Linux Arpeggiators, Part 1 (Linux Journal)

Linux Arpeggiators, Part 1 (Linux Journal)

Posted Mar 15, 2010 22:24 UTC (Mon) by alvieboy (subscriber, #51617)
In reply to: Linux Arpeggiators, Part 1 (Linux Journal) by nix
Parent article: Linux Arpeggiators, Part 1 (Linux Journal)

" Fundamentally all humans who are not tone-deaf or otherwise medically deficient have some kind of ability with music: it's innate. Vast numbers of children tootle out extemporized tunes. "

I have to disagree. Actually those who exhibit disabilities in some areas are extremely good at music and other opposed areas. For example, invisuals. I know a few, they have excellent musical abilities, with no exception. And they also play musical instruments.

" I see no problem at all with making it easier for people to produce music without needing to learn as much first. "

I don't either, as long as that really helps them understanding music and improving their knowledge.

" Complaining about this smacks of elitism to me. "

Sorry if I gave that impression. I'm just trying to understand the reason.

Many friends of mine are able to play a musical instrument. None of them knows anything about music. Why ? They don't care. They know enough to play a little on their own, compose their own musics, always focusing on the instrument.

However, musical knowledge (notation, instruments, so on...) gives you a wider range of artistic abilities. I can only compose for a few instruments, those I played myself. I wish I knew more, I wish I knew everything about instruments, notations, so on. I do not.

I had music lessons. On public schools. Those helped me a lot. Here, in Portugal, public schools teach music, at least the very basic of it. Those impaired are often given even more teachings about the subject.

I hate bad music (99% what comes out of any radio station unfortunately). I am a lousy performer, and a lousy composer. But, each new thing I learn about it, each new technique I use on the instrument, makes me feel happy.

Álvaro

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