 How Good Are Your Ears?, perfect pitch? |
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 Mar 31 2008, 12:34 AM
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How good are your ears?
Personally I have only been around music and music theory for about 8 months now. And i really need to think about it but i believe i have developed a good sense of relative pitch I was just curious how long it takes to develop these skills and is perfect pitch something devoloped? or are you just born with it. ( I have heard both) in your post please include how long you have been studying music/playing guitar. and Discuss! Chris -------------------- QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Feb 5 2009, 03:41 AM)  When you hear something that you really like, take guitar and kill the beast. |
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Mar 31 2008, 12:54 AM
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 Instructor  Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia Member No.: 3.341 |
Well it's all very relative really. I can play and sing E note with my voice and go from there. SO I guess it's a relative pitch for now. About recreating solos, it depends how fast the solo is being played.
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Mar 31 2008, 01:43 AM
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I know the age, bloodtype, and favorite food of the musician!
Nah, my ears need training... -------------------- Gear
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Mar 31 2008, 01:49 AM
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Where is the "I hardly learn songs by ear, but I can play whatever is tabbed
 " option?hehe This post has been edited by Gus: Mar 31 2008, 01:49 AM -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Mar 31 2008, 02:02 AM
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 Learning Rock Star - Wiki Coordinator  Group: GMC Senior Posts: 8.069 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Spain Member No.: 3.338 |
Ok, ok, I know I shouldn't have chosen last option but I couldn't help it!
 I guess I'm the trial & error kind: my ears are not that good!, but I usually know after a few tries if I'm hitting the right chords, or right notes in a simple (slow) solo. -------------------- Guitars:
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Mar 31 2008, 02:11 AM
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 Learning Rock Star Group: Members Posts: 1.119 Joined: 23-December 06 From: Canada! Member No.: 1.005 |
Wow, the last one is tied for 2nd, either GMC must be full of great eared musicians!
 Or a bunch of liars ..  
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Mar 31 2008, 04:53 AM
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My ear pitch recognition is pretty weak, I can identify 5ths, octaves, 7ths ect. but thats about it.
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Mar 31 2008, 05:13 AM
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 Singing Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.391 Joined: 23-January 08 Member No.: 3.960 |
I have relative pitch...
but I have the ability to say with out looking if it is a male or female singer
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Mar 31 2008, 06:03 AM
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 Competitions Coordinator - Up the Irons Group: GMC Senior Posts: 5.461 Joined: 17-February 08 From: Stavanger, Norway Member No.: 4.276 |
I chose the second option, I coud get better
 And I agree with Nemanja about the sex of the singer
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Mar 31 2008, 02:54 PM
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 Learning Tone Guru Group: Members Posts: 790 Joined: 15-July 07 From: Ostrava Member No.: 2.318 |
Eh... Nemanja really? Look at Tokio hotel.. and tell me..
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Mar 31 2008, 03:17 PM
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I can improvise over a chord sequence without knowing the chords and I can tab out songs quite straight forward but I still have a lot to learn.
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Mar 31 2008, 05:14 PM
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 Instructor (Blind Guardian) Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.433 Joined: 5-March 08 From: Germany Member No.: 4.464 |
QUOTE (Jakub Luptovec @ Mar 31 2008, 03:54 PM) Eh... Nemanja really? Look at Tokio hotel.. and tell me.. Thats obviously a girl My ears are pretty trained since in Blind Guardian we don't write down music, we only record it and whenever we have to "look something up" (like before every tour) we don't read our songs, we just hear them. -------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
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Mar 31 2008, 08:25 PM
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QUOTE (Marcus Siepen @ Mar 31 2008, 05:14 PM) Thats obviously a girl My ears are pretty trained since in Blind Guardian we don't write down music, we only record it and whenever we have to "look something up" (like before every tour) we don't read our songs, we just hear them. You make all your songs in the studio? Doesn't that cost quite a bit? I have no ear training at all nor do i know how to do it. If someone played me a note i would have no idea what it was |
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Mar 31 2008, 09:39 PM
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 Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.270 Joined: 6-August 07 From: Girona - Spain Member No.: 2.484 |
I can identify the intervals with 70-90 (depending of the day
) because I've been practicing with some software to help my ear training. So with this skill I can know what note is played but spending lot of time and with a probability of a 50% to be 1 tone up or down... that's because I usually speak with a B note and i can know the interval between my own voice and the note played. Well I wish in few years I will be able to identify all notes fastly, but that's not too much important for me
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Apr 1 2008, 08:17 AM
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Singing Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.391 Joined: 23-January 08 Member No.: 3.960 |
QUOTE (Jakub Luptovec @ Mar 31 2008, 03:54 PM) Eh... Nemanja really? Look at Tokio hotel.. and tell me.. he he....you got me there.... -------------------- |
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Apr 1 2008, 01:51 PM
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Instructor (Blind Guardian) Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 3.433 Joined: 5-March 08 From: Germany Member No.: 4.464 |
QUOTE (steve25 @ Mar 31 2008, 09:25 PM) You make all your songs in the studio? Doesn't that cost quite a bit? Not really, we all have our little studios at home, based on Pro Tools or Logic, so when we write songs, we use those setups, and when it comes to recording our albums, we also have our own "big" studio for this, so whenever we want to record something, there is for sure a way. -------------------- Guitars: various Gibson Les Pauls / Gibson J 45
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Apr 1 2008, 02:21 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia Member No.: 3.341 |
hey Juan did you made all that progress with that GNU SOlfege that you recommended a while ago?
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Apr 1 2008, 02:36 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 4.270 Joined: 6-August 07 From: Girona - Spain Member No.: 2.484 |
yes, I'm doing this progress with the Solfege
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Apr 1 2008, 09:15 PM
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Number 1 and 3 for me.
I sometimes surprise myself though, as I find my hearing skills sometimes better than other times, meaning that sometimes I can figure out the chords and the scale by hearing the song 1 time. Other days I might have to hear it a couple of times, of course it also depends on the difficulty of the chords, if there are a lot of extended chords it usually takes some time.
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Apr 1 2008, 09:28 PM
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Instructor Group: GMC Instructor Posts: 25.396 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Belgrade, Serbia Member No.: 3.341 |
Must try solfege mysesf, it is a good one and I see it brings good to you to
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