are there any good resources or any insider knowledge here on how you learn to play things by ear?
i've been wanting to learn a few songs for a while but the extent of information about them online is just chords, and that doesn't help me with finger picking patterns at all so i was wondering if you had any good tips on getting started with it because i have no idea where i'd even begin. (i know i can just google "how to learn to play by ear" (and i am doing that as well) but i like to ask here as well because it's nice to hear directly frmo real people)
plus i think playing by ear is a really good skill to have in general so i don't have to rely on tabs and youtube videos to learn songs.
ty ty ty. keyboard advice is really helpful and i'm pretty sure i've got an old one around here somewhere so i can start working on that. thank you.
and i googled the I–V V–vi vi–IV progression and you're right it's in a crazy amount of songs.
If you want to get into jazz, familiarise yourself with ii-V-I progressions and secondary dominants. If you want to play Yngwie Malmsteen songs, listen to pieces heavily featuring the harmonic minor scale (the ”evil“ scale, heavily featured in the Tocata and Fugue in d-minor by Bach). Also, if you want to learn western music, study western theory. It’s basically cheating although it can lead to dissatisfaction when writing simpler songs.