2007-03-08 02:37:10 · 6 answers · asked by falcon a 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Could be defined as having the ability to self-learn the piano and play notes, chords and tunes without the aid of formal lessons, instructions or external sources other than your auditory sensory ability to listen to and subsequently duplicate on the instrument the piano sounds you hear and memorize.
2007-03-08 02:47:38 · answer #1 · answered by GeneL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been working with the course for about a week now, and it's incredible. Just the practice aids and the different scales and memory techniques in Book 9 are worth the price of the course, alone! There are two things that make this course stand out. First, all the video and audio files are embedded in the lesson. I have yet to find another piano course that makes it this easy. It's so nice not to have three files going at the same time!
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Now ANYONE Can Learn Piano or Keyboard?
2016-05-17 09:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Teresa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can learn to make this connection. Most people don't realize that music is not just an art, but a science too. If you don't know the names of the note's letters (the keys of the piano), you will need to learn these. Once you do that, you will need to learn what notes make up chords. Playing by ear is about learning the relationships between notes- the distances between them. If you can take a sightsinging class at a local music studio or a college, I would recommend that. I took piano for a very long time (over 10 years), but I could not play by ear at all.... then I took some sightsinging classes. Sightsinging teaches you to sing a piece of music that you've never seen before, and it does that because you learn to analyze the piece by the key that it begins, and then you keep going up or down each note, and you get better with practice (It's easier than it sounds) How does this relate to playing? Even if you are not a singer, those skills that you learn in a sightsinging class- what a song sounds like, how to analyze what key it is in, etc.- that will help you play by ear. Just trying to play with the radio to learn - you can try that, but believe me, it will take forever, and it isn't the quickest way to learn how to play. If you don't have access to a class, you can go to your local music store, tell them you want to learn how to play by ear, and they will probably show you some software to teach you sightsinging (aka "aural skills"- aural meaning ears). Yes, some people are born with the ability to play by ear, but everyone can learn how to do it. Not everyone will be as great at it, but with time, effort, and practice you can learn it. If any of this is unclear, or if you don't understand what I've written, go to your local music store, and ask a staff member- they can clear up the confusion! Good luck!
2016-03-16 07:12:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
when a person is said to play by ear it means that the person does not need to refer to the piano scores at all to play the music.what he needs is to just listen to the song perhaps a few times and he can automatically play it. It also means that the person knows exactly the sound of the key and where the key is. usually people who can play piano by ear are very gifted or talented in piano.
2007-03-10 00:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by Jenny 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A method of playing the piano especially popular for people who have no feeling in their hands. While playing the piano with your ear presents certain challenges (red ear), there is no reason why one cannot learn to play "johnny jumped the ocean."
2007-03-08 02:52:34 · answer #5 · answered by floridaguy 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You play the notes from memory by listening to it instead of reading sheet music.
You associate the musical tones with the keys on the piano.
2007-03-08 02:47:51 · answer #6 · answered by cmdruser 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You teach it to yourself. You don't take lessons and you don't learn to read music. You just hear music and can play it back by teaching yourself.
2007-03-08 02:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by voiceofunreezin1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋