Actually, I feel like that about Maths. I can do arithmetic, fine, no problem. But when it gets to anything as complicated as quadratic equations I go to pieces. My brain just looks at the numbers, sees what they are and understands nothing. Quadratic equations are in fact completely unintelligible to me. No-one yet has managed to make them make sense. I don't think they ever will.
On the other hand, musical composition isn't all that hard to me. I wouldn't say I had any particular talent for it, but it's not particularly magical. I can listen to compositions and understand why they work well, what bit "makes my toes curl" (an expression my music professor used to describe that bit of a piece of loved music which touches your soul) and why it does so. Mostly it's to do with twisting conventions and delaying cadences I think.
I didn't do too badly at my composition modules, mostly I lost marks for not finishing in time (I had a habit of trying to be too ambitious). Mostly, though, I find my lack of skill on the guitar frustrating, as I have a lot of ideas that I just can't execute.
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Date: 2005-12-01 10:40 am (UTC)On the other hand, musical composition isn't all that hard to me. I wouldn't say I had any particular talent for it, but it's not particularly magical. I can listen to compositions and understand why they work well, what bit "makes my toes curl" (an expression my music professor used to describe that bit of a piece of loved music which touches your soul) and why it does so. Mostly it's to do with twisting conventions and delaying cadences I think.
I didn't do too badly at my composition modules, mostly I lost marks for not finishing in time (I had a habit of trying to be too ambitious). Mostly, though, I find my lack of skill on the guitar frustrating, as I have a lot of ideas that I just can't execute.