Is Reading Sheet Music Required to Be a Good Guitarist? Bohlinger on How He Explores Melody & Tone скачать в хорошем качестве

Is Reading Sheet Music Required to Be a Good Guitarist? Bohlinger on How He Explores Melody & Tone

Read the Article: https://www.premierguitar.com/pro-adv... Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Does the guitar’s design encourage sonic exploration more than sight reading? A popular song between 1910 and 1920 would usually sell millions of copies of sheet music annually. The world population was roughly 25 percent of what it is today, so imagine those sales would be four or five times larger in an alternate-reality 2024. My father is 88, but even with his generation, friends and family would routinely gather around a piano and play and sing their way through a stack of songbooks. (This still happens at my dad’s house every time I’m there.) Back in their day, recordings of music were a way to promote sheet music. Labels released recordings only after sheet-music sales slowed down on a particular song. That means that until recently, a large section of society not only knew how to read music well, but they did it often—not as often as we stare at our phones, but it was a primary part of home entertainment. By today’s standards, written music feels like a dead language. Music is probably the most common language on Earth, yet I bet it has the highest illiteracy rate. Read the Article: https://www.premierguitar.com/pro-adv... Subscribe to PG's Channel: http://bit.ly/SubscribePGYouTube Win Guitar Gear: https://bit.ly/GiveawaysPG Don't Miss a Rundown: http://bit.ly/RIgRundownENL Merch & Magazines: https://shop.premierguitar.com PG's Facebook:   / premierguitar   PG's Instagram:   / premierguitar   PG's Twitter:   / premierguitar   PG's Threads: https://threads.net/@premierguitar PG's TikTok:   / premierguitar   #guitar #guitarist #guitarplayer #advice #music