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Apparently, it wasn't all that uncommon to not be able to read or write music and to have a scribe pen it down for you. https://www.straightdope.com/21343780/i
by JieJie 3y ago
Apparently, it wasn't all that uncommon to not be able to read or write music and to have a scribe pen it down for you.
https://www.straightdope.com/21343780/if-irving-berlin-couldn-t-read-or-write-music-how-did-he-compose https://www.straightdope.com/21343780/if-irving-berlin-could...
- TylerE 3y agoComposer but not musician.
- defrost 3y agoTim Minchin - musician and composer. Doesn't read | write sheet music (see youtube interview linked in GP comment) Oxford English Dictionary: musician - A professional performer of music, esp. of instrumental music. Wikipedia: Timothy David Minchin is a British-born Australian comedian, actor, writer, musician, poet, composer, and songwriter. Also - pretty much the entirety of Indonesian traditional ensemble musicians (Gamelan and other) going back to the bronze age - no sheet music so no reading writing music - they train like Homer delivered poetry and use non Western scales - their music is available in notation, but notation created by westerners. Here's a bit about Western students learning to learn music w/out using sheet music ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgdrzgtBik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHgdrzgtBik They're not some minor outlier either, btw - "With over 278 million people, Indonesia is the world's fourth-most populous country".