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How important is musical theory to you?

xSpearPointx

Embrace The Darkness

Location: Stamping Ground,KY

Joined: Jan 05 2012

Hail friends,
I've been studying a good bit of musical theory here lately,and I was just wondering how the rest of you got started learning to play,or how many of you have bothered with scales and intervals and what have ye.

If you do study musical theory,how important would you say it is for others to learn it,at least certain aspects of it. Clearly we all need to understand what chords and scales and the like are,but is it really necessary to learn music up to beethoven levels?
Submitted on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 22:14

You can do everything by ear.

auriplane

Joined: Sep 06 2008

You can do everything by ear. But theory is helpful!

Theory can give names to things your ear recognizes. And if it's something your ear doesn't recognize, learning about it theory-wise can help develop your ear.

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Auriplane!!
Submitted on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 22:30

For me, i started out with

Iron Killer 2000

Joined: Jun 25 2009

For me, i started out with your basic open chords, then came tab, from tab i learned how to play some scales:
minor pentatonic
minor blues pentatonic
major pentatonic
Japanese scale

To the point i have a vast knowledge of scales, i can relate some solos to scales. Im not too great with ear learning but i can read both tab and partial parts of actual music. So my theory outweights my ear. But yeah you can learn any which way you want the way i see it.

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Submitted on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 07:15

1. Sex 2. Theory 3. Food

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Eric: tank,godlike

Location: Arizona

Joined: Jan 04 2009

1. Sex
2. Theory
3. Food (maybe)
4. Drugssssss
Submitted on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 09:17

Re: For me, i started out with

xSpearPointx

Embrace The Darkness

Location: Stamping Ground,KY

Joined: Jan 05 2012

Iron Killer 2000 said

For me, i started out with your basic open chords, then came tab, from tab i learned how to play some scales:
minor pentatonic
minor blues pentatonic
major pentatonic
Japanese scale

To the point i have a vast knowledge of scales, i can relate some solos to scales. Im not too great with ear learning but i can read both tab and partial parts of actual music. So my theory outweights my ear. But yeah you can learn any which way you want the way i see it.

That's what I'm doing,studying open chords and some scales,and some other little things.
Submitted on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 12:01

Increasingly more important.

kage25130

Joined: Aug 02 2011

Increasingly more important.

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Submitted on Sun, 01/29/2012 - 12:38