![]() The second ten fiddle tunes, after the first ten, are easier because it. One does get a phrase collection in one's head. If I learn a tune in the wrong key, according to whomever, I just move it over to the correct key. I didn't know transposing was a big deal. ![]() Then when you get your mandolin in hand, the first note is nowhere to be found.Ĭan you pick and listen to an open D string and then slide the whole tune to where it ends in D? Of course not every tunes ever written is in D. There's the thought if you can hum it or whistle it, you should be able to play it.īut the crux of that is, if what you hear is in a hard key, or slightly sharp or flat, you have to malleable enough adjust.įor example, you hear Soldiers Joy. So you have to be able to noodle up and down at least two octaves of scale.īut make no mistake, these are building blocks of melody. Starting with an open G, D, or A string can you walk your way up and/or down a major scale? I could say that's all you need, but it's not true. When I type, doe-ray-me-fa-sol-la-tee-doe, do you hear a major scale in your mind? I don't know if we're born with it, but I think July Andrews has planted the major scale intervals firmly into most of our heads: This will train the ear to transpose heard sounds to the fretboard, the fundamental skill of ear playing. This is hard work, and I'm just starting out on it, but it's really the way to train your ear to your own singing and playing. Learn the riff any way you can, but listen to it as you play it. Learn one and then transpose it into all the keys. These are little combination of notes that you can use over and over to fill out a tune. Listen to what appeals to you and practice that.įinally, learn riffs. Experiment with different note combinations in a scale and different ways to put those notes together (different rhythms, tempos, time). Tedious, but worth the effort.Īnother thing that helps a lot is noodling on your instrument. Work up from single notes to passages (these tend to identify themselves to you in a tune), and finally whole sections and then songs.This all involves sitting with an instrument and listening to very short sections of songs. ![]() This is hard for me, but it does come with practice. I'd suggest working on sounding a note either with your voice or instrument (or, better, both). This doesn't connect the data to playing an instrument or singing very well. There are apps for this, Al, but most train the ear to hear intervals.
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