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Old 10-02-2018, 04:17 PM
JonPR JonPR is offline
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Originally Posted by Mandobart View Post
I think we can all agree the Paul McCartney is exceptional. That means he is an exception. I hope we can all realize that most of us are not exceptional musicians. What worked for someone like Paul McCartney is not likely to work for the rest of us mortals. How many hit songs have the rest of us written over the past 6 decades?

It just makes sense to avail yourself of every tool out there.
I agree. No one is saying - yet! - that because he couldn't read then none of us need to!

I could read music before I began learning guitar (mid-1960s), and it helped me immensely. My ear wasn't good, and I couldn't have taught myself without it.
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