ChipMusic.org - Can you read music?

Re: Can you read music?

2012-10-13T06:10:22Z

I didn't, but in order to create some tunes I started learning, to get hold of tempo and stuff like that.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-08T01:06:31Z

SketchMan3 wrote:

I can read music. I actually prefer the sheet music interface over tracker, piano-roll, etc.
I couldn't imagine why a "non-scene" sheet music reading musician wouldn't be able to make sense out of a tracker, since it's just the names of the notes. Seems pretty straight-forward to me.

you can see the names of notes but unless you press play or use the program for a bit you have no reference point for note lengths, articulation or even the instrument that's gonna play the notes. if you're someone with no knowledge of trackers then watching a tracker play through a song will allow you to intuitively figure out that some things do things, but i don't think you'd understand exactly what they're doing at face value.

it's like how i can't read sheet music but when i watch my girlfriend use sibelius it all kinda makes sense in that

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T22:15:50Z

I read and play music regularly, thanks to high school. P:

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T18:40:01Z

i can read music though on a keyboard my left hand is a little stupid. I can read it better then i can play it, unless its a saxophone i can read and play one of those pretty naturally.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T13:27:19Z

I can read music. I actually prefer the sheet music interface over tracker, piano-roll, etc.

I couldn't imagine why a "non-scene" sheet music reading musician wouldn't be able to make sense out of a tracker, since it's just the names of the notes. Seems pretty straight-forward to me.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T05:14:45Z

I read music of the mind.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T04:47:24Z

I can read the musicz

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T04:19:11Z

an0va wrote:

Guitar is only treble clef, but it's notoriously difficult because on the guitar there are endless different ways to play the same thing and notation gives you no hint of fingerings or position shifts (unless you have a very courteous transcriber). To make matters worse, many jazz chord charts are very ambigious leaving you to come up with specific voicings all on your own.

UGHH jazz chords. I stupidly joined my school's jazz band, and I barely know how to play 7th barre chords. As for vague chord charts, that's my favorite part of guitar. Wherever there is uncertainty, it can be filled with yourself. Improv is one of the greatest tools a guitarist can have, and if you can't make a piece of music your own, what's the point of playing?

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-07T02:40:05Z

I be doing a Music performance degree, so I like to think i can.
Don't make me read percussion clef though :S
Funny thing is, when playing guitar, i find alto and tenor clef easier to sight-read than if someone gave me bass clef.
Our theory class is about Arrangements for bands so I'm getting better.
I'm glad this thread popped up though, this helps me with my gameboy program project.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-06T23:24:49Z

animalstyle wrote:

We find a lot of those people in this scene. and by technical - i don't necessarily think that has to even include the ability to read. who cares really. its all sound in the end.

word. i don't think there are many traditional sight readers (outside of the "scene") who can look at a song file in a tracker and make any kind of sense out of it.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-06T16:28:49Z

Yes, though percussion mostly.
I play a lot of pick-up gigs for bands passing through, and the inevitable giant book of sheet music has become a close friend.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-06T15:59:19Z

I'm a guitar teacher so i can sight read and i usually write my chip melodies out on paper. Its easiest for me at this point. Reading and writing is NOT necessary to be a great musician - i've seen both cases be extremely successful, so really its whatever you think you need for your own particular art. Most people who want to play music everyday for a living need to read music, but most creative types couldn't be bothered with this. I find a lot of times its like this: if you are super creative by nature its really hard to do technical things like read and write out music properly (totally different brain function), and If you are super technical by nature its hard to let the rigidness go and be creative. In any case there are people who have both the technical and the creative and i usually admire them a lot. We find a lot of those people in this scene. and by technical - i don't necessarily think that has to even include the ability to read. who cares really. its all sound in the end.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-06T14:53:53Z

an0va wrote:

I want a straight up fast bebop charlie parker style tuba solo to make me crack up doe

http://bonerama.bandcamp.com/track/chemical-assistance it starts around 1:15, not quite Charlie Parker, but it's pretty hip. And it's followed by an equally stunning bass trombone solo.

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-06T06:23:51Z

but i got soul

Re: Can you read music?

2012-09-06T05:34:04Z

I want a straight up fast bebop charlie parker style tuba solo to make me crack up doe