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How does playing two chord songs help you play guitar by ear? Apart from Tommy Emmanuel The Second Object In All Versions Of Ie Apart obvious application Complete Idiots Guide To Playing The Guitar 2nd Edition playing basic camp songs and simple tunes at children's birthday parties, why are you spending your valuable practice time working on a whole bunch of kiddie's tunes?

Up to this point we have concentrated on simple tunes that go way back to your childhood, the reason for this is we want to exercise our memory and try to go back to our earliest musical experiences. As we have already discussed playing by ear is really a case of playing from memory.

To give you some examples of how you can apply your new two chord templates, let's investigate a two chord application in a classical piece of music.

The following two chord template would work for the first eight bars of Beethoven's ninth symphony - Ode To Joy (A section)

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| C / / / | G / / / | C / / / | G / C / |

I think most people would agree that Beethoven knew how to write music, to have music that is still on the popular music list after a couple of hundred years is an amazing feat!

One of the reasons for this music's enduring quality is the structural design of the music. In the same way as quality craftsmanship is admired in architecture and antique furniture, so too quality craftsmanship in music has an enduring quality.

Here is the underlying mathematical code for this two chord song template.

| 1 / / / | 5 / / / | 1 / / / | 5 / / / |

| 1 / / / | 5 / / / | 1 / / / | 5 / 1 / |

Try writing this progression out in different keys, hum the melody along as you play the chords, notice hold logical this progression is, make a mental note of how each flows naturally to the next.

Of course when you listen to the full orchestral version of Beethoven's nine symphony the music is appear to be very complex with all sorts of orchestral textures. A certain amount of concentrated listening is required to hear the underlying simplicity, like everything however, you can learn to improve you power of concentration with practice.

To give you an idea how this two chord concept can be developed, here is how the complete version of Beethoven's 'Ode To Joy' from his Symphony No.9 could look if we simplified the score.

| C / / / | G / / / | C / / / | G / / / |

| C / / / | G / / / | C / / / | G / C / |

| G / C / | G / C / | G / C / | C / G / |

| C / / / | G / / / | C / / / | G / C / |

And now as a mathematical formula:

| 1 / / / | 5 / / / | 1 / / / | 5 / / / |

| 1 / / / | 5 / / / | 1 / / / | 5 / 1 / |

| 5 / 1 / | 5 / 1 / | 5 / 1 / | 1 / 5 / |

| 1 / / / | 5 / / / | 1 / / / | 5 / 1 / |

Notice how on line three the chord sequence is reversed for three bars then it returns to the original sequence used on line one.

Did you notice how Beethoven uses the same chord progression on line four as Be One With Your Bass Guitar Chords did on line two?

Study this template, note the simplicity, try this progression in other keys.

Although this piece of music appears to be quite complex, upon further investigation the underlying shaping forces of music become apparent. The key to learning to play guitar by ear is to take your time and notice these musical building blocks.

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