Category Archives: Ear Training

UD#127 Learn a Song from a Recording!

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Once you know the key of a song, the first chords to try, in terms of learning the song by ear, are the diatonic chords in that key.

The diatonic chords are the chords that are formed with each note of a scale as the root…

Protected: UD#19 What Key is it in?

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Protected: UD#18 Starting To Figure Out Songs By Ear

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Protected: UD#9 No Tab Necessary: Transcribing (SAKURA SAKURA)

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Protected: UD#8 Musical Instincts and Inside Out Listening

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Guido Heistek holds a B.F.A. Music from Concordia University in Montreal and is a CANSTAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique. He makes his home in Vancouver, BC.  Guido has performed in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe, and has worked as both an arranger and consultant for stage and film. Guido teaches private and small group lessons at his downtown studio: Yaletown Music . In 2011, Guido released Hear the Strum,  an instructional DVD which teaches ukulele students how to strum by ear and from the heart. In 2013 he released a CD, Guido Heistek - Solo Ukulele. In 2016, Guido released The Chord Melody Book for Ukulele.

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