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The Pessimist 
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 Topic: The piece(s) you are learning at the moment...
Posted: June 07 2008 at 15:26 |
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Learning by ear can be a bitch, especially when it defies a few harmony laws like Cinema Show. I will actually try the transcribing method, it never came to mind before but it seems like an effective idea.
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Luke. J
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 09:58 |
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The problem is: I hear something, write it down, listen again, and think it is wrong. Means I could write down at least a dozen of variations for each melody. Simply have not talent. At the moment, I am quite frustrated by four different piano melodies in Marillion's "Lavender".. either I need practice or good luck..
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 06:01 |
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^When you try to learn a song by ear, do you transcribe it as you listen to it?
That really helps, ever since I started transcribing, I can figure out the music quicker and allows me to remember it better to.
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Luke. J
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Posted: June 06 2008 at 00:31 |
No. One of my father's friends got a copy of "The Way We Walk - The Longs (Keyboard edition)" or something like that. It has a more easy version in the Medley part, entitled "Firth of Fifth Solo".
I am miserable at learning by ear. Tried this once with "Space-Dye Vest" but failed so badly..
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: June 04 2008 at 18:20 |
 kibble_alex wrote:
Luke. J wrote:
-Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
-La petite file de la mer by Vangelis (excuse my miserably French ;))
-Firth of Fifth solo by Genesis
-random Schumann/Bach
On piano/keyboard
As my guitar-playing is worse than miserable, at the moment what I am learning is.. some 4 chord songs.. |
that is somewhat more advanced than anything Oasis can play... how are you finding the Firth solo?
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Before he replies, I'm guessing he's learning it by ear
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The Pessimist
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Posted: June 01 2008 at 14:15 |
Luke. J wrote:
-Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
-La petite file de la mer by Vangelis (excuse my miserably French ;))
-Firth of Fifth solo by Genesis
-random Schumann/Bach
On piano/keyboard
As my guitar-playing is worse than miserable, at the moment what I am learning is.. some 4 chord songs.. |
that is somewhat more advanced than anything Oasis can play... how are you finding the Firth solo?
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Luke. J
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Posted: June 01 2008 at 07:51 |
-Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
-La petite file de la mer by Vangelis (excuse my miserable French ;))
-Firth of Fifth solo by Genesis
-random Schumann/Bach
On piano/keyboard
As my guitar-playing is worse than miserable, at the moment what I am learning is.. some 4 chord songs..
Edited by Luke. J - June 06 2008 at 00:32
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Statutory-Mike
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Posted: June 01 2008 at 00:41 |
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I'm learning Dream Theater's "Ytse Jam", and writing originals as well. Both guitar.
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laplace
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Posted: May 26 2008 at 15:25 |
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I've being learning the piece "Lilium" by, um, 小西香葉、近藤由紀夫. it's the opening theme to an anime (a fairly shameless one) and it's based on really simple stuff like kyries. but then I'm a simple, punky keyboard player, with no technique to speak of. ;P I've been practising it for so long that I've started to improvise on it and I've memorised the few latin lyrics.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: May 26 2008 at 15:18 |
Poser wrote:
And anything Handel is much fun to play, good stuff.
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Indeed it is, i've always found his keyboard works to be grossly underated in the classical world. most consider them to be "easy" to play, however i beg to differ: they are the oposite i find, a real challenge.
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"Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value."
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Passionist
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Posted: May 26 2008 at 03:54 |
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I guess that'll be Tico Tico and La Gaticayou know, just random latin pieces. Mostly I just play my own songs or make more, but some nice flamenco is great if you're trying to impress girls.
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Petrovsk Mizinski
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Posted: May 25 2008 at 23:25 |
Always with Me, Always with You by Joe Satriani
Even thought it's one of his least "technical songs" he's always one of those guys that makes his slow pieces more challenging by adding in nuances that are hard to capture. So far I'm about 1 minute into the song.
Ghost Host by Buckethead
It's got some tricky lines in the guitar solo, and there a few bits of the rhythm guitar I haven't figured out yet, but I'm at least 50 per cent done on it overall.
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Poser
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Posted: May 25 2008 at 22:10 |
Lately I'm working on (on piano)
Opening Move - Gryphon
Jordrök - Änglagård
Rhayader - Camel
Doodling with some key solos from Caravan
And anything Handel is much fun to play, good stuff.
Maybe I'll mention that on guitar I am utter crap, like usual. Let's go find that flute lying around somewhere...
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Leningrad
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Posted: May 25 2008 at 20:53 |
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Hmm, I've been trying to figure out all the nuances of 'Archangels Thunderbird' by Amon Düül II on guitar. I think that's it, really, mostly I've just been working on bringing up the speed of my solos.
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Posted: May 25 2008 at 16:26 |
N Ellingworth wrote:
I've not tried to learn anything for ages, I'm having too much fun writing my own music. 
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same here. It's too much fun! though I wouldn't learning something from somebody else.  it gives me new ideas.
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N Ellingworth
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Posted: May 25 2008 at 14:01 |
I've not tried to learn anything for ages, I'm having too much fun writing my own music.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: May 25 2008 at 12:50 |
Which piece or pieces of music are you getting your head down with bat the moment? any genre you like  KEYBOARDS Sheep - Pink Floyd Subdivisions - Rush Rhapsodie in Eb Major Op.119 - Johannes Brahms (very very difficult) Sonata in G - Handel Impromptu in B minor op.5 - Sibelius GUITARS Tetragrammaton - The Mars Volta Mood For A Day - Steve Howe Minuano - Pat Metheny A few Minuets by J.S. Bach You're turn
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