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Yes, I do..

August 20, 2019 02:56AM
I did learn how to sort of read music when I was a kid, but that's like learning another language.. if you don't practice it and use it frequently, you lose it.. and I did.. so, I've always played by ear.. Most rock songs are in the key of E or A, so like I said, I'll kind of figure out the song from memory, then tweak it by playing with the CD (iTunes really these days) or just by pulling it up on youtube because somebody somewhere has uploaded the song to youtube.. people uploading videos of the band who wrote the song performing live are sometimes good sources because you can see how the writer actually plays it..

Sometimes I wonder if there's a better way to play the song and I'll look up how other people are playing it on youtube.. Quite often those people haven't learned the song correctly, tho, so not always a good source for accuracy..



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SubjectAuthorViewsPosted

  James or sstrams

IowaRam290August 19, 2019 03:46PM

  Kinda depends..

sstrams229August 19, 2019 04:38PM

  You just learn it by ear ?

IowaRam177August 19, 2019 05:02PM

  I guess the reason I'm asking

IowaRam184August 19, 2019 05:17PM

  Yeah I can understand that..

sstrams134August 20, 2019 03:05AM

  Yes, I do..

sstrams125August 20, 2019 02:56AM

  "Solos are the biggest pain". Sooooooooooo.......

Ramgator145August 20, 2019 04:25AM

  No Gator, they see..

sstrams129August 20, 2019 05:03AM

  Encouraging because...

Ramgator162August 20, 2019 07:15AM

  It would be a..

sstrams134August 20, 2019 07:49AM

  always thought Sultans of Swing would be brutal

ferragamo79170August 20, 2019 10:45AM

  Yeah, stuff like that..

sstrams213August 20, 2019 10:56AM

  Re: Yeah, stuff like that..

Aries168August 20, 2019 06:12PM

  Alternate tunings..

sstrams131August 21, 2019 02:32AM

  Re: Alternate tunings..

Aries209August 21, 2019 06:46AM

  The sad thing is..

sstrams169August 21, 2019 09:57AM

  Re: The sad thing is..

Aries152August 22, 2019 01:38AM

  You're my boy, Aries..

sstrams130August 22, 2019 02:52AM

  Anywhere between 15 minutes and a couple days...

JamesJM178August 25, 2019 05:38PM

  Always liked the TV show , Live from Daryl's House

IowaRam130August 25, 2019 06:04PM

  you play a song everyone likes

sstrams138August 26, 2019 02:50AM

  My most embarrassing gig moments...

JamesJM131August 26, 2019 04:45AM

  That's awesome..

sstrams133August 26, 2019 05:06AM

  LOL... you reminded me...

JamesJM135August 26, 2019 05:27AM

  Yeah, I get that..

sstrams117August 26, 2019 08:03AM