First of my new series of 5 Minute Guitar Exercises is a really awesome tool to help you develop your ear / hand relationship, Find Melodies You Know. It’d n…
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I took a music theory class in HS and I was absolutely horrible at
melodic dictation and sight seeing so that really scared me off from ever
trying to do stuff by ear.
I might eventually try it, but a big problem for me is fear of failure.
What if I waste too much time trying to transcribe a song and I just
realize I started at the wrong fret or I find a really accurate tab that
says I’m totally wrong. I don’t want to have to put that work in only to
discover that I wasted all that time : (.
Also I would have no way of knowing is a chord is a regular type of
chord or something special, like in Love Me Tender I might have been able
to do most of that by myself if I tried, but there’s no way in a million
years I would have known about the Gm6 in the chorus
Porque no subtitulas tus vídeos ?
Where in Australia do you live?
Some good ones that I have figured out. All in the major scale are: Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star, Mary Had a Little Lamb, Frère Jacques, When Johnny
Comes Marching Home Again (Hurrah, Hurrah). Row Row Row Your Boat, Polly
Put The Kettle On. These are all as simple as Happy Birthday and great when
you can play them. This is what I did first to get used to playing by ear
now I can figure out some decent rock riffs. This may seem kinda gay but it
is the only way I know how to start to grasp playing by ear. Do what Justin
says and it will work.
ahahaah GREAT!!! thanks Justin =)
I did it! I played Happy Birthday, not in time, but got all the notes
right!
Hi Justin, please check your microphone !
This vid sound not good (maybe also a little dully)
I had compared with other.
…its easier for Jazz musicians to do this ‘cos they play bum notes all
the time and call it…JAZZ!
Being playing for years and not tried this, definitly going to give it a
try, well explained. Thank You. : )
THIS is the most important lesson you made,I hope lot of players could
understand this, Thanks justin!
On the first go at this I played the melody from the Sesame Street theme
tune!
Really good ideas, thanks Justin.
thank so much Justin fantastic tip,all helps.
I always do this, it is most of my goal when playing an instrument is to be
able to play the things I remember. Some people are amazed I can remember
whole pieces and I tell them, well I can remember the song.
Some people try to remember notes or positions, few! man I could not do
that and remember it years later. This is almost the entire reason I play
violin. remember a tune, pick it up, play it. I think violin is much more
conducive of by-ear playing though, because you have to learn intonation by
ear the practice is built in.
But yes, this is most of the fun of playing an instrument! People say,
“play x for me!” and you go sure thing! You only need to have heard it
before yourself. No music, tabs, just sound.
This is a phenomenal exercise. Further more, listening to something or
having really engrained in your head and trying to play it, isn’t it the
foundation of transcribing your are recommending us to do so often (the
last step of the transcription of course being writing what you write on
paper)?
the most basic things are the most important one’s eh? I agree Justin. I
work at technique and boring exercise’s I have an ear for learning steely
dan, and Jeff beck stuff, but sad to say the simple stuff and playing it
right is not so easy. thanks for the tip, keep on playin’, just sayin’
Awesome thought! Thx!
Great lesson.
Now I’m trying to find in my mind, what melodies are well known by myself.
Happy Birthday of course, maybe Mission Imposible theme, maybe great theme
of Pirates of the Carribean. Maybe first notes of La Bamba Los Lobos.
(y)
Are you using a red Mexican strat?
Thanks for sounding like you really care! (I know you do!) :-)
Sounds like playing by ear, the worst problem though is knowing which
finger to use for the appropriate note. I have tiny oriental baby girl
fingers, plus there are so many tabs out there, a lot of which are
“transcribed” who is quite obviously tone deaf.
Many of the tabs for the GnR track you mention, are either wrong, or
someone has mutant length fingers. Then someone posts their seven year old
daughter, rippin it up, along with many others. its so unfair.
well done on another great tip Justin.
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You’re the BEST !!!
impossible not to love you.
<3 Justin
Justin. Could you do a lesson for fire woman by the cult please? Its a
rocker!