Originally Posted by: JFRICKI agree with you having to have a good ear to be able to play what you hear in your head. But, what if your trying to come up with a lead and your hearing finger taps or sweeps in your head? You can't play it unless you know those particular techniques, which are advanced techniques.

Yes of course, in such cases you need to know the technnique. But I think there are also some who can figure out perfectly what notes are played, but that doesn´t really have any big advantages, when they are not able to play it.