On Aug 4, 2013, at 9:11 PM, Mark Seifert <seifertm...@att.net> wrote:
> Dear Sirs, > I remember reading that Hoppy Smith encountered severe difficulty > studying music theory because he did not play keyboard, but toughed it > out and succeeded. I dropped out of Music Theory 2 freshman year > because of not knowing keyboard at all. When I was in college I somehow passed the piano exam. A friend of mine lobbied heavily and eventually got the administration to accept guitar instead of keyboard skills. I see his point, but I didn't care so much. The standards were low enough that I could pass. I do find it useful, though, particularly when I've had an injury say, to be able to play things on the keyboard. I find it a real test of knowing a piece to be able to read the tab on the keyboard. Dombois used to do that routinely in my lessons. Ed Durbrow Saitama, Japan http://www.youtube.com/user/edurbrow?feature=watch https://soundcloud.com/ed-durbrow http://www9.plala.or.jp/edurbrow/ -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
