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If you try to hold a whole piece of music in your head while you learn it by ear, you’re working harder than you need to. In this news-lesson, Hans shows you how to listen with a focus: one question per listen, with a simple graph on paper to hold what you find.

Think of a piece of music you know well and try it as you listen.

The five questions:

1. Does the music move in groups of 2, 3, or 4 beats? (What’s the meter?)
2. How many measures long is it?
3. How many sections or phrases are there?
4. When does each section begin?
5. Which sections are the same, which are different, and which are similar?

See an example graph.

You’ll come away with a clear framework of the piece, ready to fill in with tones and rhythms.

FREE LIVE WEBINAR: Listening and Personal Style Saturday, October 17, 10:00–11:30 AM EDT, on Zoom. Learn how to take a song you love, learn it by ear, and use what you find to learn more music by ear.

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Chapters

00:00:00 Welcome: pick a piece of music

00:00:25 Free webinar, October 17

00:01:07 One song opens the next

00:02:18 Your memory is busy

00:03:20 Listen with a focus

00:05:56 What meter is the music in?

00:06:20 How long is it?

00:06:56 How many sections are there?

00:07:12 When does each section begin?

00:07:30 Same, different, or similar?

00:08:30 Learn the rest of the framework

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