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Post subject: How Do You Learn Songs
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:04 am
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Ear or tab?

I usually go by ear because yes it takes longer, but you know it is right, compared to tabs which really just give you a general idea of how to play the song.


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:07 am
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i learn them by ear. it allows you to change parts of the song more naturally than if you learn it by tab, and then try to change it. plus, it helps you grow as a musician.


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:23 am
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I say both.I listen to the song first then I read the tab.
http://www.e-chords.com/ Is a great place to learn songs. :wink:

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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:24 am
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good call


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:25 am
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No problem. Glad I could help.

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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:30 am
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I'll always find the easy way out. Whether it's tab or by ear. Usually it's tab though.

My next method is by eye, hehe. Watching a video to see the guitarist fingers is probably the most accurate for me.


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:32 am
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[quote="Guitar_Hurricane"]I'll always find the easy way out. Whether it's tab or by ear. Usually it's tab though.

My next method is by eye, hehe. Watching a video to see the guitarist fingers is probably the most accurate for me.[/quote]

That helps to.Expecially when they use a capo.

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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:41 am
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I use a tool called Transcribe. You can slow a difficult lead down to 25% of speed while maintaining the pitch.

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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:47 am
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I don't particularly trust tab. Always by ear and tab or just by ear if no tab is available. Learning by ear is good for learning how to 'hear' not only what is being played but what you are playing. It has its drawbacks - complicated songs with lots of overlap can make it nearly impossible to pick out one guitar's parts (e.g.: Jimmy Page loves to layer track upon track of guitar/mandolin/12-string/etc., etc.)

If you are lucky enough to have a clear video of a performance that can be very useful. Most tabs are an educated guess by the notator (usually not the original composes/performer) so ymmv. Some notators are better than others. The main problem is that there are numerous ways to play the same notes on a guitar (arpeggio, tapping, same note on different strings, etc.). So, being able to see the originator perform provides a route to the most exact replication.

Piano, easy-peasy, there is one and only one key for each note and no slides/bends/harmonics/etc. Actually, so easy that there have been 'player pianos' around for over a hundred years. Don't see many of those for guitar (there is one controlled by a computer that I know of).


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:53 am
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Bye ear. I seem to be able to pick up the sounds by CDs


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Warpfield wrote:
I use a tool called Transcribe. You can slow a difficult lead down to 25% of speed while maintaining the pitch.


WinAmp has a plugin called Pacemaker which can do pitch and/or speed changes on songs. I love it because not only can you slow down the music while retaining pitch, you can also 'correct' music that is out of standard pitch (thus avoiding constant guitar retuning!). I'll even 1/2-step up the pitch when playing in standard tuning when a song is in correct 1/2-step down pitch (EVH, YJM, Jimi).


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:55 am
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Syeklops wrote:
Bye ear


You're not planning on going 'Van Gogh' on us, we hope! ;)


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Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 5:46 pm
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Hello Briddell,

I'm mostly a sheet music user,
but it can't always be trusted. :shock:

Cheers.


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Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 10:49 am
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Tab, sheet music, ear, concert video (not music video since they're not really playing there), whatever I can use to get the basic parts. Then I twist it around to my style so I never try for a note for note (or even chord for chord) copy of the original song.


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Sheet music, ear,
tabs which just someone else's guess.

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