I'm 47. Always been able to play well by ear, could hear how chords related to each other in my head if I imagined them, know what I was hearing when listening to most popular music in terms of the relationship between the chords etc..
I think over the last couple of years I've started to lose some of that - I'm less quick when playing to be confident in the progression i'm hearing, and I guess the chords incorrectly more often when working stuff out (still fine with really obvious stuff).
I suspect it relates to my brain aging, but wondered if anybody had experienced similar?
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I'm 65 and I find myself turning to Youtube most of the time now if I want to learn how to play something, but I 'm not totally sure it's my "ear" that's the problem, it might just be lack of patience. I don't mind the loss of dexterity that inevitably comes with age, what really annoys me is I seem to have lost my timing a bit, but again this might be lack of practice which is still down to loss - of enthusiasm.
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Possible it relates to too many other things taking up headspace, so maybe it will improve again. I've not completely lost it - just not as sharp / reliable as it was.