I hope that’s given you some insight into my method of remembering and playing. So we played through Jackie Coleman’s 29 times!Īnd it was the same with all the musicians, whether learning or sharing.Īnd I really do mean it, it’s a lovely way to learn and share the music. He said “Play it again and again so that you know every note, so that it’s part of you.” The first time, very much a novice, I played with a certain brilliant flute player, after the gig we had a few tunes. When I teach I make sure to play those tunes in the session so that the learner reinforces it. You can also correct older recorded tracks that are maybe slightly off key. It’s an old tradition of many peoples round the world. With Amazing slow downer, you can select a replay speed from 20 speed all the way up to 200 speed without it changing the pitch. That was a 100 miles hitch each way.Īll those tunes were learnt by ear, no tape recorders. I played in London at The Favourite for years, and as I posted recently, up in Glasgow with Jimmy McHugh. They were lovely people and one with whom I stayed in touch until his death was Seán McNamara.īut apart from all the brilliant sessions in Liverpool I started to travel all over the British Isles so that I was exposed to so many different repertoires. I was quite poor then and sometimes would walk the 7 miles each way to play. I used to go along to the Liverpool Ceilidh Band practice on Tuesday nights it was a free dance and the musicians, masters all, were so generous and encouraging. There are members here I’ve sessioned with many times and they all do, maybe did, the same. It’s freaky, I don’t just remember tunes, but phone numbers, international dialling codes, dates you name it and it’s there. In answer to your question about recording equipment, facilities, no I don’t have anything like that. I’m sure that’s a magnificent and valuable resource. Thanks for your question, and also the informative comments about variations and techniques. So, persevere and if there’s a tune you want or like, ask one of your friends, fellow players, to go through it with you it’s amazingly easy and, better still, so rewarding. And for me, a treasure chest of those too.įor me the people you play with are ‘The Session’, and I believe that to be the essence of our music. There are members here who’ll recall tunes I’ve given them in this way, and what wonderful moments we shared. Slow downers, or for that matter, speed uppers, cannot do that. It’s a lot more fun, and certainly richer, to learn from a real person, learn the nuances, and definitely the provenance of the tune. So it’s more a question of learning to listen like you are hearing a person speaking. Once you have a language there are dialects and accents which, likewise, are reflected in our music. To use this you have to do the same as I do which is to listen. My operating system is Windows 10 on my PC.This technology is amazing and, maybe to my detriment and maybe others’ relief, something I’ve never had. My primary phone is a Galaxy S8 but I have an Apple iPhone 6 as well. Is it as simple as changing my music subscription? It appears Spotify will link directly to Amazing Slow Downer. I would prefer not to buy individual tracks as I tend to do fill-in gigs a lot and don't want to own/store a bunch of music I'll likely never use again. I don't mind paying for a subscription music service or the app for both PC and/or my phone. I need to be able to download the songs, import them into whatever slower downer thingy you suggest, and then dump them when I am done. ![]() So I can dump both Google Play AND Amazing Slow Downer if there is a better solution using a SUBSCRIPTION based music app where I can pay a flat fee per month and download, and then dump, any songs I want. Transcribe, Amazing Slowdowner, and Audacity will all change the tempo and/or pitch, and loop-and they all work with Youtube video files. ![]() The reason being I probably wouldn't want to store hundreds of tracks I will never listen to again once I'm done learning them. However, and even better solution for me would be to be able to download files onto my computer OR my phone and then dump them when I'm done with them without having to buy individual tracks. Right now, I can't figure out a way to import files I have downloaded on my Galaxy S8 into Amazing Slow Downer. I can transpose pretty well, but some songs I can perform better with "muscle memory" in the key I'll be performing in. What I want to be able to do is slow down tracks for learning in different keys without detuning my bass. I'm not married to either Amazing Slow Downer or Google Play. I can stream songs on PC and download them on my phone for listening while I work. I use a Google Play subscription for learning music. OK, this will be sort of an open-ended question loosely based around Amazing Slow Downer.
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