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Originally Posted by SunnyDee
Aside from the argument about what we call "theory," what I've learned in the past couple of years I would not refer to as memorizing facts. I've actually memorized as little as possible. What I did was gain a fundamental understanding of the systems of music, how all the elements of pitch, bass, melody, tempo, notes, intervals, chords, etc, etc fit together. I've come to understand the relationships and recognize patterns in them in the same way that we learn language, not by memorizing words and grammar, but by building an implicit linguistic system in our minds that allow us to recognize and to create phrases we've never encountered before to express thoughts that have never been expressed before.
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Right on! I even find it almost impossible to learn things by mere memorization...I hardly remember names and dates and other things for that reason. But as soon as there is a meaningful system that I can understand, I will never ever forget it..
Question is, if such approach fits everyone..I guess not.