tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319536303961885687.post273371201058285693..comments2024-02-13T03:16:29.919-05:00Comments on Six String Obsession: Ear Training 101 - Figuring out chords by earJeremy Greenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14553584408958666966noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319536303961885687.post-70211272262716392012014-03-15T10:09:47.330-04:002014-03-15T10:09:47.330-04:00I also have purchased this image - as are ALL imag...I also have purchased this image - as are ALL images connected to this site. Unless you are the artist who created the image I am under no obligation to submit you proof of anything.Jeremy Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553584408958666966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319536303961885687.post-21632927255723717412014-03-15T05:23:13.015-04:002014-03-15T05:23:13.015-04:00The ear image you have used... do you have rights ...The ear image you have used... do you have rights for that? I have purchased this image. Please submit your proof of purchase or this may be considered a copyrright violationWild Buffalohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17406218134089041895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319536303961885687.post-57887322840160058752013-05-20T12:28:13.723-04:002013-05-20T12:28:13.723-04:00I really like this post and your blog. Thanks to S...I really like this post and your blog. Thanks to Sean Driscoll for having a link to your blog on his blog. Way back when l first started playing guitar and my old classmate Karl finally taught me how to play. And said early on in six months I would be playing better than him. l did not believe him at the time, but within a couple of months l was teaching him songs. And we learned "songs" together. Mostly by ear because neither one of us could read music. l myself was playing folk mass at Karl's church after three weeks of him teaching how to tune the guitar first so l could do that without his help. The learned "songs" by ear. It was not until 21 years later that l learned how to read music and started to learn the notes on the neck. And now at 63, with the off and on relationship l have with playing and learning. l am back into the learning mode. But one thing l have gone back to while trying to learn jazz standards and other tunes is playing by ear and finding how to make those chords for tunes l want to learn. Even if l have the transcription. l have made myself hear the melody in my head and play it and not worry too much about whether l got it right the first go round. l want to get and have the feeling, the essence of the tune. Sometimes all that theory really keeps me from actually learning how to play a tune. I tend now to go and listen to recordings of someone playing it and sit and figure out how to do it the "old school" way. l don't have a "Karl buddy" around yet to show me and has the patience to show me how and what to play. But l do have an online instructor my the name of Morten Faerstrand of mortenslesssons.com where l and many other receive great lessons on improvising, among other things. He is a working musician from Norway. But again, l am still going back to the way I originally learn how to play. And that is by ear. More importantly than that though is learning by the feeling the music does to you. Gets to your passions. Like when you got the hots for gal or whoever! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11750734996580089128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319536303961885687.post-91435393170190762592012-07-23T16:31:27.773-04:002012-07-23T16:31:27.773-04:00Really great to hear! Glad I am helping you out. M...Really great to hear! Glad I am helping you out. Messages like these inspire me to keep going with it. <br /><br />Really keep going with the ear training.. It is the stuff that will get you the farthest. I will definitely try to incorporate as much help with this on future posts. Thanks for that feedback.<br /><br />Not sure if you have seen it but there are some other ear training posts here. Like this one:<br /><br />http://sixstringobsession.blogspot.ca/2010/11/how-to-learn-to-play-by-ear-great.html<br /><br />You can also use the search function at the top of the page.<br /><br />CHeers!Jeremy Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14553584408958666966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3319536303961885687.post-73774304857836277102012-07-22T11:50:04.027-04:002012-07-22T11:50:04.027-04:00Great post! Playing guitar is my hobby and your bl...Great post! Playing guitar is my hobby and your blog is a huge inspiration and priceless resource. Lately I'm trying to incorporate into my practice time as much ear training as possible, but so far I've been dealing only with single note lines. Another post or two on this tough topic (ear traning in general and distinguishing chords from one another in particular) would be much appreciated! <br /><br />Best regards from Poland!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com