Radagast wrote:
Legacy Of The Night wrote:
Radagast wrote:
If knowing a thing or two about musical theory can make good albums boring then I'm going to go ahead and say ignorance is bliss.
I have no goddamn clue why people think this; it's actually really frustrating. Does knowing a thing or two about grammar, sentence structure, and literary devices make good books boring? Does knowing a thing or two about lighting, camera angles, and dialogue make a good movie boring?
No? Then why would knowing a thing or two about music theory make good albums boring?
If anything, it makes me appreciate good albums more when I can say "Hey, that's a really cool way to express a ii - V - I cadence," or "Hey, they're in the mixolydian mode here," or something. It's not as if knowing theory sucks the life out of music, that is such a fallacy.
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IF, my post was lighthearted and just taking the piss out of Frigid.
Good, because if you were being serious, I would fly to Scotland and cut your nuts off.
noodles wrote:
I can kind of see where Radagast is coming from as far as being a response to Fridge, but learning how music works has never made me like or dislike anything I wouldn't have normally. It's made me appreciate stuff I like more because it's made what makes a good song less magical and more substantial.
Yeah, the thing is that "everything is in the same key" is a complaint that many people have, even if they know nothing about theory. I've heard people who don't know a thing about theory say they don't like albums "because everything's based around the same note," or something, which is the same complaint, but saying everything's in e minor is just being specific about it.
And there's definately still plenty of magic in music, but being able to determine what makes it magical really helps me appreciate it that much more.