Comments on: Andy McKee – Rylynn – Acoustic Guitar – www.candyrat.com

By: dougle123

dougle123 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:44:45 +0000

Lol i love these people writing huge pargraphs thinking they know it all about music

By: shifty1828

shifty1828 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 22:06:47 +0000

cmon stop arguing about music and listen to the song… who cares if you play by ear or not… the point is its a great pice of music so listen to and leave it at that

By: yararu

yararu — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:50:02 +0000

you don’t have to write music to be a musician though. The statement you wrote was kind of insulting in the beginning. That talented amateur. I personally don’t write my music, I just play it and remember it. I do agree with you, though, on the fact that reading extremely complex pieces like symphonies and fugues does help a LOT. It’s difficult as all hell to learn them by ear but never does that mean that the musician is “amateur” if he plays off the hip.

By: trentshipp

trentshipp — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:53:51 +0000

or music written by others in the form of a melody over chord changes. Jazz requires a much firmer grip over music theory than reading ability. However, try for example playing a Chopin prelude or a Bach Fugue by ear and see how far that goes. As music becomes more complex, reading music becomes more necessary. AS for the performer in this video, I have great respect for him and never said anything negative towards him. And oh, yeah, HE PLAYS WHAT HE WRITES.

By: adamgarwood327

adamgarwood327 — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 17:51:00 +0000

To what the one dude said about the whole, “talented amateur” thing. Regardless of the fact the notation was the first way to transcribe music, it was not the first way it was learned. I for one, have never taken formal classes, or lessons other that from my own two ears. Music doesn’t come from a piece of paper, it comes from the heart. And i saw heart flowing through this guys fingers. The look on his face was one of expression, one of feeling. He wanted you to feel how he did when he wrote it