hi, i am a keyboard player. i have been playing all my life coz i started at a very young age, it was all natural for me. i play a piece with the gift of ear. now, i am sick and tired of stereotypes. some think people who play that doesnt know how to read music sheets are uninformed and lousy players, i contradict that point of view, now, should i learn how to read music to find out what the bastards know? or am i just being evil? lol
2007-07-06 21:29:28 · 10 answers · asked by mikerapphone 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Other - Entertainment
I think you're hilarious. Haha. You made me laugh out loud.
I don't think that one person who doesn't know how to read music is not a great musician. There have been a lot of musicians that start out by learning with ear. You're gifted, and that's wonderful and very lucky of you!
If you plan just to play the keyboard, or piano, for fun, then I don't think it's necessary to learn how to read music, although it's highly recommended. What if you were presented with music but don't have access to the song itself?
If you plan to go even further in keyboard, then I would tell you to learn. Honestly... it's not all glitz and glamor. I would rather be able to play by ear than have to read a bunch load of crappy dots and lines.
So what I would say is, learn it. What's to harm? You get more access to more music!
2007-07-06 21:34:46 · answer #1 · answered by ¥ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you play. If you play what you hear, then you work within the bounds of whoever was playing it when you heard it. If you play around and through what you hear, then you have flexibility.
If you can read music, then what you get is the core of that music and you as the artist are required to give it the nuances that bring it alive for the listener and for you. The composer may mark timings and intervals, but the slight variations on these and the note phrasing make your playing different from everyone else.
Unfortunately, these days it is much easier and cheaper to hear music than in the past and harder to get sheet music, so if you are good at learning by ear you can get at more stuff by far than someone functioning by listening to live music or radio.
2007-07-07 04:37:00 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you play without music then what is the point - is it to show off to others? then no.
do you genuinely have an interest in learning? then yes
many amazing and creative people can make amazing music without reading it...in fact I had a piano teacher say that studying reading music stops a lot of people from becoming good musicians...
reading music has it's place in the arts, however it is not for every musician...
2007-07-07 04:33:49 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you have nothing to lose with learning how to read music
but you know if you learned how to read music you can play songs that you dont even know did you watch the movie Drumline its about a guy who is the best drummer in the whole campus training thingy hes even better than the teachers he was made to lead the whole drummer group but not untill they found out that he did'nt know how to read music
although the usual thing happens the heroes saved he can now play happy ending blablabla
2007-07-07 05:58:33 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wouldn't hurt to learn how to read it....but dont do it for others sake..do it for you own...If you make beautiful music without reading it, than that is fine too!! But, it might be helpful to know how if you are ever in a band or are asked to play something you are not familiar with...Good Luck!
2007-07-07 04:31:45 · answer #5 · answered by Brown_Eyed_Girl 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What rubbish!! I play both by ear and by sight (I actually find sightreading music incredibly easy) but that doesn't mean someone who plays totally by ear should be wrong!! You are very clever - I wish I could do it better!!
2007-07-07 04:32:33 · answer #6 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Not true, but Reading music is pretty important if you want an accurate playing on what your reading. I suggest u learn how to read music because it would be ezer and you will play it right.
2007-07-07 04:32:03 · answer #7 · answered by NiNes 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i too felt the same (i m a guitar player). But i think nothing is wrong in learning a good new thing. This may open new dimensions.
2007-07-07 04:33:54 · answer #8 · answered by deepvoids 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you do anything profesion ally youll need to learn to read. im gifted like that too. i cant read but can play just as well or better than some who can
2007-07-07 04:32:08 · answer #9 · answered by Spys On Pedestrians 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well most pianists (real pianists) can read music...
(unless they were blind)
2007-07-07 04:31:56 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋