Learn to play your favourite guitar songs by ear

Practice identifying notes on the sixth string using the provided audio to build relative pitch skills that reveal root notes and lay the foundation for playing by ear.

Learn the sixth-string note names by heart, say them aloud, then identify the bass root by relative pitch and study sharps and flats on pages twenty and twenty-six.

Learn to identify major versus minor chords by ear using bass notes and chord names. Practice hearing G major and G minor, then relate chords to progressions and key.

Identify the root note by ear and use a key chart to map a 1–4–5 progression, then choose major or minor chords to play guitar songs by ear.

Discover how relative major and minor keys share chords, and identify progressions by ear using the sixth, bass notes, and the major/minor test.

Learn to play songs by ear by recognizing a chord progression from G major to E minor to C major, staying in the key of G major.

Practice identifying major chords by ear as you work through example nr.2, move on to the next one, and check your understanding.

Play a four-chord progression in the key of D major using D major, A major, G major, then return to D to practice playing songs by ear.

Develop ear training by identifying an E minor to C major to G major progression, noting the minor feel and then moving on to more chord practice.

Practice a G major chord progression by moving from G major to D major to C major, then back to D minor, all by ear.

practice a minor chord progression, moving from F major to G major, and explore bar shapes as part of fretboard mastery, with six simple steps on my website.

Demonstrates a 1-6-4-5 chord progression in G major, moving from I to vi to IV to V on the guitar.

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