Originally posted by ScottyTooHotty
The "posers" can play songs, but can they take a piano part and transpose it to the guitar?? I think not.

Once again, I put myself in the spot of the devil's advocate: Isn't music about songs, feelings, and lyrics?

Who gives a flying crap about the key you wrote your tune in? Would you care if I told you your lyrics were inpired by latin words?

Theory is a means of communicating with musicians, understanding a song to create one that's yours, but for anything else, you can throw it in the garbage...

Lots of music greats have gone beyond theory to get to the heart of music: melody. Listen to Mozart, anyone can understand him, even if you're not a music whizz. I've heard classical cats saying he was almost easy listening, well, if you prefer Bartok and dodecaphonism, good for you, but don't tell me they strike the same feelings. If you listen to music to think, then theory is important. But I listen to music to be moved...then I try to understand it, and it loses a lot of its magic...