Play Guitar Through Hearing - Two Chord Tunes

By Clint Dean

When you're learning how to play guitar by ear it's useful to use some simple to remember concepts that help relate the new material to something we already know, this is named connected learning.

Our western music system, is based on the European diatonic system, the effect of this music system isn't unlike the results of gravity.

The 'one' chord is like our 'musical' sun, just as the sun has a robust magnetic effect on the other planets in the solar system, our 'one' chord has a musical magnetic effect on the other chords, meaning each chord in a particular key wants to return 'home' to the 'one' chord.

This musical gravity idea will help us exactly predict the chord changes in a chunk of music, and will make the process of playing by ear a easy task.

Two chord songs :

Now, we're going to apply this new info to musical situations that will increase our ability to understand how musicians play by ear, without any written ( visible ) information.

two chord songs reference chart : Key of C - Chord 1 = C / Chord 5 = G

Key of C - Chord 1 = C / Chord 5 = G

Key of Db - Chord 1 = Db / Chord 5 = Ab

Key of D - Chord 1 = D / Chord 5 = A

Key of D - Chord 1 = D / Chord 5 = A

Key of Eb - Chord 1 = Eb / Chord 5 = Bb

Key of E - Chord 1 = E / Chord 5 = B

Key of F - Chord 1 = F / Chord 5 = C

Key of F - Chord 1 = F / Chord 5 = C

Key of G - Chord 1 = G / Chord 5 = D

Key of G - Chord 1 = G / Chord 5 = D

Key of Ab - Chord 1 = Ab / Chord 5 = Eb

Key of A - Chord 1 = A / Chord 5 = E

Key of A - Chord 1 = A / Chord 5 = E

Key of Bb - Chord 1 = Bb / Chord 5 = F

Key of B - Chord 1 = B / Chord 5 = F

Here's a standard 8 bar, two chord song template in the key of 'C'.

C/// C/// G/// G///

C/// C/// G/// C///

Get this progression off the paper and into your head, play this progression repeatedly till you own it!

This progression is the foundation for all of your ear coaching, knowing how this progression sounds and feels will turbo charge your ability to play guitar by ear. - 32526

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