Step 3
"The Secrets to Playing Piano By Ear" 300-pg Course
HearandPlay.com's 300-pg course stresses a 4-step process to learning absolutely any song by ear in virtually minutes:
3) Alter Chords
4) Listen
Step Three & Four: Altering Chords and Listening for Final Changes
Depending on the style of music you are trying to produce, step three will allow you to alter the harmonizing chords used in step two. To "alter" a chord simply means to modify it. There are several ways to alter a chord: You can raise or lower the 5th tone a half step or perhaps you can raise or lower the 7th, 9th, or 11th tones a half step (the list goes on and on...) However, it is important to make sure that the alteration chosen is in alignment with the mood of the song. For example, in gospel music, it is common to hear dominant and diminished alterations rather than just plain major triads.
The following lesson is taken right out of our 300-pg course (Chapter 16; pgs 229-231):
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