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Post by Admin on Oct 11, 2013 6:30:47 GMT -5
Do you read music and if so, does it help your music skills?
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Post by dadfad on Oct 11, 2013 6:59:46 GMT -5
Yes, I can read standard notation. I learned it waaaay back when I had beginner piano lessons (which I quit taking when I was eight). I can't read it quickly, usually not fast enough to play to it as I read, but I can read it.
As far as helping me when I play, it doesn't help me at all. The kind of stuff I'm into is rarely written in standard notation. Actually, for guitarists who play "informal" styles (folk, blues, old-time, rock, acoustic rock, etc) I think tablature is a better tool. I don't use tab per se, but I often tab something out for others.
For the guitar I think tablature is actually superior to standard notation (except for classical guitar maybe). Even though it falls short as far as timing and some rhythmic issues, it does show exact locations for given notes, chords, sequences, etc that standard notation cannot show since there are so many possibilities for locations on a fretboard, and quite often exactly where to play is pretty important.
Ideally a guitarist should be able to read both standard notation and tab, as well as being able to use other music-communication tools like Nashville notation, scores, lead-sheets, etc... All the communication-tools used by musicians.
You don't necessarily need to be great at reading them all, but at least good enough to be able to translate it from a piece of paper to your fingers.
Just my opinion.
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Post by traveler on Oct 11, 2013 7:14:47 GMT -5
I can read music. Used to be pretty good at it, but that was about 45 years ago. Not so much anymore. I had some great instrumental music teachers in public school when I was growing up.
I don't think it helps my guitar playing too much, but definitely helps me appreciate music more.
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Post by steve on Oct 13, 2013 14:35:30 GMT -5
I did go to night school to learn -at the time I thought it would help and it probably did. I am very slow reading the dots however so mostly I rely on my ears and they are pretty good.
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Post by dadfad on Oct 14, 2013 7:03:53 GMT -5
I'm like dadfad. learned to read music learning piano in my childhood years. By the time I got into college, my ear developed and That was quicker than notation for me. Bob Brozman had an excellent quote... "I was classically trained when I was younger. Fortunately not enough to hurt my playing any." smiley-laughing024
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Post by karlhenning on Mar 10, 2014 11:45:00 GMT -5
Bob Brozman had an excellent quote... "I was classically trained when I was younger. Fortunately not enough to hurt my playing any." smiley-laughing024 Oh, I'm feelin' the love
Cheers, ~Karl
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