Re: The need to hear a tune and not just read it question
I had the same thing going on with me for years. Then I started learning tunes from really old (ca.200 years old) tune books. I cannot find recordings or other players who knew most of these tunes. So I just went slowly, playing one measure at a time.
I have now gotten to where my sight reading is much better, and I feel more confident playing now because I've added so many obscure but interesting tunes to my playlist.
Ha, ha! keep time: how sour sweet music is,
When time is broke and no proportion kept!
--William Shakespeare
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