mfirdaus_96 t1_jabhop4 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 5:51 AM

Reply to The Best Album Opener - EVER by PhillyCSpires

Race:In from Mirrored by Battles

mfirdaus_96 t1_j9y49sm wrote on February 25, 2023 at 12:15 PM

Reply to Song recommendations that build slowly and turn into something amazing by mklaxer

The entirety of Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven by Godspeed! You Black Emperor. My favourites are the opening of Storm & "World Police and Friendly Fire" section in Static

mfirdaus_96 t1_j7yr2ci wrote on February 10, 2023 at 10:42 AM

Reply to Those of you who learned to play instruments by ear, how did you do it? by TheCommunistDJ

Learn to recognize intervals. When learning a melody, it's good to imagine the melody as a wave or contour that goes up or down. Something like this. Learning to recognize intervals helps you to catch these melodies faster because you know whether the melody note leaps or move in a certain direction as examples. Everytime you learn a melody, analyze the crap out of it, identify the interval & notes used.

It takes time to be able to get used to playing songs by ear so don't worry if you suck during the early stage.

As for harmony, learn & internalize the sound of the chords(major, minor, augmented & diminished). Also learning basic music theory helps when you try to identify chord progression.