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caseyhenry - Posted - 11/21/2014: 16:35:00
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Originally posted by KidfromDeliveranceI'm a recent convert to the Murphy Method. I feel a need to apologize, or at least walk back my previous skepticism of the series which I've expressed in the forums. I had the impression that the videos were just an instructor showing the viewer the notes to a song, like pretty much every in-person instruction session would go. I didn't see how you'd call it "learning by ear" just because you left out the tab. The change came when I was following the TOTW threads, and decided to try out one of Casey's discounted videos. Once I actually learned a song this way, I realized what the method really was. It's a point that comes up in this thread - even though you're learning a pre-arranged tune (and somehow I had the idea that that meant you weren't learning by ear), I was learning the tune phrase by phrase, and when I was trying to recall a particular phrase to be able to put them together, I was thinking of how it sounded, not what it looked like, in tab or on the screen. Much more useful!
Hey Patrick,
Thanks for posting such a nice testimonial. Yes, it is kind of hard to convey just what learning by ear means if you've never actually done it before . I'm glad you can see the advantages and that it's helping you! Keep up the good work!
Casey
KidfromDeliverance - Posted - 11/23/2014: 13:34:14
Hey Patrick,Thanks for posting such a nice testimonial. Yes, it is kind of hard to convey just what learning by ear means if you've never actually done it before . I'm glad you can see the advantages and that it's helping you! Keep up the good work!Casey
Well, it's a deceptively simple format, I think. Starting out a song lesson with the tune played at speed first shows what the song should eventually sound like, and gives those browsing through the lessons a good idea if it's something they'd like to learn. And, I also found that it's a nice, quick way to review a tune you've been learning - if there's a phrase you can't quite recall, it's possible to get it back in your mind by just playing the up-to-speed version at the beginning, instead of having to search through the rest of the video. (And if the speed version is too fast to pick it up, there's the slower version right after). And the phrase-by-phrase idea fits in with the "conversational" approach to playing this kind of music that Pete Wernick talks about. I'm not quite there yet, but I certainly see how each phrase or pattern I pick up should be treated as part of a language, and I my goal is to learn how to employ this vocabulary as in everyday conversation. Then I can be in a place where I'll play a song based on what it's supposed to sound like, not just regurgitating a pre-ordained string of notes.
Anyway, I just downloaded your Xmas seasonal collection, and I hope to have a few of these down to actually be able to play for people next month.
Edited by - KidfromDeliverance on 11/23/2014 13:38:12
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