[rodgersorgan] Re: Pitches, I meant Pitches!

From: "Matt G." <caddyorganist@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 23:47:57 -0500
I'm a pretty good site reader. I can transpose pretty good and I love to 
improvise. If I have to memorize, it can be a challenge but if it's not 
required and I play it repeatedly, like a hymn for example, then it gets 
stuck up there.

Matt G
CaddyOrganist@xxxxxxxxxxx


>From: Arlene Jutting <ajutting@xxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [rodgersorgan] Re: Pitches, I meant Pitches!
>Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:38:49 -0500
>
>
>Hi:  Here's another good sight-reader and fast typist who has great
>difficulty memorizing.  Even fouled up on my college Senior recital.
>  I've often wondered why memorization was so important. I've been
>playing for 70 years and have accompanied more university choirs,
>community choirs, church choirs, and soloists than I can count as well
>as playing for university and community theater musical productions.
>I've always been able to follow the music and the director, soloist, or
>small group without memorization skills.
>
>How about improvisation and transposition.  I for one find this very
>difficult.  Any other good sight-readers have this problem?
>
>Also would like to throw something else in the mix.  How many of you are
>challenged by other equipment that requires finger skills.  For
>instance, needlework of any kind,  transcribing text to Braille using a
>Braille typewriter, or (before computers) using special equipment to set
>type, etc.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on a computer when they
>first came out so I could start figuring out how to operate it andtry
>to  "think" like it did.  The capabilities of the Trillium and the MIDI
>also fasincate me, and I'm frustrated because I don't have time to learn
>all the "ins and outs" as quickly as I'd like to.  For instance, right
>now I'm having trouble accessing the drum set so I can play it on the
>organ.  Help would be appreciated.
>
>One more question?  How many of you musicians, sight-readers or not, are
>trained or have experience in the sciences -- chemistry, physics,
>medicine?  Just curious.
>
>I have learned a lot from this group and greatly appreciate the good
>advice, the help, the suggestions for music, and the funny experiences.
>  Many, many thanks to you all.
>Arlene
>
>    noel jones wrote:
>
> >As I stated once before...I can spell, I just can't type very well. Do I 
>need a
> >spell checker? Yes, and a context-checker...and a does this make any 
>sense
> >checker....
> >
> >This does pose a question for the group:
> >
> >People tend to be great sight readers or not. Sight readers can have a 
>miserable
> >time memorizing music it seems, possibly due to the ease at which they 
>read,
> >anticipate fingering problems, process solutions and go on.
> >
> >Non-sight readers really look at the score and figure things out and as a 
>result
> >seem to play correct fingering more consistently which would seem to lock 
>in the
> >neural pathways quicker and therefore make memorization quicker.
> >
> >Comments on that please.
> >
> >BUT the big question is do good sight readers touch-type or hunt and 
>peck?
> >
> >
> >noel jones, aago
> >athens, tennessee, usa
> >423 887-7594
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