some understanding of the material needs to be present. I will use my own use of Borrowed Genius to help me answer this.
I moved to a new town my first year in highschool and to make friends (and to keep myself occupied) I joined the marching band. I was NOWHERE near good. So at the beginning of the season I started doing borrowed genius of great Euphonium players throughout history and now my instructor says my sound rivals many players (not around me but beyond my expected ability)
My point in that is that I had only a basic understanding of my instrument when I started and after afew scheduled bg I was rockin
*EDIT*
this hasnt helped me memorize my scales or anything, you know dont something you didnt know going in.
[This message has been edited by Mastermind (edited August 25, 2002).]
[This message has been edited by Mastermind (edited September 12, 2002).]
