are there any good resources or any insider knowledge here on how you learn to play things by ear?

i've been wanting to learn a few songs for a while but the extent of information about them online is just chords, and that doesn't help me with finger picking patterns at all so i was wondering if you had any good tips on getting started with it because i have no idea where i'd even begin. (i know i can just google "how to learn to play by ear" (and i am doing that as well) but i like to ask here as well because it's nice to hear directly frmo real people)

plus i think playing by ear is a really good skill to have in general so i don't have to rely on tabs and youtube videos to learn songs.

    • Madcat [any]
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      4 years ago

      haha i still voted it up anyway lol. what'd it say? was it the same as this one?

      i've been trying to spend as much time as i can playing. i started like 4-5 months ago and i'm absolutely determined to not give up and i understand things like this come with years of experience but it's a little frustrating when you feel like you're plateauing because i have a lot of trouble putting the notes i hear in audio onto the instrument. but yeah i get that it's a thing that takes a lot of time and effort and i'm enjoying it a lot.

      thank you for the advice. :heart-sickle: