writing music on paper came very easy to me. as you observe for yourself, reading and writing on paper are one in the same, as they would be for any language. (composition, on the other hand, has escaped me, especially in the folk/celtic world. any semi-original-sounding piece i have in my head i can break down, with effort, into bits and pieces really taken from other reels and jigs i already know.)
if someone goes "a a g f# g b e b e" i have no problem dashing those onto a staff and then cleaning it up into notes. its slow, sometimes too tedious for the effort (especially as my musical handwriting is as bad as my cursive), but i can do it without any need to "concentrate" to at least get it down in the rough.
but that disconnect can come in other ways as well -- cyd can listen to spanish and translate it into english very efficiently, but she can't speak it.
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if someone goes "a a g f# g b e b e" i have no problem dashing those onto a staff and then cleaning it up into notes. its slow, sometimes too tedious for the effort (especially as my musical handwriting is as bad as my cursive), but i can do it without any need to "concentrate" to at least get it down in the rough.
but that disconnect can come in other ways as well -- cyd can listen to spanish and translate it into english very efficiently, but she can't speak it.