I’ve been studying music in many different ways all my life; I started in grade 5 with my lil’ ol Clarinet and worked my way up to ~7 instruments I can play that I’ve either learned myself, or had the help of my wonderful music teacher. I learned something that may seem obvious to others in this field, but I haven’t noticed until I just saw a video about this:
When you’re trying to figure out notes on the bass clef: the notes go up alphabetically on the staff. Starting with G on the first line, then working your way up.
When I saw that video, I literally went “Whaaaaaat? No way”, frantically searched for an image of the bass clef on google, and Lo and behold: it was right. My mind is utterly blown; I’ve never thought of it like that. I learned first by mnemonics for the treble clef (Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge for the lines, and the word Face for the spaces between) so I created my own for the bass clef: Good Boys Deserve Fudge Always for lines, and All Cows Eat Grass for the spaces. Now, though, the video taught me that I overcomplicate things.
What is something you’ve learned years after starting your hobby or passion?
I’ve been making music for a long time but only recently (past 5 years) started mixing and mastering on my own. I learned some new things with mastering and I completely reset my workflow 2 months back because I learned I was essentially doing some things wrong. After I release my new record next month, I will work back and re-master my previous records and re-release them.
That’s awesome! It’s fascinating to me how the brain can learn new things, even if it’s something we think we know everything about.
What kind of music do you make?
I do various genres, but mostly prog and industrial metal.
Beans dont need to be presoaked. Changed my life. Chickpeas pretty much do. But still. Black beans in the slow cooker all day every day now lol
I hadn’t thought of EGBDF acronyms for ages. Thanks for the musical memories!
Haha, no problem!