How music is "learned"?

Two possible ways by which new music is learned:





A)Are musicians expected to be able to play a given song (on music sheet) by just looking at the sheet music for the very first time





In other words, is sheet music normally played "instantly", or....





B) Do musicians play a given song fluidly ONLY after Practicing the UNIQUE set of notes that make up that given song?





I want to by which of the two ways is new music (on music sheet) learned, normally,





Thank you very much for sharing your ideas





Waylen A.

How music is "learned"?
That's a good question, Waylen, the answer depends on how difficult the music is, and how skilled the musician.





If a piece of music is easy enough to play for a particular player, it possible to do so the first time he sees it. This is called "Sight-reading." The more music experience you have, the easier this becomes in general, but beginning musicians may not be able to sight read at all. It is difficult to describe the process of reading music to someone who is not experienced in it, but reading music and playing it is a dynamic skill, like riding a bicycle.





Of course, being able to practice and rehearse a piece ahead of time makes it MUCH easier to play since you are much more familiar with it. But the process of reading and playing remains the same, whether you are playing it for the first time, or you have had time to practice it.





So I guess the answer is, "both." You have to sightread every piece of music once, but some music is easy enough that you don't have to practice it.





It is also possible to commit a piece of music to memory so that you don't need the music in order to play it. This is the same as memorizing a poem or a chapter in a book.





Well I hope that answers your question.


~Donkey Hotei
Reply:The act of playing music as you read it for the first time is called sightreading. Each musician who can read music will sightread at their own skill level. Their skill level coupled with the difficulty of the music will determine the result.





It's the same as reading words. Some people will stumble over words if given a paragraph to read aloud on first sight. However, you could give the same paragraph to a radio DJ or a television announcer and get something that probably qualifies for broadcast.
Reply:Personally, I'm very good at sight reading, which is learning the music by looking at it for the very first time. But, I've been involved in music for 20 years. If someone isn't as experienced, they may need to practice the music. If they are experienced, though, a lot of times a musician can look at a piece without practicing and already know by looking at the notes what the song is going to basicly sound like.

I need help uploading music from my hard drive to my MySpace page.?

I have followed instructions from MySpace FAQ and other sources I have found to upload music to my page. However, I want to use a music file that I purchased which is not listed in


the MySpace Music library. I purchased the song from Sony Music Store Connect, and I have contacted them, and they advised it was legal for me to use the music as background music (not for download by others) on my page. It appears that the only way to upload music is from the MySpace Music library. My song is not listed there. I need to know if it is possible to upload directly from my hard drive, where the music is stored on my computer, to my page on MySpace, and how do I do this. The file also probably needs to be converted to MP3 it is currently in the format that Sony uses. I welcome any suggestions and thanks for your helo.

I need help uploading music from my hard drive to my MySpace page.?
Yes you go to your account and you click upload music you browse your computer for the file if the song is legally yours it will upload.

Does Music Composed Via PC Music Software Have Less Respect Than Music Played By Instrumentalists In a Band?

What are your thoughts on the current technologies available for producing music? A lot of people now make music by connecting an audio keyboard to the PC and compose songs through a music program, but many don't even play the instrument, they merely input the notes they want played - Do you think making music this way is soul-less or are they on an equal footing with a musical artist who has taken the time to learn and master an instrument?

Does Music Composed Via PC Music Software Have Less Respect Than Music Played By Instrumentalists In a Band?
I guess it depends if the pc software requires you to compose with a virtual instrument.If all you have to do though is enter numerical values and then poof theres a song, yes that is lacking the talent involved with learning and playing a musical instrument.
Reply:to me and a lot of friend i know it is not we called it can music it take a lot of time to get a song right and a lot of love for music we work hard at mastering our instrument and playing them and there is a lot of soul put in to it so yes i would say it is soul-less
Reply:yes totaly it doesnt make music feel reel it doesnt teke talent
Reply:It's like cheating. My boyfriend has studied guitar since he was six and can play amazingly, but when a computer can create the same things he can... it takes all the value out of it. Like he wasted all that time studying for nothing.

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How do you keep Music on your iPod but delete it off of your PC?

I have one problem: I have about 12 GB of priceless music on my hardrive that is also all on my iPod. I transfer music to it using iTunes, obviously... Anyway, I am always adding new music to my collection, and because of all the other applications/media files on my computer I am running out of space. Managing the other files is not an option. I want to somehow delete all music files from my computer and have them only on my iPod. I don't use my music on my PC, I only keep it there to transfer to iPod. I know that if I delete all my music, iTunes will eventually detect that my music is missing, and sequentially delete all music from my iPod next time I connect it. Does anyone know how to keep my music on my Ipod, but not neccessarily on my PC at the same time? Help would be appreciated..

How do you keep Music on your iPod but delete it off of your PC?
yeah, that's impossible to do, like you said there, itunes will take it off your ipod if its not on your PC, but u have an Ihome or dock or something like that, u can load up Ur ipod with all the music you want then when u need to charge it, charge it off your Ihome Or Idock, that's the only way.
Reply:just delete it from ya pc
Reply:that's definately a problem.


here's my solution.


put all of the songs you like on the ipod. then delete the songs off your pc.


then get one of those wall chargers.


now you won't be able to put any more songs on, but it's a temporary fix if you


listen to mostly the same music all the time.





hope this helps.
Reply:No, you can't keep it on your iPod and sync it again without the same music on iTunes. Sorry.
Reply:no by reading your problem I don't think it is posssible I would suggest you to download music from another site the site I usually use is www.mp3raid.com. Another suggestion is that you should download it directly to your ipod and not on your pc. Both will take a long time but it will be helpful and if both doesn't work just email me. I think that you shoulkd not use iTunes

Music history paper?

I'm writing an essay on the journey of music from the beginning to ars nova. I have some basics, but If anyone knows anything on ancient music in caves, gregorian chants, some premedieval music, how Plato relates to music and works with intervals, music in mass, strophic, cadence, melisma and the beginnings of operas and musicals, please elaborate, lots of detail!

Music history paper?
You have quite a lot to get through. It might be worth reposting your question under Entertainment-Music-Classical. I don't think anyone knows anything about music in caves. The Classical ancients (Greeks and Romans for example) are known to have had instruments like trumpets, drums and plucked instruments akin to a lute, but we have no real idea what it sounded like - although some have tried to reconstruct it. Gregorian chant was introduced by Pope Gregory (natch!). You ask for the history of music up to ars nova - which was in the late middle ages up to about the time of Guillame de Machaut who wrote the first composed Mass we know of ' the Mess de Nostre Dame'. The history of opera and musicals falls well outside your period. I suggest that as you want such a vast subject covered you would be better doing some more research yourself - trying googling 'history of music' and the various heading you list
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Music files saved on harddrive through itunes, can these same files be managed in another music mgmt system?

My husband has downloaded a lot of music through itunes on our harddrive. I don't have an ipod, but, I have the same thing made by Sony. The music management system is called MusicMatch Jukebox. Musicmatch Jukebox is the software that manages all the music files and allows me to download to the Sony Digital player. Even though the songs downloaded on the harddrive through itunes are saved in our harddrive, it does not seem that I can Open the Music Match jukebox and add these songs into the musicmatch library. Does itunes restrict that these songs can be played in any other software other than itunes?

Music files saved on harddrive through itunes, can these same files be managed in another music mgmt system?
The songs downloaded in ITunes are in a format called AAC, which is an Apple format, and not the usual MP3. The other programs can't recognize the music files unless you convert them to MP3 or another format that they will recognize. You can search for programs to download that will convert music files, a lot of them are free. Try www.download.com.

Playing music to your little bundle of joy :)?

Wow...this is my first question and i've been on here for so long! Feel's weird to be on the other side.





Anyway, I'm 28 weeks pregnant. I got headphones for christmas to go around my belly to play music, and i also got a lullaby CD to play. My questions are:





1. What have your experiences been playing music to your unborn child? How did they react when you played the music for them while carrying (their movements within) and then after they were born, playing the same songs?





2. How often did you play them music and how long were the periods of time? Did you play them music while you worked?





3. What types of music did you play for them, or what types do you reccomend?





Thanks in advance for your input!

Playing music to your little bundle of joy :)?
I play my music slightly louder in the car (for some reason I feel that I have to for the baby to hear, although I could be completely wrong; smile) - whenever I do, the baby moves around a lot more. She likes to dance to music with a good beat, nothing boring. Although she likes a good jazz song here and there. Congrats and good luck!
Reply:It doesn't matter what type of music you play, its all gibberish to them for now :P I played music for my daughter all the time. pretty much played the same some over and over and she would always get active and start kicking like mad. After she was born I would play the song and she would settle down. She definitely recognized the song.
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Reply:1. My daughter really locked country and rock music. She still rocks out the same music I listened to then and she is 5





2. I played the music when I was driving ( I had a cd player and headphone I would put on my belly) and at night when I went to bed. I was on my feet while working so I couldnt really do it then.





3. I played country music alot of the time and I did through in some light rock, also some soothing hawaiian music ( I am a hawaiian dancer)

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