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Playing By Ear

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From rfrizzle2 on 4/27/2012 8:45:36 AM

Hi Everyone Rich Freeze here from Plymouth WI. I having trouble getting stated learing by ear. My banjo teacher is playing (cording songs) and I'm trying to play along. I just am getting furistrated. I can read music and learn by tab but I want to hear the chord changes and somtimes it is just a problem. Any suggestions?

Thank you

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	From Greylock to Bean Blossom says: 4/30/2012 3:19:30 PM Look at Pete Wernicks site, he has a dvd on playing by ear. Also look at getting amazing slowdowner for your computer. It will let you slow the songs down with out changing pitch and go over and over it. It is good for learning from but also good for playing along with. The more you do it the better you will get at it. The use of tab is a never ending debate on the hangout. From my experiences tab was good for learning the basic rolls to get my fingers going different ways but I wish I had gone to learning to play by ear right away because I think tab set me way back. I will also recommend John Boulding as a teacher. He is an excellent player and teacher from North Carolina and teaches over skype. Good luck, Ken
	wrightedward says: 5/1/2012 7:07:06 AM Rich ,chord changes can be hard at first ..All of the songs on the Tab site can be slowed down to a crawl.And it helps if you can sing or just hum the song If you know the song them you will know where the changes are ..Just dont get discouraged ,you can do it
	bluetick22 says: 6/29/2012 3:54:28 PM hey, i have the same problem as you, they say i am tone deaf so i cannot play by ear ?? i do know maybe 10 tune by heart but have not learned how to chord on the banjo nor can i hear the changes // stumped in Houston but i still love to play the banjo everyday.. dan
	rfrizzle2 says: 12/2/2012 11:29:34 AM How many of you are useing the Murphy Method? Rich Freeze
	Toothless in Kentucky says: 5/19/2013 8:13:30 PM My first time here, so far I find it very interesting. As a newbie in this group I hope it's ok to make a comment. I just have to say I'm very surprised that we now have dvd, books, methods etc about playing by ear. Why? Personally the first thing I feel a player should do is throw away the teachings and learn by practicing to songs, backing tracks etc. Then always record your jams and play them back latter and screen for mistakes. ] Everyone learns differently and in different ways/rates of speed. I see complications when trying to copy a method of learning when everybody learns best in different ways. I can not see a one size fits all approach being the way to play by ear. It's about Trial and error, not books and dvds. Just my 2 cents.
	anderjoh says: 7/15/2013 5:02:26 PM I bought a Project Bluegrass CD of 15 common songs that are slowed down. I listen to it and try to play along and it helps me a lot. Frankly, I wish they were slowed down some more but it does help. Only $10! Here's the link: fiddlehangout.com/archive/30836
	TKarrow says: 1/21/2014 4:17:13 PM For those that want to slow down music while listening.. Several free media players have the capability of slowing down whatever they're playing but they aren't always good at telling you they can.. VLC media player just uses the + and - keys to speed up and slow down..
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