[musictlk] playing piano by ear

[Chris Nusbaum]

Kelsey,

I play piano by ear, and have always been able to do it. I think it's more
of a natural thing. It would be interesting to hear the experiences of
anyone who has been able to learn to play by ear after having not been able
to do it in the past.

Chris

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Subject: Re: [musictlk] playing piano by ear

Well, I'm a composer, so I might be biased. I can listen to a song with
absolutely no piano in it and manage to turn it into a piano piece. I just
think about what would make it sound good as a piano piece and play it that
way. Kind of like when I compose something original; I make sure everything
is finely woven together, like a perfect web.
Tyler Z
On Sun, 31 May 2015 13:31:06 -0400, Kelsey Nicolay via musictlk wrote:


>Hello,
>I know many people (sighted and blind) who can hear a song a few times 
>and immediately figure out the chords to play it on piano.
>I took lessons and learning by rote, but my teacher had the sheet music 
>and was telling me what notes to play.  However, I'd like to be able to 
>play piano without sheet music since it is a lot of work to get it 
>transcribed.  Therefore, I am curious as to how people can play any 
>song without even looking at sheet music.  I know many of the songs on 
>the radio today use several instruments in addition to the piano, so 
>it's hard to pick out the chords.
>Therefore, does an acoustic recording help?
>Thank you,
>Kelsey Nicolay
>
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