How To Find The Key Of A Song By Ear On Bass: The Intuitive Method

►► Join my 28-Day 'Ear-Opening' Challenge to "unblock” your ears and learn 20+ bass lines completely by ear - in just 28 days, and practicing just 15 minutes a day → https://becomeabassist.com/ear-openin... ►► FREE: Not sure if the key you've picked is the right one? Get the free bonus video, "Key Certainty" and make sure that you're using the right key every time → https://becomeabassist.com/how-to-fin... Knowing how to find the key of a song by ear is a huge win for ANY bass player. Once you know the key, you’ll be able to make very educated guesses for notes that are in the song. Even better though, it means that you can safely avoid notes that aren’t in that key. This means no more fumbling through tons of ‘bad’ notes hoping that you’ll eventually land on a good one. It also means you can go beyond just playing the roots of a song. If you know the key, then you can use notes from that key to: 1. Spice up ‘boring’ or ‘dull’ bass lines 2. Create bass fills 3. Improvise There’s both an art and a science to doing this, but in today’s video, we’ll be focusing on the ‘art’ side of things. Using the ‘Intuitive Method’ of finding the key doesn’t require any music theory knowledge at all. The only things you’ll need are your ears and your voice. You’ll notice that the Intuitive Method uses a lot of trial and error. This is great because if you don’t nail it the first time - it’s OK! You can keep trying until you’ve found the key of the song. If you think you’ve found it, but you’re not 100% sure it’s correct, then you can test it using the free bonus lesson: Key Certainty: How To Make Sure You’ve Found The Right Key. In there, you’ll get a process that will help you know with 100% confidence if you’ve found the key. If you haven’t, chances are you’ve made one of two mistakes that a lot of bass players make when they try to find the key. The Key Certain method ensures you won’t ever make them again. Along with the video, you’ll also get the flowchart for diagnosing the problems you could be having in finding the key - as well as the Key Cheat Sheet. This is simply all the keys with all their notes listed for you in one convenient PDF. To get the video with all the bonuses, just click the link below, fill out the form and I’ll send it straight to your email address. You can get started right now. https://becomeabassist.com/how-to-fin... This lesson is the first of 3 videos all about the different methods of figuring out the key of a song. If you’re not comfortable using your voice or you haven’t developed your ear yet, the next 2 methods might be a better fit for you. Keep an eye out for them in the next little while. Of course if you have any questions, just leave a comment below. I’d be more than happy to help you out however I can. Cheers, Luke ►► FREE: Not sure if the key you've picked is the right one? Get the free bonus video, "Key Certainty" and make sure that you're using the right key every time → https://becomeabassist.com/how-to-fin...