Recent content by Rudeboy256

Totally agree. Up to each person what works. I'm not interested in learning to "play" piano either, beyond playing scales and chords, which I figure I may as well do properly. To each their own.

I'm still actively working my way through it - about 1/3 done. I'm loving it. My first positive steps came from Gracie Terzian's YT videos - very good conceptual starting points explained as if for children - totally appropriate. Really important to get into the learning a new language mindset...

If you didn't order the spiral bound version, take the book to Staples and have them slice off the spine and spiral bind it for you. Having it lay flat on your music stand will eliminate a frustration before you start. Watch the videos that supplement the book, even for the "simple" stuff. Drill...

100% agree. Best teacher of anything I've found on YT. The observation about music theory being like ancient Sanskrit - EXACTLY. IMO, calling it music theory is silly. To me, music theory should be about the physics of music. What we call music theory is really the language of music. There's...