Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Although I play horns, I need to know the chords of songs for soloing. If it’s a song I’m trying to learn, I like to write it out by ear (called transcribing). If I write anything, I have the ability to recall it, including music. This is not normal, I realize, but there is still great value in transcribing something to really understand it.

That's my viewpoint as well.

And it's another reason why I make my own backing tracks rather than buying a MIDI or Karaoke track. I want to know what the chords are plus what substitutions are used and why. If I'm going to improvise over the changes, I want to know what the changes are.

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