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117. Not being able to read sheet music was gonna be my dirty secret too!

Fri Mar 28, 2014, 11:31 AM

Mar 2014

Well, actually, I can read one line of it, for voice or a one-note-at-a-time instrument (I played flute, could follow perfectly) but when there are 10 possible tones going on and glisses and trills--well, I had NO mental Rosetta stone for that. I used to struggle through the mass of notes, then memorize Mozart, Beethoven, Clementi, Bach et al, then go to my lesson and play the songs perfectly--even turning the page at exactly the right time! I have really good tone memory, so it was easy. Little did I realize I wasn't doing myself any good.

I went on to play in a band, writing songs and making up arrangements which suited my personality much better! When it's yours, you don't have to read the notes.

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