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I like the fly spots, but I'm getting better at improv and as a consequence playing by ear (only real problem I have is gettin' enought air out me ear to get noise on the 'bone )


One thing I did forget to mention...

It depends on what you're playing. F'rinstance, I play in the orchestra for a couple of musical societies - you better be able to read the music buddy or you ain't got a chair. I also play in a couple of big bands, again you need to be able to follow the dots... Actually I don't rehearse with one of these big bands as their rehearsal times are impossible for me, so I get to sight read at the gigs, that's fun...

On the other hand, I play in church and we rarely, if ever, have parts. Just a chord chart or a lead sheet if we're lucky. On the odd occasion I might have a piano/vocal chart available and extremely rarely I actually get written parts. I will often write my own parts when I have lead sheet or piano parts available, otherwise it's all improv/ear stuff.

At the end of the day, like another poster has said, ya gotta have fun.

<Edits in italics> fixed a typo and added a bit.

Last edited by Lawrie; 01/23/11 03:58 PM.
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