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Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printableThere are high and low horses=2C some people seem to ride on very high ones=
.I once saw a program on one of my (then) favorite composes=2C Elvis Costell=
o=2C he was working at the time with the Brodsky Quartet and had to finalis=
e some parts. Costello basically sat at the piano and composed a whole albu=
m in an afternoon. The Brodsky Bunch bragged about how they were able to sc=
ore his compositions as fast as he could play them=2C he in turn amazed by =
their notational skills.Decide for yourselves who was the most capable. Stories have been around fo=
r a lot longer than books=2C the ability to tell them has never been limite=
d by pencil=2C paper=2C nor the knowledge of how to use either - the first =
'authors' just wrote other peoples books for themanyway . If music is not i=
n your body then it is definitely not going to suddently appear out of your=
biro and rest itself on a scoresheet. I mean we can all write or otherwise=
we would not be on this list but how many of us have a decent novel inside=
of us?If you can use your ear=2C man=2C use it. Let some other mother put it down=
on paper.Nick.
> Date: Wed=2C 12 Nov 2008 14:43:31 -0700
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There are high and low horses=2C some people seem to ride on very high ones=
.I once saw a program on one of my (then) favorite composes=2C Elvi=
s Costello=2C he was working at the time with the Brodsky Quartet and had t=
o finalise some parts. Costello basically sat at the piano and composed a w=
hole album in an afternoon. The Brodsky Bunch bragged about how they were a=
ble to score his compositions as fast as he could play them=2C he in turn a=
mazed by their notational skills.Decide for yourselves who was the =
most capable. Stories have been around for a lot longer than books=2C the a=
bility to tell them has never been limited by pencil=2C paper=2C nor the kn=
owledge of how to use either - the first 'authors' just wrote other peoples=
books for themanyway . If music is not in your body then it is definitely =
not going to suddently appear out of your biro and rest itself on a scoresh=
eet. I mean we can all write or otherwise we would not be on this list but =
how many of us have a decent novel inside of us?If you can use your=
ear=2C man=2C use it. Let some other mother put it down on paper.N=
ick.>=3B Date: Wed=2C 12 Nov 2008 14:43:31 -0700>=3B From: =
bob@mellowood.ca>=3B To: gnome@hawaii.rr.com>=3B CC: linux-audi=
o-user@lists.linuxaudio.org>=3B Subject: Re: [LAU] Qtractor vs Rosega=
rden>=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B david wrote:>=3B >=
=3B Matthew Smith wrote:>=3B >=3B>=3B Quoth Rui Nuno Capela at 20=
08-11-12 18:57...>=3B >=3B>=3B>=3B major qtractor cons=3B)&=
gt=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B>=3B>=3B - no score/notation editor&g=
t=3B >=3B>=3B Also not an issue for me - I have never learned to read m=
usical >=3B >=3B>=3B notation=2C I just play 'by ear'.>=3B =
>=3B >=3B >=3B IMHO=2C that is your greatest limitation right the=
re. Learning to read >=3B >=3B musical notation is very easy.&g=
t=3B >=3B >=3B >=3B I've got to chime in on this point! Compl=
etely agree. To me=2C at least=2C >=3B not knowing how to read music =
is just like being a novelist and not >=3B being able to read English=
(fill in your language).>=3B >=3B The sad thing is that folks =
have a conception of music reading be "very >=3B hard". It really isn=
't ... the reason of music notation looking like it >=3B does is that=
thousands of musicians have developed it over hundreds of >=3B years=
(much like free software!). Other people I know say things like "I >=
=3B don't read music ... it's much too hard ... I can only read TAB". I hav=
e >=3B given up being rational with these people and don't even roll =
my eyes >=3B anymore.>=3B >=3B I'm not saying that one ca=
n't play and enjoy music without knowing how >=3B to read. But=2C a b=
it of knowledge in reading would make the process much >=3B easier an=
d fun for them.>=3B >=3B Sorry for the rant!>=3B >=
=3B >=3B -- >=3B **** Listen to my CD at http://www.mellowood=
.ca/music/cedars ****>=3B Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel=2C British Colu=
mbia=2C CANADA **>=3B EMAIL: bob@mellowood.ca>=3B WWW: http:/=
/www.mellowood.ca>=3B >=3B >=3B _________________________=
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