[Harp-L] big river follow-up



While I'm glad it all worked out with Big River, how is this experience alone not enough to convince people to learn to read basic music?

I mean no offense, but really. And I don't want to start some giant discussion.

there is no justification for not learning to read music. None. Well, I'm wrong... George Shearing and Stevie Wonder... sure... they've got reasons. Other than I think George is dead.

Lots of info on my less-than-serious site about reading vs not reading....an article by Vern Smith is there.

Part of it, not Vern's but mine,  is "are you good enough to not read music?" and I guess for you, this time the answer is Yes.

The gist of it is that if you have a style that's great, and unique...and all yours, likeToots, for instance, then people are willing to wait while you learn the parts..

You got lucky, and ended up with kind, and gracious players...and, had I been in the pit, I'd have helped out also...we all want our fellows to succeed.

I find it so interesting when the second question someone asks when hiring me on chromatic harmonica, is "do you read music?"
Even people with whom I've worked on other instruments for ages, they'll say "Well I know you read music on oboe, sax, clarinet  etc, but do you also read music on harmonica???"

that's weird.

No need turn this into a long discussion on my account. Sorry I even brought it up.

On Apr 20, 2014, at 5:26 PM, harp-l-request@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>  As the only non-reader in the group, even though some of my parts were to be improvised, I needed some specific cues and had to write out most of my parts of the score in harp notation so I could play them adequately. Having the CD of the original product!

jon kip
http://jonkip.com

player of music, mostly written by dead people and played on a toy that everybody's Uncle except my nephew's has the good sense to keep safely out of sight in a drawer.









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