Play Any Song By Ear in 3 Simple Steps (Piano Lesson)

Summary by Krater

Kevin Castro explains a three-step method to play any song by ear on the piano: identifying the home tonic chord, understanding diatonic chords in a major scale, and listening for bass root movement.

From the video

Answers: How do I play songs on the piano by ear?

• playing piano by ear
• tonic chord identification
• diatonic chord formulas
• bass root movement analysis
• chord progressions

What it concludes

• Playing any song by ear relies on three steps: identifying the tonic chord, understanding diatonic chords, and listening to the bass root movement.
• The chord progression of many pop songs uses the I, V, vi, and IV chords.
• Identifying the lowest bass note in a song helps determine its chord progression.