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I wouldn't have let that dark-haired woman walk out of my life back in 1982...
Wait, you mean musically?
Well for starters, I wouldn't have quit guitar lessons in the 4th grade so I could do Scouts--made it through about 3 of Mr. Bay's books before I gave up formal instruction for awhile. Second, I would have kept playing in high school and gotten a teacher who could teach jazz basics.
Third, in college I would have played my a$$ off every chance I got with whomever and whenever in any genre of music.
Other than that I wouldn't change a thing. Except I probably wouldn't have sold my 1981 ES-175 in the latter 80's.
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04-21-2015 01:16 PM
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Originally Posted by euterpe
You'd think I could still learn to read- millions of 10 year olds can do it, after all- and it seems you'd be wrong. After 30+ years of jazz guitar I've surrendered to the likelihood that I will never be a reader.
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"The best in the business didn't read music."
This is the go to excuse for not learning to read.
How much better those talented players who
didn't read would have been if they did we
can only speculate.Last edited by Paully; 04-25-2015 at 04:48 PM.
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Originally Posted by Cunamara
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I wouldn't so quickly and resolutely given up on pima picking technique.
I would've worked harder and more seriously at sight reading.
I would have spent more time transcribing early on.
And would have spent more time copying styles and tones.
But I was never interested in copying styles OR tones, so there you go. I am what I am and I'm proud of it.
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Henry's right!..this is jazz we're talking about, not classical. I think truth is the the opposite to what Paully says, I think people use "the not learning to read music (sight reading) earlier" as an excuse for the inability to play and improvise what they hear. To say Wes would have been a better jazz guitarist if he'd had learned to read the dots seems ludicrous..Why didn't he learn to read music if it is so important? he was surrounded by the worlds best. The reason being he was probably dyslexic, a malady turned gift...Just an opinion!....L..
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Originally Posted by larry graves
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I would have got a teacher earlier than I did. A bunch of lessons from a good teacher is worth more than all the "how to play jazz guitar" books you can buy.
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Originally Posted by matt.guitarteacher
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I read music and always have. I think it's very necessary for the modern jazz guitarist. I just wish I would have been a kick ass sight reader, which I'm not. I can read pretty well but generally not as well as the horn players or pianists. If we have to go back over a tricky section 9 times out of 10 it's due to me.
Almost all of my gigs involve reading. I might not gig at all if I couldn't read.
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