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Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2010 9:16 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:19 pm
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I've played around with little things on the piano.
Music is a talent. But inside music there are many different "sub" talents. Composition is one of those, and one of the rarest in the world of musicians. I know dont have a talent to compose.
There are many other talents though for example. Sight reading, a good ear for intonation/pitches, a good musical memory for pitches and/or musical logic, improvisation/composition, perfect pitch (even rarer than composition), an easy understanding of music theory, counting (also sight reading really), even teaching music is a talent, and im sure theres more. You can break it down further.
I think we all as musicians have different types of musical talent. And you use those to your advantage and work on developing the rest. Composition is a rare talent.
Most people dont compose/improvise because they cant. Not everyone is given that ability. You wont find many who can compose, its a rare gift.
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 3:12 pm
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Posted: Tue Feb 16, 2010 4:24 pm
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:15 am
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Krausse Kreugar No. You're wrong. see, none of that is a talent. A talent is something you're born with. You weren't born being good at reading sheet music, or being able to count to music. I used to have no timing at all, but all I had to do was work on it and now I just can't lose the beat. These things are skills.
I dont agree, I believe music is a skill yes, but some people are better than others, aka talent. Talent is the ability to progress at the skill quickly, or even understand them. I wasnt born being able to play an oboe no, but with others that began learning oboe at the same time with the SAME experience, and lessons, we ended up in different places, and some couldnt do it at all. The difference between us isnt skill, its the talent to perform a skill. So I have to respectfully disagree.
Quote: Improvisation is not something that's difficult. Do you know how easy it is to improvise? Do you realize how easy it is to make your own music? Apparently you don't, because all you have to do is hum a melody and then arbitrarily assign a key to that melody and play that melody on your instrument on choice. Anyone can do it. Same thing with composing, because composing is just taking a melody and making chords out it with a bunch of instruments. First of all dont insult my intelligence. Im not an idiot as far as music, please at least be respectful. Im halfway through a bachelors in music education, and i've been playing the oboe and flute for 13 years.
Improvisation is not hard to you because you can actually do it. No its not hard to sit down at a piano and make a simple MELODY. No s**t thats easy a 2 yr old can do it. But when your on the spot with a harmony going on, ummmm not so easy to some people. Originality is something a lot of people have trouble with.
And yes I know what composition is... Its learned by every music major in part writing in music theory. That dosnt mean your any good at it. Some people can just sit down and write with MUCH more ease that others.
Quote: Music is not a talent because no one is born instantly able to make it. Some people are just born with more of an affinity for others than others. Its why you get your Beethovens, you get your Beatles, and then you get your Avril Lavignes.
Affinity for music = Talent for music. What you call "affinity" is what the rest of us call talent.
dictionary.com Talent - a special natural ability or aptitude ------------------
Oh, and dont talk down to me just because you disagree.
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Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2010 3:57 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 6:20 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2010 8:40 pm
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Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 4:57 am
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Posted: Thu Mar 04, 2010 4:59 am
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`Kel` Krausse Kreugar No. You're wrong. see, none of that is a talent. A talent is something you're born with. You weren't born being good at reading sheet music, or being able to count to music. I used to have no timing at all, but all I had to do was work on it and now I just can't lose the beat. These things are skills. I dont agree, I believe music is a skill yes, but some people are better than others, aka talent. Talent is the ability to progress at the skill quickly, or even understand them. I wasnt born being able to play an oboe no, but with others that began learning oboe at the same time with the SAME experience, and lessons, we ended up in different places, and some couldnt do it at all. The difference between us isnt skill, its the talent to perform a skill. So I have to respectfully disagree. Quote: Improvisation is not something that's difficult. Do you know how easy it is to improvise? Do you realize how easy it is to make your own music? Apparently you don't, because all you have to do is hum a melody and then arbitrarily assign a key to that melody and play that melody on your instrument on choice. Anyone can do it. Same thing with composing, because composing is just taking a melody and making chords out it with a bunch of instruments. First of all dont insult my intelligence. Im not an idiot as far as music, please at least be respectful. Im halfway through a bachelors in music education, and i've been playing the oboe and flute for 13 years. Improvisation is not hard to you because you can actually do it. No its not hard to sit down at a piano and make a simple MELODY. No s**t thats easy a 2 yr old can do it. But when your on the spot with a harmony going on, ummmm not so easy to some people. Originality is something a lot of people have trouble with. And yes I know what composition is... Its learned by every music major in part writing in music theory. That dosnt mean your any good at it. Some people can just sit down and write with MUCH more ease that others. Quote: Music is not a talent because no one is born instantly able to make it. Some people are just born with more of an affinity for others than others. Its why you get your Beethovens, you get your Beatles, and then you get your Avril Lavignes. Affinity for music = Talent for music. What you call "affinity" is what the rest of us call talent. dictionary.com Talent - a special natural ability or aptitude ------------------ Oh, and dont talk down to me just because you disagree.
i think i'm going to agree with krausse. saying you have a "talent" for music because you progress faster at it than others is slightly ridiculous. it's like saying someone who hits puberty at age 10 has a talent for being a boy/girl.
although puberty is much less controllable than your ability in music, it can be related for this purpose.
i really sucked at composition and improvisation before this year. i'm in music theory(and it's very basic music theory) and with the little i now know, if i wanted to i could write a new song every day. i am also able to improvise fairly easily. it's not something i was born with, and i'm not particularly "skilled" at it. but i can write the music, and i can fit an improvised melody in a harmony.
i don't believe there is any such thing as "can't" in the music world, as far as standard skills go. it's even possible to develop perfect pitch. people who say they "can't" write music just don't want to take the time to learn how chords interact with each other and how to use the theoretical music devices which make writing music incredibly easy.
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Posted: Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:51 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 7:28 am
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2010 8:34 am
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Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2010 3:58 pm
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Posted: Fri Nov 19, 2010 1:41 pm
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