How do you play piano by ear?
I've been playing piano for a while now, and i've been wondering how to play piano by ear. I don't want to waste time looking for tutorial sheets. HE...
I’ve been playing piano for a while now, and i’ve been wondering how to play piano by ear. I don’t want to waste time looking for tutorial sheets. HELP! thank you 
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Hi,
It’s not difficult. I am just making an assumption that your finger dexterity is ok and that you are not tone deaf. Can you sing with correct pitch? Does your friends ever comment that you sing ok or off pitch. If you are sing ok, then you are a good candidate to Play By Ear.
For a start, if you can work out melodies by ear, then it would be great. If not, let me know and I will see how to guide you through. And if you can do that, putting harmony into the song is just a snap. All you need is for someone to hand you the keys to unlock the "door". I hope I can be that one. OK. See if you can digest the below:
As for good place to start, Can you play C, F and G7 chords besides playing melodies in C key? Next, feel each chord and notice each have different character which you need to recognize – much like how you recognize faces (by eyes); only this time, your ear must do the detecting.
If you pay attention enough, you will notice that Chord IV(F) is getting stronger compared to Chord I(C). Chord V7(G7( gives you the "unfinished" and also seems to be "getting smaller, softer, weaker, going in" feeling; and Chord I(C) gives you the "Settled, Finished" feeling. Test it out and see. Using these feelings, you can practically listen to a song and knows what goes where without even writing in down or testing it out. You just know! Just like recognizing faces, you just have to try it out often in many songs.
Now try it for simple folk songs, especially Happy Birthday.(the world’s most common song)
Just a warning: It may come to you immediately or sometimes, nothing at all. For a while, it might seem like it is not coming to you or you are not getting it. Just persist. Suddenly, like a bell hammer, it will "slam" on you and you will be suddenly enlightened!
There are more but I will have to leave you to test this principle out first before you try out the rest.
Check me out at tuition.playbyear.com.my. The rest of the details are there in the video ebooks.