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MasterBaggins · 01-07-2015, 10:37 AM

I learned how to read music for trumpet by memorizing what fingering I needed, rather than the note names. I play a lot by ear, and experiment on piano by ear, but I'd like to actually understand music theory.
But hey, Louis Armstrong learned trumpet all by ear, so..

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MasterBaggins Delicious Member Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: Admundson-Scott Antarctic Research Center (Kansas) Posts: 66	I learned how to read music for trumpet by memorizing what fingering I needed, rather than the note names. I play a lot by ear, and experiment on piano by ear, but I'd like to actually understand music theory. But hey, Louis Armstrong learned trumpet all by ear, so.. __________________ WARNING: THIS USER FOLLOWS THE FOUR F'S (flirt, fail, fornicate, fart)