When I say I can't hear the root notes - I mean in the ABSENCE of the sheet music or the original recording playing....I'm wondering if you can hear what the root is while recalling the melody, as long as you know the key and the first melody note or chord....

Then again - memory is a tricky thing - sometimes you remember stuff you don't want to - or get a tune stuck in your head - a riff or something you don't even like (one of my friends shared that he had that keyboard riff to Billy Joel's 'the entertainer' going on for far too long)...also depends on the emotional component assiciated with what you're remembering....

Last edited by Joe V; 01/20/19 09:44 AM.