On Tue, 2009-09-22 at 00:12 +0930, Tim wrote: > If I were playing it, I could probably tell you what key it was in, > because I'd know what notes and chords I'd been playing, and would > know > what key those notes fitted into. "Probably" in that my training was > as > intense as those with real formal training, and much shorter in > duration. So I could easily pick something in C, but the keys in > something like E flat minor, for instance, aren't something I'm that > very familiar with. That's something where more training would help > more than just personal skill levels. ---- just a little anecdotal story. I was playing a pretty cool arrangement that I did for Genesis "Misunderstanding" on my acoustic guitar for my friend Everett. He is a professional musician (keyboards) and has toured with artists like Ian Hunter. Anyway, Everett told me that the A-flat-maj-7 needed a B-flat bass root and I was shocked...he could just name the note that I needed even though he did not know how to play the song...he is that musically aware. I don't know if he had any classical training but he is such a good musician that even his playing guitar sounds better than me playing and he is not a guitar player. This clearly is talent (and obviously perfect pitch). Craig -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
