[HANASHIR:6910] Re: In re "recorded music"

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It is certainly important to regard tradition, but I think to use history to 
reduce the value of something like music notation which has been around for 
such a long time is taking things a bit far.  'Modern notation' has been the 
most reliable way to transmit music.  

You may argue that a sound recording is better in some ways, but it also has 
its drawbacks.  It can stifle creativity because it plants a given 
performance practice (even if THE original) in one's mind before the 
imagination and artistry has a chance to explore.  When I think of most 'pop' 
songs, their performance is what comes to mind, not the melody or harmony.  
When learning music from a recording, the improvisation of the artist (or 
what you hear them do, whether they actually did it or not) often obscures 
the intended melody.

There is indeed software which will take a performance, either MIDI keyboard 
or single voice audio and convert it to notation.  I have Finale, which not 
only converts the performance to notation (which always requires extensive 
editing) but also preserves the original performance (which is somewhat 
different than the notation depending on how small a note value you let the 
program interpolate).  So, you have some of both preserved in a digital 
format.


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> Date: Friday, 15-Sep-00 02:59 AM
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> From: Rick Lupert              \ Internet:    (rick (at) 
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> Subject:  [HANASHIR:6908] Re: In re "recorded music"
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> I think I said this about 2 years ago on the list, so forgive me if 
> you've got a photographic memory and are horrified by redundancy...
> 
> I believe that music existed long before the science of music did. 
> Melodies were created, strummed, sang, banged, whatever before anyone 
> had the notion to develop a system of how to notate it.
> 
> I think reading music is a wonderful skill, but I'm more interested 
> in the inherent artistry of the music which I lose sight of if I 
> begin to think about the mechanical system in which it fits.
> 
> Many people create music by ear as well as learn it in that way.  I 
> think both systems are valid ways to communicate music and each of us 
> should find the way which is most comfortable to us in which to 
> engage in that communication.
> 
> Rick
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