Musical notes

[Admin]

How do you read them, and what's the basic way to learn/memorize what each note does/mean?

I've always wondered how musicians learn to read these things.

[thadudette]

Extremely basically, this is what the notes on certain points of the staff mean:
i28.photobucket.com/albums/c249/talesrox/jkdafhkldgh.jpg

And if you don't know the letters, they look like this on a piano:
www.fionadaniels.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/piano-keys.gif

that's just the basics of the basics of the basics.

[njayhuang]

Augh Firefox crashed in the middle of my writing this.
Extremely summarized version of my previous post:

I learned a couple of notes and where on the violin they corresponded, then kept learning more until it covered the range of:
not really

The other stuff like dynamics and those other little signs that aren't notes would be like learning the punctuation in a language.

Excuse the (maybe?) bad grammar. I was in a rush to post before Firefox crashed again.

[Admin]

^ That image is highly confusing.

I guess I could never learn to read notes.
I never understand what people mean with different "tones" or the like, nor how B-flat and these things are understood.

It's really admirable to see people like you and thadudette being able to master a musical instrument and its read notes.

[njayhuang]

Firefox keeps crashing, so here's the abridged Abridged Abridged Version.

That image in my last post was just me playing around.
Here's a more accurate version.
Red corresponds with red.




Like anything else, it's learned gradually. I wouldn't expect you to understand all this just by reading abridged posts on a forum.

Whatever. I'll just shut up now and take your praise. ;D

[Frozazen]

*praise praise praise*

what's the purple note for?

[njayhuang]

That's part of the software I'm using. The last note inputted is purple.

[Frozazen]

i don't know about you, but I think that that's just wierd...

[njayhuang]

May 27, 2009 3:18:25 GMT Frozazen said:

i don't know about you, but I think that that's just wierd...

Not really. It turns purple so if you undo in a giant pile of notes, you can see exactly what you're about to undo.
We are talking about the same thing, right?

[Frozazen]

yeah, the random purple note

[njayhuang]

Okay good. I was a bit worried for a second there. Random purple notes aren't what I would call weird, no pun intended.

[Admin]

*demands to hear a demo from both njay and thadudette*

Drums and violins are great instrument.

[thadudette]

May 27, 2009 4:09:07 GMT Admin said:

Drums and violins are great instrument.

Plural?

If you're talking about a demo using sheet music, I can't provide that since 1. Drums don't use that kind of music and 2. Bass guitar can, but I don't use them

Now that I think of it though, my favorite song to drum to *coughrebirthingcough* DOES have a violin part in it

[njayhuang]

May 27, 2009 4:30:54 GMT thadudette said:

May 27, 2009 4:09:07 GMT Admin said:

Drums and violins are great instrument.

Plural?

If you're talking about a demo using sheet music, I can't provide that since 1. Drums don't use that kind of music and 2. Bass guitar can, but I don't use them

Now that I think of it though, my favorite song to drum to *coughrebirthingcough* DOES have a violin part in it

Rebirthing is easy. Learned intro in a couple of minutes.

[thadudette]

Yeah, it sounds like it's just a repeat of two or something measures.

[Admin]

When I was a lad, I wanted to play either a guitar or drums myself, but obviously it never happened.

Too bad. If I did, we could start an online band and publish our music on the Tube and then be discovered that way and get famous! *turns megalomaniac*

[bokkdachicken]

Well, Admin, the first step to learning an instrument is having one, so what have you got?

[Admin]

I've got an air guitar.

[bokkdachicken]

I think i can teach you that
This is your A, this is your C, this is your G...........
Now move your hand up and down. And use your mouth to make the sound

[njayhuang]

Make sure you only make sounds when you're strumming and change notes only when you move your fingers.