Thanks for your constructive comments - yes, playing cover songs without a band, just by myself in the basement lol

The hooktheory website is excellent - really, I suppose everything I need to learn to do this is in front of me - I just have to focus and listen more closely, and memorize more.


I want to get to the point "IF you have played for years, you usually can tell which chord is next just by the melody and "hearing" the song in your head. " - but it seems like some of my friends were there a long, long, time ago and I just haven't really progressed very far in that area.

For all the music lessons out there, I think very few focus on this as an intentional goal - of course interval training does to some extent - but it seems to be something that is not typically formally taught...unless I have missed something.

Also - hearing I-V with certain inversions is something I find difficult - if I play bar chords in the 3rd position - say C to G - I might recognize that change in other contects, But to my ear, C to G/B has an entirely different sound and feel - I can't hear the commonality unless I play the root notes...then I hear it, but not the "I-V" sound of the former. Of course, I've heard C to G/B change so many times, now I hear it in all keys....maybe it is just exposure and practice.

Last edited by Joe V; 12/24/22 10:49 AM.