It’s got to be different depending on your goals. Do you want to join a local jazz band? Go the singer / songwriter route and hit up open mic nights? Set up a bedroom studio and put out breakcore tracks? Write classical choir pieces? Just keep in mind your goals when you’re studying, so you don’t end up, like, stubbornly slogging through counterpoint for four months and hating every moment of it, only for you to forget it all because you want to write rock songs.
There are a few resources I point people to on YouTube as an intro:
There’s the Reddit r/musictheory FAQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/wiki/index/ First question is, “I'm new to music theory, how do I start learning? What are the best textbooks/websites/apps to use?”
stubbornly slogging through counterpoint for four months and hating every moment of it, only for you to forget it all because you want to write rock songs.
Counterpoint is a great ingredient to progressive rock à la Gentle Giant.
That brings us to the nature of innovation: applying a technique in a novel way or in a market where it was unknown.
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It’s got to be different depending on your goals. Do you want to join a local jazz band? Go the singer / songwriter route and hit up open mic nights? Set up a bedroom studio and put out breakcore tracks? Write classical choir pieces? Just keep in mind your goals when you’re studying, so you don’t end up, like, stubbornly slogging through counterpoint for four months and hating every moment of it, only for you to forget it all because you want to write rock songs.
There are a few resources I point people to on YouTube as an intro:
43 Music Theory Concepts (what order to learn) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeS8txkoUH4
How I’d Learn Music Theory https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pirdPK5avU
There’s the Reddit r/musictheory FAQ: https://www.reddit.com/r/musictheory/wiki/index/ First question is, “I'm new to music theory, how do I start learning? What are the best textbooks/websites/apps to use?”
Counterpoint is a great ingredient to progressive rock à la Gentle Giant.
That brings us to the nature of innovation: applying a technique in a novel way or in a market where it was unknown.
Bring your moves to new horizons !