Re: music theory for the total beginner
Originally Posted by
leftyjim
I'm looking for the simplest explanation of basic music theory ever. Any suggestions?
You asked for it, you get it...
Simplest explanation: "if it sounds good, it's music"
No kidding, it doesn't get more basic than that. The trick is to understand why something "sounds good" in the first place. It has to do with overtones and the way the human ear works. The rest is just vocabulary and technical compromises to fit existing instrument families.
I am pointing this out because during my music education as a kid they forgot to tell me that, as a result of which I hated music theory; much later, when I understood the basics, I made peace with music theory and hated my music teachers instead.
the world is better off without bad ideas, good ideas are better off without the world
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