Hi folks, I wanted to ask you something I have been dealing with for as long as I have learned music theory: when is the point that you simply learn stuff by heart?

For example: I could not imagine writing out all keys in order to learn which notes a contained in them. But I learned all notes in all diatonic 7th chords by simply using flashcards. How am I to „practices“ my way into knowing what notes makes up a Dminor7?

Whats your experience with that? Where do you draw the line?

  • MiddleWeigh@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Yea I’d be lost with flashcards. Ground up approach is what I tend to gravitate towards for most things.

    It also helped I had a piano to help me visualize things. Like if I learned theory solely on guitar I’d prob want to quit.

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      1 year ago

      Yeah, I’m a guitar guy but I learned theory completely by visualizing it in a linear way like on a piano and then sorting out how to make it work on the frets. Would be a nightmare trying to sort that out purely in a 2D guitar fretboard setting.