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Offline perprocrastinate

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Question about music theory but not directly about music theory
on: July 22, 2012, 08:12:34 PM
How much does music theory affect technique?
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Offline kclee6337

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Re: Question about music theory but not directly about music theory
Reply #1 on: July 22, 2012, 09:52:37 PM
I don't think it would really affect it that much if at all. I don't really see how it could.

It can however change how you look at a piece of music. Instead of just seeing notes on a page, you will start to see patters, chords, scales, cadences, and will help to improve your sight reading abilities, and make music that much more enjoyable, because you will have a clearer understanding of what the composer is doing.

.......pretty sure that was one heck of a run on sentence.
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Offline ajspiano

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Re: Question about music theory but not directly about music theory
Reply #2 on: July 22, 2012, 11:11:49 PM
Quote from: perprocrastinate on July 22, 2012, 08:12:34 PM
How much does music theory affect technique?

..  Indirectly, quite significantly i guess.

Since technique is impacted by the amount of music you learn, and theory impacts how quickly you can learn and/or create music..
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