Members of Borknagar, Trained Musicians?

[Scourge of Amalek]

What members of Borknagar have taken lessons for their instruments, and can anyone in the band read music? Or is it just something done "by ear?" Just curious, as I think that you guys are all superb musicians (especially Tyr!).

 

[MardyAss]

Tyr is a trained musician, it says so on their homepage.

 

[Asgeir Mickelson]

Believe it or not, but I don't even know what a 4/4 beat is... I've had the idea for a couple of years now making a shirt where it says "4/4?".

- Asgeir

 

[ms. anthrope]

 

[FailingAcension]

Haha...maybe because you never use it, Asgier!
Does anyone get this clever joke?

 

[Maelstrom]

Yes, very witty.

Surely there would have been a bit of musical theory talk in your work with Spastic Ink?

 

[Ronnie.B]

Haha...maybe because you never use it, Asgier!
Does anyone get this clever joke?

I was just about to post that myself.

 

[The Grand Design]

Musical theory is probably very helpful to have but I seem to get by well enough doing things by ear. I can't even read music, only tablature and I have been playing guitar for about 5 years now. And Asgeir, you don't need to know 4/4, you seem to extremely well without it! Haha.

 

[Yetti]

Believe it or not, but I don't even know what a 4/4 beat is... I've had the idea for a couple of years now making a shirt where it says "4/4?".

- Asgeir

wow, ida never thunk it

 

[The Grand Design]

Haha neither!

 

[svältvinter]

There is no such thing as a 4/4 beat, since no one knows what it is.....