How do you learn new songs?

[super_punk]

yah the sound sucks but it's more difficult for the author to make mistakes on the tab. sometimes some traditional tabs are horrifically off but with guitarpro it's a lot harder to screw the whole song up.

 

[detroit_red]

Crozzfire, tried guitar pro 5? It has something called realistic sound engine. Honestly, it doesnt sound too realistic, but it still sounds pretty decent ... I love guitar pro, i think i'd never ever be able to learn so many songs without it ...

 

[jon__]

music theory knowledge may help too.

pracitsing the guitar all the time also trains perfect pitch.

i always thought that perfect pitch was something you were born with. doesnt practicing just improve your relative pitch?

 

[jeremyrozario]

i always thought that perfect pitch was something you were born with. doesnt practicing just improve your relative pitch?

not really, if you train a child from very young, they could have perfect pitch

but 4 most of us teenagers, its more practical to have relative pitch

 

[kennchu]

i actualli feel that by listeninng is easier to learn the song technically and easier to get into the mood, bcuz u r like doing the tab work ur self and analysing the song... i tired learning by reading tabs on guitar pro, i wasted mi a long time, by tmr i forget wad is the first note. but when i just start playng electric , my teacher wan mi to learn europa-santana by ear, until i can still remember the song.
however its still a tedious job listening. some songs have very piano-ish chord...
also im referig to relatively easy pieces. learning those crazy solos like vai's or (u name it)... i find it impossible to learn totally by ear. think is combination of ear and tabs.