Hi David, >> 100% in agreement. Developing that inner ear is immeasurably valuable, but >> it takes effort, and that effort is made only when there's motivation. >> Having only oneself to rely on provides the context for that motivation. >> (HA! Can you guess MY occupation?) > > I call hogwash. Developing inner ear has nothing to do with using pencil & > paper vs using notation software. A more meaningful distinction is whether > you are composing by ear or not: > > * If you are plucking out every note and chord at the piano, then notating > the ones you like with pencil & paper (or into notation software), you are > NOT developing your inner ear.
Not strictly true: the fundamental piano sound has a very different attack, sustain, decay, and release than just about any other instrument, whereas a mockup ("using notation software" for that purpose) can be made to sound "exactly" like the instrument(s) in question. So at the piano, you *must* develop your inner ear in order to get past the piano sound to the sound of the actual instrumentation in question. Granted, one develops one’s inner ear *more* by writing without playback of any sort (at the piano or in software), but since you started splitting hairs, I thought I’d join in the fun… :^p > I agree that the processes of composition, arranging/orchestration and > engraving are distinct, and should be approached as such. And I agree that > developing your inner ear is crucial. But you can do all of that with the > help of notation software, or not. +1 Cheers, Kieren. ________________________________ Kieren MacMillan, composer ‣ website: www.kierenmacmillan.info ‣ email: i...@kierenmacmillan.info _______________________________________________ lilypond-user mailing list lilypond-user@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lilypond-user