How long does it take you to learn a song?

[JapanAxe]

[quote name='dlloyd' timestamp='1454676199' post='2971932']
I usually find it quicker to transcribe the tune myself and learn it, rather than trying to learn it from written music or tab.
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[quote name='bassman7755' timestamp='1454676698' post='2971941']
That ties in what I said about learning the tune vs physical movements as working it out yourself means your much more likely to have internalised the actual melody of the bassline. If I were teaching someone I would ban them from using tab or watching youtube vids to learn songs.
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+1 to these comments. When I produce a sheet of notation, I have created visual information to go with the audio information in the recording - that's 2 routes to the brain for learning the [u]music[/u]. Tab is bio-mechanical information, not musical information.

[lojo]

For pop songs, sometimes minutes, but usually less than an hour to work out all the played parts.

Then 2 years to remember the structures

[colgraff]

I remember having real difficulty with Britney Spears's Toxic. A ferocious bass line, but a great one. I had to apologise to one band and admit defeat over Daniel Beddingfield's Somebody Told Me.