is music theory full of artificial stupidity ?
81356
I used to think that it was abunch of hooey. But I would say stick with it. You will be able to hear the small details in music . And the listening experience will be more rewarding for you. Also if you just get the very basic of harmony it makes learning music that you play (or sing) easier to read when you need to sight read. For instance if you understand the harmonic structure of a song and you need to learn it right away you can look at the chords and be able to read the melody with out fail. Don't be discourage keep at it.
33057
a lack of appreciation for real music
1128779
No, definitely not. I'm a professional pianist and I know many tuners and I have never even heard it discussed.
1176663
to play the instruments you idiot
197568
I like the song... The video is stupid
564109
yes i do think that one of the greatest human inventions is music. i love it, cant get through my day without it to it and it gets me through bad days aswell. Music is the best!
92716
I think many teachers are kind of afraid of music in a way. They just leave it to the music teachers to do, or seem to think it's only the music teachers place. \n\nYou're right - it is a very effective way for children to learn. If they are learning something through song, both sides of the brain are being used to process the info (music is processed in the opposite side of the brain than language). It's a higher and very effective way of learning and comprehending.
1137724
I could not agree with you more.  It seems as though there is this vapidness in the eyes of the newer musicians.  (either that or dollar signs)  It's as though there is nothing going on inside those pretty little heads.  Where is the passion?  Where is the intelligence?  Definitley not on MTV.  Or anywhere on tv for that matter.
328700
Eh... perhaps this will be interesting:\n\n"A MIDI sequencer is implemented using an Atmel Mega32 microcontroller. Input control to the sequencer is performed by the movement of hamsters within a sensing unit.  The hamsters control parameters for a musically intelligent MIDI output. This musical intelligence is based on newly developed musical theories to calculate future notes and rhythmic choices."\n\nRead the full paper:  http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/eceprojectsland/STUDENTPROJ/2002to2003/lil2/hamsterMIDI_done_small.pdf  (A Cornell Engineer's Design Project)
48258
I have little faith in Visual/Auditory/Kinaesthetic pigeon-holing. I'd rather argue that I learn in each of these different ways in different measure, according to the task at hand.\n\nI make structured, diagrammatic notes and mindmaps when I'm reading; attempt to rephrase what other people have said when I'm debating with my students (ie. "so what you're saying is..."); and rely on rehearsed fingering patterns and hand positions when I play the the piano. So - visual, auditory and kinaesthetic.\n\nHTH :)
482913
Yes, I think it's true. I saw it happen with my daughter. She was lousy in math, but the better she got with piano, the more she improved in math. I think it has to do with thefact that the same area of the brain is developed for math concepts and musical concepts.
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I get tired of the predictable nature of the arrangements\nthe guitar tag lines playing the same melody that the frotman happens to be singing. The ever so overplayed\nbleckum bleckum bleckum drum breakdown in the middle.\nThe subject matter is one dimensional and often seems phony and put on. Suburbanite kids complaining about how bad they've got it and how crummy their personal relationships are? Go see a counselor and quit your crying. Better yet go ask the people on skid row how their lives are working out.\n\nIn so far as peer pressure goes?\nAnswer me this, do you want to follow the herd the rest of your life?\nI've made it this far (32 years) by not being influenced by others because people have to do what's right for themselves and only themselves, don't let them live your life for you and remember this, you pay a price for everything in life and if you're living at the price of regret, that's no life at all.
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I agree with some ideas you laid out. I think there is a lot of emotional turbulence clearly being expressed through not only the type of music but lyrics and lifestyle of artists. Unfortunately, listening to such music does affect our minds in a negative way (at least those who are content with their life), and all one can do at that moment is turn the radio off. Most people eventually grow out of it after they realize the noise is really taking away their inner peace. I'm glad you have found your shelter but unfortunately society in general would need a miracle to change the pace and content of that which drives the lifestyle of general population.
158418
There have been several experiments to see if this was the case.  The first one stated that classical music helped plants grow much better then other forms of music.  However, more experiments since then have shown that there is no link to plant growth.
321462
Led Zepplin as gothic music!?!  That's the silliest thing I've ever heard.  You have to force your schoolmates into a room, lock the door, and give them a lesson on real music.
301739
Yeah, and have you noticed that generally the higher someone turns up the bass on their music, the lower their education level is? Should scientists do some sort of research on this?
681700
I'm with MojoMan - "For there will come amongst you hordes of tiny demon-pigs, who will lower the standards of musicianship for the human race. And they shall be legion, and they shall proclaim their own glory and the joy of their own "music" with straight faces while the world both laughs and weeps at once."\n\nThe list is almost endless, stretching back, as has been said, to the time of the classical composers and virtuosos. In recent years, some names that especially stand out are:\nVanilla 'WTF is he doing up there?" Ice\nMC "Fetch Me A" Hammer\nThe New Kids on the "Chopping" Block\nMilli"on shots of valium" Vanilli\nLindsey "I'm an actress! No, a singer! No, a drunk! No, bullimic! Or..Something" Lohan\nHilary "Who am I and what have you done with my sense of irony?" Duff\nFall Out (of a plane without a parachute) Boy\n\nYou see, the thing is, it used to be simple - musicians wishing to strike a deal with Hell worked on the principle that if Hell gave them the power to be really great musicians, they'd be successful. That's how we got Liszt, and Jimi, and Janis. we've got a long lease out on Keith Richards, but the bugger keeps slipping past us - techinclaly he should have been dead a decade ago. \n\nNowadays though, the would-be hellslaves don't care about the music, just the celebrity. So now Hell gets double usage out of them all - the devil gets their souls, AND gets to drown us with their insipid drivel while they're here. Very efficient, but a nightmare for those of us who want to listen to good music.