Playing things by ear


Zeppelin
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Zeppelin
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07/11/2001 7:29 pm
ok i'm playing for almost 3 years now, can play 70% of the stuff i hear, but i'm totaly helpless when it comes to playing songs or solos by hearing, in the good cases i can hit 50-60% of the notes right, in bad case i cant at all
can anyone please give me a good advice how can i improve my hearing?

"They think im crazy..
but i know better.
It is not I who am crazy.
It is I who am mad.."

ren hoek
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Martin Spaans
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Martin Spaans
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07/13/2001 11:55 am
I listen to the solos over and over on my discman on my way to work or when i have nothing else to do.
The solo must be in your head.
Then i sit and listen and repeat little peaces of the solo.
You also can record the solo on the computer and select a piece of the solo and play in in a loop and play along.
In the beginning it takes awhile but after doing this over and over it gets easier. For the chords in the song you first must find out the bass notes, if you got them you can try differenet chords that match the bassnotes. For me the chors are then hardest parts. The solo is just listening over and over.
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skee1
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skee1
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07/13/2001 6:23 pm
I agree with Martin some what if your trying to copy,
some one else's solo's or songs.
I think one of the hardest things to find when your,
useing your hear to copy solos or songs is the octave,
of the note the other person is playing out of.
Plus the fingering thier useing.
Any more if i can hear the note i can play the same,
note.but that come's from playing more than 3 years.
If your getting 50 or 60 percent of the notes right,
thats not bad for only playing 3 years.
Make sure you try to match your note against the note,
the person is playing untill you think they sound the same.
The bass notes are easer to find when useing your hear,
but when the other person is playing on the B or high E
Strings then its real easy to play the wrong octave of,
his notes.
Plus experiment with other fingerings the guy could be,
playing almost backwards to the way you finger your notes.

Mark

yours truly Mark Toman
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