📚 Learn to PLAY GUITAR BY EAR with me! -- Listen & Play course OUT NOW: https://andrewclarkeguitar.com/p/listen-play Watch Part 2 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ICEjLTXbEw 📕 Free Guitar Music Theory Handbook: https://andrewclarkeguitar.com/p/the-guitarists-companion-keys-and-chords 🎵 Free Backing Tracks: https://andrewclarkeguitar.com/p/slow-pop-pack 🎸 Patreon for diagrams, tabs, & jam tracks: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewClarke Have you ever seen those musicians that can just listen to a song once and figure the whole thing out? Being able to figure out the chords of a song by ear is a skill many new guitarists think is reserved for geniuses and prodigies — but it’s actually really easy! In this lesson, I want to show you a 3-step system that will have you finding the chords to just about any popular song without the help of tabs or sheet music. We’ll start by going over two important music theory concepts — you can watch the full videos for those here: Finding The Notes On The Guitar: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KwMsuTKGkk Understanding The Major Scale: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wE8nzruMWM Once you’ve got that down, we’ll get into the 3-step system. The first step involves finding the key of the song using a moveable major scale shape. Step two will have you placing a chord roadmap so you know which guitar chords occur in the key of the song. Finally, in step three, you’ll listen to the song and pick out the correct chords from your roadmap. _______________________________________________ – Guitar Gear (Affiliate) – Guitar: https://www.suhr.com/instruments/classic-s-antique/ Strings: https://stringjoy.com/categories/strings/electric-guitar-strings/signatures/6-string-signatures/ Amp: https://drzamps.com/product/ezg-50/ Tuner: https://www.turbo-tuner.com/ Fuzz: https://www.kingtoneguitar.com/product/minifuzz-v2blk/ Compressor: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/c/4024375/937020/11319?prodsku=Cali76CmpDlx&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FCali76CmpDlx--origin-effects-cali76-compact-deluxe-compressor-pedal&intsrc=PUI2_7338 Overdrive: https://browneamps.com/theprotein Modulation: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/c/4024375/937020/11319?prodsku=UAAstra&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FUAAstra--universal-audio-astra-modulation-machine-pedal&intsrc=PUI2_7338 Delay: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/c/4024375/937020/11319?prodsku=UAStarlight&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FUAStarlight--universal-audio-starlight-echo-station-delay-pedal&intsrc=PUI2_7338 Reverb: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/c/4024375/937020/11319?prodsku=UAGolden&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FUAGolden--universal-audio-golden-reverberator-pedal&intsrc=PUI2_7338 Load Box: https://www.suhr.com/electronics/tone-tools/reactive-load-ir/ IR: https://www.yorkaudio.co/product-page/dxvb-verb-deluxe Amp Sim: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/c/4024375/937020/11319?prodsku=UADream&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FUADream--universal-audio-dream-65-reverb-amplifier-pedal&intsrc=PUI2_7338 Interface: https://sweetwater.sjv.io/c/4024375/937020/11319?prodsku=ApolloTXDHE&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sweetwater.com%2Fstore%2Fdetail%2FApolloTXDHE--universal-audio-apollo-twin-by-duo-heritage-edition-10x6-thunderbolt-audio-interface-with-uad-dsp&intsrc=PUI2_7338 – Video Gear (Affiliate) – Camera 1: https://amzn.to/3NZPB6U Lens 1: https://amzn.to/3riM2iU Camera 2: https://amzn.to/3NXj7dd Lens 2: https://amzn.to/3PznHjc Microphone: https://amzn.to/44suQ93 – My Links – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andrewclarkemusic/ TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@andrewclarkeguitar YouTube Membership: null Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/AndrewClarke 30-Day Free Trial to Guitareo: https://bit.ly/guitareotrial My Thomann Gear Page: https://www.thomann.de/intl/thlpg_a520v0dpma.html _______________________________________________ Chapters: 0:00 - Intro 0:34 - Prerequisite #1: Finding the note names 2:00 - Prerequisite #2: The major scale 3:13 - The Major/Minor Formula 4:55 - The moveable roadmap (same shapes in any key) 8:31 - Step 1 - Identify The Key 9:20 - A quick example 11:01 - Step 2 - Apply The Roadmap 11:34 - Step 3 - Listen & Locate 11:53 - 3-Step System Summary 12:07 - Song Example #1 13:25 - Song Example #2 15:26 - Why can pros do it so fast? 15:43 - Song Example #3 17:16 - Songs with multiple chord progressions 17:47 - Non-diatonic chords 18:14 - Why playing by ear is so important 18:58 - Outro _______________________________________________ Music Credits: Georgetown Cafe by Popoi | https://soundcloud.com/popoimusic Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com/ Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US #musictheory #playguitarbyear #findchords