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Maybe I come from a different musical background as the authors of this, but none of this make any sense to me. "Long notes are longer; sharps point up and fla
by pragone 14y ago
Maybe I come from a different musical background as the authors of this, but none of this make any sense to me.
"Long notes are longer; sharps point up and flats down."
- Having notes take up more space is about the worst possible thing in the world for me; as a pit musician, the last thing I need is more wasted space on a page, giving me more page turns to deal with while I'm changing instruments and key signatures.
"...rhythms have the same spacing" - I don't know what this means. Rhythms don't have spacing. The spaces between the notes has nothing to do with the music that's played.
Then there's the fact that all current musicians would have to re-learn how to read music. Perhaps someone can tell me what's drastically broken about the current system? I'm not saying it's perfect - I don't believe any system is perfect. But it's worked pretty well for the last few hundred years.
- stevenameyer 14y agoI believe that argument is that the current system is difficult to learn. But I personally feel this notation gives up way to much in order to try and be easier to learn. (which I still don't think is not a good enough reason to create a new notation since if you are putting the time and effort to learn how to play an instrument I think you are likely ok with taking some time to learn the notation)
- kenferry 14y agoI would expect page turns will be going away. You can already use your iPad as a music stand, though it's kind of small. If you're using a real device, page turns can be automated or eased. The device can listen to what you're playing (tempo shouldn't be too hard to pick out) and turn pages appropriately. Or, you could use a foot pedal or what have you - perhaps your phone. Apps for this sort of thing already exist, though I don't know how good they are.