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Originally Posted by David
Yeah, the inability to read music is a red herring in the argument. It means nothing. Most rock musicians probably don't know how to -- & don't want to -- read staff notation. For the most part, it simply isn't necessary for what they do. I would imagine a good many jazz musicians don't read notation, either, although that might have changed substantially from the old days. Rock & jazz traditionally aren't notational arts: they're improvisatory. Christine & possibly Bob Welch are probably the only two members of the band since the beginning who actually read music.
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I was just reading the Lindsey Buckingham entry in Wikipedia(why was I doing that?) and I noticed this.
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Buckingham never took guitar lessons and does not read music.
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We always have to hear who in pop music does not read music, and who studied opera or had some form of classical training.
Yawn.
Play me some music I like- make me cry - I don't care what you studied, unless I am hiring you as a teacher! Feh.