Max-T
28 posts
Sep 18, 2009
2:46 PM
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I joined a music theory club today proudly knowing zilch (or what I thought was zilch i knew a bit about the circle of fiths to find keys of harps)
I have to say so far so good. Its quite humbling having 12 year olds know tonnes more then you on the subject but hey we all know nothing about something at some point.
its aimed towards grade 5 theory for music exams but I think I may take it further (as I wont acutally take the exam) and i'll see how it goes.
so far we've been working on the circle of fiths and using it to create key signatures. Oh that and learning to read acutal music.
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Hats off to all the theorists its scary stuff but I have a lifetime left to learn so wish me luck and I encourage anyone else to do the same sort of thing. Hopefully knowing abit about why certain notes sound good where in the 12 bars will help with improvising, if not oh well ^_^
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"imagination is more important then knowledge" - Albert Einstien
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phogi
24 posts
Sep 18, 2009
2:59 PM
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Good luck, have fun.
Music theory certainly demystifies alot of things. Check out musictheory.net, great training games there.
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Buddha
1006 posts
Sep 18, 2009
3:00 PM
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Awesome. Everybody should do this.
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"The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever."
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RyanMortos
310 posts
Sep 18, 2009
3:01 PM
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Cool. How did you go about finding a music theory club? Ive considered taking a college course but figure Id learn more if just got a good book & a cheap keyboard.
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~Ryan
Pennsylvania - H.A.R.P. (Harmonica Association 'Round Philly)
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Buddha
1007 posts
Sep 18, 2009
3:06 PM
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years ago, I took a community college course in theory. It was cheap and helped me really get started on the more advanced stuff that I learned from books like The Jazz Theory Book by Mark Levine
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"The truth may hurt for a little while, but a lie hurts forever."
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Max-T
29 posts
Sep 19, 2009
12:22 AM
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Its a college club, but I'm sure you could find one on the internet somewhere.
thanks for the link phogi and for the book sugestions buddha.
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"imagination is more important then knowledge" - Albert Einstien
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Andrew
617 posts
Sep 19, 2009
1:28 AM
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I take it you're British, Max-T?
I did grade 5 theory in 1975 so that I could sit grade 7 or 8 piano, then stopped, as I had no interest in theory. I think grade 5 is not a good place to stop, so good on you for wanting to continue!
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Bluzdude46
186 posts
Sep 20, 2009
12:42 AM
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I'm gonna get Ryan to learn it all and interpret for me
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