RE: Another lurker emerges

["John P. Giunta" <JGIUNTA@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Date sent:      Thu, 01 Sep 1994 07:20:17 -0700 (MST)
> From:           Barry Schaede <barrys@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject:        RE: Another lurker emerges
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> Ooops I forgot something.  no one goes around making people that can read 
> music feel bad or somehow less of a musician because of the musical 
> skills and abilities they don't posess.  This seems to be a very common 
> occurence among musicians that play by ear alone.  I don't mean one way 
> is better than the other.  I do think that many "trained" musicians do. I 
> appreciate greatly Winslows analasies of the harmonica as they relate to 
> theory.  The leaps of understanding they make possible are sometimes 
> truly amazing.  FJM


I think true musicianship involves the cultivation of both good 
reading ability AND the ability to improvise in and out of various 
styles of music--the more styles the better, from ancient sounds to 
as much metal as one can stand without becoming negative.


Let's keep this dialogue open, everybody.  We desparately need some 
understanding among the readers and non-readers!!!!

John