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How do you learn a new song?

Poll: What way do you learn a new song? (204 member(s) have cast votes)

What way?

  1. Drum tabs (47 votes [12.98%])

    Percentage of vote: 12.98%

  2. By ear (173 votes [47.79%])

    Percentage of vote: 47.79%

  3. Sheet music (59 votes [16.30%])

    Percentage of vote: 16.30%

  4. By sight(videos) (72 votes [19.89%])

    Percentage of vote: 19.89%

  5. other (11 votes [3.04%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.04%

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#1 User is offline   viva la vestal 

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Posted 10 March 2009 - 04:47 PM

just wondering what way you like to learn new songs.

personally i like to learn by ear and watch others play.
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 04:50 PM

same here. although for more complicated songs/fills I'll get the tab, just to make sure Im doing it right
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 04:57 PM

I've gotta have notation or tabs.
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 04:59 PM

I'll usually learn a song by ear, but if there's to much going on in the song, i'll get the tabs or sheet music.
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 05:04 PM

I learn as much as I can by ear, then I'll pick up a tab or sheet.
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 05:22 PM

most of the time i improvise my own parts

but in school its all sheet music
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 05:27 PM

I had to check all of the boxes :P
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 05:32 PM

What I do is tab it out myself. By the time I'm finished I already know the song and the notation makes a good record for the future when I need to relearn it.
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Posted 10 March 2009 - 11:18 PM

All of the above, although with a complex song I need notation or tabs, if I want to duplicate the original.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 01:04 AM

Since all the songs i play have no tabs for it. I play by ear and watch live versions of it to give me an idea what to hit LOL.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 03:34 AM

Ear and tabs for me too.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 04:33 AM

I love to learn by ear, but If I'm wanting to really get it down I need sheet music..Have not been able to learn tabs and apply them to the kit yet.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 05:41 AM

It's always been all "ear" for me. But now thanks to FDL, I'm learning to read (very slowly) what I've been (or should be) playing.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 05:59 AM

I usually jot a basic chart down by ear, then, once the band has decided whether we like it enough to put in the set, I'll put the time in to really learn it and nail the nuances.

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Posted 11 March 2009 - 09:45 AM

for me its mostly by ear but when i feel lazy or beaten i just watch leperm do it on youtube <_<
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 10:13 AM

mostly ear but when im stuck i go to youtube or guitar pro <_<
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 12:11 PM

I prefer to do it by ear. If there is a lot tunes to memorize I like to chart them out.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 01:25 PM

I usually do it by ear, but if I am really stuck or I'll watch others play.
I learn by hearing, seeing and doing.

Notations bother me.
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 01:48 PM

i learn by ear but i wish i could read sheet music good enought to use it in learning ne songs.
i'm not as think as you confused i am!
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Posted 11 March 2009 - 01:56 PM

never had to learn a song with anything other than my ears.
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