Carolina Quotes
Well, by listening to the old records, you could hear, if you got familiarized with the instrument, you could hear what strings they were hitting on and what chord they were playing in just by the sound. After all, music is sound.
Doc Watson Carolinian
Source
Interview with Terry Gross, Fresh Air, NPR, March 24, 1988; rebroadcast May 29, 2012
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- interview
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- Fresh Air interview
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- 1988
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“Well, by listening to the old records, you could hear, if yo…” Doc Watson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-27F9BF81AF. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/27f9bf81af
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