Can you read music?

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-06-07 08:56pm

Just curious.

Oh, and tab doesn't count.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-07 08:57pm

I could never read music, even back when I played an instrument. I had to memorise the actual notes/positions to play songs.

Batman · Post by **Batman** » 2005-06-07 08:59pm

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-06-07 09:00pm

I are teh musikalness. I specilize in bass clef (TUUUUUUUUBAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!) but I rock. ( I was not aware that there was a neutral, alto and tenor clef, though)

Darth Garden Gnome · Post by **Darth Garden Gnome** » 2005-06-07 09:04pm

Treble suckas. Baritone/mellophone fo' life!

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2005-06-07 09:06pm

Back when I played the violin, I used to be able to read music. Those days are over, though.

Alex Moon · Post by **Alex Moon** » 2005-06-07 09:08pm

After 8 years of playing the trumpet, 3 musicals and a stint in a show choir, I damn well better

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2005-06-07 09:11pm

Yep...mostly playing enough of Sax and Flute taught me this rare skill.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2005-06-07 09:13pm

Back when I played the violin I could read notes if
1) It was a simple scale going up or down
2) I spent 5 minutes figuring out what the first note of the scale was

Nowadays I'm completely clueless when it comes to reading notes.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2005-06-07 09:46pm

A long time ago, I could. Not anymore, though.

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Post by **Mr Bean** » 2005-06-07 09:48pm

Funny thing in my school, if you did not opt into band in the fifth grade, that area of life was foreeever barred to you.

Consquently because I wanted to do shop more that year I never learned how to read music (Minus one year of voice, which I remeber nothing off)

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2005-06-07 10:15pm

Playing an instrument, I can read music, but not nearly fast or well enough to play a song at the ideal tempo the first several times I see it, unless it's something really simple in the key of C.

Singing, I can, but only if the first note is given to me. I can't figure out a note just by hearing it for my life. Of course, there are some harmony parts where I can never remember what notes I am supposed to sing.

tumbletom · Post by **tumbletom** » 2005-06-07 10:16pm

Zaia wrote: Oh, and tab doesn't count.

Shoot!
But I used to be able to read music ok, but now im toolazy to....

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2005-06-07 10:23pm

Treble and Bass cleff I can usually read. The C-cleff variants might take me a second or two of staring at it to get it calibrated in my mind. I do need to work on getting faster at reading everything, though

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2005-06-07 10:24pm

Yes. Playing them, though, is a different issue. I cannot play it "cold" (playing a song I've never heard before simply by reading the notes). In order to play something, I have to hear the song first.

SCRawl · Post by **SCRawl** » 2005-06-07 10:29pm

As a former player of the baritone horn, I can read the bass clef like I can read english. In fact, I have a trumpet which I can use to play music written for the baritone horn, though it sounds decidedly different.

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2005-06-07 10:30pm

I used to, and fairly decently. Now, I'm basically lost when I look at sheet music. I can't even remember what the little numbers mean anymore, though I think it has to do with tempo.

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman · Post by **Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman** » 2005-06-07 10:57pm

YT300000 wrote:I used to, and fairly decently. Now, I'm basically lost when I look at sheet music. I can't even remember what the little numbers mean anymore, though I think it has to do with tempo.

You mean numbers like 3/4, 2/4, 4/4, and such? They actually tells you about the ryhtm. 3/4, for instance, says that the music is a waltz. Tempo is indicated by words instead of numbers.

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2005-06-07 11:17pm

Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:
YT300000 wrote:I used to, and fairly decently. Now, I'm basically lost when I look at sheet music. I can't even remember what the little numbers mean anymore, though I think it has to do with tempo.
You mean numbers like 3/4, 2/4, 4/4, and such? They actually tells you about the ryhtm. 3/4, for instance, says that the music is a waltz. Tempo is indicated by words instead of numbers.

Top number: How many beats per measure
Bottom number: which subdivision equals the beat.

Example: 6/8: 6 beats per measure, eigth notes are counted as beats.
15/16: 15 beats per measure, 16th notes are counted as beats.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2005-06-07 11:23pm

As far as music goes, I am as lacking in skill as I am in talent. I can't read a damn note.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2005-06-07 11:43pm

Yes, I can though it might take me a bit of work. Been a few years.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-06-08 12:05am

I can read treble and bass clef very well, alto and tenor a little bit (I have to relate everything back to middle C but after a minute I get into the groove), and of course I can read neutral clef 'cause it's easy as pie!

And I can't really read tab.

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2005-06-08 12:15am

Zaia wrote: And I can't really read tab.

And I don't think you're missing out on much.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2005-06-08 12:47am

Yes, but oftentimes I have to use my insturment to figure out some of the more difficult parts. I'm probably out of practice.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2005-06-08 01:11am

What's tab?

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