What is Learning music by ear?
'''Learning music by ear''' is learning to play a piece of music by listening to other people playing it and then trying to play it oneself. In some musical traditions there is no [[music notation|written music]] and everybody plays by ear all the time. Folk music is traditionally learned by listening to other musicians and copying them. This is how music is passed from one [[generation]] to another. Most people in the Western musical tradition learn [[piece (music)|pieces]] and [[song]]s by [[reading music]], but it is good to try to play music by ear sometimes. It can be a very useful skill. The [[Suzuki method]] of learning instruments started in [[Japan]] but is now used in many countries. It teaches young children to play an instrument (usually the [[violin]]) by ear. [[Category:Music education]] [[Category:Musical performance techniques]] {{music-stub}}