Musicians know the feel

I think that four on the floor is just a drumming term.

Or maybe not, i dont know. But i have never heard it used in a non-drumming situation.

Yeah Four on the floor means the kick is played in that rhythm

I do this to the point where I actually don't get involved at all in emotional films.

I went to watch Warhorse in a movie theatre and laughed loudly at the really bad acting, design and effects whenever a character died.
There was even this one bit where a mortar went off and this oh-so-obvious rag doll just flew up into the air, limbs a flailin'; I laughed harder at that than anything else in the past six months.

The woman two seats across from me gave the dirtiest look every time, tears streaming down her face as she did so.
I was kinda scared she was gonna stab me when we left.

Or playing a game and noticing design flaws and inconsistencies.

Potato fields forever

1st note F--->Fa
2nd note A--->La
3rd note G-->Sol
If you can't read this,it doesn't automatically mean you are musically challenged.
I bet a lot of people did not get this is because in Eastern Musical Theory(Europe etc)
notes don't go like C D E F G A B C but Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Do.Please show some respect...

I'm European and in instrumentation we use C D E F G etc... and for vocal exercises we use Do Re Mi etc...
I think that's pretty much how it works around the globe.

I live in Greece(meaning in Europe) and we use Do Re Mi etc for everything.I have been studying guitar for 3 years + and we use these everywhere.Both on instruments and vocal exercises(Solfez)

Well man i don't know if it's unprofessional or not,but since Music day one i have been taught the notes as Do Re Mi etc. it's hard for me to learn the Western ones(C D E)
Just show some respect...

I wasn't aware of its use in certain countries as a standard. Excuse me while I spend half an hour on wikipedia.

You are excused....Have a nice day Sir.

Yeah I apologize. Can I ask where you live?

Greece...

"musically challenged people", or just, you know, not american.

why just american? standard notation is universal... hence 'standard' notation.

"Standard notation"... seriously? All of europe would read that as "fa la sol"

Clearly not all of Europe, having lived in the UK my whole life and learned how to read music; I can say I read the notes.

Meh, you guys still use the imperial system, as does America.

No we don't. We use a weird combination of both, measuring large distances in miles, but short distances in meters/centimeters. And weight in kilograms, and volumes in litres. It's only really the older generation that uses imperial, we were taught to use metric. Don't tell me about my own culture, since you clearly don't understand it.

Meh, you're still the americans of europe.

And you're clearly a dope.

How so?

lol!! you make a good point, but you can find people like that anywhere in Europe.

What do you call a drummer without a girlfriend?
Homeless!

Those were hilarious, im a drummer too but i find those funny

Percussion encompasses a wide variety of instruments. It's a family (like brass, strings, etc.) Drums still require lots of rhythmic theory knowledge (polyrhythms, meter patterns, etc.) and within percussion, vibraphones, xylophones, and other vibe-like instruments require full knowledge of music theory.

Hell, I'm pretty sure pianos are technically a percussion instrument.
And I don't know crap about key signatures and whatnot, but the rest of the kids in our band always ask me the rest of their questions.

Not sure if trolling or you really don't know anything about music

NOTHING drives me up the wall more.

Is it just me or does it seem like rap and hip hop get downloaded a lot more than rock?

I think Pachelbel started it with "Canon in D" somewhere around 1680.

Although it's an eight bar chord progression and only the first three are I-V-Vi, the entire composition is the same chord progression.
Similar to how pop music from the last few decades tend to exist out of the same repeated chord progression.

I can't stand I-V-Vi-IV or VI-IV-I-V. I hear it fucking EVERYWHERE and everyone keeps using it.
I swear the majority of the pop songs use this chord progression.

Well, it is partially correct.

The thing is, that type of composition was popular then, something like passacaglia or similar with an ostinato (in this case cello playing D-A-B-#F-G-D-G-A).
I don't like comparing it to modern pop cause you can listen to the whole song without getting bored, unlike todays stuff

The reason it's used everywhere is because it serves its purpose perfectly, it has a strong cadence and so it feels complete, and often it fits the melody well, so I don't think it's right to hate it, I've used the progression in my music, and it's generally lifted the song and made it sound that much more epic when it's used in the right place.

Apparently opposed to other people, I'm not interested to hear essentially the exact same thing over and over again.

It doesn't sound that bad but I rather listen to something that hasn't been done a million times before.

Of course, I understand, however, in the genre of music I work in (Symphonic Metal), the main rule of choruses is that they must be catchy, which means that you often use very standard chord progressions.

I'm sorry, but I can't appreciate that... It's like a painter that makes the same picture but with different colors over and over again...

Now I understand that you can't really use advanced harmony but than again you don't have to use the same thing... There are a lot of simple progressions and you can modify them to make them truly "yours", to make them special.

Of course, and I often do that, I'm merely saying that refusing to use common chord progressions makes you restricted. Often that modification is needless, sometimes it's not. It's not painting the same picture, it's being willing to use colours you've used before.

We can agree to disagree...

My idea is that musicians, or to be precise composers of modern popular genre songs should explore and go beyond and not stick with "what is good" and "what people like".

I'm not saying that the progression above is bad, I'ts wonderful, but I'ts everywhere...

For instance I adore VI-III in majors or IV-bIV-II7-I also in majors, there are also old modes like dorian and so on... There are possibilities, explore them!

Of course, and explore them I do, however, as mentioned, sometimes things need to be brought back to basics. The only problem with experimenting is often people don't like it, and your ultimate goal as a professional musician is to sell and make money.

Yes well, although the money making process is sad but true, you can experiment for your own and when you like it publish it. The progression we are talking about isn't basic like you've mentioned, it's just a pain in the ass... (and people unfortunatly like it...)