Author: GeorgeL ★2017
Date: 2008-08-13 16:51
As a recreational musician who has played in some pretty good community bands over the last 28 years, I have a question: how did you learn 'chords'? Was piano or guitar (instruments which play chords) part of your early training? Did it take a semester of music education? Were you able to improvise before you learned chords?
If you wonder why I ask the question, read through the answers from people who responded to Anne. Do you think anything that was written will make any sense to someone who does not already know the answer? It certainly did not to me.
I also wonder if musically trained people believe knowledge of chords will help a clarinetist play better. I have no doubt that this subject is a requirement for composing, useful for understanding music, and very helpful for improvising, but I rarely see 'Dim7' written by a series of notes - I see notes that I have to read, and whether or not I can play those notes depends on whether I have practiced them, not whether I can identify them.
I'm done; fire away. I was a lawyer, I can take it.
George
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