How many of you can read music?
How many of you can read music? Posted on: 27.01.2010 by Verona Fashbaugh Just out of curiosity, how many of you guys can read music? The only reason I can is because I used to play guitar and pushed myself to learn it.Additionally, do you guys know anything about music theory.... key signatures, scales, chord structures, etc? I'm no pro at it all, so this isn't meant to rub my ego. Just curious. | |
| Gregory Finely 29.01.2010 | Nope can't read it never played an instrument unless you could the Bodhr |
| Berta Baie 22.02.2010 |
Originally Posted by Lambox
Its def been useful in terms of production i'd say. Not totally necessary i dont believe, but its a great base to know how music theory works. More so than anything its studying song structures and the parts of songs that has been the most useful. |
| Gregory Finely 29.01.2010 | Nope can't read it never played an instrument unless you could the Bodhr |
| Giselle Kawalec 25.02.2010 | haha i used to be able to when i used to play trumpet.. back in primary school and beginning of highschool... but then i discovered house music.. tried to play funky trumpet tunes with basic house songs (daft punk) and then discovered the old logic before it was gay and could only be used on even gayer macs j/j now if you gave me a sheet of music i would look at you strange and then start humming a tune |
| Brandon Krugger 23.02.2010 | I barely can read, hahaha! |
| Many Atia 22.02.2010 | third year composition major 4 semesters basic theory plus form and analysis, orchestration, 16th century counterpoint, and post-tonal theory, for a grand total of eight. |
| Berta Baie 22.02.2010 |
Originally Posted by Lambox
Its def been useful in terms of production i'd say. Not totally necessary i dont believe, but its a great base to know how music theory works. More so than anything its studying song structures and the parts of songs that has been the most useful. |
| Verona Fashbaugh 19.02.2010 | Hey! I can play guitar (or I used to be able to) and I can NOT get a grasp on Guitar Hero. But I will sing in Rock Band all day! lol. |
| Al Henger 19.02.2010 | hahaha. Thats an achievement right there... But seriously, I have confidence in you. Go give guitar hero another shot, you hit that up on expert in no time! |
19.02.2010 | I have been scratching records & beat juggling since 1996. I got a recording arts degree in 2003. I understand song theory and signal flow in any professional studio. As far as reading music I understand EGBDF & FACE. I can play London Bridge on the keys and beat guitar hero (on easy). |
| Roni Batchan 05.02.2010 | I was a chorister in a Cathedral choir, and last May I failed my ATCL on trombone by 2 marks (gutted) But yeah, i can read music - play piano, sing, bass, guitar etc ( pretty average at most of them though!). I play the trombone pretty well, touring with my band (in a very english band geek way) to Hong Kong on Wednesday to open their New Year! going to be interesting.. |
| Mollie Challender 04.02.2010 | I can read portuguese, dutch, english and french. but I don't understand the most important language.. (actually I can read it but i dont understand ) |
| Maricruz Rajo 03.02.2010 | well, definitely not 'cool' but i've been in a cathedral choir for 12 years (i'm 21), and now getting paid for it. i'd say i'm fairly competent in music theory etc |
| Mora Vanvactor 02.02.2010 | Hi. I believe that learning music is hard compared to singing. |
| juan garcia 31.01.2010 | as anyone who listened to my song for the competition we had in these subcommunity s can tell you, I cannot read sheet music |
| Georgine Thanos 31.01.2010 | I've played guitar for 8 years and took lessons for 5 years, although I don't play so often anymore, and I studied classical music in high school pretty intensely. So yes, I can read music and know theory, and I've definitely found my training useful for producing so far. |
| Evangeline Klausman 30.01.2010 | 4 semesters of theory, and piano. As well as classical and jazz guitar lessons to get my Associates in Music and Fine arts. Then i transferred to the University of Memphis working on my Music Industry and Recording Technologies degree. Still taking classical guitar as of now. |
| Anastacia Musk 29.01.2010 | I used to be able to in high school. was fairly good at it. but now i just play guitar and write music. i know some musical theory but dont use it much (read: experimental-polka-metalcore :P), but i know what sounds good and how to get it |
| Gregory Finely 29.01.2010 | Nope can't read it never played an instrument unless you could the Bodhr |
| Audrey Pinda 29.01.2010 | I used to be able to read music quite well honestly. I played the Flute, Tuba, Harmonica, Bass Guitar back around high school. Just about 7 years out now, and I honestly haven't picked up an "instrument" or had any need to read sheet music since. I did get into the junior and senior districts playing Tuba, so I was fairly decent. That being said I've /always/ messed around with music production itself. I actually took a summer "camp" on MIDI in Cakewalk Express when I was in High School. Probably one of the most interesting classes I ever took. The reason why I liked it opposed to a lot of the other software out now is that you could actually write in sheet music and the midi notes would play. That's what honestly kicked off my want to make more, other than really getting into EDM at the time as well. I've bumbled around on FL for awhile, but honestly dislike it. I'm now getting into Reason and Ableton and finally being able to put some stuff together. But still? I wish more of these programs did have a way to write to sheet music. I can read it, I can write it... or least I used to be able to... but I have no real reason to anymore. It's honestly a bit depressing :P |
| Ashirumatic DJ 28.01.2010 | When you say music, you mean like the lyrics? Other then that not at all. |
| Lamonica Rockholt 28.01.2010 | i am total unmusical.. never played an instrument and hated music lessons in school! i know how to create the music i want to create however and it works like a charm. : ) |
| Al Henger 29.01.2010 | I was also a band geek, and play multiple instruments. The only ones I'm comfortable reading while playing with are flute, guitar, piano. Honestly, I'm more of a play by ear kind of person, and its a lot easier for me to hear something once and play it back without the music in front of me, than to read it and then play whats on the page before hearing it. I'm not huge on the music theory, but I know my scales pretty well (mostly through muscle memory), and I use the circle of 5th/Camelot wheel sometimes while mixing or learning a song. |
| Nick Ross 29.01.2010 | I played piano for 10 years. I can still read music...but it takes me a little while. |
| Harold Jaras 28.01.2010 | been playing forever, was in band in middle/high, but just learned music theory in depth recently. definitely helps a lot. |
| Leota Saniuk 28.01.2010 | i can read it .. but not fluently .. like all the funky syntax means that i need to spend quite a bit of time parsing .. |
| ma7md hany 28.01.2010 | Never played an instrument (well, I tried the guitar for some weeks but lost interest quickly). I'm teaching myself theory as I go. |
| Mac Fly 28.01.2010 | Played piano for 7 years. Also played percussion in the school band for 5 years(I know I was a band geek) I found it has helped me alot, from basic theory and just having a musical instinct at a young age. |
| Herschel January 27.01.2010 |
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| robin loo 27.01.2010 | i played for almost 18 years the sax, in which i had 13 years of lesson with a teacher. started with 7 on an alto. i was like in every band in my school and am jamming mondays in my local jazz club.. but i'm not practicing very much, cause the vci is more fun now |
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