https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:16:26 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196494 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 03:09:10 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Number6 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196494 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196479 Fri, 01 Sep 2006 02:14:25 +0000 I've got the Tascam trainer and use it to loop the sections I'm trying to learn. Sure beats using vinal . I'm also well versed in music theory so I believe what y'all say. But it still seems unbelievable to me that someone COULD learn a Stevie Ray or Joe Satriani solo by ear. Well, I've never really spent time on Joe Satriani, have learned a little SRV by ear, but the toughest guitar I ever learned by ear was the Band of Gypsies album by Jimi Hendrix. I spent literally months going over each song. I never did learn to play Machine Gun well, but I think I learned every other song on this album pretty much note for note. There were no players to slow down music then, you just had to listen over and over and try to figure out how Hendrix did it. I'll tell ya, that was some DIFFICULT guitar. If you've never heard this album give a listen, it is Hendrix at his very best. All live, no studio tricks. This album is Hendrix's finest IMHO and will show you just how great he really was.

One thing that wasn't mentioned was effects. Effects can make learning a solo difficult. Sometimes a player is using delay that will make the player sound twice as fast as they are really playing. So if you hear an effect take that type of thing into consideration and try to determine what the player is really playing. Lots more effects used today, so that might make learning a solo a little more difficult.

And a negative to copying solos is you get to sounding like that player. I copied Hendrix so long that I sounded just like him when I played, and still do to a great degree. Some might think that is good, but I really don't want to sound like anybody but me. So, don't fixate on one player like I did. We already had a Hendrix, don't need another. 8)]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196479 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196427 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 22:24:30 +0000
So tips - play guitar as much as you can, and learn some solo techniques. Listen to a lot of solos, and eventually you'll be able to immediately tell what's going on when you hear a solo, and you'll be able to visualize it in your mind. That's what I do, anyway.

Good luck!]]> Guitar Players Discussion lunchmeat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196427 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196362 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 12:13:21 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Aarrgg https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196362 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196355 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 09:21:15 +0000
http://forums.guitarnoise.com/viewtopic.php?t=26912]]> Guitar Players Discussion vanzant38 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196355 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196314 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 01:01:10 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion blutic1 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196314 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196311 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:50:25 +0000
And you have to use a little music knowledge as well. If you know what key the song is in, that will give you a good idea of what scales the guitarist might be using.

And another thing you will find is that if you spend a lot of time listening to one particular artist, you get to know that person's habits and licks they play often. After awhile you can listen to a solo and know what that player is doing before you even pick up your guitar.

You just gotta spend lots of hours doing it.

One of those players that slows down the solo without changing pitch would be great. They didn't have those when I started.]]> Guitar Players Discussion Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196311 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196306 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:24:07 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion ColoradoFenderBender https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196306 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196305 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 00:23:27 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Gina https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-196305 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-20071 Wed, 30 Aug 2006 21:58:47 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion blutic1 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/learning-by-ear/#post-20071