> "Mark Bedingfield" <atari030@nomorespampleaseoptusnet.com.au> wrote in
> message news:486ebb9e$0$13948$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au...
>> lookwhereallthistalkinggotusbaby@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> I've always been amazed how somebody can sit down and tune their
>>> guitar without a tuner? Or how somebody can sit down and hear a
>>> fairly simplistic riff in a song and fret it on their axe within a
>>> minute or two?
>>>
>>> Now, I'm sure it took a lot of practice to get to that level, but what
>>> steps did these guys take in their practice to get to that point?
>>> What exercises will help me identify notes, chords, key I hear in a
>>> song within a minute or two? Perhaps it's not as easy as they make it
>>> look, but I want to get there. I understand playing mechanics pretty
>>> well now, but when it comes to tone, I'm lost like the wayward
>>> son. :-)
>> Tuning and learning are 2 different things. I can learn by listening,
>> sometimes even pick the key. But I can't tune bottom E from ear. Tho I
>> sometimes get quite close.
>>
> Mark, how do you know that you get close to tuning the E, do you check
> with a tuner and find that it is still out or what?
> For me if I cant tune the E it is usually due to the heat, humidity, age
> of the string, crappy winder etc, but I always can hear when its in or not.
I don't know how, but I can usually get within a tone at least. I
actually find the D string easier too. I just guess. I always check with
a tuner. Wouldn't risk it by ear.
Mark Bedingfie…
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