tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post1061378943147024020..comments2023-11-03T06:32:28.410-04:00Comments on Staring At Empty Pages: Musical notesBarry Leibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14205294935881991457noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21503568.post-28216892691496237532007-01-24T12:48:00.000-05:002007-01-24T12:48:00.000-05:00I think the piano is a great tool for teaching mus...I think the piano is a great tool for teaching musical theory, because (with the C major scale) you can easily see the full, full, half, full, full, full, half, and also the chords (I don't know what you call them, the regular chords, not the seventh, diminshed, etc.) -- you can see that the first step is two fulls and the second one and a half, giving you CEG, D,F#,A, etc.<br /><br />That said, my knowledge of theory stinks. Either I've never applied myself to it properly, or I'm missing little ah-ha moments that will help me internalize it all. (Or maybe I tried to learn too much at once.)<br /><br />I would love to be able to sit down with a piece and have my fingers immediately jump to the notes in the key of the piece. Perhaps it only takes practice.Maggiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16681883169121834569noreply@blogger.com