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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:
1st string -
single note quiz 2
1st string - single
note answer 2
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1st string - single note quiz 3
1st string - single
note answer 3
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1st string - single note quiz 4
1st string - single
note answer 4
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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1st string -
single note quiz 5
1st string - single
note answer 5
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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1st
string - single note quiz 6
1st string - single
note answer 6
Brad: In fact
on the next STRING it will get tougher!
:-)
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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:
2nd string
- single note quiz 7
2nd string - single
note answer 7
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2nd string - single note quiz 8
2nd string - single
note answer 8
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2nd string - single note quiz 9
2nd string - single
note answer 9
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2nd string - single note quiz 10
2nd string - single
note answer 10
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2nd string - single note quiz 11
2nd string - single
note answer 11
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Lyle: Here's the last one for the 2nd
string:
2nd string
- single note quiz 12
2nd string - single
note answer 12
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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:
3rd string
- single note quiz 13
3rd string - single
note answer 13
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3rd string - single note quiz 14
3rd string - single
note answer 14
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BigTX: Do you have perfect pitch
Lyle?
Lyle: No, I don't but pretty
close.
3rd string - single note quiz 15
3rd string - single
note answer 15
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3rd string - single note quiz 16
3rd string - single
note answer 16
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3rd string - single note quiz 17
3rd string - single
note answer 17
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3rd string - single note quiz 18
3rd string - single
note answer 18
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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
4th string -
single note quiz 19
4th string - single
note answer 19
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4th string - single note quiz 20
4th string - single
note answer 20
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4th string - single note quiz 21
4th string - single
note answer 21
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4th string - single note quiz 22
4th string - single
note answer 22
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4th string - single note quiz 23
4th string - single
note answer 23
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4th string - single note quiz 24
4th string - single
note answer 24
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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
5th string -
single note quiz 25
5th string - single
note answer 25
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5th string - single note quiz 26
5th string - single
note answer 26
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5th string - single note quiz 27
5th string - single
note answer 27
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5th string - single note quiz 28
5th string - single
note answer 28
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5th string - single note quiz 29
5th string - single
note answer 29
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5th string - single note quiz 30
5th string - single
note answer 30
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Lyle: Well, just one string to go! Here's the
notes on the 6th string, the big E
string:
notes on
the 6th string
6th string - single note quiz 31
6th string - single
note answer 31
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6th string - single note quiz 32
6th string - single
note answer 32
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6th string
- single note quiz 33
6th string - single
note answer 33
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6th string - single note quiz 34
6th string - single
note answer 34
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6th string - single note quiz 35
6th string - single
note answer 35
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6th string - single note quiz 36
6th string - single
note answer 36
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JonP: What a great way to hear how different the notes
sound.
Lyle: This is a lot of stuff but remember,
repetition is the key to getting good on the guitar. Keep testing yourself. Now
is a great time to take a break.
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