Re: [Harp-L] Reading Music

[sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

But I'm not talking. I'm writing.

> On 01/31/2011 12:40 PM, sheltraw@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> IMO the question should not be whether the ability to read music is
>> useful or not. It is. But there are other aspects of musicianship that
>> are much more useful. So for me it's a matter of priority. If, like me,
>> your goal is to play jazz or bluegass then developing excellent reading
>> skill is not anywhere near as usefu as developing one's ear and ear-to-
>> instrument connection.
>>
>> We learned to talk before we learned to read.
> but you did learn both, and are all the more expressive and
> communicative for it.
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> but we make a life from what we give.
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