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Originally Posted by Nymuso
Read the material to learn it. Memorize the material to perform it.
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^^^ This ^^^
Drives my wife crazy when we see people reading music/lyrics off paper or a tablet during a performance. I can understand having some reminders around for a new song but if you're doing it for every song, that's lame. I know it gets harder the older you are. But even in our mid-50's we can memorize enough to get through three sets! And that's short songs with no solos!
I should add (and it should go without saying) that I'm talking above about your average pub-playing cover acoustic cowboy chord type stuff. If you're talking about difficult, complicated, intense classical/jazz/theater type stuff then sheet music is not only the norm but pretty much a must.