That's really interesting.

Post #72,170 by static 1/3/03 4:53:00 AM 1/4/03 4:41:59 AM Reply	That's really interesting. Because I have an ear for the feel of music, but when playing, I still prefer to play from chord charts. OTOH, melody lines I can play at speed from manuscript, though hearing it first is Very Helpful. :-) Then too, I've played from a chord chart cold (in a church band) and the song leader suspected but couldn't be sure that I hadn't played that song before. Wade. Microsoft are clearly boiling the frogs. Edited by static Jan. 4, 2003, 04:41:59 AM EST That's really interesting. Because I have an ear for the feel of music, but when playing, I still prefer to play from chord charts. OTOH, melody lines I can play at speed from manuscript, though hearing it first is Very Helpful. :-) Then too, I've played from a chord chart (in a church band) and the song leader suspected but couldn't be sure that I hadn't played that song before. Wade. Microsoft are clearly boiling the frogs. Collapse All History
Post #72,219 by drewk 1/3/03 10:55:19 AM Reply	Speed-reader here Though most musicians would look at drum or percussion music and lose their minds. If you're talking percussion (not counting marimba and other keyboard-like instruments) the notes will generally be all on one line. Or rather each line is a completely different instrument. Often each instrument will have a different-shaped note head. Then there's the stuff they give the guy playing the drum set in a pop/jazz/rock etc. band. It's frequently so over-written it's nearly unplayable. I usually just asked for the lead sheet (for standards, the kind with a melody and chord progression) or a copy of the first trumpet part. Basically give me the melody line and let me figure out what to do with it. === Microsoft offers them the one thing most business people will pay any price for - the ability to say "we had no choice - everyone's doing it that way." -- [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=38978\|Andrew Grygus]
Post #72,467 by deSitter 1/4/03 1:13:52 PM Reply	You're a drummer? Cool! -drl
Post #72,624 by Steve Lowe 1/5/03 2:11:58 AM Reply	I use chord charts a lot I make chord charts from sheet music all the time. I hate trying to turn pages in the midst of a song. I try to memorize as much as I can, but we do so many different songs, and a different set every week. ----- Steve

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