Can't carry a tune in a bucket, didn't grow up listening to music, older than 20, younger than 40, currently have lots of time on my hands.

Teach me.

Or rather, apps, books, podcast, youtube, etc, recommendations.

  • ClassUpperMiddle [they/them]
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    2 years ago

    Everyone is posting good stuff but my main advice is to have very small goals. People learn music like they do language, once you're an adult it's much harder especially if you're learning by yourself. People get confused that music learning is a talent thing, it's not, it's not anymore talent than a person learning Mandarin as child or as an adult. It all depends on how much you get to use the skill and how diligent you are. That being said get a teacher if you can.

    If you can't or are not that serious- in fact even if you do:

    1. I would pick up piano if I were you. It's very visual and it teaches a very encompassing approach to music.

    2. I would try to find Youtube videos on "intervals." Really try to learn what intervals are, spend a lot of time with it. Learn to sing every interval. Ask questions, hell- ask me questions. All harmony and melody is made of intervals, therefore, if you know your intervals very well you should be able to figure out harmony and melody. Picking up the piano will assist you in learning intervals.

    3. I would also get an app like Tunable and sing a single note into it with the goal to keep the note perfectly in tune for as long as you can hold your breath. Being able to hear if something is in tune helps with hearing intervals better. Like do this one simple thing daily, I feel like music learning is a lot of getting really good at simple small building blocks.