Thursday, February 24, 2011

Music Theory Mind Crunch

At the beginning of the week I purchased a keyboard off Craigslist so that I could actually practice.

It's a hilarious little 80's keyboard with silly features like percussion tracks and various synth sounds.  I love it.



I was so excited when I got it home that I kinda forgot about the fact that I have lost nearly all of my musical comprehension skills.  This is made all the more frustrating due to the fact that my memory is often like a steel trap.  The only two things I have ever had trouble remembering are 1. foreign languages and 2. music theory.

After a day or two of slowly plunking out my various keyboard parts I decided it was time to sit down and re-learn this damn stuff.  I decided that, at the very least, I need to re-memorize key signatures and chord structures!  I couldn't even remember some of that basic stuff (embarrassing).

Ugh!  It has been brain blowingly slow going.  However, I have begun to feel the little light bulbs go off.  The little parts are starting to make sense and that is a good sign.

I suppose that this is all the break that I get for now.

Back to scales in each key signature....

Wish me luck.

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