Mike...

My answer is very simple, but accurate. I simply listen to the song once or twice and then I play it. I learn everything by ear. I do not read music. God blessed me with an indigenous ability to hear music and know what the chords are. If I know the chords, the lead comes naturally, thereafter. In effect, lead riffs are no more than extrapolation of the various notes from the chords. The only exceptions for my ability to hear and then play are classical music and jazz that gets too far out.


I have very few exceptional talents. But, I can competently play guitar, learn foreign languages and build computers. You will notice that all three of those have one thing in common...a defined syntax. One thing builds upon another and all are inter-related in some way. For whatever reason, things that are pragmatic like that just work well for me.

As far as the chewing gum...Lonnie Donigan chewed it all before I got to it!

Best to ya, Mike!

Alan

Last edited by Al David; 04/11/07 06:29 AM.