| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Re: [RESOGUIT-L " E" tuning | | Date: | Friday, December 16, 2005 13:28:30 (-0500) | | From: | Pete Reichwein <petereichwein @.......net>
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| In reply to: | Message 1397 (written by Tom Foote) |
> On Dec 15, 2005, at 2:25 PM, Jim Warren wrote:
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>> Someone once said when asked "can you read music?"
>> They replied, "Not enough to hurt my playing" That could have been
>> ME..... Jim W.
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>> I think that's apocryphal... however, that quote was cited by
> Pete Seeger his famous red book "How to play the 5 String _ _ _ _ _.
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> Tom, recovering _ _ _ _ _ player.
I remember that quote from Pete Seeger very clearly. I not only thought it
was cleaver and funny, but I also took it to heart.... for the longest time
I
basked in my ignorance, feeling that "playing by ear" was cool, and
macho... music theory was lame. What an idiot! It wasn't until I was
in my 50's that I finally wised up and learned the basics (not all that
much,
actually). It has helped immensely, and I could kick myself for waiting so
long.
I guess the moral is "knowing something... anything... almost never hurts,
and may help alot".
Happy Holidays, all you resomaniacs.
Pete Reichwein
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