Original question by @[email protected]

Just out of idle curiosity. I went to music school and teach at a local music shop, so I’m very familiar with music theory but I’m aware that my experience is most likely not the norm.

If you are familiar with any theory (even just scales and keys), where did you pick it up? Lots of the resources I’ve seen both in and outside of formal education can be both confusing, and it’s often hard to see the application of what you learn in the short term.

  • pebbles@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Here is my music resume:

    • I did near all of the bands in school: concert, marching, jazz, symphony, indoor percussion.
    • I took a music theory elective in college.
    • I know my scales, basic functional, and a bit of modal and axis harmony stuff.
    • I play keyboard, brass instruments, and a bit of percussion (not drumkit, more like bongos and cymbals, tongue drum)