Re: question about teaching and learning guitar

Stephen Calder wrote:
> > > ...it's possible to become a master musician
> > > without ever reading a note...

Lumpy wrote:
> > It's "possible" to run a marathon if you have
> > one leg cut off.

Stephen:
> The analogy is flawed, invalidating your point. There are no
> one-legged marathon runners that are household names.

There are to the marathon runner community.
Non guitarists don't have any idea who reads
and who doesn't read. Just as one legged runners
aren't familiar to you and me.

> Counter-examples (musicians who do not/did not read music): Irving
> Berlin (!), Erroll Garner, Jimi Hendrix, Wes Montgomery,
> described as the most important jazz guitarist of his era.

Those artists are essentially the "one legged
marathon runners" of music history. Irving and
Wes had to hire people to transcribe their stuff.

For every Jimi, Irving etc, there are ten thousand
other musicians that do read music. Hardly a good
reason NOT to teach an 8 y/o how to read.


Lump


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