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I was referring to the questions in Mike's original topic before everyone went tangent hopping.

Mike asked:

Do you feel any of these aspects are more important? Which of these are your best, or favorite? Do you have trouble with any?

And I wanted to know:

Do you mean this in the context of performing a composition? In composing? In reading and playing notation? In identifying what you hear?
In singing? Playing an instrument?

Or any of the above?

To which Mike answered : Oh for pity's sake, just choose one, will ya?

To which I answered:

Well OK then.


OK.

The component which challenges me the most is duration. The activity in which it occurs is notation and playing while sight reading.

In sight reading and playing, I am OK with simple rhythmic combinations ,(16th and larger notes whether, tied, dotted or not are not a problem) but I have to slow down and count when it comes to things like complex triplets (when there is a rest within them) dotted thirty second and smaller notes tied to something and so forth. To improve, it's probably just a case of playing them more often. I just don't encounter them too often in my normal work.

To me, it's harder to notate the music than it is to read it. With practice I am getting better and faster but it is a challenge.

JeanB



[This message has been edited by AKA JeanB (edited 07-29-2004).]