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> Surf music is so perfect for ear
> training.
> -Marty
I'm curious, I don't read music and always played by ear. How many
others here strictly play by ear?
When I was young, we bought a piano. I started playing and replicating
things I heard. I know what notes all the keys are, but I don't read
them. When I was a little older, my mom tried to get lessons for me, but
I fought it. Looking back, I wish I wouldn't have, but I was just a kid.
According to my logic at 11 years old, "Why should I learn to play
'Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star' by reading notes when I could already work
through classical pieces by ear?
The same goes for the guitar. I fought that too. I could play bass as a
teenager, but my hands always cramped up on me when I tried to play
guitar. Regarding my kids, I had spoken to a member of the Hollywood
String Quartet. He highly recommended starting kids on stringed
instruments early for that reason--so their hand would be flexible. I
know violin is much different than guitar, but does anyone here have any
thoughts on this? Did anyone here start as an adult, or were you young
when you started playing? I would bet that some of our favorite
guitarists here started before adulthood.
-Kristena
