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I play piano, and memorizing notes takes me a while for new songs. I know what they sound like though. If I could skip most of the note-learning, I'd spend that
by DennisP 3y ago
I play piano, and memorizing notes takes me a while for new songs. I know what they sound like though. If I could skip most of the note-learning, I'd spend that much more time on practicing the movement.
(And actually, even more time than that; it'd be more fun so I'd probably practice more.)
- klodolph 3y agoOrdinary, relative pitch helps a lot learning new songs, and it is much more learnable. If you know what key you are in, and you can hear the intervals in a melody, you can play it back without needing absolute pitch to do it. > (And actually, even more time than that; it'd be more fun so I'd probably practice more.) That’s the circular dependency there—if you practice enough, you develop the skills to make it easier to learn songs, which makes it more fun to practice, so you practice more. I really think there are just two things you gotta do—“push through” and get the practice work done anyway, and make sure that you are practicing effectively.
- coliveira 3y agoI have news for you: relative pitch can give you the same benefits. I for example play songs faster by ear than by reading notes. The only difference is that relative pitch takes time to develop, while it seems that absolute pitch is easier to acquire for the people who have it.