Learn to Read Music

Someone who hasn’t taken a music class might look at the ‘flytracks’ on the paper and wonder how anyone makes sense of it. Some people play music and NEVER learn to read it. Playing by ear comes natural to them.

Some can’t play by ear; only read. Without music to read they are helpless. They learned early and their first experience came by the music of the rote memorization method.

We learn the system established through traditional music lessons in which we learn to read notes. Several hundred years of development went into the building of this system.

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Your Musical Gift

Some people are born with a musical gift. I had a friend like this once. No matter what instrument you gave him, he could play it. At least that’s what it seemed like to me. His gift eventually took him to new heights where he was invited to join Cher on tour! Most of us only dream of ever having an opportunity
like that.

Several years ago, I was given the opportunity to use my own musical gifts to create an album called Dancin With The Blind. A friend and I wrote and performed all the songs that were used on the project. It was great fun and also provided us with another way to share our music.

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