Hmm how do you all practise your ear? how long did it took you to actually get it? when you hear the strings you know it's A D G or E, I think the most crucial part in being a guitarist is actually ear traning...

Anyone of you that has already this skill, mind to explain how you gotten it? and how long it took you?

This post has been edited by Anime-FAN: Mar 5 2008, 08:42 AM

im not so sure about this, but can guitarist really tell which note people is playing? unless they are playing in clean mode, else i think hard to tell.

besides, every guitar have unique sound...

This post has been edited by jikolo: Mar 5 2008, 09:57 AM

I dunno. I just picked it up when I just played.
But then again, I've been playing since 1997

training..do escape of using tabs..its not recomended if u play any instrument..

there is no exact training for ear..but the way u do by finding chords for songs u like..just a few example if u want to have ears like that..

but..sumtimes a persons cant do..natural human abilities..

First you need to get bitten by a guitar.. Or just get jabbed through your 5 fingers by the high E string of the guitar..

Then you'll faint.

Pagi esok bangun, realize you have super abilities .. One of which is, perfect ear training.

Why I know? ... Because I'm part of Area 69 .......... jeng jeng jeng.

its called "perfect pitch", when you can recognize any note by just hearing it.

you either have it, or you don't. learning it is possible, but it requires hours and HOURS of playing your axe EVERYDAY.

I know a guy who has it, and damn do i hate him. learns stuff so damn fast.

tat is provided they play in clean mode? what if they put on those pedal effects and such? or the people that play have weak finger?

lol still doesn't matter bro, even with those thong thong whatever whatever thing, whammy, pedal, amp, capo, ppl that plays alot or considered good can still recognize the sound of it.

Man, when can I be like one of them? SIGH.

This post has been edited by Anime-FAN: Mar 10 2008, 12:15 AM

I asked my pianist friend before, and he told me only like 1 in 10 pianist can do so, its like a talent. (Cause before this i though every pianist can do so)

I still can hardly tell which note it is yet, not accurate

This post has been edited by akira de aimbuster: Mar 10 2008, 01:05 PM

i cant even tell. lol. i dun bother to learn tat, gah, so much to learn, so lil time

many ppl can do this, just dont too rely on tabs, and start figure it the chords, then slowly practice and learn, it takes time, but worth it..

btw... i cant...

Anime-FAN, bring ur thumbdrive to your next lesson. i have an audiobook on ear training. i havent really gone through it but prob just pass to u to see if it helps.

no offence...but i think malays are DAMN good at this

This post has been edited by mingdynasty: Mar 10 2008, 07:16 PM

no offence either to anyone out there, but I'm not so convinced on this one just yet.
large majority of malaysian players that i meet (chinese, indian, malay, whatever) tend to focus so much on the technical side of playing that they lack feel and groove.

sure, you can play malmsteen, vai, petrucci, satriani.
Sure, you can shred at 200bpm.

But if there's no feel/groove/"touch" behind the music, I think it sounds completely worthless.