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Subject: Basic Disciplines?
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Original Message 1/5 19-Oct-00 @ 03:26 PM - Basic Disciplines?
I've been trying to do the dance thing for about a year and a half now. I've finally got my setup about where it needs to be to make some decent tunes, and I'm learning my synths, sampler, sequencer etc very well.
However, my music still sounds like shite, and I reckon it's because I can't get my head round the theory, and get very pissed off because I can't ever see where to take a tune. I can hear it in my head, but I can't get it down.
I play guitar a bit, and a bit of keys, but it's all just by ear - I only have a very basic knowledge of chords, scales etc - even then it's very vague, no real facts!
My question is, for those here who are making great music, what are the basic disciplines that I should invest time in learning? Keys? Scales? Chord Structure?
Please, I could really use some advice on how best to improve my theory. Maybe you think I don't need to know any of this shit? Let me know!
Dan
Message 2/5 19-Oct-00 @ 04:35 PM - RE: Basic Disciplines?
Message 3/5 19-Oct-00 @ 04:44 PM - RE: Basic Disciplines?
This is the url to a music-theory page I tried to make a couple of months ago. Very basic (scale-page link at the end of the page):
http://members.dencity.com/MusicTheory/index.html
Another site - The tonal centre:
http://www.andymilne.dial.pipex.com/index.shtml
Dictionary of Musical Terms:
http://www.creativemusic.com/features/dictionary.html
Not really music-theory:
http://go.to/recordingfaq
Good luck.
G B
Message 4/5 19-Oct-00 @ 09:18 PM - RE: Basic Disciplines?
theory you learn with a healthy dose of playing. Play
lots of guitar (especially if you haven't for a while)
and keyboards just for fun, and concentrate on writing
good drum grooves, which will help breath life back
into your music.
I have a few friends who know alot of theory, and they
all tell me that they feel trapped by their knowledge
of music theory. So be careful...
Smart of dumb, good or bad, all artists alike must be
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Message 5/5 25-Oct-00 @ 07:51 AM - RE: Basic Disciplines?
-;) a good sense of rhythmn doesn't hurt either.
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