Re:Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong
by analog31 on Monday April 17, 2023 @06:04PM
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I'm a part time jazz bassist. I play in a so called "big band," so most of what we play is scored like orchestral music, albeit with improvisational portions.
I think "designed by power users for power users" nails it. Another way of putting it, is that there's a symbiosis between writers and players, if both are skilled in the same notation system, whatever it is. If you can read, you can find work. If you can write in standard notation, you can find people to play it. This creates a huge dis-incentive to explore new notations, except as an academic exercise.
I think "designed by power users for power users" nails it. Another way of putting it, is that there's a symbiosis between writers and players, if both are skilled in the same notation system, whatever it is. If you can read, you can find work. If you can write in standard notation, you can find people to play it. This creates a huge dis-incentive to explore new notations, except as an academic exercise.