The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #127030   Message #2839607
Posted By: Jim Carroll
15-Feb-10 - 05:08 AM
Thread Name: Is it Ok to sing from a song book?
Subject: RE: Is it Ok to sing from a song book?
Genie;
Are you really equating using a crib-sheet with making an occasional fluff? The best performers can have memory lapses, no matter how much work they have put in beforehand, just as they can lose the tune or have their concentration distracted.
My argument is that crib should never be accepted as standard practice or be used as a substitute for preparatory work, no more, no less.
Jim Carroll