24 Aug, 2021
First of 5 articles on music theory.
Music theory is often portrayed as difficult, when instead it is just ambiguous. There are multiple ways to find an answer and what you are told is against the rules, sometimes really sounds amazing.
Learning music is the same as any other language, the more you immerse yourself, the quicker you progress. The Beatles and other greats learned to play music by putting a record on and playing along. The only better method than that, is to go play with some other musicians. You must be willing to make lots of mistakes and sound bad for a while.
And finally, some good news about music theory is that there are only 12 notes we are dealing with! Once we get acquainted with these notes and how they interact with one another, you will have a solid foundation in music.