Playing by Ear



I have a question for some of the more accomplished players on harp-l, both chromatic
and diatonic.  If you want to play a melody you've never played before, by ear - can
you play it mistake-free the first time you try?   In one key?  In several keys?  In
any key?  

I ask because that is my goal.  Let's say the melody is "As Time Goes By".  I know
perfectly well how that song goes.  But I've never attempted it.   I want to be able to
pick up my harp and play it perfectly the very first time I try, without having any
sheet music in front of me.   At least in one or two keys, and someday in any key or at
least the key the song was written in.   Is this a realistic goal?





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