12-30-2011, 09:24 PM
When you say musical ability you mean as it relates to pitch. I knew many good drummers who were all but tone deaf. I have known many people who could not even tap their toe in time to the music. My joke was that was what disco was for, as the loud, straight downbeat is the most predominate feature of disco, which is in no way an endorsement on my part for something I am still unsure deserves the appellation of music.
I think I will wait for some overachieving soul to do that for me, plus I can think of no way to do it with our existing input device. Plus, because the notation is by necessity on one line and the poem on another it makes reading both a definite skill set that has to be learned, rather than dealt with, with the mental tools available. Except for the designation of the pitch, it would be almost as complex as music notation. which is itself about equal to learning a new language. As I was already playing and reading music by the age of four, it functioned like a second language to me. At one point, I could sight read music as easily as I could written text on a page. The only difference being with written text you use your voice as the instrument, as opposed to a piano keyboard. Although in the final analysis, just as one must put in many hours of practice to preform a song, and even though it has notation, a vocalist still has to break the song into phrases, and practice taking a breath in the correct place, which is not always the natural place. Generally too much work for most people, and learning a new notation system certainly is.
Dale
I think I will wait for some overachieving soul to do that for me, plus I can think of no way to do it with our existing input device. Plus, because the notation is by necessity on one line and the poem on another it makes reading both a definite skill set that has to be learned, rather than dealt with, with the mental tools available. Except for the designation of the pitch, it would be almost as complex as music notation. which is itself about equal to learning a new language. As I was already playing and reading music by the age of four, it functioned like a second language to me. At one point, I could sight read music as easily as I could written text on a page. The only difference being with written text you use your voice as the instrument, as opposed to a piano keyboard. Although in the final analysis, just as one must put in many hours of practice to preform a song, and even though it has notation, a vocalist still has to break the song into phrases, and practice taking a breath in the correct place, which is not always the natural place. Generally too much work for most people, and learning a new notation system certainly is.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.