[musictlk] Playing by ear
Robert Moore
robertjmoore at embarqmail.com
Thu Aug 3 16:54:52 UTC 2017
Tara,
Just type in Bill brown in the author
He really is fantastic.
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From: MusicTlk [mailto:musictlk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tara Briggs
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2017 9:43 AM
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Subject: Re: [musictlk] Playing by ear
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.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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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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