If You Drink Beer, You Can Play By Ear | Brainjo Bite
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Yeah... But if you drink whiskey you can play like a fucking God!
Shhh, don’t give away all the secrets!
I love this video!
I'm an art historian and teach Henry Ossawa Tanner's "The Banjo Lesson" every semester. My brain must have made lots of connections for it because I recognized the painting as soon as I saw the blur!
Whoa, that’s amazing!! You illustrated the principle being demonstrated, but not as intended (albeit even cooler).
I've been drinking ears since I was a teenager but have never been able to play by beer. On a more serious note, I have been studying the science of expertise since I was first introduced to it in college. Neuro-plasticity seems to be moving along a parallel path. My question is, are there specific ways in which we can for instance "train our ears" in a way that taps into these ideas. I never had to be tested on ear training but knew that it was a weak point all along. I have tried to learn but give up in frustration when I can't pinpoint what the next step is.
Ha!
So the biggest key with ear training is to break it into manageable steps, just like learning any skill - starting with simple elements (picking out simple melodies and common chord progressions, hearing different intervals, etc.). Check out the "Earpeggio" app - it's free and has a lot of great ear training exercises.
Wow. I’m such a scientist/researcher and love the way you explained this.
Thank you, Natalie!
This video is making me rethink my whole attitude towards practice time. I was thinking until now that "I should practice more singing" or "more theory" or "more ear training" etc. And it was hard finding time for those when just playing banjo (the central skill/goal) has been hard to do for more than 20-30min a day. But now I see that by training those things, even if I'm not "playing banjo", I am still practicing banjo. And maybe taking some time away from the songs I know how to play might allow me to finally learn some new ones again.
As someone who starting playing music in college with a terrible ear and a mediocre sense of rhythm, I can vouch for this: my ear is MUCH better now than it was 20 years ago. Still not great, but a lot of that has to do, like Josh said, on what I chose to practice (hint: it wasn't tuning by ear).
I feel my brain expanding with this banjo knowledge. Thanks for the epic banjo enlightenment.
You bet. Hoping that any brain explosions are purely metaphorical. :)
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They are metaphysical
Thanks for this.
My "stuckness" level has me to the point of a dismal attitude. I just keeping practicing the first three and a half songs I've learned during the last two years from youtube vids., three finger style by the way. I can't read tabs, let alone backups, jams, vamping or even tuning by ear.. most all of those things aren't ever going to happen for me.
I love your video on this and am going to try a couple of things that may help me. Ryno
Thanks so much, for your comments, Ryno. As you probably know, you're not alone (especially in the realm of fingerstyle banjo).
You also might be interested in these sessions: www.brainjo.academy/nopicker/
made me subscribe immediately 🙏
I always played better when I had a few beers while I was playing, lol!!
OK. I understand from your talk that 1) enough inputs will provoke changes in the brain. 2) this process is lifelong. My experience supports this. Let's branch away from music, and apply this to learning a second language.
This is possible (as I understand) throughout life, but brain plasticity decreases so that there is a decline (beginning in late adolescence) in ability to do this as one ages. Would you care to elaborate on this? Feel free to contact me offline. This is probably not a topic that most banjoists would care to follow. Thanks Josh. Vincent
Hello Josh, thanks for all the info you share with us. Is there any ear training method you would recomend? Greetings from Spain