Dream Guitars Lesson - Learning By Ear: Horseshoe Bend - Allen Shadd
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- In this video, champion flatpicker Allen Shadd demonstrates his approach to learning to play a song by ear, using Blue Highway's song "Horseshoe Bend" written by Tim Stafford.
By breaking the phrases down into small blocks, developing fluency and speed with each before moving on to the next, then putting the pieces together to form the whole, Allen makes the case for how this method is great for training not only the fingers and hands, but the ear as well.
Divide and conquer, use your ears, and ... have a great time!
While you're here, Subscribe to Dream Guitars TH-cam Channel!
Many Thanks Alan, as always great lesson, and perfectly explained
What a great player. Guitar sounds good too! 👏👏👏
This guy is bad ass thank you brother
I love this tune! One of my favorite instrumentals of all time!
Thanks, Allen. That should keep me busy for a while!
Beautiful guitar and the playing is wonderful ... cheers!
Bravo, Allen! Great lesson. You and that box sound fantastic!
Ou yeah man! Thank you so much. Your picking lessons have been really helpful and these videos couraged me finally buy a D-41 from 1990. What a sound and joy :)
great lesson and concept! keep them coming.
Hi Allen - excellent lesson and video - thanks. I understand learning by ear is the way to go and I typically have better success with that approach, but as an older player - I mean really old - I have a problem with retention so at this point what I'm doing now is learning a section by ear and then tabbing it - I do this till i have learned the whole piece by ear and have written it down - I've had to dot his cause if I don't write it down, the next day I don't remember any of it and have to start all over - it's as if I've never heard the tune before - but now with the tab I can use it as needed as I listen and play along till it sticks. Hope this is helpful to other old players- again thanks.
That is an awesome use of tablature! And thanks for that tip, I am certain it might help someone.
Correction: at 8:45 I called a "funny chord" an A7, when I meant Am (it is actually an Am add9).
AllenShadd hi Allen ! I know you probably answered this somewhere already, but what Bluechip pick do you use ?
I use a Blue Chip TD45.
Best!!! thank you Allen
(Tabs)I don’t read it I don’t write it. Thank you for saying that Allen. Watch=listen =and figure it out. By Ear. Can’t agree more. Thank you for sharing.
killer... thank you sir
Great job Allen Great tone..what did you have this Hooper strung with (brand/type/gauge)
Very helpful!! Nice playing and lovely guitar. Always curious about what strings are being used.
This guitar was strung for the first time just several days before, placed on a ToneRite for the weekend, set up tweaked and strings replaced a few days before we recorded this. The strings used are D'Addario EJ17's, pretty much what Ken strings everything up with.
Thank you for the reply. Can’t go wrong with D’addarios
Good Grief that guitar sounds good!!!!
These guitars are so gorgeous and sound so great..but the money? man oh man..thousands..its like a cheap model nowadays is 3K.. just saying. Great lesson!