Beginning Guitar VII - Ear Training

Lesson 1 - Single Notes

check your tuning

Lyle: Please double-check your tuning before you start. This lesson will be about finding single notes on the neck by using your ear. Other lessons will have you finding different chords, scales, melodies, and riffs. Are you ready?!

Lyle: Let's start with finding notes on the 1st string which is the E string:

notes on the 1st string

Lyle: Listen to this next clip and see if you can find it on the 1st string:

1st string - single note quiz 1

Lyle: Think you got it? Make sure you're in tune!

Lyle: Here's the answer. Click on the link, then load media, then play media to find the answer.

1st string - single note answer 1


Lyle: How did you do? Finding single notes on single strings is the best place to start. Now let's blaze through a bunch of them:

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sammy_andrews: What determines which name you use on a note like that?

Lyle: The key signature, but that's a complicated issue. In a case like this you can call it by either name.

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Lyle: Remember, this might be easy for some of you, but for some beginners it can be a challenge. In the lessons to come later in this series it will get tougher.

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Brad: In fact on the next STRING it will get tougher! :-)

Lyle: Good point! Let's switch to notes on the 2nd string, the B string:

notes on the 2nd string

Lyle: Now you'll be listening for notes on the 2nd string:

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2nd string - single note answer 7

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2nd string - single note answer 9






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2nd string - single note answer 10





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2nd string - single note answer 11




Lyle: Here's the last one for the 2nd string:

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2nd string - single note answer 12




Lyle: Now let's switch to notes on the 3rd string, the G string:

notes on the 3rd string

Lyle: Not only does this help you get your ear in tune, it helps you learn the name of the notes all over the neck! Here we go with the 3rd string:

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3rd string - single note answer 13




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3rd string - single note answer 14




BigTX: Do you have perfect pitch Lyle?

Lyle: No, I don't but pretty close.

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3rd string - single note answer 15





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Lyle: Had enough yet? Are you an expert at finding the notes by ear? If not then let's keep going!!! Let's do the notes on the 4th string, the D string:

notes on the 4th string

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4th string - single note answer 24




Lyle: We can't stop here, there's just two more strings to go!!! Let's test the notes on the 5th string:

notes on the 5th string

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5th string - single note answer 30




Lyle: Well, just one string to go! Here's the notes on the 6th string, the big E string:

notes on the 6th string

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