You have lesson books that give you a straightforward path of pieces you can play that gradually increase in difficulty. With sheet music, you have a ton of resources.
As a notation format, I don't think it's all that good.īut even more importantly, it lacks any good resources for how to actually learn how to play. It lacks information, takes up a ton of space, makes it hard to read rhythm and patterns, mostly lacks fingering information, requires rewinding every time you want to retry a section, and so much more. And this comes from someone who tried learning both ways.
I'm doing it because I want to help people. When I tell people to stay away from Synthesia, I'm not doing it because I want to be a snob or an elitist. Could somebody use those tools to read & play any sheet music adequately, well even, without ever seeing a traditional black & white sheet? More about the multitude of non-traditional tools going around advertising that they're able to teach you to read & play with sheet music such as Simply Piano, FlowKey, Play Along Piano etc. Genuinely curious about people's thoughts on this.ĮDIT: Apologies, I didn't mean to make this strictly about Synthesia. It's all practice given the knowledge you have, no matter the source. I could technically read sheet music & be able to tell you what it all means, but that doesn't mean I can put that knowledge to work & play a song. So why is Synthesia any different? Is it just snobbery? Or are these new tools just the beginning of a new wave, and like any new thing, some people like to be traditional about it. You'd praise them if they'd learned the same skills as everyone else via audiobooks. You wouldn't criticise someone who hasn't learned to read at all. I understand the reasoning behind needing to read sheet music, but if more music comes out in formats other than traditional sheet music, could it be compared to the likes of being able to read a book vs listening to an audiobook?
An over exaggeration perhaps, but I'm sure you get the point. I've seen a few posts here where people criticise others for only learning via Synthesia (or other similar tools), and that these people should pretty much stop ASAP and learn some sheet music before the world ends. 'No Stupid Questions' thread (twice/month)ĮPierre's weekly composition/improvisation challenge IMSLP provides access to free, public domain sheet music. is a great website to learn the fundamentals of music theory. commenting on someone's appearance), and the like, are not welcome and will be removed. Off-topic posts, spam, advertising, blog posts with little contentĪlso, please do not submit more than 3-4 posts per week, and you should not have more than 2 posts on the front page.Ĭomments that contain personal attacks, hate speech, trolling, unnecessarily derogatory or inflammatory remarks or inappropriate remarks (e.g.
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