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   9/11/09

   Rainhat

   I studied a bunch of music theory. I though about becoming a music theory teacher for a while, but decided against it.

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   9/11/09

   celticmusicfan

   Interesting. I like music theory . Discipline is very important, though we should balance it with feelings. That's where practice comes

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   9/11/09

   HollytheHousewife

   I love your blog... I could learn a lot... I play the piano,but I do it by ear I don't know how to read music,but just wanted to say I like your blog.

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   9/11/09

   anthony9910

   I just like to ear music! Never cared to much about the theory of music, but great blog!

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   9/11/09

   mikeny07

   Thanks. I just started it. I going to add a lot more to it.
   
   I learn things best when I read little sentences on the subject. That's why on all of my trivia blogs I make them that way. I think it is easier than write an entire paragraph on a trivia topic.

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   9/11/09

   HollytheHousewife

   Yea,I like it that way short and simple. I can learn a lot
   
   I have been working on kc and jojo...all my life
   On the piano...I try to do a song a week.

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   9/11/09

   trailofpen

   All I remember is, if you composed consecutive 5th chords you would suffer instantant death via the music professor's flying podium.
   
   Therefore, most rock guitarists would have suffered instantaneous death by now if they had pursued a formal music educations.

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   9/11/09

   Onchong

   @ Holly and Anthony
   
   Some people have a natural gift for playing by ear music, which they have heard, sometimes with a remarkable degree of accuracy. Those who do not possess this gift may, with practice, acquire sufficient skill to enable them to harmonize melodies, and possibly to attempt simple composition, at the piano. To attain this skill, some knowledge of harmonic progression is necessary.

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   9/11/09

   LaurenM622

   your blog is sweet! i'm an opera performance and music history double major, so i've taken LOTS and LOTS of theory... i hated it at first, but knowing it makes it SO much easier for me to learn music now.
   
   great idea :-)

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      9/12/09

      Rainhat

      Hey, cool! I'm a performance major too.
      
      I liked music theory, but I found that a lot of the stuff we learned was only directly applicable if you wanted to write music that sounded like Mozart. Later when I studied composition I had to break all the rules to create anything orignal anyway. But I guess it's good to know about the rules so you know when you're breaking them.