Every single person that starts learning how to play a guitar wants to be able to play songs by ear. When you first start with your instrument the immediate goal is to play your favorite song. That is a relatively easy task to accomplish if you have the tablature for that song. After you have learned a few songs with that method you will realize that you want more. Learning to play songs by ear is not impossible, you just have to learn how to do it exactly like you learned everything else until now.
If you want to be a good player, you have to learn how to properly use both your hands. If you are right handed you probably hold the neck of the guitar with your left hand. This means that you have to move those fingers into the right position with a lot of ease. On top of that, if you play an acoustic guitar you will have to press firmly on those strings because acoustic guitars come with thicker strings then the electric guitar. At first it will be hard to play chords and your fingers will hurt because they have never been used like that.
When you have any hopes on playing music by ear you will have to learn to play clean notes. Any note you play should not come with additional noise to it. The playing technique will help you overcome that problem. It is important you learn the correct way to strum and pick the strings. The results will show in the quality of the songs you perform.
Beginner players spend most of their time concentrating on where to put their fingers on the fret board and they might not hear if the notes they play are not clean. Recording the notes can help finding and eliminating any unwanted noise that occurs while playing the guitar. Make sure you play it at a slower speed so you can better listen what you played. This way you will catch the unwanted noise and you will be able to correct the problem.
Every time you practice your skill improves. You will recognize more and more notes every day and it will get easier to play parts of any song you hear. Music will get clearer in your head and you will even be able to compose your own songs and you will see that you can instinctively play the songs created inside your head.
If you want to be a good player, you have to learn how to properly use both your hands. If you are right handed you probably hold the neck of the guitar with your left hand. This means that you have to move those fingers into the right position with a lot of ease. On top of that, if you play an acoustic guitar you will have to press firmly on those strings because acoustic guitars come with thicker strings then the electric guitar. At first it will be hard to play chords and your fingers will hurt because they have never been used like that.
When you have any hopes on playing music by ear you will have to learn to play clean notes. Any note you play should not come with additional noise to it. The playing technique will help you overcome that problem. It is important you learn the correct way to strum and pick the strings. The results will show in the quality of the songs you perform.
Beginner players spend most of their time concentrating on where to put their fingers on the fret board and they might not hear if the notes they play are not clean. Recording the notes can help finding and eliminating any unwanted noise that occurs while playing the guitar. Make sure you play it at a slower speed so you can better listen what you played. This way you will catch the unwanted noise and you will be able to correct the problem.
Every time you practice your skill improves. You will recognize more and more notes every day and it will get easier to play parts of any song you hear. Music will get clearer in your head and you will even be able to compose your own songs and you will see that you can instinctively play the songs created inside your head.