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Playing By Ear

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We got a lot of great players already in this group and a lot of them play by ear so if ya want to learn this is the place

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From Boog on 1/31/2011 9:02:49 AM

Great idea for a group. I don't have anything against tab, but most of what I play doesn't have any banjo tab. I think playing by ear is a good way to free yourself up to create your own musical ideas.

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John Kuhn says: 1/31/2011 9:17:17 AM HERE HERE!!!!!!. Yeah Boog, I doubt VERY seriously any TAB exists Boogman arrs'..LOL
	TG says: 1/31/2011 6:32:08 PM I been playing about 9 years and ever song has been by tab. and when playing some songs I have to use tab to play. How do I go about learning by ear? It just has not click!
	rickshunter1 says: 1/31/2011 6:56:41 PM Amen Boog! I hope to be at the point one day myself
	Boog says: 1/31/2011 7:43:38 PM Hi TG What I do is figure out the chords first and then just the simple melody and adjust the chord positions to fit. Lastly I add fills depending on what rolls I use. I've just added Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah" to the linked content as an example of the above. There are probably may ways of doing it ... this is just what I do. :)
	dflowers says: 2/1/2011 8:53:00 AM I surprise myself a lot. I listen to the classics of Earl and the other old timers. When I sit down to play, sometimes the tune comes to me from "somewhere". It gives me a feeling of accomplishment and satisfaction.
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