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| Author | Topic: Undereducated Musician |
BIGDB
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7/2/2006 | posted: 7/2/2006 at 1:18:04 AM ET
Hey there. I've been playing the guitar/keyboard/piano for about seven years now. I've written quite a few lyrics also. I keep trying to bring a band together but it keeps falling apart on me.
All that said. I'm fairly sure that my problem is, I've never taken a "Music Class". I took piano for about two years when I was around eight or so, but that was a while ago. ^_^
I used to be able to read music, but can't now. I'm extremely gifted from what people tell me, as I can sit down and play pretty much anything after a few minutes. But I can't compose something for the lyrics I have. This is all probably jumbled up, but I'm somewhat frustrated at the moment... Anywho, I'll stop typing and post now. Thanks!
|  Pete
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From:
North Coast NSW, Australia
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3/20/2005 | posted: 7/2/2006 at 4:48:26 AM ET
Do you use Finale, TabEdit or GuitarPro5, or other programs like them? This would mean you could market your music on the Net, and miss out on the potential personality conflicts of working with band members or going to a teacher- many adults who are accomplished musicians find this is a tough call. Having said that, reading music at a nuts and bolts level is really very easy, and well worth the effort. The other way, if fitting music and lyrics together is a real problem, is to team up with just one other person as did David/Bacharet(sp?), Simon/Garfuckle, Lennon/McCartny, etc.
... Hope this will create some ideas...
|  imnidiot
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Ashley PA
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3/28/2005 | posted: 7/2/2006 at 4:32:59 PM ET
Where are you from, and what type of music do you write? I've been trying to get together with someone to compose with for quite some time, but most of the musicians I know aren't into writing, or are too busy with careers other than music. I live in the Wilkes-Barre/ Scranton area in Pennsylvania.
I am a fragment of my imagination
| BIGDB
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7/2/2006 | posted: 7/3/2006 at 12:05:38 AM ET
Well I live over in georgia. I write anything/everything... And I'm in my late teens. So. Thanks, and we might be able to keep in touch or something, but at the moment I'm not exactly available. ^_^
Also, I don't use any programs like those mentioned in the second post. Thank you, Pete, for the advice about reading music. I'm taking that up right away.
One other thing, my girlfriend has been in band for quite a while and suggested that I learn certain beats. I know 4/4, that's just standard, and 6/8, I also know that you can slow things down in 4/4. But what exactly does all that mean? I can play it fine, but for some reason that's not good enough for everyone else.
| Pete
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From:
North Coast NSW, Australia
Registered:
3/20/2005 | posted: 7/3/2006 at 3:21:50 AM ET
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I can play it fine, but for some reason that's not good enough for everyone else.
Well, it should be Reading and understanding time signitures is part of learning to read music, but tell them that all these things, including metronome settings at the top of the page, came about when there were no mp3s or CDs and no way of hearing a piece of music . It would be unusual now for a musician working in a popular genre not to have heard a piece at least once before playing it. If you have used TABS, for example, you will know that there are no note values and rests shown, only pitch and techniques like slides and bends.
Guitar Pro5 and Finale NotePad are both available as free downloads if you like the idea of writing your own music easily.
And Progressive (a US company) produce a great range of Music Theory books which are easily understood.
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