[LAU] Qtractor vs Rosegarden

[Bob van der Poel]

david wrote:
> Matthew Smith wrote:
>> Quoth Rui Nuno Capela at 2008-11-12 18:57...
>>> major qtractor cons;)
> 
>>> - no score/notation editor
>> Also not an issue for me - I have never learned to read musical 
>> notation, I just play 'by ear'.
> 
> IMHO, that is your greatest limitation right there. Learning to read 
> musical notation is very easy.
> 

I've got to chime in on this point! Completely agree. To me, at least, 
not knowing how to read music is just like being a novelist and not 
being able to read English (fill in your language).

The sad thing is that folks have a conception of music reading be "very 
hard". It really isn't ... the reason of music notation looking like it 
does is that thousands of musicians have developed it over hundreds of 
years (much like free software!). Other people I know say things like "I 
don't read music ... it's much too hard ... I can only read TAB". I have 
given up being rational with these people and don't even roll my eyes 
anymore.

I'm not saying that one can't play and enjoy music without knowing how 
to read. But, a bit of knowledge in reading would make the process much 
easier and fun for them.

Sorry for the rant!


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