>> HAs it ever occurred to you that all orchestral (and most small- >> ensemble) >> music is sightread, always? > > Good point, but the job of an orchestral player is not to be an > interpreter, but rather to be a part of a larger whole. The > conductor is the one who is allowed to interpret the music. Not all ensembles have conductors, even though SOMEONE has make decisions.
>> And all them mediocre blues are played from memory, ain't they? > > WrOOOng! hey man, you can find mediocre music everywhere, in all > genres (except the lute world of course). C'mon, dude, blues ain't > played from memory... > > David R I do it from memory, and it is hardly mediocre. It is a lot worse. RT (Rollin' and tumblin' at home with my first ever hay fever, SanPellegrino tastes like gasoline.........) ___________________________________________________________ $0 Web Hosting with up to 200MB web space, 1000 MB Transfer 10 Personalized POP and Web E-mail Accounts, and much more. Signup at www.doteasy.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
