Could Bob actually read and/or write music?
Bob could read a certain amount of music but he could not write it. He hired someone to write it out for him. For at least twenty years he would call the Bob Ross Music Service in Hollywood and they would send over someone to put the music to paper as Bob sang and played his little Martin guitar. When Ken Carson was a member of the Sons of the Pioneers, he would often help by writing out Bob’s music for him.