Taz
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Let me clarify that statement.
I was at a gig the other night, playing with a friends band. I was a guest appearance as was a blues harmonica player (he was awesome!) Anyway, we took it in turns to do solo's and on one piece we did a sort of "question and answer" thing. In other words, he played a bit and I copied it, then I played a bit and he copied mine.
I was gobsmacked, when a lady came up to me during the break and said that she really admired what I was doing, just playing whatever came into my head. She then dropped me in my tracks by telling me that she used to play alto with the Belgian National Orchestra (I hope I've got that right as I'd had a couple to drink) and could only play if she had the dots in front of her.
So this got me to thinking, how many people on this site either "Read the dots" or "Make it up" as you go?
I was at a gig the other night, playing with a friends band. I was a guest appearance as was a blues harmonica player (he was awesome!) Anyway, we took it in turns to do solo's and on one piece we did a sort of "question and answer" thing. In other words, he played a bit and I copied it, then I played a bit and he copied mine.
I was gobsmacked, when a lady came up to me during the break and said that she really admired what I was doing, just playing whatever came into my head. She then dropped me in my tracks by telling me that she used to play alto with the Belgian National Orchestra (I hope I've got that right as I'd had a couple to drink) and could only play if she had the dots in front of her.
So this got me to thinking, how many people on this site either "Read the dots" or "Make it up" as you go?