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The Rocket Piano Learn by Ear Course
Welcome!

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Table Of Contents

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Step One: Pitch Practice
Recognizing Individual Keys

octave octave octave octave octave octave octave

2 4 7 9 11

1 3 5 6 8 10 12

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Middle C Reference Technique

X X

X X

Exercise 1:

01

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Step 2: Image Association
Major chords

Major chords you’ve learned so far:

  






 

 



 
C major D major F major G major A major B major

Exercise 2:

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Step 3: Image Association with Minor Chords.
Revision

Minor chords


Minor chords you’ve learned so far:
  
 
 

 
 

 
 
  

C minor D minor E minor F minor G minor A minor B minor

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Overall Sound Quality

Exercise 3:

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Step 4: Putting It Into Practice
Revision

Learning your First Song by Ear

1. Find Home

2. Chord Quality

3. Listen Some More

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Exercise 4:

04 05

MEGA HINT:


Major chords you’ve learned so far:
  
 
 
  
  
 
 
  

  
C major D major E major E major F major G major A major B major

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Step 5: Writing It All Down
Revision

Notate Your Progress

1st time listen:


1 2 3 4




5 6 7 8

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 2nd time listen:


1 2 3 4




5 6 7 8

3rd time listen:

4th time listen:

1.

2.

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 Verse


1 2 3 4


5 6 7 8


Chorus


9 10 11 12


13 14 15 16

Verse 2


1 2 3 4


5 6 7 8

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Step 6: Recognizing Seventh Chords
Revision

Overall Sound Quality of Seventh Chords

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
Major 7th chords you’ve learned so far:

 








 



C major 7 F major 7 G major 7 B major

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Dominant 7th chords you’ve learned so far:
 
 

 

 



 


C dom 7 D dom 7 F dom 7 G dom 7

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    
Minor 7th chords you’ve


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learned so far:

C minor 7

 

  

Minor 7 5 chords you’ve 09
learned so far:
C minor 7 5

1.

2.

3.

Exercise 5:

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MEGA HINT:

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Step 7: Basslines
Revision

Listening to the Bass

1.
2.
3.

4.

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 5.


1 2 3 4




5 6 7 8

Exercise 6:

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MEGA HINT:

    
Chord 
 
 


C major
   
Bass
C (root) E (3rd) G (5th)

MEGA TRICK:

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Step 8: Inversions
Revision

Identifying Inversions

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 

Chord tones     
 
Root 3rd 5th

 

 

 
 
Root position 1st inversion 2nd inversion

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1.

2.

3.

4.
5.

6.

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Exercise 7:

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MEGA HINT:

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Conclusion
Putting the Icing on the Cake

1.
2.

3.

4.

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Exercise Answers:
Exercise 1:

    
   
G A D A E B C#/Db C

Exercise 2:

Major, Major, not major, not major, Major, Major, not major, Major

Exercise 3:

Minor, not minor, not minor, Minor, Minor, Minor, Minor, not minor

Exercise 4:

    
      







G major D major

        
   
A major D major

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Exercise 5:


  













D major D major

5

         

   
A dominant 7 D major

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 
         
D major G major D major

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         

 
D major A dominant 7 D major

1 2 3 4


5 6 7 8


9 10 11 12


13 14 15 16 17

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Exercise 6:

                

     
5 D minor D minor
       
        
   
   
   
      
9 G minor D minor

            
    
      
C major Bb major D minor

1 2 3 4


5 6 7 8


9 10 11 12

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Exercise 7:

     
   
    

5

     
   
   

9

  
  
 
   

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    
   
  
 

1 2 3 4


5 6 7 8


9 10 11 12


13 14 15 16

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