Every time you guess around to find notes you are robbing yourself of an opportunity to slow down, and figure it out in your head, which in the long run will lead to much faster and more consistent playing by ear. If you don’t have a system it’s gonna be really hard to do this.
Perfect pitch is not the amazing gift most people assume it is. Mostly because you can just basically learn it yourself, or at least you can learn to do what people with perfect pitch do after you play 1 reference point. If you wanna learn how to not guess for the music around
You can train your ear to the point that most people assume you have perfect pitch, and it has everything to do with your musical imagination and your ears, not necessarily the instrument you’re playing. If you want to hear music and understand exactly what is happening without
The main thing you should understand about the “number system” is that it goes beyond your particular instrument. It is a way of thinking that sees music for what it really is and makes it so you can understand what’s happening in any song without playing a single note, just by
Your favorite chord is probably not what you think it is. The same chord feels different in a different key, but u less you’re thinking in numbers you’d never really understand that. If you want to understand the music around you without guessing, I can help you, just comment