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, I hated having to screw with CD player controls trying to pause and slightly (1 or 2 seconds) rewind the CD. They never work very well and half the time it would start back at the beginning of the song,![]()
Ok, sorry such a long rant, but that simple technique took me through the AlDimeola/Yngwie/PaulGilbert/Vinnie Moore 80's and into the "what_the_heck_is_gambale_playing" era.
Judging by the clips on your site, it doesn't sound like you had much problems with that. Good stuff, man!
Ooooh yes I did have trouble!! lol
Thanks for the kind words...but really I spent many a night hitting play-rewind-play-rewind-play-rewind...
If you really want to get retro, do you remember pressing something against the turntable edge to slow it down?![]()
Honestly, one of the best tools is a good old fashioned tape recorder.
Spencerbk, transcribe looks interesting. is it fairly accurate with the finding a pitch? That is the main reason I ever slow anything down is when I struggle hearing a certain pitch.
cg,
If you can understand material enough to be able to sing (or hum) it, you can transfer that knowledge to the fretboard. This is the way I understand 'learning by ear.'
To me, this means memorizing musical licks, passages, etc. Recently, I've resorted to looking for tab to help on more difficult stuff that would just take too long to learn in bits and pieces and eventually put together. Something like the guitar solo in Peg by Steeley Dan was an example of having to resort to tab to learn a solo accurately.
dave
Can't agree there. Roni's slowdowner is good but Seventh String Software's transcribe is even better.
I've made that mistake too (tab and standard notation transcriptions) and I find the accuracy wanting. These are human beings, just like you or I, who transcribe these things using the tools described in this thread. Many times these guys are paid by the transcription, so the faster they are, the more they get paid. Plus, I have no idea what kind of attention to detail some of these guys have. In general, tabs from even the most reputable sources are prone to mistakes and typos. I remember playing the intro to Birds of Fire wrong for years b/c it's incorrectly notated (probably a typo) in the Mahavishnu Song Book. When I was playing it along with the record one day I realized that I had it wrong. At that moment, I vowed never to trust someone else's transcription again.Recently, I've resorted to looking for tab to help on more difficult stuff that would just take too long to learn in bits and pieces and eventually put together. Something like the guitar solo in Peg by Steeley Dan was an example of having to resort to tab to learn a solo accurately.