Barry Green Quotes

United States, Musician
April 10, 1945

Barry Green is an American orchestral and solo double bass player and teacher. He was the principal bassist for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. A contemporary of people such as Gary Karr, he has developed and publicized his own method for double bass.

There's very little to be said for learning a piece note by note, reading the rhythmic markings, practising the fingerings and following your instructor's suggestions, if you haven't any idea how the music will eventually sound and feel. If you learn a piece mechanically, you may have to 'unlearn' it before you can play it with expression and feeling.

Barry Green
- Music
- Feeling
- Learning
If the overall quality of your film depends on what you shot it on, you aren't ready to make a film.

Barry Green
- Quality
- Film

Most of us have very clear memories of the self-critical internal conversation running on in our heads while we were playing poorly, and yet it often seems that we hardly remember noticing it at all while we were playing well.

Barry Green
If you have fun when you practice, you may also learn more and perform better.

Barry Green
- Practice
- Learn
- Perform