Does it ever frustrate you when...

bluesy_92 · #1 06-20-2009, 10:42 PM

You are so close to getting a song perfect, but not dead on?

I was learning a song today by ear. Usually, after I think I got it, which takes a few days, I check the tabs to see how someon else does it, correct that as needed, then correct the tabs by ear. So, ear, tabs to fix that, and than more playing by ear to fix that.

Usually, at step two, there is something the tabs make obvious I didn't know before....just one or two notes wrong, but it makes a pretty big difference.

I find it frustrating that I know I will need to keep using tabs untill I get playing songs by ear exact...I used to figure one or two notes of a song wouldn't matter. Now that seems kinda stupid... I pluck two wrong strings in an 8 minute song, and it drives me crazy...

Wow...I think I have OCD...anyone else frustrated by this?

JimmyM · #2 06-21-2009, 05:06 PM

Nha...it's just music.

suckyplayer · #3 06-21-2009, 05:19 PM

one or two notes don't matter if you're playing in time and keeping the beat.

bluesy_92 · #4 06-21-2009, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by suckyplayer

one or two notes don't matter if you're playing in time and keeping the beat.

People tell me that....but it still iritates me.

seriously....back to the 'OCD' thing...

JimmyM · #5 06-21-2009, 06:12 PM

Eh, go step on a crack...you won't really break your mother's back...unless your mother is laying on the sidewalk and you accidentally step on her

Grayson C. · #6 06-21-2009, 06:55 PM

Plenty of people have minor forms of OCD, myself included. It really isn't a big deal as long as it doesn't affect your life in any negative way. You could totally use such annoyance to your advantage, you know.

For the most part there isn't really any need to go around telling pople you've got OCD unless it is something that gets in the way of living a normal produtive life.

JBP-Douglas · #7 06-22-2009, 07:12 AM

I would be thinking "hey that's great, I just missed two notes of the whole song". Correct that and keep on learning.

dvh · #8 06-22-2009, 09:03 AM

Don't worry so much about nailing every note. Even the guy who recorded it would not have done it exactly the same way on every take. Stop taking the released version as 'gospel' and worry more about the chords and structure of the song, the essential 'signature' riffs and lines, and let the rest flow out of you as a musician, not an imitator.

IMHO

dmrogers · #9 06-22-2009, 09:12 AM

All great replies!

I never worry about that. I figure if I have the timing down and the basic core of the song, it doesn't hurt to "make it my own".

I remember a few years back, I was playing in a group, and they would give me a chord chart of a song we were learning and I wouldn't listen to the original until we worked out the arrangement. Then many times after listening to the original, I liked our version better.

Don't worry about it, just enjoy it. Really, if it doesn't cause you grief, learning a song the way you do is probably a good thing as long as you don't let it bend you out of shape.

kiwlm · #10 08-28-2009, 02:12 AM

I also gets frustrated when I can't seem to transcribe a song "perfectly", then I saw this youtube video where there's this Japanese local acoustic hero that plays his own version of a beatles tune to Paul McCartney, and then after that, Paul showed him that one of the chords he got it wrong, should have been a major instead of a minor! Sorry I can't remember the youtube URL, will post it here if I can find it back.

So, now I am learning how to give up at the appropriate time.

cassanova · #11 08-28-2009, 02:17 AM

Nope, it doesn't. I do fill in work and I hardly ever play a song note for note. I learn the changes, get a good feel for the riffs and hooks, and improvise the rest while still somehow preserving the integrity of the song.

Tenma4 · #12 08-28-2009, 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Grayson C.

Plenty of people have minor forms of OCD, myself included. It really isn't a big deal as long as it doesn't affect your life in any negative way. You could totally use such annoyance to your advantage, you know.

For the most part there isn't really any need to go around telling pople you've got OCD unless it is something that gets in the way of living a normal produtive life.

My OCD is CDO, because it has to be in alphabetical order.

Krowser · #13 08-28-2009, 10:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dmrogers

All great replies!

I never worry about that. I figure if I have the timing down and the basic core of the song, it doesn't hurt to "make it my own".

I remember a few years back, I was playing in a group, and they would give me a chord chart of a song we were learning and I wouldn't listen to the original until we worked out the arrangement. Then many times after listening to the original, I liked our version better.

Don't worry about it, just enjoy it. Really, if it doesn't cause you grief, learning a song the way you do is probably a good thing as long as you don't let it bend you out of shape.

This.

Who says that bassist made the best tab possible for his own song?

If I can't hear a certain part, I make my own. It adds my touch, its good for practicing ear and scales, and it saves a lot of time.