I need help!

[littlekenny]

I need some help guys, whenever I try to figure something out by ear I can never nail what the other guy is doing. It's like there's waaaayy too many options and I can never find something that sounds right. Any suggestions/tips/anything?

[GuitarEnZo12]

I need some help guys' date=' whenever I try to figure something out by ear I can never nail what the other guy is doing. It's like there's waaaayy too many options and I can never find something that sounds right. Any suggestions/tips/anything?[/quote']

 

Do you know all of the Notes on your fret board and the locations? If you don't I suggest you learn that, then practice it. You know what I'm talking about or do you need me to explain it? Ear training. Alot of that will come over time and practice too.

 

Oh I just noticed it was you Kenny, watup!?

[Gibson CS]

just keep rippin away

soon you will know where every note on the frebord is, and when you combine scales, in the right key, finding the chords, or note will be easy

[hi13ts]

Circle of Fifths. Or just do the Tonic, Sub-dominant, and Dominant. Usually, you'll find a close enough sound if not the exact chord/note the player is playing.

[GuitarEnZo12]

just keep rippin away

soon you will know where every note on the frebord is' date=' and when you combine scales, in the right key, finding the chords, or note will be easy[/quote']

 

Why can't I put it that simply? lol

[AXE®]

9 times out of 10 it's easier than it sounds ...

 

Keep it in the boxes ...

[Gibson CS]

idk

but when my guitar playing was G,D,C opens chords, and the boogie woogie, i knew that i needed to get awesome @ guitar

 

so i played until my fingures became calloused

now my fingures are soo calloused, that they are soft???

 

how does that work

[surfpup]

Try not to get frustrated. It takes time. Some are born with an amazing ear and this comes naturally to them. The rest of us have to work at it. I can vividly remember feeling exactly as you are now, but it got easier. As Axe said, it's usually simpler than it seems.

 

Tips:

 

1- Make sure you're in tune with the recording.

2 - Isolate one part of the playing to work on a riff, lick, etc. Get it in your head firmly.

3 - Then try to play it, slowly but with accurate timing.

4 - Sometimes singing the notes helps too.

5 - Once you have part of it figured out, the rest will come easier.

6 - And if you don't know the pentatonic major and minor yet, learn them immediately!

[ChanMan]

It really is familiarity with the fretboard. If it is a lick you need, slow the recording down and listen note for note.

 

Otherwise, everything Surfpup said...

 

 

EDIT** oh... except I am one of "those people"... sorry?

[littlekenny]

thanks a bunch guys, seriously. Yeah I know all the notes on the fretboard and where they are and I can usually figure out what key the song is played in, I guess I just need to keep at it (and follow surfpup's tips).

[surfpup]

I guess I just need to keep at it (and follow surfpup's tips).

 

Ahhh, such a wise young man! Seriously that is the key, have persistence and reasonable goals. If it were easy anyone could do it, right? Some of the things you think are hard now, will be easy next year. Just remember when you first started ... everything was difficult.

 

One more tip... if you can, find someone better than you and play with them. Stealing is a huge help! Something that takes hours to nail in your bedroom can be shown to you in minutes by an experienced player who is wiling to help out.