Don't Give Up on the Guitar, Fender Is Begging You

Re:Don't Give Up on the Guitar, Fender Is Begging You by derefr on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @03:57PM (#13017586)

> Otherwise the best he can do is hit random notes and hope it sounds good then wondering why it does sound good

...and then experimenting with short snatches of melody in the attempt to replicate the effect under different conditions, gradually reinventing music theory themselves; and then coming later in life to the study that gives names to the library of intuitions they've built, finally being able to talk about them with people—but happy that they did in fact build the intuition first rather than just carrying around the bulky handles to the concepts without first seeing the use.

Or maybe that's just me.

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Re:Don't Give Up on the Guitar, Fender Is Begging You by jeremiep on Tuesday November 22, 2016 @05:42PM (#13018345)

I find that theory helps you reach intuition much, much faster for whats already out there, and then you're equipped to reach out into truly new areas.

Its the same for engineering - if you don't read the existing work in the space of the problem you're trying to solve, chances are you'll spend years doing what could've taken weeks.

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