reading music

skavoovie_blind9 · Post by **skavoovie_blind9** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 8:48 am

Just thinking about gattin music theory lessons and wonderin' weather many of you producers on this forrum know ur shit where theory and reading music is concerned. Bin poroducin for about a year concentratin more on twistin knobs and pushin buttons than the actual musical side of my productions. Dyou reckon its worth doin as I have been told befor that once you know all the rules then it is harder to break them and come up with really original shit?

paulie · Post by **paulie** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:02 am

Yeah it's always worth doing. Won't have an immediate effect on your production probably but learning theory always helps.

i978 · Post by **i978** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 9:47 am

I know a fair bit of music theory. Useful to know but by no means essential. Personally I think the more you can find out about music & production the better. Just don't look at music theory as the "rules". Think of it as a description of how sounds are related to each other (to be used for guidance only). Besides there is more than one music theory (from Traditional/Standard theory to Stockhausen's academic musings & Ornette Coleman's bullshit about "harmelodics")

Personally I wouldn't bother taking lessons in theory (unless someone’s offering them for free

). Just read a few books on the subject. I recommend you start with this:

http://www.postmaster.co.uk/fs/i978/Public/BMT1ed.pdf

skavoovie_blind9 · Post by **skavoovie_blind9** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:21 am

That link seems to be blank mate. No worries aint gonna be difficult to find info on music theory anywayz.
Thanks anyway

i978 · Post by **i978** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 11:47 am

Sorry, should have mentioned - right click and "save as"

mudda · Post by **mudda** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 12:33 pm

I took piano lessons for long enough to know about keys, key changes, chord construction etc.

Not sure if it hampers my production though.

ramadanman · Post by **ramadanman** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:34 pm

mmm i did theory when i was younger

it's probably helped - but i do most things by ear anyway.

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 4:45 pm

it can be pretty useful for sure but its not essential at all, and can be abit of a unneccessary brain ache, heres a pretty useful theory guide which doesnt use staves (which are pretty useless thing to learn unless you want to learn to play classical pieces) http://www.ravenspiral.com/rsg2mt/rsg2mt.pdf

will · Post by **will** » Fri Jul 21, 2006 5:11 pm

certainly not essential, i come from a theory background having learnt numerous intruments and obviously helps knowing keys, notes and tempos but nothing that cant be picked up pretty quickly

krept · Post by **krept** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 6:29 am

i978 wrote:I know a fair bit of music theory. Useful to know but by no means essential. Personally I think the more you can find out about music & production the better. Just don't look at music theory as the "rules". Think of it as a description of how sounds are related to each other (to be used for guidance only). Besides there is more than one music theory (from Traditional/Standard theory to Stockhausen's academic musings & Ornette Coleman's bullshit about "harmelodics")

Personally I wouldn't bother taking lessons in theory (unless someone’s offering them for free ). Just read a few books on the subject. I recommend you start with this:

http://www.postmaster.co.uk/fs/i978/Public/BMT1ed.pdf

well said, when i took theory at school, it was taught as more of a...why these things sound the way they do, how to logically break down the scales etc.
think of it like a dictionary for music, just because it's in there doesn't mean you have to use it, or do it this way, there might be another option you can use, and most people speak in slang, ignoring grammar and sentence structure. always be creative, use theory as guidelines and a way to understand your music tangibly.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 7:53 am

I reckon if your starting out, trying to learn music theory might be to much to take on.

sinewave · Post by **sinewave** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:14 am

not necessarily.. one can just stick to learning simple scales and chords and maybe slowly move onto chord progressions. it's not too much, and with a keyboard at hand, it would make the music making process more fun. it is music after all.

metalboxproducts · Post by **metalboxproducts** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 8:38 am

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sinewave · Post by **sinewave** » Wed Jul 26, 2006 9:47 am

thats actually the idea i have for my next book !

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