On Wednesday 28 May 2008 20:49, Frank Wales wrote: > Dave Phillips wrote: > > One of the best bar-band guitarists here in my town has perfect pitch > > (as in absolute pitch). He can play and sing exactly like his models > > (he's a terrific mimic), but he can't improvise a blues worth a damn. He > > also has little or no sense for composition (though Garage Band lets him > > think he does). I wish I had his ear, but I wouldn't trade it for my > > other musical capabilities. > > Reminds me of a comment I heard once by a professional symphony orchestra > musician about some of his conservatory-trained colleagues: "they're > wonderful musicians, but they couldn't play 'Happy Birthday' without > the score in front of them." > > Makes you wonder what's in their head when they think of music. Seeing this I think of my dad who played the piano accordian. he couldn't read music , but would hear a tune, and just be able to play it. There is something to be said for that ability. In later years he bought a Hammond organ, and leslie speaker (I think he found it a bit difficult to stand up for an hour or so playing the accordian), but personally I found his accordian playing had a little something extra, that the organ didn't provide. 2¢ worth of memories. Nigel. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
