And a lot of times I was, honestly, too lazy to learn how to read the notes and play the notes, so I would play by ear, I would just listen to something and then I would try to play it back myself.
If you're a reader, studying the material on your own would help, whereas auditory learners can benefit by recording themselves speaking and then playing it back.
" So essentially, we're having a conversation with the insect, because we can play back a bunch of different signals to females and ask her how much she likes each one."
I was doing this movie " Crossroads" where I really learned blues guitar, classical guitar, electric, acoustic, but it was all done to play back by the professionals.