[musictlk] Playing by ear

[Mike Jolls]

You are absolutely right.  Scales, though tedious, are indespensible in improvising.  I use them all the time in church when playing with our group to throw in a lick.  Reading is also important too.  You really need both skills.

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> On Aug 2, 2017, at 2:59 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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