[Dixielandjazz] Message 1 Chords

[Patrick Cooke]

>>>Remember Louis' great
answer to the question, "Do you read music?"

He said, "Not 'nuff to hurt my playin' any."<<<

I thought that was Wingy Manone said that.....maybe he got it from Louis....
     Pat Cooke



----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Hooks" <charliehooks@earthlink.net>
To: "DJML Dixieland Jazz" <dixielandjazz@ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [Dixielandjazz] Message 1 Chords


> on 10/8/02 2:30 PM, Edgerton, Paul A at paul.edgerton@eds.com wrote:
>
> > All of the nomenclature and "rules" are there to simplify understanding
and
> > talking about the music. The music comes first, then the analysis.
Capische?
>
> Exactly.  "Rules" of languages are the same; the language comes first, of
> course, but explication of the way it's put together expedites
description.
> Diagramming sentences is no waste of time: such knowledge is, instead, a
> great time-saver!  You needn't re-invent the wheel each time you want to
> make a grammatical point or recall a rule.  Same with chord structure.
>
> I'll always defend the position that knowing more is better than knowing
> less.  Knowledge won't destroy your inspiration.  Remember Louis' great
> answer to the question, "Do you read music?"
>
> He said, "Not 'nuff to hurt my playin' any."
>
> Charlie
>
>
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