[TPIN] Was Chet, who doesn't read at all

[Glenn Bengry]

How about coming up with a list of great musicians that couldn't read?

Bix Beiderbeck couldn't read until later in his career(didn't even know the 
normal fingerings)

Luciano Pavarotti had to rehearse a lot   and memorize everything


how many more could we come up with?


glenn

>From: David Arndt <darndt at oriongate.net>
>Reply-To: darndt at oriongate.net
>To: 'Glenn Bengry' <soundpretty at hotmail.com>, davidkbolton at gmail.com, 
>TPIN at tpin.okcu.edu
>Subject: RE: [TPIN] Re: Chet Baker, an artist holding the trumpet
>Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 06:50:55 -0800
>
>This is an interesting conversation.  I'm NO Chet Baker... but I find that 
>I
>improvise better when I play with my eyes closed.  Literally.
>
>In a way it makes sense.  Since the most important thing is *listening* - 
>if
>you're distracted by *looking* at changes and notes on paper, it can only
>distract your brain from listening.
>
>No question that it is VERY important to be able to *read* also (sight
>reading)... But from a purely musical point of view, I do believe something
>"better" happens when you are working without the printed page as a 
>"crutch"
>(as someone put it on this thread).
>
>Didn't Louis Armstrong say that he only read music well enough not to "hurt
>his playing"?
>
>;-)
>
>-da
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu [mailto:tpin-bounces at tpin.okcu.edu] On
>Behalf Of Glenn Bengry
>
>I've heard it said that only about 5%of the musical nature of a piece can 
>be
>notated.  I think that's pretty close.  Therefore if one concentrates too
>much on the 5% on the page, its more difficult to get to the other 95% that
>makes the music come to life and move people.  Perhaps that is why 
>rehearsal
>usually helps produce better musical results.
>
>

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