[macvoiceover] Re: Music notation
- From: Ian Edwards <ianedwards42@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 00:49:20 -0600
Do you have a way to slow the recording/loop down? I do a lot of playing along
with recordings, and dropping the speed a touch, maybe 25%, without altering
the pitch would be a huge help. I could also envision myself saying the notes
into my iPhone voice recorder and using the unit's playback controls, similar
to your use of your Zoom. What I mostly need are teh notes the first tiem
through in some form of notation, as I'm usually about 90% accurate by ear.
It's the other 10% of the notes that can really mess things up.
Ok, what I'm running into with recording the notes verbally are the notes that
take longer to say than there is time. Like saying B flat takes longer than the
eighth note it's on. What seems to be working is using the numerical equivalent
in the scale, like saying 1 1 3 3 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5, at the same pace as the
notes are played.
Thanks for the suggestions, and I totally agree with the value of memorizing,
especially the simple hymn melodies I'm working with here. It's not like I'm
trying to play Bach or Mozart on my 4 string bass, just give our congregation a
little melody support while our guitars play the chords.
Cheers,
Ian
On 2012-06-01, at 4:43 PM, Tuscia-Falconer wrote:
> I make and play Shakuhachi, a Japanese bamboo end-blown flute, also a single
> note at a time instrument, there is notation for this but I use Amadeus to
> loop a phrase while I learn it, as I learn a new line I go back and repeat
> the whole thing from the start then add a new line.
> While this takes a lot of time and memory, by the time I have learned it I
> can play it with more focus than someone who has to read the score, which if
> you think about it requires the mind to be distracted into a reading mode
> rather than solely a playing mode.
>
> Perhaps at the end of the day it will be just as quick to learn through
> listening as my memorizing any text.
>
> I also have a Zoom H1 hand recorder, very good sound and easy to use
>
> TF
>
> On 2/06/2012, at 9:46 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>
> I had our church pianist write me out a melody line to play on my bass. She
> did it like
> E flat E flat G G
>
> I had to figure out the pacing myself, as I couldn't figure out how to easily
> mark quarter and eigth notes.
>
> I had to memorize, as it's too hard to run the words while playing.
>
> Other thoughts?
>
> Ian
>
> On 2012-06-01, at 3:39 PM, Tuscia-Falconer wrote:
>
>> No, but haven't really looked, I learn by listening, but acknowledge being
>> able to read would add to a repertoire.
>>
>> TF
>> On 1/06/2012, at 11:17 AM, Ian Edwards wrote:
>>
>> For any musicians using VoiceOver, have you found an effective way to do
>> musical notation? Like if someone gave you a piano melody line to learn, how
>> would you write it out so that it was understandable with VO?
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Ian
>>
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