Ricardo -> RE: Understanding what you're playing (Jun. 5 2017 18:54:45)
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ORIGINAL: Daniel108 In classical guitar it's obviously a major part of learning and playing, but I was under the impression that Flamenco is different Well, reading music is a different thing than understanding the theory behind the music you play. I say you probably have to learn to read to be decent at classical, but you don't need to understand super locrian application for example, just play the notes on the page. Jazz or at least modern style jazz will focus on more sophisticated application of "theory", but almost all other guitar based genres don't need that. The main helpful tool is to understand the circle of 5ths and that's it really, the rest is terminology as per the specific music discipline....things like fugue, sonata allegro, Dorian, lydian, aeolian flat 5, phyrigian dominant, por minera, dos por Arriba mi-fa, etc etc are terms that have music theory application but ONLY to their specific disciplines. You have to get familiar with the terminology used for the specific genre discipline, there is not ONE single catch all concept of music theory. All of the above is only 50% of music mechanics. The other 50% is called RHYTHM and again you have different "rudiments" for different disciplines and genres. Meter=common time, waltz, shuffle, clave, merengue, 6/8, 9/8, konokal, taka dimi taka juna, bulerias, tanguillo, fandango por solea, paradiddle, flam, trabili tran tran trero, soniquete, swing, funk, disco, etc etc....all have very specific theory meanings in their respective contexts that refer to the rhythmic rudiments and feel of whatever style. So pick a music style and learn the rudiments, and terminology used by the masters of the genre. Regarding theory knowledge and creativity, well the most important thing about composing is inspiration, not knowledge. BUT, having knowledge means you can call up on command certain specific music feelings. For a super basic example, a happy song will necessarily be in a MAJOR key or mode, and a sad song in a MINOR key or mode. But that is thinking no words involved which is a whole other can of worms in terms of creativity. But a knowledgeable theory guy can more easily do a specific thing with a song idea without having to discover it. But just doing this thing does not make a piece of music "good" necessarily, for that Inspiration is absolutely essential IMO. Ricardo
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