Larry-Elliott asked:


Do you sing? Are you able to read music like you do a book? Can you hear music just from looking at the musical notation?
Did you know some people make their living by just singing new music that they have never seen before?

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Dr. Murphy asked:


Ok, let me start with a little background info:
I am a freshman in hich school and I’m looking to pursue a degree in music after I graduate. I play Guitar, Bass, Clarinet and some Piano. I really want to get a degree in Music Performance for Guitar, and I’d like it to be from Berklee cause it looks like the best suite for me (I researched several music programs around the U.S.). I play a lot of Blues and Metal on my guitar and I’m also profecient in Jazz. My soloing is my strong suite but I also know a great deal about rhythms and chords. I can read music decently (pretty bad at sight reading), but my strength is playing by ear which according to my band teacher I am extremely good at. I know quite a bit about music theory in general, and I am a very fast learner. Finally, my GPA is a 4.0, which I know isn’t overly important in applying for a music college, but I figured it couldn’t hurt.

Now my question:
What should I work on to improve my chances of getting into Berklee? I’d like to know what I should do to 1. Get accepted to Berklee? 2. Get a scholarship? 3. Get a presidential scholarship? (Only 7 musicians in the applying class get this so I am not putting a lot of hopes into getting one)

For specifics:
What Skills should I have?
What Scales should I know?
What Songs should I work on?

I thank you for your time and your help!

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40173k asked:

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Sight Reading Music

Katya asked:


What would be the best way to self-teach how to sight-read and be able to sing pitch to sheet music?

I’ve been doing choir for a couple of years now and I’m missing out on the opportunity to be promoted to a higher level because I’m unable to sight-read and sing pitch from sheet music. I really want to move up, and everyone else in the class has taken singing lessons and things as children or when they were younger so we don’t cover much in class of that. (Weird to me I think, since we don’t learn that in class but are expected to learn! D: I’m willing to work for it though)

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fjlc89 asked:


so i want to major in music but i have no formal training im gonna b entering college for the 2007 fall semester. basically my question is, is a college even gonna let me choose music as a major? can i start off in college not even knowing how 2 sight read? do they have bigginers music or is it too late i would really appreciate your opinion.

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