I'm A Believer!

[Greg Jowaisas]

For John and all interested parties:

 

Here is the web site address for Homespun Tapes

 

http://www.homespuntapes.com/welcome/default.asp

 

"Ear Training for instrumentalists" by Matt Glaser

Cost fot the six, hour long (each) cds is $49.95 USD + shipping

 

Whether they are a good value or not is probably in the ear/eye of the listener.

 

After listening to one half of the first cd I think I already "know what to listen for" much better than before.

 

Of course I've been noodling around for 35 years, stumbling into playing reasonable approximations of folk songs and banjo tunes. I feel learning Traditional Irish music deserves my best effort and at 55 years old any tool or method that will help the process will be most welcome and invaluable.

 

Be happy to give you a more knowledgable report in the following weeks as i listen and work my way through more of the lessons.

 

Regards,

 

Greg

[bushlass]

Goodonya Helen for perservering with the ear.I find with a tina and diatonic accordion the ear is great. When I go back to the PA it is dots or memory.

It is also much easier to change key...as long as it is C or G!

[Robin Madge]

Perhaps the thread title says it all.

Should your next goal be to play and sing "I'm a believer" by the Monkees ?

It comes out quite nicely on Anglo.

 

Robin Madge

[Animaterra]

Oh, Helen, you're just breaking new territory all over the place! Good for you!

 

Isn't it fun? Once you make a breakthrough in one arena of music, your musicianship just seems to grow by leaps and bounds.

Keep it up!

[Helen]

Yes, this is so much fun. Someone told me that you have to start with an instrument playing by ear. nah. I am not going to take up a new instrument to do this and still play the other ones with dots.

 

I'll still use music for some stuff, although off hand I can't think what.

 

But this playing by ear is so liberating.

[David Barnert]

"Ear Training for instrumentalists" by Matt Glaser

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Matt Glazer is one of the original fiddlers with Jay Ungar's band, "Fiddle Fever."

 

There is also a summer workshop in ear training that I've heard good things about. It's called "Souncatcher" and is taught by Scott Reiss and Tina Chancey of the Early Music group, "Hesperus." Info here.

 

Edited for typo.

Edited August 26, 2005 by David Barnert

[John Wild]

For John and all interested parties:

 

Here is the web site address for Homespun Tapes

http://www.homespuntapes.com/welcome/default.asp

"Ear Training for instrumentalists" by Matt Glaser

Cost fot the six, hour long (each) cds is $49.95 USD + shipping

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Thanks for the information. I think in my case the possible result/benefit would not justify the cost, but then I'm only an accountant

 

John Wild

[Greg Jowaisas]

Just to clarify:

 

I meant to say each of the cds is an hour long.

 

The set of six cds costs $49.95 USD.

 

That makes them about $9.00 an hour of cd.

 

I hope this is clearer than the solfege singing the cds are recommending. At any rate it doesn't seem like too much "do".

 

Greg J