[musictlk] Playing by ear

[Darnell Johnson]

I play a lot of good songs on the keyboard by ear. I like to play hip-hop, R&B, gospel, and other kinds of music. If I listen to the song, I will be able to get it. And that's the beauty of playing by ear. In fact, here in Princeton West Virginia, I have a pastor of a church who has decided to let me sing and play the song at the same time. So therefore, I really do have to learn to play by ear. And, I do it.
Our pastor wants me to learn sovereign. That is one of the best songs that I have heard from Daryl Coley, and I haven't heard it before. But now, I have. But I still need to learn it. And I have it on CD that the pastor has given me, it's just a matter of where it is in one of my C e-books.
I still have an interest in actually learning how to play a Hammond B3, or C3 Oregon. And so, when I do play the keyboard, I see the simulations, but it doesn't be playing the real Hammond. But I do play by ear on a lot of songs. And, if I'm going to play a Hammond B3, I'm either going to have to do gospel, or R&B. The Hammond B3 or C-3 is very soulful, and beautiful.
It just so happens on my Yamaha keyboard. I'm sorry let me do that again. It just so happens that on my Yamaha keyboard, I am learning the maple leaf rag by Scott Joplin. That song is actually on the keyboard, and I'm still learning it.

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> On Aug 2, 2017, at 3:57 PM, Ned O'Brien via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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