Re: Yes! Judaism: A HEADNOTE

[Alex J. Lubet <lubet001...>]

Irving Berlin couldn't read music and could only play piano in one key.  I
rather doubt Bob Dylan can read music and if he knows more than a few chords I
wonder where the proof is.



music (at) sterlingmp(dot)org wrote:

>    I suspect most musicians on the list'll disagree. Is there anyone who
>    CAN'T think of at least one artist who only knew a few chords and
>    wasn't too versatile, but managed to do something brilliant
>    nevertheless?
>
> The most obvious example, esp. for a _Jewish_ music list, is Shlomo
> Carlebach himself--whose YES! Judaism, as one of his talmidim (students)
> described it and I made note of it, was in fact the point of departure for
> this interesting (I guess) thread ...
>
> Shlomo was precisely said to know only a few chords on the guitar; from
> them he created melodies now sung by Jews (and, in some cases, non-Jews)
> all over the world.  He's created a new body of "traditional" Jewish music--
> perhaps more so than any composer in Jewish music history.
>
> --Robert Cohen
>

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