Music theory is an abomination

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Science and art should forever be separated.

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I think the creativity required to do both come from the same sort of place in the human mind. Also in a literal sense; the progression of science also does progress art in that new types of supplies and mediums are born.

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This thread is stupid.

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I just think music school classes focus too much on theory and sight reading and not enough on ear training. And music theory isn't all that important... I mean, it can be interesting and even sometimes useful, but sometimes there's too much emphasis put on it.
Scales, chord symbols and all of that shit... There's nothing wrong in them. In fact, they can help a lot to notice what is really going on in music and can make it easier to find the sound you want. There's nothing wrong in combining art and science as long as you experiment and try to express yourself and all that faggotry.

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Lunatic Wrote:I just think music school classes focus too much on theory and sight reading and not enough on ear training. And music theory isn't all that important... I mean, it can be interesting and even sometimes useful, but sometimes there's too much emphasis put on it.
Scales, chord symbols and all of that shit... There's nothing wrong in them. In fact, they can help a lot to notice what is really going on in music and can make it easier to find the sound you want. There's nothing wrong in combining art and science as long as you experiment and try to express yourself and all that faggotry.

Hell, this.

In art, I need to know almost as much anatomy as a doctor and a vet. I need to know botany, how light works, how light reflects off of certain materials, and even how the human eye works (to a certain degree). It's scientific to the extreme. Hell, there's even a certain math to it (measurements, mostly). I'd imagine it's the same with music.