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This box set is loaded with movie themes, Yiruma, and some advanced Jazz! This set includes pieces at both intermediate and advanced levels so you can use it for a few years as you advance in skills on the piano. This set contains eleven hours of high quality piano instruction, by a world-class teacher, taught entirely “By Ear!”

Learn every guitar riff and lick to this Alvin Lee and George Harrison hit completely “by ear”. In this lesson, you start with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed lesson by Bill Brown teaching the rhythm guitar part and the slide and fingered solos (all seven of them). Because the entire lesson is taught “by ear”, you learn it faster and you memorize it as you go. At the end of the lesson, there are three versions of the backing tracks to practice and perform with.

Add a little rock to your Christmas this year with this Brenda Lee hit. This piano by ear lesson starts with a full demonstration of the arrangement and then teaches it all the way through without any music, print, or video.

In this quarter hour lesson you will learn the basic techniques and terminology of banjo playing that will allow you to jump right in to the Banjo by Ear lessons. This all-audio tutorial covers things like strings, frets, tuning, hammer-ons, pull-offs, and more. Completing this lesson will make it easier for you move through the other Banjo by Ear lessons since you will have most of the foundational techniques already “under your belt.” This lesson is taught completely “by ear” using no tab, music, or video.

Now you can feel the coolness of playing this awesome song! In this lesson, you will learn both the rhythm and lead guitar parts to this hit TV theme without reading music or tab. A full demonstration of the song is given at the beginning followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson taught in two to four measure sections. At the end of the lesson, three different versions of the backing track are supplied for live performance! This is a level two lesson.

You will learn both the Telecaster and Epiphone Casino guitar parts in this “by ear” lesson. At the beginning of the lesson there is a full demonstration of the song to listen to and practice with followed by a detailed all-audio lesson on every lick of every section for both guitar parts. At the end of the lesson there are three different versions of the backing tracks to play along with. This lesson is rated at a beginner or intermediate level depending on which guitar part you are attempting to learn.

Learn some great blues licks with some new phrasing in this guitar by ear lesson. The lesson begins with a full demonstration performed by Bill Brown, followed by the detailed all-audio instruction that lets you learn songs quickly and easily. The entire song is broken down into individual phrases and there are three versions of backing tracks to play along with once you learn the song! This lesson is rated at a level two difficulty.

In this “by ear” lesson, you will learn a neo-classical arrangement of “The Sound of Silence”. This solo is based upon the '60s pop hit by Simon and Garfunkel. This lesson begins with a full demonstration of the song to listen to and play along with. Then, each phrase of the song is taught “by ear” in detail so you learn it quickly and memorize it as you go.

In this Piano by Ear box set, you will find a great mix of lessons covering Disney, jazz, pop, and patriotic favorites. No arrangement in this set goes above an intermediate level, so this group is suitable for most adults who have been playing regularly for two years or more. From “Beauty and the Beast” to “Havah Nagilah”, this is one fun and eclectic batch of great piano solos!

Ed Sheeran’s “Perfect” makes a wonderful fingerstyle guitar solo and you can learn how to play it completely “by ear”! This lesson starts with a full demonstration of the solo and is then followed by a detailed lesson teaching every note and phrase without music, tab, or video.

Over 500 years of great hymnology is represented in this Piano by Ear box set! This collection contains over 15 hours of high quality instruction teaching late beginner to intermediate level arrangements of some of the best known standards. This set also includes six volumes from the EZ Solos Traditional Hymns series, where you learn a simple solo and accompaniment to several hymns in each volume. This set is perfect for the beginner to intermediate level student who loves hymns.

In this lesson, you learn all of the rhythm and lead guitar parts of this 21 round blues solo extravaganza! The level two lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song and then teaches every rhythm and lead riff and lick of both Vaughan and King. At the end of the lesson are backing tracks in three different configurations to perform with. If you are serious about the blues then you definitely need to work through this lesson.

Duane Allman was the master of slide guitar and this solo clearly shows off his expertise. This is played and taught on a standard guitar with the strings raised up to typical slide-playing-height. The guitar is in open E tuning. The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the solo and then teaches the song (all five verses) phrase by phrase, completely “by ear”.

This Eric Clapton hit makes a beautiful piano solo and in this lesson you can learn it completely “by ear.” The lesson starts with a complete demonstration of the song, with backing tracks, and is then taught completely by ear in two- to four-measure sections. Backing tracks are included with the lesson to perform with once you have learned this arrangement.

This box set contains lessons on modern guitar solos in both flat-pick and fingerstyle. This package contains over 25 hours of high-quality instruction of the songs and styles of artist like Duane Allman, Tommy Emmanuel, Albert King, and George Benson. There are also several fingerstyle solos that were specially arranged by Bill Brown for his private students. All of these are taught completely “by ear” so you can learn them just about anywhere and any time.

This fun and upbeat Christmas standard is an easy one to add to your repertoire when you learn it “by ear”! The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the arrangement followed by a detailed, note-by-note description of the entire song.

In this eclectic Piano by Ear box set, you will get a great education in the key composers for the piano at varying levels of difficulty. All of these titles were hand-selected by Bill Brown in order to give the student all the basic skills needed to play more complex classical pieces while at the same time giving them an enjoyable and recognizable list of songs to play. These songs are all taught “by ear” using no print, music, or video.

This Piano by Ear box set is designed for the late-intermediate to early advanced-level student who loves all classical music. All of the great piano composers are represented in this set, including Mozart, Chopin, Mendelsshon, Tchaichovsky, Schubert, and more. There is also the lesson on the entire Beethoven piece “Fur Elise”, which is an hour and a half long! This is a great package for the serious classical piano student.

Bach’s affinity towards this piece was its development of consistent arpeggio playing in both hands. There are also plenty of partial scale passages to develop adjacent finger coordination as well. The lesson starts with a full demonstration followed by a detailed “by ear” lesson breaking the entire song down into two to four measure sections.

This haunting Porter Wagoner hit makes a wonderful piano arrangement and you can learn this one completely “by ear”! The lesson starts with a full demonstration of the song followed by a detailed note-by-note description of how to play the song, including the fingering.