How To Learn Songs By Ear: Identifying Root Notes

In this series, Nate Savage & Chelsea Amber are covering for the essential steps to help you figure out how to learn songs by ear. The 8 steps are:

#1 – Active Listening
#2 – Matching Pitch
#3 – Identify Root Notes
#4 – Decipher Major & Minor Chords
#5 – Song Form
#6 – Identifying Chord Progression
#7 – Finding the Key
#8 – Practicing

This lesson covers the third step: identifying root notes. By the end of the video, you’ll know how to identify root notes in open chords, power chords, and bar chords so you can figure out the chords in your favorite songs that much quicker.

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