Originally Posted By: Larry Kehl
The VAST majority (using same population) are not going to be LA or Nashville session players, choir leaders, band conductors, symphonic conductors, music teachers, stage performers, club acts, the piano guy (past security) at the Atlanta airport bar (lots of scotch consumed there - grin ), lounge acts, semi-pro's, super stars, or performers of any kind.


Yes Larry but there are certain assumptions that should be obvious in a forum like this. That assumption is when this subject comes up by people like Notes or myself this is exactly the POV we're coming from. IF someone wants to play at that level even if they never actually perform they need to learn to read charts at a minimum and full music if they can.

And also yes, everybody loves to point out the savants who are always the exceptions. Even among the top pros savants are pretty rare. Most pros graduated from legitimate music schools or at least had good teachers.

Notes is right, the people who poo poo it don't know the difference so it's easy to say it doesn't matter.

Bob

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