[rodgersorgan] Re: Pitches, I meant Pitches!

  • From: Arlene Jutting <ajutting@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • 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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