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aliceincelloland
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(10/16/00 5:44:09 pm)
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sigh....cellos.....
i have been playing cello since
april (its october now). i can play anything i want by ear
(concertos: Elgar, Dvorak, Saint Saens, Schumann etc.) But i do not
know how to read music. this is very frustrating because i want to
study the cello in college. the colleges that i have looked at
(obviously) require sight reading. isn't it at all possible that i
can be admitted based on what i can play? help
please!
~jenn
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Laura
Wichers
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(10/16/00 6:15:34 pm)
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sigh....cellos.....
I think I speak for everyone when I
say that you MUST learn to read music if you hope to make a career
in any music performance/education related field. To perform in any
type of chamber group, you will need to be able to sight-read. There
is a very good chance you will be asked to play pieces for which
there are no recordings... and it would be very unprofessional to
ask someone to play it first so you know what it sounds like. To
teach any type of music, you would be doing your students a huge
disservice if you did not teach them to read music.
And one
other thing... any music major will have a required series of music
theory courses. If you don't read music, how would you be able to do
theory homework? Study theory texts? Analyze music and take your
exams?
Do yourself a favor and learn to read
music!!!
-Laura
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aliceincelloland
Registered User
(11/5/00 9:46:10 am)
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grrrrrrrrrrr, but,
i totally understand, but im trying
to learn to read and it is extreamly difficult for me. i dont
understand why. of course, this could have to do with no having an
available cello instuctor. grrr. there must be an easier way to
learn. this is all very annoying.
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yellocello
Registered User
(11/6/00 12:25:26 am)
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grrrrrrrrrrr, but,
Jenn,
I saw this url on
another board for someone with a similar problem, and she wrote back
and said it was helpful. musictheory.halifax.ns.ca/index.html
I have not used it myself, but will admit I also have a little bit
of a problem reading music. I've played for 6 years, and I don't
know how I've survived.
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Kevin
McGowin
Registered
User
(11/9/00 1:20:20 am)
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Re:
sigh....cellos.....
Let me just jump in and say that if
you're that good this fast reading music is well within your
range!
Start with some scores you're confortable with by ear.
That seems to work the best for many people on, say, piano, where
this is very common.
Kevin
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Andrea
Registered User
(11/16/00 3:08:06 pm)
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Barbara
Warram: Theory for Beginers
Pick up Barbara Warram's work book.
It'll take you up to a good level. Honestly the more theory I learn
the more I can apreciate the music. It's so much easier to interpret
a piece if I can look at it and make educated guesses at what and
why the composer has done certain things. Theory is a pain to drudge
through but it makes music making that much better. The
aforementioned book will teach you EVERYTHING basic and very
clearly. If it's too "baby-la-la" pick up her: rudiments of
Music.
< br> Andrea
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onecellist
Registered User
(12/8/00 11:06:36 am)
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sigh....cellos.....
The trouble involved in playing by
rote is that you will not know a piece as well as you need for a
performance or an audition. Also, who is to say that they can pick
out the EVERY note that is actually in the Dvorak concerto. I would
be very impressed to meet someone who could dictate
Shostakovich.
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Len
Thompson
Registered User
(1/21/01 9:20:01 am)
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ABC's
The truth is, like speach, you may
be able to speak well. But if you can't read you would have to start
with the ABC's. It's very frustrating to be able to play at a level
above your reading skill, as it appears to slow your progress
considerably. Starting with farmiliar works is probably your best
bet for making fast headway, but ultimatly you have to start with
your ABC's. Sorry!
Len
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