Page 2 of 2

Re: Question for John Knowles on Sight Reading

PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 12:58 am
by stevek
Bill and all,

Thank you - I very much appreciate your advice and kind words.

Best,

Steve

Re: Question for John Knowles on Sight Reading

PostPosted: Mon Jan 27, 2014 10:03 am
by Norm
bill_h wrote:

I've heard that Tommy Tedesco used to read music backwards before his phone started ringing for studio work in order to sharpen his reading skills. .
[/quote]

The guy who got me started teaching told me to make my students play their lessons backward to make sure I wasn't getting sandbagged by an ear player. Same applies to us stragglers. Like Reagan used to say "Trust but verify"