I am interested in your reply Carol C that for music you cannot hear anything in your head.Does that mean you cannot humm a tune or sing a tune from memory? I find this statement unusual, only because I have never met anyone who has ever said that.If that is the case for you to play without the dots from which you would get timing is even more interesting.
I cannot understand why you blasted Bobert for his posting LilyFestre,You asked for people to help you by instigating this thread and Bobert is replying to it.The very fact that he sat down at the piano and worked on tunes without the music is why he is playing by ear.I did not read that as boasting etc I took that as the reason why he played by ear.Perhaps you read it in a different way to me.
Al