If you play any music at all, you can teach your children. More: You can make it fun for them, and fun for you. And you can have fun together.
How to Learn a Song
The principles of playing by ear apply to learning a song, and they can help you make the song “your own”, so you play it with feeling and with style.
Unchained Melody
by the Righteous Brothers
Ode to Joy
by Beethoven
Mr. Tambourine Man
Mr. Tambourine Man, by Bob Dylan (video below)
Ride On
Ride On — A lovely song by Christy Moore. (video below)
Jolene
Fields of Athenry
See below for a beautiful rendition by Paddy Reilly and the Dubliners (thanks to Sue and Ron for the link!)
It’s Good to See You
“TuneTutor” program
The TuneTutor program was something I was working on at one time, in an attempt to use the computer to help people learn to play music by ear. It’s a project I haven’t worked on in a very long time. This page gives a synopsis, and tells
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