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A comment on Ask HN: What does it feel like to master playing an instrument by ear?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: What does it feel like to master playing an instr... by pattrn on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:04PM (#18145189)
I completely agree with this. Learning music theory helped me play by ear because it helped me associate a feeling with a progression or chord. This made learning by trial and error much easier, since it stuck more (I tried it without much success when I was younger).

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Re:Ask HN: What does it feel like to master playing an instr... by matt_the_bass on Friday October 05, 2018 @06:43AM (#18147071)
For me the theory helps me understand how to execute what I hear in my head.
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