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Topic: Having trouble hearing the left hand  (Read 959 times)

Offline confusedhuman2

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Having trouble hearing the left hand
on: June 06, 2022, 06:39:28 PM
Hey!

At first I’d like to point out, that I never took any piano lessons. I don’t have much technical knowledge.

I’m trying to learn a new piece at the moment which isn’t that hard compared to other songs I can play. My problem is that I just can’t wrap my head around on how to play the left hand. I have to to everything by ear since there are no sheets available. Does someone has any tricks on finding the right notes and implementing them correctly ? Or can someone help me identify the notes ? I would be really grateful if somebody could help me!

Here’s the song:

Offline lelle

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Re: Having trouble hearing the left hand
Reply #1 on: June 06, 2022, 10:51:21 PM
I'm just hearing a bunch of guitars here, so it's hard to know what you are referring to as the left hand. Can you clarify?

Offline mad_max2024

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Re: Having trouble hearing the left hand
Reply #2 on: June 07, 2022, 02:22:24 AM
I think he means the rhythm guitar in the background.

I would start by figuring out the chords and writing down the progression. Then go through them to write down the pattern he uses for each.
If there's something I'm not sure or can't hear I would just guess or make something up that sounds right for the progression. You might need to know a bit of theory to do that though.
I am perfectly normal, it is everyone else who is strange.
 

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