The first step to playing songs by ear

Step One: Determining the Melody

The first step of the process is to learn how to determine the melody. To be very honest, this concept is very easy to grasp and doesn’t require 300 pages to accomplish. Anyone with a decent ear can eventually find the melody to a song. However, in addition to the other techniques, principles, and concepts taught in our course, there are a few pointers to remember when determining the melody. The following lesson is taken right out of our 300-pg course (pgs 252-254): 

Again, this is just 3 pages on harmonizing melodies. If you are truly serious about taking your piano playing and music knowledge to the next level, I invite you to read more about my 300-pg course entitled, "The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear." Click here for more techniques, principles, concepts, tricks and tips on playing the piano by ear.

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1. The second step to playing songs by ear
2. The third and fourth steps to playing a song
3. How to Harmonize Melodies to Create Full-Sounding Songs Part 1
4. Conversation With Students #3 (Melody & Harmony)
5. How to Harmonize Melodies to Create Full-Sounding Songs Part 2
6. Conversation With Students #1 (How to Transpose songs)
7. Harmonizing Melodies

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