How many of you guys actually can read music?

[seanydon]

Hey I wonder if this topic was ever brought up, but I was wondering how many of us actually know how to read music (score)? I'd be the first to admit I can't...

 

[zenguan88]

classically trained peoples tend to read music like the back of their heads imean ur train to seeing those notes since you were primary 1. i bet anione could do it too if you put in effort its not hard really you see those stuff often you get them into ur mind

+1 to like the back of my hand.

but to me playing thru ears is hard. I GOT BAD EARS

 

[seanydon]

YEah I think so too. TOday's the first time I sat in at some IG that requred some score knowledge and i was freakin lost.... gosh... Pretty demoralizing honestly...

 

[Gr3yF0x]

hah, for guitar, i can't read notes. but for singing i can.

 

[DoubleDecker]

I can read abit. Thanks to my woodwind and percussion days. But 70% return to my conducter I think. :lol:

 

[DoubleBlade]

Sight reading is my worst nemesis!

 

[killinghall]

I can't read music for nuts. Every musician e should just play by ear!!!

(just kidding!)

:?

 

[Freeko]

i only read tabs my ears are like crap and i can't read scores

but i want to..

 

[Phanto]

from age 5 my mother forced me to learn the piano. so for 8 years she sit there with a cane make sure i keep learning and understanding the theory of music. so yea, it really helps.

 

[teraslasch]

learn the dougaeeeeeeeeeeeee :lol:

 

[seanydon]

Yeah... I'm terrible at reading scores (if i can at all...), but hey, for the few of us who cannot, it's comforting to know that even a few of the biggest names in music couldn't either... one of them being Paul McCartney. Paul McCartney for pete's sake! The GREATEST musician of our time... (in my opinion)

 

[Dalif_Murderdoll]

At the most,probably tabs.My piano-playing friend tried teachin me to read notes,but i found it so complex.

 

[rylche]

Learnt it in my 5 years playing violin. But that was treble clef.. Now i'm on bass. So i still find it hard in those (few) times I need to read score.

 

[viper]

I learnt it when I was young,used to hate it.Now i realise how important it is.Sure,every musician should learn how to play by ear but i think it's also important to know what you're playing.That's when music scores come in

 

[crozzfire]

haha i can read both scores and tabs, but im better with scores. learnt to read them since young, perhaps 5 yrs old when i started piano then..

 

[ahkiatt]

i can read daogae in treble. but now i play bass... and it sucks.

tabs apparently came before daogae... daogaes came only during the renaissance period if i'm not wrong( correct me if i am).

 

[Santa]

woah

same here i can only read treble

if you gave me bass i'd be like

uh.. so this is like 4 away from that flat so this must be

ah

F*@0*&)!@*)&$#!@

 

[Guest]

be glad tt u can at least read..

i've tried and failed..

im nt cut out to read such stuff.

 

[Ized]

for me evrything by ear man....

all musicians should develop their ears. however i wanna learn how to read music too.

 

[Narcoleptia]

it's much later when I realised piano is such a beautiful thing. I used to hate it and avoid going for lessons. Still can read though, glad it's something not lost through time..