How do you write music exactly? I am not talking about composing a piece of music - putting notes, dots, and ties on the staff. I really mean writing something to let the reader hear it. We are dealing with two dimensions here: sight and hearing - two of the traditional five senses that include touch, smell, and taste.Any two of the five cannot be mixed up. For example, I cannot see the sound of a flying plane. I cannot hear how soft the pillow is. I cannot touch how good a perfume smell. I cannot smell the sweetness of a watermelon. I cannot taste how beautiful the nature is. Hence these distinct senses.
So the creation of musical notations for writing music; and written language + phonetics for speech communication are just brilliant inventions. They connect the different senses together to allow communication, and allow information to be recorded, stored, and then retrieved later on. For example, if you want to tell a friend about a piece of music, you simply write it using musical notations, then pass it to her and she can play it using an instrument or sight-read, and be able to hear it. We took it for granted, but it is really something.
The next breakthough is to write a piece of music and let the reader hear it without playing it. I know a lot of musicians can sight-read silently. But I don't mean to use the language of music, but the english language. Ok, why use english language when we have musical notations.. Aren't I creating a problem for myself to solve? The reason being I want general readers to hear it, not the few talented musicians. So that musics can also be printed on newspaper, books, magazines, and other printed forms.
Drop me a few 'notes' if you know the answer.
