It’s a common assertion. Guitar players are poor sight readers. Okay, you'd be forgiven for developing a spontaneous inferiority complex upon first exposure to a studio orchestra. Marvel as the string section slaloms through an arrangement of demisemiquavers at the speed of fright. Respect the timpani player who counts interminable bars rest and then makes their entry bang on cue. Tip your hat to the piccolo player who skates through their part seemingly effortlessly with a sound that can cut through granite. “What’s my problem?” I hear you cry
