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 Posted: Sun Jul 22, 2007 10:10 pm
I used to hate theory a lot but it really comes in handy to know what works well together.
I had to write something for my guitar teacher once so I came up with some boring appreggio of chords in C. He started throwing all this music theory at me and about five minutes later it became a masterpiece and I played it at some senior home and they all loved it!
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Posted: Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:45 am
Music theory is an essential part of songwriting, it can help you make some beautiful songs.
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Posted: Sun Aug 26, 2007 10:07 pm
solsthiem U prolly just cant relate well. Everyone needs to apply what their learning to somthing to give it more meaning to them, or else you're just gonna end up half assing it cause you're bored. How long have you been looking at theory? When i started it was a bore, but after a while it really helps you to figure things out and helps out your note choice. also, the people teaching you just might suck at teaching. its easier to take in if you get a teacher to kinda personalize it and show you privatly. I agree, we always use it and we dont what is music theory so instead of doing what you dont understand, then learn it and do it, it feels better because you dont feel like moron doing what you cannot explain.
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Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2007 9:10 pm
It's incredibly useful for more complex compositions.
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Posted: Wed Nov 05, 2008 8:16 pm
How can you not like theory? If you don't like theory, then musicianship is NOT for you.
Learning theory is like learning a mysterious language that has been around for several hundreds of years, and a musician lacking the desire to learn theory is like a novel writer who does not know proper grammar and refuses to learn it.
Theory has many beauties and the technicality of it is what makes it so beautiful and worth learning.
Tis’ a shame for the people who abhor theory and call themselves musicians.
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Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 11:48 pm
dont be scared for freaked out with theory , it will take you places in your minds ear . Its a great thing to break .
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 11:10 pm
StaticStreet i am in college i am becoming an audio engineer and i have been playin guitar for 3 years now i have never taken lessons i am completely self taught and now they wanna teah me theory i mena i understand it i just think its super boring. does anyone else agree or disagree tell me why i guess it's boring to learn, but since most likely everything you play can be analyzed by music theory, it's nice to learn. in my experience, it gave me an extra level of skill and has people shocked to know that i've only been playing a year.
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Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:40 pm
Kyle Chopped and Screwwed StaticStreet i am in college i am becoming an audio engineer and i have been playin guitar for 3 years now i have never taken lessons i am completely self taught and now they wanna teah me theory i mena i understand it i just think its super boring. does anyone else agree or disagree tell me why i guess it's boring to learn, but since most likely everything you play can be analyzed by music theory, it's nice to learn. in my experience, it gave me an extra level of skill and has people shocked to know that i've only been playing a year. whats so boring about learning music ?
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Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 9:36 pm
Chromatic-Death How can you not like theory? If you don't like theory, then musicianship is NOT for you. Learning theory is like learning a mysterious language that has been around for several hundreds of years, and a musician lacking the desire to learn theory is like a novel writer who does not know proper grammar and refuses to learn it. Theory has many beauties and the technicality of it is what makes it so beautiful and worth learning. Tis’ a shame for the people who abhor theory and call themselves musicians. I kinda agree. I know some theory, and I use the Phrygian scale for most soloing. Sometimes I'll perform a no-no and mix scales or just say "Screw this!" and just start playing random notes I think sound good. Most people would shun me for that, but music should be what you want to play, not what others want to hear, or what is "correct".
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Posted: Tue Feb 24, 2009 1:54 pm
Static Thrash Chromatic-Death How can you not like theory? If you don't like theory, then musicianship is NOT for you. Learning theory is like learning a mysterious language that has been around for several hundreds of years, and a musician lacking the desire to learn theory is like a novel writer who does not know proper grammar and refuses to learn it. Theory has many beauties and the technicality of it is what makes it so beautiful and worth learning. Tis’ a shame for the people who abhor theory and call themselves musicians. I kinda agree. I know some theory, and I use the Phrygian scale for most soloing. Sometimes I'll perform a no-no and mix scales or just say "Screw this!" and just start playing random notes I think sound good. Most people would shun me for that, but music should be what you want to play, not what others want to hear, or what is "correct". its not whats correct more of a ... what sounds good . Like in song it self , knowing what your doing help alot making it fun and also a way of getting ideas .
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Posted: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:07 pm
Kenny Kupo and also i think it was steve vai who said "learn the rules, then break them" That quote's been around for a long time. Also, theory is 100% necessary. Music is kind of like an athlete and theory is like training. Two athletes with training will be around the same speed (I'm talking about running because it's easiest to compare to). Now, with a bit of innate genes and whatnot, one of them will be faster than the other. No doubt about it; there are always geniuses. However, the other guy will be VERY close, usually. Now you take into account luck, one of the biggest factors of all. Theory is absolutely necessary. Theory wasn't made up. It's all the patterns of music that people have found to sound good. So theory = what sounds good. Obviously, you want your music to sound good. And, like Kenny said, "learn the rules and then break them." But how can you break the rules if you don't know them? It'll just be an accident and the high quality consistency you want to look for won't be there. I realize this is a bit of a necropost because yeah. >_> But this board isn't active, and I hope what I wrote made sense to other people who may read it razz
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:25 pm
I have Apple Pie, slice anyone?...
Pie aside, music theory is relative. There's no point in learning it if you don't intend to use it. However, it can be an immensely valuable tool if you do tread the path. It's a universal language fall all musicians to communicate their ideas quickly and easily, it's the easiest way to understand the rules of music which were meant to meant to be broken, and it's...
*eyes up Apple pie*
Excuse me, I have some business to attend to...
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