Online course · Without Tabs
Stop reading tabs.
Play what you hear.
A short video course for guitarists who freeze the moment the tab runs out. Learn to find the key, work out a melody phrase by phrase, and play it back — then practise every lesson on real tunes in the Ear Warrior app, which checks each note you play on its fretboard.
Sound familiar?
- You know dozens of songs — as long as the tab is open.
- At a jam someone says “it’s in G, just follow” — and your hands stop.
- You hear a melody you love and have no idea where it starts on the neck.
That’s not a missing talent. Playing by ear is a skill, and it’s trained like one: short lessons, then the same loop over and over — hear it, find it, check it.
After the course you can
- Find the key of a song in under a minute
- Work out a melody inside one pentatonic box
- Hear a tune as 1-2-3, not as random frets
- Play the same melody in 3 positions and other keys
- Name a chord progression by numbers: 1-5-6-4
- Take a whole song from first listen to played — no tab
The program
- 0
Your ear is a skill Dec 5
Why tabs keep you stuck, relative vs perfect pitch, and your first melody worked out in 10 minutes.
- 1
Sing it and you’re halfway there Dec 5
Hear where a melody goes — up or down, step or leap — and hold a phrase in your head instead of replaying it.
- 2
One box, the whole melody Dec 5
Find the home note on one string, then work out melodies inside a single pentatonic box.
- 3
Degrees, not frets Added free
Hear melodies as 1-2-3… and recognise the main intervals through songs you already know.
- 4
The melody all over the neck Added free
Play one tune in 3–4 positions and move it to another key by shifting the shape.
- 5
What’s under the melody Added free
Major or minor by ear, bass note first, and progressions by numbers instead of the circle of fifths.
- 6
A whole song, start to finish Dec 5
Key → chords → melody → bends and slides. From the first listen to a played song.
- 7
The jam Added free
Find the key in 10 seconds and play the vocal line as a solo over a track you’ve never heard.
Modules marked “Dec 5” are in the first release. The rest are added as they’re recorded, free for everyone who bought.
How it works
Founding price
- The video course — first release on December 5, 2026, new modules added free
- 3 months of Ear Warrior Premium
- Lifetime access to the course and every update
- 30-day money-back guarantee, no questions asked
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Pay nothing now. On launch day you get one email with a payment link at $49. No card needed to reserve.
Questions
Do I need to know music theory?
No. You need a few chords and to be able to play something from a tab. Every bit of theory in the course comes with a shape on the neck and a tune to try it on.
I think I just don’t have an ear.
Almost nobody starts with one. Playing by ear uses relative pitch — hearing the distance between notes — and that is trained, not born. Module 0 gets you your first melody in ten minutes.
When do I pay?
On December 5, when the course opens. You get one email with a payment link at your $49 price. If you don’t want it anymore, ignore the email — nothing happens.
Acoustic or electric?
Either. The course is about the fretboard and your ear, not the instrument.
What if it doesn’t work for me?
Write within 30 days of buying and you get your money back in full.
Does the app listen to my guitar?
Not yet: you answer by tapping the notes on the app’s fretboard, and it checks each one. Practising on the real guitar is part of every lesson.