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<blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 6786446" data-attributes="member: 85555"><p>I was an 'okay' pupil when it came to music theory. I wouldn't say I excelled, and I wouldn't say I was enamored with it, but I picked it up enough that I could get by. Some of it is just having the right teacher. My first two guitar teachers bored me to tears with music theory and one of them made me hate it for a while (because he always brought it back to reggae for some reason, and I just wasn't able to connect with that style of music). But the the teacher who came next and sort of stuck around for long time, figured out how to find stuff that I could connect with. He basically saw the connection between the metal I was listening to and baroque music. So he got me to practice reading sheet music by giving me Bach pieces to play. So I think it is just one of those things where, when it is presented i the right way, it is a lot easier to digest. I always liked breaking the rules and my teacher was one of these instructors who taught me we learn the rules so we know what we are doing when we break them. Still I am surprised how much I thought I absorbed and really didn't. How many rules I am breaking simply because I don't know the rules. The mentality was just the right fit for me (I was not learning rules to be another stuffy, uptight player, I was learning the rules so we could break things). Still I am surprised by how many gaps there are in my knowledge now. I think I knew a lot of technique, but was missing foundational bits of knowledge (or I just got rusty). So that is why I am building again from the ground up. </p><p></p><p>I am sort of split. I have a fairly intuitive style but it is largely emulating players who have a good grounding in theory. I think there is a spectrum and players need to find for themselves where they fit most. Personally I like technical players, but I also find that some players get so caught up in theory and technique that they lose of a bit of the soul. I think things can get sloppy if its all feeling and no technique or theory (or at least a bit dull) but it can swing the other way too. So for me as a listener it is about balance more than anything else. There are some amazing guitar players out there, who frankly can't write a memorable melodic line to save their lives (everything works in theory but it never comes to together or leaves a lasting impression). So I think intuition is also very important.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bedrockgames, post: 6786446, member: 85555"] I was an 'okay' pupil when it came to music theory. I wouldn't say I excelled, and I wouldn't say I was enamored with it, but I picked it up enough that I could get by. Some of it is just having the right teacher. My first two guitar teachers bored me to tears with music theory and one of them made me hate it for a while (because he always brought it back to reggae for some reason, and I just wasn't able to connect with that style of music). But the the teacher who came next and sort of stuck around for long time, figured out how to find stuff that I could connect with. He basically saw the connection between the metal I was listening to and baroque music. So he got me to practice reading sheet music by giving me Bach pieces to play. So I think it is just one of those things where, when it is presented i the right way, it is a lot easier to digest. I always liked breaking the rules and my teacher was one of these instructors who taught me we learn the rules so we know what we are doing when we break them. Still I am surprised how much I thought I absorbed and really didn't. How many rules I am breaking simply because I don't know the rules. The mentality was just the right fit for me (I was not learning rules to be another stuffy, uptight player, I was learning the rules so we could break things). Still I am surprised by how many gaps there are in my knowledge now. I think I knew a lot of technique, but was missing foundational bits of knowledge (or I just got rusty). So that is why I am building again from the ground up. I am sort of split. I have a fairly intuitive style but it is largely emulating players who have a good grounding in theory. I think there is a spectrum and players need to find for themselves where they fit most. Personally I like technical players, but I also find that some players get so caught up in theory and technique that they lose of a bit of the soul. I think things can get sloppy if its all feeling and no technique or theory (or at least a bit dull) but it can swing the other way too. So for me as a listener it is about balance more than anything else. There are some amazing guitar players out there, who frankly can't write a memorable melodic line to save their lives (everything works in theory but it never comes to together or leaves a lasting impression). So I think intuition is also very important. [/QUOTE]
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