How fast can you learn a song?

[Katrina]

How fast can you learn a song?

I'm good at learning the music fairly quickly, it's remembering the words that get me.

 

[zappaDPJ]

My day job working with other musicians has sometimes required me to learn a song either by ear or occasionally from hand written sheet music which is on a par with attempting to interpret an old-fashioned, handwritten doctor's prescription. I'm pretty good at it but I've worked with people who are better and I don't know how they do it.

 

[Felly]

Depends on how into it I am. If I'm not super invested in it, it'll probably be one of those songs I'll know if I hear it kinda thing. If I'm really invested in it, maybe a few days to get the words down? I'll usually be listening to it on repeat and singing along to it, so that always helps.

 

[Page]

Not fast enough I say... lol

 

[Ravenfreak]

If it's a song I really love I will listen to it over and over again while reading the lyrics so I can memorize them and sing along with the song. It takes me a bit to fully get all the lyrics down.

 

[primrose]

I can learn songs easily, but band, choir, and drama made that a bit easier for me. However, it does have to be a song that I enjoy.

 

[Yoda]

If it’s a song I like and it’s on the radio or I’ve got it on repeat, I usually know if after about 9/10 listens.

 

[Baw$e]

I remember certain lines, but it's hard for me to memorize full songs.

 

[EmperorTee]

Listening to it a few times is enough to make me know the lyrics. That's if I have the interest in the first place.

 

[MrDawn]

Probably never. I can't carry a tune in a bucket.

 

[Naza]

If it is a song that I really like, it won't take me more than 3 days to learn all the lyrics. Believe me, it is always a good experience singing along when such songs play.

 

[Blazing]

If the song is a trending one I just need few hours to learn it. I love to know a trending song almost immediately

 

[Allenafaith]

I feel like a lot of songs now have similar music so it isn’t hard for me to learn the beat…but words sometimes can take me a few days depending on how catchy it is.