I'm on a mission to rid myself of tab / guitar Pro and videos, and have recently switched to doing it by ear.
I've been too reliant on these modern tools we have at our disposal, and it's hindered my progress. I have a feeling that this is a great way to develop your ear.
I'm working on 'Sleepy Time Time' from Live Cream Vol. 1
I'm cheating slightly by using Logic to slow it down about 8 million times. It's still tough going.
Even though I'm sure it gets easier with time, I have even more respect for those guys 'Back in the day'
who had to slow stuff down on their record deck to learn songs.
One thing I've noticed, is I'm REALLY listening to the track I'm trying to play, the subtle inflections, the dynamics, the bending vibrato etc. When I use Guitar pro and what not I find I'm just worrying about getting the right notes.
This is going to take a while. But I'm sure It'll be worth it.
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These clues along with getting to know the player's preferences for note choices will inform the fingering, the rhythm. It just gets addictive, well it did for me.
Like anything with this instrument it seems, the more you put in, the more you get out.
Plus, there's loads of stuff that hasn't been tabbed. I'm on a Clapton flex at the moment, really want to get 'Why does love got to be so bad' and 'Have you ever loved a woman' from the Derek & the Dominos live album. It'd going to keep me out of mischief for a while I reckon.
The there's the millions of Albert King and Freddie King tracks I want to get down. It never ends!