Horizontalste Posted April 19, 2023 Share Posted April 19, 2023 This popped up on the YouTube the other day & it's something that I do when I'm in serious practice mode! Five or ten minutes per practice consistently is well worth the effort. Enjoy! 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iconic Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 Great find, my ear for intervals is dreadful....mange tout, both of my piano teachers told me I was told deaf, back when was 12/14😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 (edited) I too was told I was tone deaf by a music teacher whilst in primary school! Age 7 or 8 I think, the opportunity came up for a few kids to learn violin & I jumped at it. Had to audition for the teacher which basically involved her singing the major scale & me having to repeat it. Had one shot at it before bluntly being told no because "you're tone deaf". Doesn't sound like a big deal but I can tell you, she planted a belief that day that delayed my involvement with music & took a very long time to shake. I'm by no means gifted & I have had to work hard to develop my ear (probably because of the aforementioned belief) but tone deaf? Nah! Edited April 23, 2023 by Horizontalste Pants spelling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddo Soqable Posted April 23, 2023 Share Posted April 23, 2023 1 minute ago, Horizontalste said: I too was told I was tone deaf by a music teacher whilst in primary school! Age 7 or 8 I think, the opportunity came up for a few kids to learn violin & I jumped at it. Had to audition for the teacher which basically involved her singing the major scale & me having to repeat it. Had one shot at it before bluntly being told no because "you're tone deaf". Doesn't sound like a big deal but I can tell you, she planted a belief that day that delayed my involvement with music & took a very long time to shake. I'm by no means gifted & I have had to work hard to develop my ear (probably because of the aforementioned belief) but tone deaf? Nah! I was put off music as a subject at school too, the teacher was a really nasty, bitter and miserable sadistic type, shouldn't have been involved with kids under any circumstances. I made a deliberate point of making a horrible racket when forced to sing, as we all were, in front of the class.. The unlucky, (or unwise) ones who gave a decent-ish performance were conscripted with no refusal option into the "choir" run by this creep. Left me, I'm afraid to say, with a loathing of any sort of formal music education 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizontalste Posted April 23, 2023 Author Share Posted April 23, 2023 If only they knew.......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard R Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 An excellent video, thanks. I'll definitely be trying this, but my singing is notoriously inaccurate. I'm not tone deaf, I can hear it's not right, I just don't have consistent control. So either my singing will improve or my playing will get worse, wish me luck. 🫰 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japhet Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 On 24/04/2023 at 00:33, Waddo Soqable said: I was put off music as a subject at school too, the teacher was a really nasty, bitter and miserable sadistic type, shouldn't have been involved with kids under any circumstances. I made a deliberate point of making a horrible racket when forced to sing, as we all were, in front of the class.. The unlucky, (or unwise) ones who gave a decent-ish performance were conscripted with no refusal option into the "choir" run by this creep. Left me, I'm afraid to say, with a loathing of any sort of formal music education When I was 7 my Mum asked if I'd like to learn guitar. I eagerly accepted with visions of the Stones and Beatles clear in my mind. After months of 'Michael Row the Boat Ashore' and 'Edelweiss' and being told I had to learn that stuff if I wanted to play anything at all, I gave up and never touched another guitar til I was 19. So much time wasted which has always bugged me since. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 unlike our guitarist I do not have a good 'ear' he'll tell me when I've got it wrong even when I've not realised it 🙂 I've just tried to pick out the melody line for Happy Birthday, it only took me 10 minutes! is there hope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geek99 Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 Our music teacher was old-school and only paid any attention to the kids with talent I had no clue what I was doing so just made random noises on my xylophone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulWarning Posted August 13, 2023 Share Posted August 13, 2023 had recorder lessens at school, no interest Bought a guitar in my 20's and a friend tuned it to E and told me to barre the top 2 or 3 strings and taught me Blitzkrieg Bop, result, I got a tune out of it very quickly and got me interested. I've passed this advice onto several people over the years they've all carried on playing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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