Left brain likes the dots. Right brain likes to hear.
Do I have that right? Or is it left?
I think each person has a preferred learning style.
I seem to be content reading music because I prefer visual learning.
I find it difficult to learn by hearing something
I find I can learn a tune by music, being visual like Doug Tipple, but if I really want to master a particular tune, I'd better memorize it and really know it by ear.
I sight read better with whistle. On fiddle I sound like crud unless I really know the tune in my head before I play it.
Tell us something.: I've picked up the tinwhistle again after several years, and have recently purchased a Chieftain v5 from Kerry Whistles that I cannot wait to get (why can't we beam stuff yet, come on Captain Kirk, get me my Low D!)
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emmline wrote:I find I can learn a tune by music, being visual like Doug Tipple, but if I really want to master a particular tune, I'd better memorize it and really know it by ear.
I sight read better with whistle. On fiddle I sound like crud unless I really know the tune in my head before I play it.
Yeah-- what she said.
If you're at a session and they play a tune you don't know, reading music is a huge advantage. YOu can ask the name of the tune, look it up at home and learn it so you're prepared the next time around. Some trad sessions look askance at dots at the session, but for others it's common practice.
"It might be a bit better to tune to one of my fiddle's open strings, like A, rather than asking me for an F#." - Martin Milner
