[musictlk] Playing by ear

[Ned O'Brien]

It's funny, in all the years I took lessons and read  music, no one ever
went over playing by ear or a method to memorize, as my vision decreased I
think the instructors never really knew how to compensate for my lack of
vision. I suddenly realized I could no longer play the organ without seeing
and reading the music. I found a course on BARD that definately makes me
learn to play by ear and memory, time will tell, but I am back to playing
ned

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 2:24 PM, Robert Moore via MusicTlk <
musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

>   Hi all,
>
>  I am not a pro musician or an instructer, however, in my opinion, every
> one
> should learn to play by ear even if they  know how to play music.
>
> After all it is all about the sound  isn't it?   I  dabbled around for too
> many years before I came to the point that I started to do basic scales
> over
> and over so many  times that   when I would hear a song I can  generally
> hear a song and some times I will  hear a simple line and will be able to
> literally picture the pateren . pick up my bass and play what I just heard.
> Now I still struggle with more complex patterns but the more I drill the
> scales, the quicker I pick up what I hear. Now if you read music all the
> better, when and where you  struggle to find the pattern, you can go to the
> music and fill in the gapps.
>
>  This is all just my opinion bassed on years of my own struggles and
> experiances.
>
> No matter how good you get, never quit spending time doing all the scales
> that you know.
>
> Hope this helps someone.
>
> Rovert
>
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