Who can read sheet music ?

Mixolydian:

tone, tone, semi, tone, tone, semi, tone

Or:

tonic, major second, major third, perfect fourth, perfect fifth, major sixth, flattened seventh, octave

Or all the white/natural notes starting on G

In other words, these modes are simply scales started on notes other than the 1st note of the scale.

In the two cases above, dorian=the 2nd note of the scale and mixolydian=the 5th.

It's not a big deal - it's just convenient labels

i can do both as well

you say you've played 40 years without knowing, but isn't that a beautiful thing? it's awesome how one can know nothing in terms of musical theory but still play..

Learned when I was 8/9 years old and forgot.But,everytime I'm shown how to read I get the gist usually by being shown where C is on the manuscript.


Edited by Man Erg

never bothered to learn - have no inclination to do so.
Admittedly it would be handy but I don't see that it
would broaden my ability to play in any way.

Then again, I haven't got a clue about the proper
names of half the stuff I play, i tend to do everything
by ear working it out on guitar transferring it to keys
and so forth. It's probably a little labour intensive but
to me always feels like new territory and that's a
good thing!

It also prompts me occasionallly to step way outside
the box in accompaniments and that's always
interesting.

Playing with others I just show them how I'm framing
stuff and let them apply the theory! Lazy bastard!

Yup, I read sheet music. And of course, I'm a keyboard player.

My bit of advice is that you should learn. It is very useful in the music world.

I had piano lessons from an early age, so I've always been able to read it.  But I don't think it affects your ability to play or write good music.  Friends who can't read music are better musicians and composers than I could ever hope to be.

I can to an extent. With practice (something you dont get alot as a drummer) i get better (as everyone should). I (attempt) to play piano to keep up with my sheet music reading skills. But, i have written some pieces, not all that good though .

I can, although I'm not very good, but I'm too lazy to use it. I see no fun in playing songs that aren't mine on a sheet. I prefer to improvise and write stuff, I like to creat something, that's music. But I got that feel I really need to get into it to progress, but well...

I am the only violonist that I know that do not read well music sheets. I am also the only guy I know who play violin, a coincidence... I guess...

Guests wrote: reading sheet is easy to learn and easy to do. the hard part is doing it on sight. that is, doing it fluently, like reading a book. i can read sheet, i just have to decipher each note one at a time. that is not true reading,IMO. the thing is though, yu who admired those who write more than those who read, writing music is easier than reading it. because yu already know the notes and there is no deadline of timing yu dont have to be fluent to write. it's easy! wish i could read well enough to play the song while im doing it though!

There is also a difference in just reading it and immediately knowing which key of a keyboard (for example) or which fret and string on a guitar it is associated with. I mean not knowing "Oh yeah, that's a G, now where is that on the keyboard?", but just putting your finger on the key just like this, without even thinking about the fact that it is actually a "G" you are playing..