Ear Training For Pianists: 7 Essential Exercises (Beginner Friendly)

This tutorial is packed with ear training tips and exercises that any musician will find useful, but which I’ve specifically designed for pianists. One of the problems piano players have is that simply learning our instrument doesn’t train our ear (as it does for many strings and winds) and so it’s easy for us to neglect our aural skills. But ear training can make a massive difference to your musical ability: a good hear helps with sight-reading, improvising, songwriting, production, understanding of music theory and much, much more. *Music Theory Resources* Chord theory epic tutorial: Finding the chords of a key: 👉Join my Patreon community — we’re a very friendly bunch of piano learners! 👉Improve your piano skills with my great value Piano Packs and 3 Ebook Bundle deal: 👉My gear Nord Piano. Latest model is the Nord Piano 5: Rode NT-USB microphone: Sony DCZV1/B digital camera: (Disclosure: I receive commission from Sweetwater if you click through and buy these or any other products from their website.) BILL’S SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: ​ Twitter: ​ Instagram: TikTok: @billhiltonpiano 00:00 Why train your ear? 01:34 Music theory basics 03:46 Exercise 1: melody by ear at the piano 10:51 Why challenge matters 12:24 Exercise 2: chord progression by ear at the piano 24:36 Exercise 3: melody and chords by ear 28:04 Exercise 4: no piano, scales by ear 33:35 Exercise 5: no piano, keyboard visualisation 35:00 Exercise 6: no piano, score visualisation 35:52 Exercise 7: transcription by ear 37:20 Bonus exercise: sing into your phone 38:25 Extra ear training tips: sight-reading, choirs, apps #eartraining #piano