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aliceincelloland
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(10/16/00 5:44:09 pm)
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sigh....cellos.....
i have been playing cello since
april (its october now). i can play anything i want by ear
(concertos: Elgar, Dvorak, Saint Saens, Schumann etc.) But i do not
know how to read music. this is very frustrating because i want to
study the cello in college. the colleges that i have looked at
(obviously) require sight reading. isn't it at all possible that i
can be admitted based on what i can play? help
please!
~jenn
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Laura
Wichers
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(10/16/00 6:15:34 pm)
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Re:
sigh....cellos.....
I think I speak for everyone when I
say that you MUST learn to read music if you hope to make a career
in any music performance/education related field. To perform in any
type of chamber group, you will need to be able to sight-read. There
is a very good chance you will be asked to play pieces for which
there are no recordings... and it would be very unprofessional to
ask someone to play it first so you know what it sounds like. To
teach any type of music, you would be doing your students a huge
disservice if you did not teach them to read music.
And one
other thing... any music major will have a required series of music
theory courses. If you don't read music, how would you be able to do
theory homework? Study theory texts? Analyze music and take your
exams?
Do yourself a favor and learn to read
music!!!
-Laura
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