Oscar peterson solo pdf reader11/14/2022 ![]() ![]() If you're reading on a gig you HAVE to be able to read well the FIRST time and make MUSIC out of it. Here's the thing, you need to start out with music that you can actually sight read well. No really, sit down and sight read something. ![]() So how do you become a better reader? Do it. As a working musician I can confirm, as many others can, that you need to prepare yourself to read literally anything. Literacy on the guitar is one of the biggest pitfalls, and I've struggled with it for a long time, and still need lots of work on it. So you've read this far, that means you're literate right? The word means a lot of things. I'm not a monstrous player by any means, but I have had a lot of practical experience and feel like I'm at a point where I can impart some really useful foundational knowledge on jazz history, literature, technique, comping, solo playing etc. The last couple weeks for instance I played in a vibes quintet at the local 'spot' for jazz, with a popular local big band, and was a stage manager at the Jazz Education Network Conference in Dallas TX. I immediately got hooked and it's my wish to play it forever! Now I have many experiences from playing solo to big bands, and have performed and traveled all over the country. I decided to 'choose' jazz to study, I had listened to some but not a ton. ![]() I was really into rock and then extreme metal for most of my time in high school, and I knew I wanted to study music in college but death metal isn't exactly the easiest thing to major in. Briefly about me: I'm a junior jazz studies at a midwest conservatory, and have been playing music since I was 6 (piano/composition first, and then guitar when I was 11). I'm happy that so many responded positively with a wish for some sort of regular advice/column/blog resource here, and I definitely think this subreddit needs it. ![]()
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