Mandy Harvey Quotes

That's the way I always listened to music. I'd listen and copy it. I play by ear so that's easier than reading.

I learn my songs by ear.

You can sightread better if you know your scales and arpeggios.

I can't read sheet music, I have to just listen to it, and then just go for it.

My father started me out on the flute and I began going to teachers.

I started taking vocal lessons, I always loved the challenge of playing my instrument and trying to sing.

When practicing, it's great to break a part down into its different elements, start slowly, and then try to build up the speed until you're playing as fast as you possibly can.

I didn't take lessons, and I don't know my scales.

I'm pretty much a self-taught player. My swing hasn't changed a whole lot, I don't think. But I watch a lot of people.

Yes indeed I have gained a lot out of playing scales and etudes.

I still don't know how to read music.

I learned to tune a guitar by ear. That method has served me pretty well.

I study pitchers. I visualize pitches. That gives me a better chance every time I step into the box. That doesn't mean I'm going to get a hit every game, but that's one of the reasons I've come a long way as a hitter.

Some of the routines come back very easily. We do it off the top of our heads.

I never took sheet music seriously. I could do better myself just by listening to other people and using my own intuition.

All musicians practice ear training constantly, whether or not they are cognizant of it. If, when listening to a piece of music, a musician is envisioning how to play it or is trying to play along, that musician is using his or her 'ear' - the understanding and recognition of musical elements - for guidance.

If I could read it, I could play it.

I can read a chord chart, but I couldn't read a note chart.

I don't read or write music in the traditional sense, so I have to figure it out on the fly while I'm in the studio.

Reading music has opened up me up so much. I've been experimenting for so long and trying to make sense of things just from my ears. It takes forever. Now I can get where I want much quicker.

I never casually shoot shots, ever. I shoot the same way every time. I shoot the same shots that I'd shoot during the game.

That is what shooting is. There is no secret sauce, man. You've got to find mechanics that you can make the same every time, and you've got to do it over and over again, and you can't just shoot for rhythm. You've got to understand what you are doing. You have to focus on those details every day.

When I was in college and reading music and doing ear training, I was a little more advanced than the other people in my choir classes. So to entertain myself and kind of annoy the friends around me, I would sing just under the pitch or just above the pitch.

I bought a book with guitar tabs and forced myself to learn. I would go to school and then come home and sit in my room for hours figuring out the songs.

When you've sung the same song a million or a hundred thousand times, there are always moments when you drift off and go into automatic.