive been playing piano for 10 years, and i am quite good at it and very good at sight reading, but i am looking to take it to the next level, any sugestions? i am looking for a book to help me with playing by ear.
thanks so much!!!

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tambourine asked:


I looked up some questions and the answers I was getting made me want to jump in. “If you want to learn piano you really need to take classes” I found NOT to be the best or correct answer. Anyone agree? Anyone play by ear? (relative or perfect pitch?)

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love4music asked:


I play the piano for eight years, and I’m good at sightreading but I can’t figure out how to play by ear, is there anyway I can learn? help!!!

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Patrick C asked:


I previously have played the piano using sheet music, but have had problems trying to make my own music. Does anybody know if there is and where I can find any information on how to “play by ear” or by memory?

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warriortennessee asked:


Most people I have ever seen play with their fingers.

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My lil Penguin=] asked:


Not hitting the keys with ur ears lol. Like i seen many people play music on the piano by just listening to the song over and over but i just cant do it,any tricks to help me out? btw what are chords?

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Ron C asked:


If you can’t, please just avoid answering the question. I’m interested in how musicians experience the ability to hear and reproduce (and make variations on) patterns of music that they hear. How do you imagine the intervals between notes? How do you decide which chords to use? Is your musical memory analogous to any of the other ways you remember things (as far as you can tell)? Thanks for your help.
These are wonderful answers, & I really appreciate your help. I’m going to leave this question open for a while longer to see if anyone else happens upon it to add yet another point-of-view. If it goes to a vote, it will only be because I want others to get a chance to read your answers, not because I’ve abandoned the question. All the best.

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