Is music theory necessary to master guitar playing?

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Richa Arora Arora

You don't need music theory to play music. Think about it: whenever you sing, tap or beatbox along to a song, you're doing just that: you're making music without knowing or thinking about music theory. That makes music different from many
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You don't need music theory to play music. Think about it: whenever you sing, tap or beatbox along to a song, you're doing just that: you're making music without knowing or thinking about music theory. That makes music different from many
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No music theory is not necessary, but it's a great tool to get out of the rut when you can't seem to find where to go next. Also learning it helps you to communicate with other musicians the specifics of what is happening in the piece. Most importantly it's a way to structure or archive whatever kind...
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No music theory is not necessary, but it's a great tool to get out of the rut when you can't seem to find where to go next. Also learning it helps you to communicate with other musicians the specifics of what is happening in the piece. Most importantly it's a way to structure or archive whatever kind of sound that could be played on the instrument with words like our spoken language. read less
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You don't need music theory to play music. Think about it: whenever you sing, tap or beatbox along to a song, you're doing just that: you're making music without knowing or thinking about music theory. That makes music different from many
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YES YOU SHOULD HAVE THE SENSE OF MUSIC AND PERCUSSION SENSE IF YOU WANT TO PLAY
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