How do should I go about learning music theory?
How do should I go about learning music theory?
Wyatt Baker
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David Robinson
You shouldnt.
Ryan Rodriguez
Why do people ask questions like this?
You’re on a discussion board on the internet asking for information. Are you aware the internet, other parts of the internet, are sources for endless free information?
Here, I’ll break it down for you
How to go about learning music theory:
>step 1: go to the search engine of your choice (google, yahoo, duckduckgo, searx, etc.)
>step 2: locate the search bar (often centered in the middle of the screen or in the top left)
>step 3: type in something to the effect of “learn music theory,” “music theory resources,” “understand music theory,” “music theory class free,” “what is music theory,” “how does music theory work,” etc.
>step 4: scroll through the lists of resources given, click on a few and look through them, see if you can find one you like
>step 5: learn music theory
Daniel Perez
However you want to.
Lucas Evans
nice one dude, I guess you can't ask any questions ever then because you can just do 50 hours of research to learn about it instead
Aaron Reed
>typing this out
Josiah Moore
My music theory course worked through The Musician's Guide to Theory and Analysis. Also get Tenuto app to practice aural skills.
Wyatt Nelson
Bad advice. Nobody NEEDS theory to write pop tunes, of course, but the idea that learning theory turns you into a “soulless” Jacob Collier clone is just cope for retards who are too lazy or incompetent to grasp the concepts. Anybody who learns theory can CHOOSE to disregard it and write simple music based off intuition alone, and that’s fine, but if you aspire to ever write anything more ambitious than songs based on your little guitar or keyboard riffs, then you will need to know how music actually works.
A good example would be Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood from Radiohead. Thom has a very limited knowledge of theory and has been stuck making the same repetitive glitchy pop music for almost 20 years now with diminishing returns. Jonny, on the other hand has a strong background in theory and has made several high quality film scores and classical pieces that far outshine anything Thom or Radiohead as a band has written during that time.
Owen Sanchez
Step 1: decide what instrument you want to learn on
Step two: begin learning the basics of theory, time signatures, rhythm, octaves, scales, key signatures, modes, how to build chords, chord extensions, diatonic versus chromatic movement, tension and release, intervals, circle of fifths, and chord progressions, learn these things by setting an hour of your day to watch videos on the topic from YouTube channels like: Ben Levin And his music theory from the ground up series, Rick Beato and his music theory playlist(bonus points if you’re learning guitar and choose this one) musicwithnopain, music theory for producers series on YouTube, you suck at music theory by underbelly (AKA you suck at producing) and Adam Neely can have some helpful videos on this as well. And there’s much more than that and you can seek more past that by it’s a good foundation I’d say. Get a notebook and jot down notes from each video and what you learned from it. Make use of what you learn when practicing. Download a metronome app, and Tenuto if you can. It a 3.99 app that has a lot of music practice tests and games that help you memorize shit like key signatures and scales. Scales/modes are very important and serve as the basis for improv. Chords/chord progressions are usually the skeleton holding it all together. But yeah there’s also free games and resources on the net you can google like music theory.net if you’re a cheapo
Step three: try to learn to read sheet music and put to paper the system which allows you to convey your newfound music theory knowledge.
Step four: now you can think about applying your music theory to songwriting or jamming. Now that you know the rules you may bend and break them
Oh yeah and make sure to listen to a lot of different music too
Parker Ortiz
You can learn all the music theory you'd ever find useful in about 6 weeks time.