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From:  MFoxy9795@a...
MFoxy9795@a...
Date:  Fri May 11, 2001  4:26 am
Subject:  Re: [vocalist] Re: sight-reading: important?


In a message dated 01-05-10 17:01:08 EDT, you write:

>
> vtyc> I can see value in being able to sight-read in
> vtyc> situations where the music has never been recorded,
> vtyc> i.e. new music. But this music is often terribly
> vtyc> difficult to read because of atonality, odd intervals,
> vtyc> etc. Another useful situation might be when learning
> vtyc> a piece on tremendously short notice -- but, again, it
> vtyc> is so much more time-efficient for a singer with a
> vtyc> good, quick ear (as most singers have) to listen
> vtyc> through a couple of times and then have it.

what is the virtue in being "time-efficient" if you are supposedly a serious
classical musician???

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