"A classical piano soloist, for example, may not have an understanding of chord accompaniment or of genres and styles outside of the songs in their repertoire. They might have trouble improvising. A jazz pianist might not be able to play, other than in a rather rudimentary fashion, a country accompaniment and vice versa. Even many guitarists cannot read a chord chart or, if they can read it, to play in a manner that suggests a genre or style."

OH MY LORD!!! AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH!! I've had many occassions where I've invited classically trained people to sit in with me and they are totally lost. Just like I would be if I was trying to read music. I was in a band once that were working on being a Chicago Tribute band. I looked at the music and bowed out of that thing after the first rehearsal. So it goes both ways.

But one of my most notable was one show I did and the mother of the bass player was there. I had heard she played piano and invited her up. She got up and we did a couple of very simple songs, but she simply couldn't play at all, and finally just sat down. I felt bad because I didn't want to embarras her. She TAUGHT Classical piano at a very elite university in Texas, and was a Van Clyburn competition finalist.


So they are the same, yet different. And keyboard players have too many notes. LOL!

MAB