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So, I’ve been listening to some of the jamtracks – mostly ones from the past year or so – trying to choose one for the upcoming monthly challenge. I’m purposely only listening to jamtracks that are totally unfamiliar to me, those where I never listened to the lessons. That way I won’t be influenced by what the original melody was, and I can come up with an original melody of my own, which is the goal of the challenge.
The problem is, even though my guitar seems to be tuned to absolute perfection (I’ve checked it with several different tuners) it seems like it’s not even close to being in tune with many of the jamtracks. I’m usually very quick to figure out what key a song is in, but it’s to the point where I can’t even figure out the key, much less jam along with it. I can start picking out notes on a string, and none of them land on the exact notes of the jamtrack. Seems like they are maybe 1/4 step out, or even more.
Am I the only person who has ever noticed this? Do I have ear dementia?
Sunjamr Steve
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EP589, EP457, EP415 (slightly) for example.
Actually I’m starting to think that my ears have just become more discerning, and it’s not really ear dementia. Hearing two notes that are not perfectly in tune seems to distress my brain. Maybe more like “Tuning OCD”. The problem goes away after a few glasses of wine.
Sunjamr Steve
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I can’t replicate your issue but it might be helpful if you could identify a specific example of a jam track you believe to be out of tune.
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