Friday, October 15, 2010

Theory

So, here's something that bugs me. We go through two and a half years of our career as music majors learning the infallible rules that music supposedly follows.

But music doesn't actually follow those rules all the time. Some of my friends in Theory V said that the professor starts by announcing that although those rules and stuff that we learned before were nice, it doesn't really apply to real life.

So I ask you: WHY DO WE SPEND SO MUCH TIME ON IT?

I am aware that my complaints lie primarily in the fact that it's past midnight and I'm STILL not done with my homework, but I feel like they're still valid. I'm not saying that we shouldn't study theory at all, because I think it is worthwhile... but it's also kind of silly.

1 comment:

Joey W said...

Isn't it weird how that happens? It's the same with the English language (though maybe not to the same extent). We learn all these rules and such as we grow up through school, and then come to find out that there are a lot of "well except when..". Insane. I feel your pain Roberto. But at the same time it's kind of a relief. A little leeway is nice :)

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