I`m new here, and looking at all the msgs everyone`s like looking for scores or talking about classical pieces off the top of their heads...
So what do you think of playing by ear ie hearing a song and being able to play it?
Personally i can`t sightread any sheet music unless its in c major...
but i can listen to a tune and then play it.

is tat lke bad or good
lke u cant play hard pcs
but i think u haf a gift i mean i cant play w/o lking at sht music
nic

The hardest classical piece i`ve got through to the end was probably fur elise. Or maybe turkish march.
I wouldn`t even think of the concertos.
The good thing is I just heard Shania Twains Gonna Getcha good and I can play that...
And the mariah carey and vanessa carlton songs everyone seems to want here... well i played those without the score.
So depends. I think its kind of limiting for me though

I play by ear becoz I learnt piano after years of guitar But I know like, 4 diff chords altogether so I gotta say my playng sounds really unimaginative

how do you learn chords without looking at sheet music?

what if the song isnt easy, like billy joel?
havent been able to get thru the sheet music for "for the longest time", its hard because its supp 2 b acapella!

Hi Mark,
Wow so there are people like me who can`t read... or can you
what songs do you know...

Talk about coincidence...
well i played for the longest time and uptown girl a few weeks ago when they sang them on american idol...
how does it look like on paper... i played it with a 2 finger chord for the accompaniment to make it sound like people harmonizing.
my next project is getting through the horrible key change in Elton John`s i guess that`s why they call it the blues

Anyone know where I can find Alicia keyes falling? Pleeeze send me a copy I just hafta learn how to play it lke she doez

i always thought that was a really hard song to play because it was in a minor key... but i figured out the left hand it`s a riff... i can show you how i did it in e flat...

Especially contemporary songs... i`d like to know because personally i find it really hard
i have the score for elton john`s i want love and it took about one page a day... horrible because i had to keep going back and marking all the notes... can`t sight read for nuts...

I suggest you learn to read. It`ll be incredibly important, expecially if you wish to finish music school (and even if you`re not pursuing that goal it`d still be a good thing).
You won`t always be able to do stuff by ear... Especially if the song you choose is complicated.
Reading sheet music isn`t as hard as it looks. It doesn`t come naturally, though...
Practice makes perfect You`ll get used to it soon.

I dunno how to play by ear. But m a terrific sight reader, have conquered 19 page classical pieces with ease.
I guess its subjective, I would luv to be able to play by ear

Angel

hi olga,
that`s very true... esp if the song has some weird minor chord or major key change.
learning to read is very slow and luckily i`m just playing for leisure... but it still amazes me when i hear people handling big complicated looking chords. wow.
do you just remember the notes from where you read them or do you "read them each time you play...

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dont u start reading b4 u learn 2 play/
i did as a kid
doesnt every1 do tt i mean o/rwise how do u noe wat key is which/