Probably about 98% of my playing requires charts. I've never been happy depending on charts/sheet music. In all honesty it sucks having to depend on fake books. I have lots of respect for anyone who rarely needs charts. Call it natural ability or maybe just very hard work and repetition. There's probably no magic bullet. Yea, I've made some attempts to memorize material and lost patience in short order trying to memorize. So.....here I am now a slave to my Music Pad Pro



[This message has been edited by Stephenm52 (edited 04-18-2006).]