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Originally Posted by stanron
Some of this seems to be arguing about nothing.
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Agreed.
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Originally Posted by stanron
If I learn music from the dots the first thing I have to do is memorise it. The way I memorise it is to learn it by ear, from my own playing when reading it from notation. I have no intention of performing anything whilst reading dots.
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Agreed. If there is no way of hearing a recording first, then the ear has to be fully aware of what you are doing when reading the dot's or you are wasting your time.
Of course listening to good recordings first enhances this process tenfold (roughly).