Comments on: Listening is The Key to Everything

By: Improve Your Guitar Skills Anywhere and Anytime - Guitar Domain

Improve Your Guitar Skills Anywhere and Anytime - Guitar Domain — Mon, 02 Nov 2020 06:35:02 +0000

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By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Tue, 26 Nov 2013 15:44:34 +0000

In reply to Alex. Hi Alex, Maybe Facebook is a good platform to find guitar players in your area. Check out "the beginners path to learning guitar" to learn where to go next. Best regards, Klaus Crow

By: Alex

Alex — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 01:55:41 +0000

Hi, this is really great article. I am playing for an year now. Till soon I didn’t have always access to internet, utube, etc. Since I have net I got really confused what to learn and focus on cause there is so much to learn.

I was also searching the web for some kind of community where you can contact and eventually play with other guitarist living near your region/area. Anyway, I couldn’t find something really helpful.

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:52:27 +0000

In reply to pewe.

Hi Pewe,

Beautifully said.

I second that, however ear training will definitely improve your guitar playing.

Thanks for sharing.
Klaus

By: pewe

pewe — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 10:56:53 +0000

Perfect pitch IMO is over estimated. Yes, it is helpful if you have to tune a guitar without any tools or to detect the key of the song also, but it won’t help you, to become a great guitar player.

That’s because the right pitch is the basic and therefore just the start of the whole thing. If you know that yellow-orange is the colour of the sun, will it make you a great painter? How much of the guitar gods do/did have a pefect pitch (less then 2%!). Even if millions of people share the same language and use nearly the same words, the speaking of every single person is unique, so is the playing of a guitar.

Use a tuner and concentrate on your very own style by improving the technique, the phrasing, rythm, expression, vibrato, bending and all such things, that will make up your guitar personality. Over time your ears will become better and better.

Don’t envy people with perfect pitch, first it’s a gift by birth and second it is NOT the automatic gate to musical creativity!

By: michael

michael — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:55:21 +0000

i dream of having perfect pitch more than anything, but sadly im afflicted with tone deafness, ive played for nearly 25yrs, and i mean ive put the hard work in. i learnt to read music from various library books, when one book left me with questions, i sought the answers from other library books, and as from the 2nd year of my learning up until this day i can still easily kill 6 hours of spare time by losing myself in playing. but my hearing hasnt improved to any degree, i still struggle to tune up a guitar as i cannot tell when the two notes sound the same, i can tell when its not in tune tho. i worked out the reason, as in like you say, im not listening properly. an artist once said to a student who couldnt draw very good, everybody can draw, you are just not looking properly…. great site, glad i also stumbled upon it

By: Ignited We Stand

Ignited We Stand — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 21:01:48 +0000

You have got to train your ear or have a natural ability in order to be a great guitarist. Much like a singer a trained ear is key.

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:29:19 +0000

In reply to Rustee.

Hi Rustee,

“Earmaster 5” seems like a really nice program too. I’m going to check it out soon. It’s not for free, but the reviews are really good.

Klaus

By: Rustee

Rustee — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 06:14:09 +0000

Stumbled this myself. Sound advice (pun!). Regarding the listening to chord types, I might also suggest certain ear training programs, like gnu solfege. It’s a great free program that will test you on different interval and chord types, among other things.

By: Klaus Crow

Klaus Crow — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:07:02 +0000

In reply to Cat S.

Hi Cat,

Thanks for subscribing.

Great to hear that musicians from every corner are reading Guitarhabits. I feel blessed.

You’re right music is really everywhere!

Kind regards,
Klaus Crow