Song Help Request Working out songs by ear.

Learn how to figure out the key of a song. From there, you can figure out all the right notes to pick and the right chords to play. You can learn some music theory if you wanna be super formal. You can also just go by ear and play whatever sounds right to you or is easier for you to play; you'd either be playing the chromatic scale or some jazzy chord variation. For example, 0035 sounds like a legit replacement for C in many cases, and you don't need to know that it's a Cadd9 chord for it to sound legit.

I started with some songs written for the uke because it's much easier to pick out the notes compared to guitar/piano/vocals lol

Hope this helps!!
 
Two things have helped me:
- Jim D'Ville's course at playukulelebyear.com - unconventional and entertaining ways of thinking about the circle to derive emotional connotations to chords to expect what's coming next.
- Complete Ear Trainer app for Android (there are several similar ones for Android or iOS) - test your ear for note and interval recognition.

Thanks for the shout out!
 
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