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Author: | Jayesskerr [ Thu Nov 23, 2017 1:46 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Poll: Reading |
mad_monk wrote: Forty years, six thousand instruments and not one solid reader. There is something profoundly wrong with that. Mad Monk. Time to revisit this thread, here's hoping Mad Monk comes back, I do have a few questions for him.. One, one (working towards being a) solid reader. Getting better every day, too. For every comment in this thread that says things along the lines of "oh you might be better off to just spend your time just learning the instrument" or "It won't help you learn to improvise" or "I learned that, but it's just not usefuI" I humbly submit the following list... Eric Clapton - Layla John Coltrane - Giant Steps Duke Ellington - Satin Doll The Imperial March (Darth Vader Theme) Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son Bach - Minuet In G Metallica - Enter Sandman Charlie Parker - Billie's Bounce Steve Adelson - Tap Dance N. Paganini - Perpetual Motion Paul Simon - The Sound Of Silence Yes - Owner Of A Lonely Heart Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Steve Adelson - Like Jeff The Who - I can See For Miles Can't remember who the hell did it - Low Rider Sleepwalk Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Dreaming Metallica - Sad But True J.S. Bach - Two Part Invention No1 Bob Marley - I shot The Sheriff Miles Davis - So What Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon AC/DC - Hell's Bells Greg Howard - Del Mar Greg Howard - Requiem for Persephone Greg Howard - Adrift Greg Howard - Sangre De Cristo Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Yngwie J. Malmsteen - Blackstar The Beatles - Here Comes The Sun The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby All Of Me L.V. Beethoven - Fur Elise Stella By Starlight Autumn Leaves Rush - Tom Sawyer Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun They are all on my Youtube and Soundcloud page. Sure, some are better than others but meh... I think the point that learning to read well will really help with all aspects of this instrument has been illustrated. That was the objective. It's quite a few tunes since mid-July. Plus there's some original stuff in there also that I didn't mention, and a LOT MORE stuff that I just didn't post. I hit record at the end of each practice session and sightread a new bit of music every day. I've done the experiment, I'd say that musical literacy and the ability to read well is a HUGE advantage, it frees up all kinds of time to work on other stuff... So yeah, this reading thing, there might be something to it... |
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