Re: Not having musical training - the good and the bad

[kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com]

Correction:  I have NOT composed with standard notation since 1986.

I have a new computer and the cursor seems to jump around at random.  :(

Quoting kkissinger@kevinkissinger.com:

> Quoting Matt Davignon <mattdavignon@gmail.com>:
> > So, why don't I drop everything I'm doing and learn to read western
> > notation? I simply don't like the system. I think the musical staff
> > should be written chromatically, rather than requiring the reader
> > pre-memorize a pattern of valid notes (and then breaking that rule
> > with sharps and flats). I want the symbol for a half-note rest to
> > actually look like it takes more time than a quarter note rest. I'd
> > like to see notes take up as much room on a bar as their duration. (A
> > 1/4 note takes up 1/4 of the bar.)
> I agree whole-heartedly.
>
> When I first encountered MIDI back in the 1980s, my notion was that  
> I would compose with standard notation however I quickly discovered  
> that I preferred piano-roll editors.  I have composed in standard  
> notation since 1986 -- even for contrapuntal music.
>
> I studied standard music-theory in college however I put it entirely  
> out of my mind when composing/creating.  However, if I encounter a  
> "problem" -- i.e., a passage that doesn't "fit" with everything else  
> -- then I can "zoom in" on it and apply music theory knowledge to  
> fix it.
>
> -- Kevin