Re: [Harp-L] Singing Ability

[michael rubin <michaelrubinharmonica@xxxxxxxxx>]

Listening book kicks butt!
Michael Rubin

On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 11:49 AM, Richard Sleigh <rharp@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear John,
>
> I need to make this short, so I'm sorry if this crosses the line into too
> blunt.
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> "In my case, I can't sing a lick, and cannot play anything by ear to save my
> life. I can play melodies by reading the tabs, but have great difficulty in
> remembering or memorizing the tabs, and so cannot play the melody of a given
> song without reading the tabs."
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> These are literally "death sentences" and they will kill your efforts to do
> anything effective about learning how to sing or play music the way you want
> to.
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> You gotta stop saying things like this if you want to get anywhere with your
> practice. You are deciding ahead of time that you can't do these things. Is
> it any wonder that you are frustrated?
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> How about replacing these sentences with questions like "how can I learn how
> to do this?" who can tell me how to do this?" or statements like " i know
> there is a way and I am going to find it".
>
> There is a book "The Listening Book" by W.A. Mathieu (ISBN 0-87773-610-3)
> that deals directly with "tone deaf" people learning how to sing. Page 128
> is the beginning of the relevant chapter.
>
> Check it out!
>
> Richard Sleigh
>
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