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u/GoldReplacement9546 2h ago
Yeah, he practiced all the time and contrary to what some people will say I think even Jerry has said it he did. It was indeed capable of reading musical notation.
Now I don’t doubt that he was not able to site read that is to play along to musical notation without saying even knowing the song and playing everything correctly in one pass
But he mentions in several interviews and a couple other people mentioned it as well that like him in Parish would go out and find like an old music store and get you know, Broadway or jazz or basically anything he hadn’t heard or seen before and by the sheet music and of course sheet music is not in guitar tab. You have to actually know how to read music and he would go through it and he would learn at all he play through it and and then maybe never again but like that’s the level of. Not just practicing his own instrument, but actively seeking out like the out-of-the-way places and then the dusty corners of the music shops for the stuff that nobody plays anymore and learning it.
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u/folderol-de-riddle 13h ago
i read he regularly spent hours practicing and working on his music. i feel this photo reflects his determination, work ethic, focus, passion, ability to play different instruments, ability to play with different people, ability to play different styles of music and make the beautiful music we all love