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Ear Training - Develop Your Listening Skills on the Piano

Name: Ear Training - Develop Your Listening Skills on the Piano
Rating: 4.6 (185 reviews)

Heard a song you love? Learn the skills to play piano by ear. Essential ear training course for the piano and keyboard.

Created byArthur Bird

Last updated 11/2025

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What you'll learn

Develop your musical ear so that you can pick out melodies on the piano.
Locate notes on the piano by ear.
LISTEN, figure out, and PLAY piano chords by ear.
Gain the ability to listen to simple songs played on the piano, and figure them out by ear
Improve your musical memory.
Improve your listening skills and in turn your general musicianship.

Course content

10 sections • 55 lectures • 3h 7m total length

Let's Get Going1:23
Higher Or Lower? Let's Test Those Ears Of Yours4:00
The task is to compare the two different notes, and decide whether the second note is higher or lower than the first. Fill out the answers on the PDF by circling either higher or lower, then listen to the answers at the end of each video. There are 4 tests in this section. Only move onto the next section once you can get at least 4 out of 5 correct. If you still can't by the end of the 4th test, dispose of your original answers and start again with a fresh print out of the PDF.
Higher Or Lower? Test 12:26
Test 21:12
Develop your listening skills on the piano through ear training, using test 2 to assess progress.
Test 31:12
Test 41:12
Develop your ear training by practicing piano listening in test 4, a focused exercise designed to strengthen your listening skills on the piano.
Moving in Single Steps Using the C Major Scale2:29
Its important to be able to identify when a note is moving up or down in single steps, and the C Major scale is the perfect example of notes moving up or down one step at a time.

Middle C to E2:47
In this lecture you'll be introduced to finding specific notes by ear, but we'll start off with a small range so you can get used to it.
Middle C to G2:57
This lecture continue's from the last one, except the range of notes to find extends from Middle C to G.
Middle C to G - Test 11:23
Develop your piano listening skills through targeted ear training from Middle C to G in test 1. Practice recognizing notes on the piano and strengthen pitch accuracy.
Test 21:21
Test 31:24
Test 41:23

Moving in 3rds8:48
Develop ear training by identifying intervals of a third within the C major scale, moving up or down by a second or a third on the piano.
Moving In 2nd’s & 3rd’s - Test 12:34
For each question, listen to first note I play, find it on the piano and write it down in a), then decide whether the second note has moved up or down by a 2^{nd (step)} or a 3^rd (skip), write this down, then write down the name of the second note. The first one has been completed for an example.
Test 22:34
Develop your piano listening skills through ear training, and prepare for test 2 in this course module.
Test 32:34
Test 42:31

Middle C to the C Above4:21
Octave C's5:42
Develop ear training by learning to distinguish octaves on the piano, identify middle C and high C by listening, and practice moving by seconds and thirds.
Find the Notes. Groups of 36:39
Develop your listening skills by finding notes in groups of three and practicing with stepwise and skipped intervals on the piano, focusing on the first note and the next notes.
Find the Notes. Groups of 46:53

Understanding Chords3:09
Major & Minor Chords3:17
Develop your piano listening skills by practicing major and minor chords through ear training exercises and quick tests to improve accuracy.
Major & Minor Chords - Test 11:21
In this test I will play a chord, and you have to listen, then decide whether it’s a Major (happy) or Minor (Minor) chord.
Test 21:11
Test 31:11
Test 41:11
Practice ear training to strengthen your listening skills on the piano and prepare for test 4.

Hearing 3rds6:59
Develop listening skills on the piano by identifying seconds and thirds with white keys, using middle C as a reference, and practicing ear training through interval drills.
Finding 3rds Test 12:57
Test 22:29
Take test 2 to assess your piano ear training and sharpen your listening skills through piano-based listening tasks.
Test 32:09
Test 42:15
Find The Notes - Exerts From Famous Songs8:03

The Process Of Elimination10:58
Practice the process of elimination to identify chords by ear, testing six white-note chords (C major, D minor, G major, A minor) and octave context to play songs.
Listening to the Individual Notes of a Chord7:08
How To Be Sure - Major Or Minor?3:02
Find the Chord - Test 14:30
It’s test time again, and use which ever method you found easiest to find the chords, or you could do a mixture of the two.
Test 23:34
Develop your listening skills on the piano through ear training and prepare for test 2.
Test 33:49
Test 43:49
Tackle test 4 to practice ear training for piano and strengthen your listening skills. Align your study with the course focus on ear training and listening skills for the piano.
Adding the Left Hand1:02

Requirements

You will need a piano or keyboard.
You will need know the names of the piano keys.

Description

Have you ever wondered how some people can listen to a song just once, and then just sit down at the piano and play it?

This is because they have a well developed musical ear, and can hear the notes played and figure them out on the piano/keyboard.

This course will help you to develop your musical ear, taking you from the earliest stages of Piano note recognition to being able to figure out basic Piano Chords without the use of any aids other than your own listening ability. These skills when developed properly, will open up a whole new world for you in the realm of music. You’ll no longer be restricted to the notes on a page, or have to search the internet for the chords to a song. But most importantly, you will improve as a musician.

The best musicians always have a well developed ear, because it gives them a connection between what is in their head and translating that through their instrument, rather than being restricted to sheet music. If you develop this skill properly, you'll be able to listen to songs and understand what is happening, and figure them out and play them on the piano all by yourself.

You may also find that having a highly trained ear will help you in other scenario’s whether its playing piano with a band, improvising on the piano, music listening exams or writing songs. For example, let’s just say that you are trying to write a song, and have a melody in your head, you need to be able to play that on the piano, or figure out the chord that will accompany it. This course develops the skills needed to be able to do this using the piano.

So if you want to learn how to play by ear using the piano, take this step-by-step ear training course and have fun developing this essential skill.

This is a course that anyone wanting to learn to play music can enjoy, so why not enroll today.

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Student Reviews:

Kenneth S Blatt - 5 Stars - This is a very good introduction to ear training. All the concepts are very clearly explained and demonstrated. The follow up tests reinforce all the important principles.

Mattias Högström - 5 Stars - Very easy to follow along. He makes a seemingly complex matter easy to approach. I have improved my hearing already only halfway through the course.

Ayreon Green - 5 Stars - This method is fun and easy to follow!

Samantha Vickery Gray - 5 Stars - Loving it thus far. Fun and the speed of learning is perfect for me.

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Who this course is for:

Anyone wanting to be able to listen to songs and play them on the piano without sheet music.
Aspiring musicians/song writers/music producers.
Anyone who wants to develop their musical ear, and become a better all round musician.
Anyone wanting to understand more about chords and how to figure them out by ear.

Ear Training - Develop Your Listening Skills on the Piano

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Getting Started7 lectures • 14min

Find the Note6 lectures • 11min

Skipping Around the Piano5 lectures • 19min

Find the Notes On The Piano By Ear4 lectures • 24min

Listening to Piano Chords6 lectures • 11min

Hearing Two Notes At The Same Time.6 lectures • 25min

Finding Full Piano Chords8 lectures • 38min

Figuring Out Chord Progressions5 lectures • 17min

Extended Melodies2 lectures • 10min

Find The Chord Progression/Melody - Famous Songs6 lectures • 19min

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