| A lot of people learn music the usual way i.e. by | | | | Play the scales and intervals slowly and concentrate |
| formally going to a teacher and playing by looking at | | | | more on hearing them out. |
| written music. If you have not learnt music that way | | | | Hear out the relation between the various notes in the |
| and are now keen to play the piano or the electronic | | | | scale. |
| keyboards or any other instrument, you may learn to | | | | Observe how the various notes tie together when |
| play by ear. | | | | playing a scale |
| Lot of students can find playing from written music | | | | Hear how the notes sound in the intervals, especially |
| daunting, especially if you are an adult student. So if | | | | when played in the melodic manner. |
| you heard that a lot of famous musicians have learnt | | | | Try out these exercises for a few weeks and then |
| to play piano or keyboards by ear, that is correct. And | | | | try to play a simple song by ear. The trick obviously is |
| if you want to give it a try, here is how you should | | | | not to try out the entire song at one go. Play the song |
| approach it. | | | | few bars at a time and then try figuring out its scale |
| The first thing is to learn about scales and intervals. | | | | on the piano. It is obviously trial and error initially but with |
| Learn a few scales like C, F, and G to begin, both | | | | practice you will do well. Once you know the scale, it |
| major and minor scales. Along with it also learn about | | | | becomes easier to figure out the different parts of the |
| intervals - both melodic and harmonic. | | | | song. |
| Once you know how to play the scales and intervals, | | | | As with everything, with practice you will become |
| here are a few exercises for you to try out. | | | | better at playing by ear. |