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Old 01-07-2015, 10:49 AM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by EPOCH6 View Post
<snipped> So I don't think you missed much, besides maybe something to bull**** about with pretentious music students over a glass of wine at a jazz concerto (no offense to genuinely brilliant jazz musicians), you seem to be doing just fine without the tedious nomenclature.
Well, thank you. I immersed myself into the guitar scene many moons ago, and diligently sought out and emulated many of the greats, which is where a lot of my instinctual musical knowledge comes from. That, and spending countless hours in front of a TV, or radio playing along with whatever comes out of the speakers. I've learned, and then forgotten, hundreds, if not thousands of songs in 3-5 minutes, only to have them pushed into the back of my memory in the same sitting. I can recall some of what I figured out at times, but the fact that I even played through it at all is still a benefit in itself.

Maybe when I retire, I'll finally sit down and learn the fundamentals of theory and kind of 'connect the dots' so to speak. Then I'll go find me a pretentious jazz nerd and put him to the test.
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