[musictlk] Playing by ear

[Tara Briggs]

Hi! I am a flutist who learns everything by ear and I always have. What is the name of the course on barred that teaches you to learn by ear? I didn't know they offered such things. I'm very interested!

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> On Aug 2, 2017, at 2:25 PM, Mike Jolls via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> 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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