[musictlk] Playing by ear

Ella Yu ellaxyu at gmail.com
Thu Aug 3 17:00:03 UTC 2017


I learn everything by ear too, unless I can track down braille music
for it, which is rare. I think playing by ear is a good musical skill
to have, even if you're sighted and non-dyslexic.

On 8/3/17, Robert Moore via MusicTlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>  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
> via MusicTlk
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> Subject: Re: [musictlk] Playing by ear
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> 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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