Learning songs by ear

[Hunte]

Hello, so this is my first time asking for help so I’m sorry if this question is confusing but I’ve recently been trying to learn songs by ear (for the past few months) I’ve gotten a few songs down by humming the song then playing it but I feel like there’s a better way are there any tips on how to do it? I also don’t have perfect pitch so I don’t know how to get “the next best thing”

 

[Aaron_Turner]

You don’t need perfect pitch to learn songs by ear, just find the wrong notes, and that should lead you to the right notes

 

[MAKALUKKEN]

try to get the bass line down. Then in most cases you will have the root notes, and you can build from there

 

[William B.]

I'm not good at learning songs by ear but I like to slide (mostly) up and down the guitar and listen for what sounds nice to me

 

[Xzavier471]

It'll get really easy and become second nature the more you do it