I have a friend at work, and we talk about music all the time.
(Boss, if you're reading this, I mean we talk at LUNCH, not on the clock.. heh )


He has been taking classical guitar lessons because he already plays several other instruments and he reads music and wants to start guitar with a technically correct set of skills.

Until recently his discussion has been derogatory toward people he sees on TV who play music but "they violate all the rules". He recently saw somebody play who was clearly not a trained musician, but he really liked what he was hearing.

He commented "I want to play like THAT someday", to which I replied "but your technique is head and shoulders above what that guy can do"

he came back with "Yeah, but my playing sounds mechanical, while his playing is sooo MUSICAL...


hmmm, interesting point.

This is not to suggest that trained musicians are not as musical as self taught musicians by any means, for I don't think that's true. What I DO think is that the ability to read notes on paper is not the prime determinant of whether a person's playing can stir the listener's senses.



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