12 Nov
2008
12 Nov
'08
5:43 p.m.
david wrote:
Matthew Smith wrote:
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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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'.