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Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
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- Double-check which version you're supposed to be learning...is it the album version from the european release or the one from your bass player's favourite live album in the mid-80s?
- Sketch chord chart with pencil & paper...make a note of weird time shifts, stops, slow-downs, who does what when, etc. I use this to beat people up in rehearsals...nobody ever knows the song inside out and pulling Spotify up on an iPhone when everyone is stood around sucks
- Work out any widdly bits that you won't easily remember or won't be improvising (even then, it's good to soak it up a bit). I use Transcribe for listening and Guitar Pro 7 for writing it down (this step is where all the guitar goodness comes from)
- If I'm unsure about anything, I head over to YouTube and look at live versions...then, very cautiously, I cross-reference various 'guitar lesson' vids: there are some diamonds amongst all the crap...but you can get an idea from anywhere
- If you're stuck, post on this forum...folks will bust a gut to help you out
I rarely look for tab and never use chord books.Unless we're talking about classical, then it's all about the dots.
Occasionally I reference stuff on YouTube (5). I'll use anything to speed up the process including online Tab, knowing it's often partly wrong but enough to save some time.
But I'm strictly amateur compared to some musicians I've been lucky to work with, who could play things by ear on the fly, and I expect there are some on this forum who could do that.