Learn Songs By Ear
Learn to work out songs on guitar by ear
Learn Songs By Ear is an online guitar ear training course taught by Steve Stine. It shows you how to hear intervals and movement, find single notes on the 6th and 5th strings, and turn them into power chords. Later lessons cover working out songs piece by piece, three song breakdowns, and exploring major and minor with the I-IV-V progression. The course has 14 video lessons, just over an hour in total, and a 22-page PDF book.
What Learn Songs By Ear is about
Steve breaks every skill into simple steps you can follow. In these videos, he introduces the course and explains how intervals help you hear music.
Course intro: Introduction · 2:55
Free preview lesson: Intervals · 3:06
Is Learn Songs By Ear right for you?
- Players who rely on tabs. The course shows how to work out songs piece by piece.
- Guitarists who want to train their ear. Lessons cover perfect and relative pitch and hearing movement between notes.
- Players who use power chords. One lesson shows how to convert single notes into power chords.
Skills you'll walk away with
- Explain the difference between perfect pitch and relative pitch
- Hear intervals and movement between notes
- Find notes by ear on the 6th and 5th strings
- Turn single notes into power chords
- Work out a song piece by piece
- Explore major and minor with the I-IV-V progression
What the course covers
The full lesson list is below.
Learning songs by ear, step by step
Intervals, perfect vs. relative pitch, hearing movement, chord progressions, converting single notes into power chords, finding notes on the 6th and 5th strings and working piece by piece. Then three song breakdowns and the I-IV-V progression in major and minor.
Learn at your own pace
Clear video lessons
Every move is shown up close. Pause, rewind and repeat each lesson as often as you need.
Practice materials
Includes 22-page PDF book. Use them to practice what you learn in each lesson.
Yours for life
Pay once and come back any time, on your computer, tablet or phone. No subscription.
Steve Stine
Steve has taught guitar for more than 30 years and has helped millions of players in over 100 countries. He has a Music Education degree from Minnesota State University Moorhead and taught guitar at North Dakota State University. He's known for breaking hard things into simple steps you can follow. Read Steve's full story
What students say about Steve's teaching
Excellent · 4.8 out of 5 on TrustpilotRead our reviews"The lessons are easy to learn. You'll progress quite well. Do it."
David P.United States
"You're gonna be surprised. You're gonna learn a lot very quickly."
Timothy C.Canada
"I think the really positive thing about GuitarZoom is the structure of the lessons."
David C.United States
"Steve does it in a nice, concise way, not too fast, not too slow."
David T.United States
"The content and the video quality are both extremely awesome."
Daryll O.India
"I find that I'm playing faster and with great confidence."
Paul C.Canada
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Where to go after Learn Songs By Ear

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A 12-week course on notes, reading, scales, chords, progressions, melody, improvisation, modes and ear training.
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