On Tue, Nov 26, 2002 at 02:25:52PM -0600, Mia McDavid wrote: > Like (I suspect) every other member of this list, I read fluently. I > can't, in fact *not read*. I can't look at a word without knowing what > it says. Ever glanced at a sign that has a large collection of stuff on it, and had your brain pick out the one thing of interest to you without you actually reading any of the sign first? > I can look at a musical staff and have *no idea* what I'm supposed to be > hearing. I can, with a piano and *a lot* of effort, painfully sound out > the notes, but that's not reading. For all practical purposes, I learn > music the way a blind woman does, and I'm really sad about that. I keep > working, but all that good early-childhood learning stuff stopped > happening for me *long* time ago. Yeah, I know how you feel. I became quite proficient at snare and timpani, such that I could read that kind of music as easily as language. I learned keyboard music in exactly the manner you describe - sound out the notes (the rythm was effortless, given the rest of my percussion background). Do it again and again until I'd memorized it. Add in the musical stuff as I go along. Let me know if you ever do become proficient... it might give me some hope and a reason to buy a marimba at some point in the future. Anon, Kat