| It is very simple to do. Countless new piano players | | | | hum the melody line that you hear out loud. I can't sing |
| overlook certain things when they first start to play the | | | | that well either. You are not to trying to give yourself |
| piano. This leads to being limited when it comes to | | | | voice lessons. The point is to audibly be able to match |
| learning more advanced things. This mainly for people | | | | up what you hear in your head to what is actually |
| learning to play the piano by ear but this technique can | | | | being played. If more people on American Idle did this |
| be used by anybody. Who better to teach you how to | | | | they would know they couldn't sing before they made |
| play by ear than yours truly? I actually play the piano | | | | a fool of themselves on national television. If they just |
| and can play by ear. I am going to give you a "down | | | | listened to how horrible their voices where before they |
| to earth" approach to not only play piano melodies, but | | | | came on the show, they might never sing again (that's |
| also chords once you find them. I don't like getting too | | | | not a bad thing either). |
| technical. Its just gets in the way of people | | | | You should have a piano or a keyboard around. This is |
| understanding what I am talking about. I am going to tell | | | | not going to be exact at first. The objective is to |
| you exactly how I find the melody line of a song. | | | | match what you hear and what you are humming, to |
| First I suggest choosing a song that you are familiar | | | | the notes the piano. You can pause the song until you |
| with. You are trying to learn to play the piano by ear | | | | find each note. You want to play a lot of different |
| so you need to train your ear. Listen to the song and | | | | keys in a row, walking your hand either up or down to |
| see if you can pick out the main melody of the song, | | | | the note you hear in your head. Stop when you get to |
| for instance: the James Bond theme. You automatically | | | | the note you think is the right one. You should be able |
| know what song this is even without seeing a title | | | | to hear if it sounds right or not. Play the songs again |
| anywhere. You know what song it is because you | | | | over and over until you get it right one note at a time. |
| identified the melody. Well try to do the same thing | | | | Go to "Learn to play the piano melody quickly - Learn |
| with your favorite song. It's alright if you make | | | | to play by ear!" part 2, to learn how to play chords |
| mistakes. You are only training your ear to get better. | | | | from the melodies you have learned. |
| It's not enough just to hear the melody. You need to | | | | |