Biography of great musicians who cant read
Biography of great musicians who cant read
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10 legendary musicians who never learned to read music
8 October 2021, 17:41 | Updated: 9 October 2021, 11:50
You don’t need to be able to read music in order to be a great musician.
From Hendrix to Zimmer, these famous faces will make you question just how much musical education is needed to achieve greatness.
You’d think to be a famous musician... you’d need to be able to read music?
Well, you’d be wrong to think so, as these following musicians have been proving for decades.
More and more musicians are learning to play via the Internet and by ear, which can be evidenced by the rise of apps and online lessons for children, which don’t necessarily involved learning to read sheet music.
Read on to find out which of your favourite musicians have created successful careers, without this once thought to be mandatory skill.
Jimi Hendrix (1942 - 1970)
The singer-songwriter Jimi Hendrix reportedly taught himself to play by ear on the electric guitar, and would use words and