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You probably do. I play two instruments (not guitar obviously) and I want to know why musical notation is a problem for guitarists. I know it's not really suit
by moehm 5y ago
You probably do. I play two instruments (not guitar obviously) and I want to know why musical notation is a problem for guitarists.
I know it's not really suited for e.g. non-western or modern quarter-tone music. But since I don't play the guitar I would like to understand the reasoning behind your qoute:
> You can’t quite run it on different hardware: unlike on a piano, the note does not uniquely determine how something is played on, say, a guitar.
Is that more clear?
- nautilius 5y agoIt’s still antagonistic because sheet music is not ‘a problem’ for guitarists.
- moehm 5y agoI never said it's a problem. I asked what's the problem that "You can’t quite run it on [...] say, a guitar."
- nautilius 5y agoYou specifically refer to guitarists’ problem with notation, not the mathematical non-uniqueness. You ask you want to know why “musical notation is a problem for guitarists.” It’s not.
- moehm 5y agoAm I missing something, or are you directly contradicting your original comment? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28725817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28725817
- nautilius 5y agoIf you actually read my comment (try it!) you will see that I make a statement about sheet music not uniquely specifying where on a guitar a specific note is to be played. I make no statement whatsoever about guitarists. You seem to have trouble with the concept that the vast majority of instruments does not yield a recognizable melody simply by pressing the right button at the right time. All of those musicians are doing just fine, thank you very much.