Getting Started With Guitar

with Lisa McCormick

Playing Guitar by Ear: Getting Started. Free Video Lesson!

Posted by on 6/30/10 • Categorized as Free Video Lessons

This free mini-lesson guides you in the
process of using basic “I, IV, V” Chord Theory
to figure out the chords to a familiar song, by ear.


This mini-lesson is a short sampler of the Basic Chord Theory that is covered in depth in the

Guitar-Ease Play-by-Ear System

The full-length program covers all the major and minor chords
in the 5 of the most commonly used keys in guitar music.

Students receive step-by-step instruction in:

  • Learning to play by ear

  • Learning to jam and improvise with chords

  • Learning to write their own original songs and chord progressions

  • Learning to figure out songs from a recording

  • Transposing songs from one key to another

Click here to find out all about the Guitar-Ease Play-by-Ear System! 

2 Comments

  1. Joseph
    July 25, 2010 • 4:28 AM

    Is it not that in the key of C we play C, F and G7 instead of G?

  2. admine
    July 25, 2010 • 1:20 PM

    Hi Joseph,

    Yes, that is frequently (but not always) the case. The “7″ in a G7 chord refers to an alteration of the standard G Major chord.
    The two are interchangeable in many circumstances, though each has its own sound-flavor.
    -Lisa