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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i actually took a course this year in high school.
a. we didnt learn shit
b. its just annoying as hell
 
EdgeIsTooSexy said:
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i actually took a course this year in high school.
a. we didnt learn shit
b. its just annoying as hell
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I done my thoery exam last week got 15% out of a 100% *I think*
done a resit 2day and a got a pass *which is 40%*....theres WAYYY to much to remember...

I wonder how edge is with music theory...my guess, he's pretty good
 
lol
are you majoring in music in college or something?


well he's self taught so idk....maybe he picked it up later on. teach me edge :bow:
 
sadly I barely got music at highschool (only two years) but now my bassteacher is gradually teaching me some of the theory aswell... seeing as he is a music teacher I should be learning the good stuff :wink:
 
rattleandhumgir said:
yea I'm at college doin music....I'm enrolling for my second year 2mora *WOOHOO*

if only edge would teach us:cute:
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very cool, i was thinking of doing it, i mean im just enrolling as a freshman this year so i have plenty of time to change majors but theory was what really stopped me.

yeah, it would be pretty hard to concentrate though :drool:
 
Galeongirl said:
sadly I barely got music at highschool (only two years) but now my bassteacher is gradually teaching me some of the theory aswell... seeing as he is a music teacher I should be learning the good stuff :wink:
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i went to a private school so they offered theory for one year thats it, no other music class. i learned it with my guitar teacher. have fun...haha
 
I'm starting my year and a half to two year theory sequence in college next fall. Let's just say I'm not looking forward to it...:lol:
 
onebloodonelife said:
I'm starting my year and a half to two year theory sequence in college next fall. Let's just say I'm not looking forward to it...:lol:
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well good luck with that...this book may come in useful it's called theory and harmony by keith wyatt...mind you, theres alot of info to take in for music thoery. it don't help havin a short memory, like me. :huh: lol
 
I actually wish my high school offered a music theory class... maybe I should just take piano back up or take guitar up and learn it that way.
 
I realised last saturday that I can actually tune by ear now :ohmy: I didn't even know I could! :lol: ok, I needed the piano for the first time, but it was a new string on my friends guitar and it kept going out of key really fast (damn those stupid new nylon strings!) so I had to keep tuning, and I just played Sunday Bloody Sunday and automatically tuned it :D
Learning stuff in lessons >>> learning theory!
 
music theory is essential, unless you're like some supergifted musician who just makes stuff up and it sounds great.
ive taken one theory course and while it may not have been the most fun thing in the world, when i actually started applying the stuff to my playing/writing music the difference was noticeable.
 
It's alot easier if you can sight read too...session work will probably just fall into your lap...if ya want to do that sort of thing...but for me up to now..readin notation is hard...but in time I hope it becomes easeir :ohmy:
 
onebloodonelife said:
Grad school for a PhD in musicology, then eventually a professorship at some university.

I just like writing about music, and this is a good way to get to do that for a living...:shrug:
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Hmm, I have an M.A. (hons.) in musicology but can´t get myself to study again to do the PhD. To be professor you´ll need a list of publications, first work assistance for a couple of years etc.

If you ever pass by I can show you our institute of musicology, and the phonogram archive which happens to be the oldest in the world.

I specialized in ethnomusicology and the music industry, then I started my indie label. What are you interested in?
 
hiphop said:
Hmm, I have an M.A. (hons.) in musicology but can´t get myself to study again to do the PhD. To be professor you´ll need a list of publications, first work assistance for a couple of years etc.

If you ever pass by I can show you our institute of musicology, and the phonogram archive which happens to be the oldest in the world.

I specialized in ethnomusicology and the music industry, then I started my indie label. What are you interested in?
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Interesting, which institute if you don't mind me asking? I've talked with a professor of mine about the whole PhD thing, and we got into the amount of work, and how many master's students he sees who just don't go through with the PhD for various reasons.

I'm mostly interested in studying popular music, which is apparently in sort of high demand right now (at least in the academic world), but I'm not ruling out classical or ethnomusicology by any means. I want to be open to anything that comes about.

EdgeIsTooSexy said:
cool, where do you go?
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University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Where do you go?
 
Theory is fun.. I enjoy it sometimes...think of it as the building blocks instead of 'rules'

I plan on using my music ed. major to become a college professor...once I finish all the fraking school that is ;) Haha

PS: Piano is an amazing way to learn Theory..take it up
 
onebloodonelife said:
Interesting, which institute if you don't mind me asking? I've talked with a professor of mine about the whole PhD thing, and we got into the amount of work, and how many master's students he sees who just don't go through with the PhD for various reasons.

I'm mostly interested in studying popular music, which is apparently in sort of high demand right now (at least in the academic world), but I'm not ruling out classical or ethnomusicology by any means. I want to be open to anything that comes about
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sorry 4 the late reply, just saw the thread now

I went to the insitute of musicology at the University of Vienna Institut für Musikwissenschaft - Home
 
EdgeIsTooSexy said:
what do you guys want to do with your music major?
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I was a music major. And now I'm an HR specialist. That seems about right! :wink:

I used to teach piano lessons, however, and I insisted on teaching the kids theory. I find even a basic level of music theory to be very helpful as I do things now like sing in choir or sight read at the piano during rehearsals.
 
the rockin edge said:
music theory is essential, unless you're like some supergifted musician who just makes stuff up and it sounds great.
ive taken one theory course and while it may not have been the most fun thing in the world, when i actually started applying the stuff to my playing/writing music the difference was noticeable.
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ha i hate them. alot of people in my family can do that...unfortunately those gifts werent passed down to me
 
corianderstem said:
I was a music major. And now I'm an HR specialist. That seems about right! :wink:

I used to teach piano lessons, however, and I insisted on teaching the kids theory. I find even a basic level of music theory to be very helpful as I do things now like sing in choir or sight read at the piano during rehearsals.
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hahaha

thats cool! yeah my guitar teacher made me start with theory when i began.
i know its really important, its just way boring :D
 
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