Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
I've played in church settings where the piano players could play a piece of music from sheet music in a key with 4 flats but couldn't jam in the key of C to a 1/4/5 blues progression. In fact, one even asked what was I talking about when I said it's a 1/4/5 in E.


My piano teacher during college was like that.
He helped me quite a bit with a "Medieval Man" concept project I was working on at that time.
He was as good as anyone would expect being a college professor.
But...during one on my private tutoring/writing sessions we got on the subject of jamming with others.
He told me...."I cannot hear a note in my head". (Huh!)
I was shaking my head in disbelief....I actually thought all accomplished musicians could, by default.

That was very odd to me because I can hear music in my pea brain and figure out aspects of music that require it.

To the topic itself....
My desire to become a better musician was based on trying to surround myself with those better than myself and learning the language(s) of music.
My take....everyone has different goals so one should do what is necessary to achieve them.

Back to it....

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