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| May 19, 2020 at 19:27 | comment | added | ttw | I find theory very helpful in boosting creativity. FIrst, there are lots new ideas that I may not have seen. Second, If I want to get a certain effect, I can use theory (and history even more) to see how other people got that effect (if they did) and adapt (steal) various ideas which I combine differently from previous use. Third, (actually 2.5) I can see what other people did that I wish to avoid. (Cannot avoid what one doesn't know; most non-theory musicians I know have trouble breaking out of their ruts too.) There's more, but not in a comment. | |
| May 19, 2020 at 15:15 | comment | added | Numpy | Sure, so what I actually said was that theory stifles creativity by imposing itself as a set of rules - not that it is responsible for imposing itself as such, nor that rules necessarily stifle creativity either. This is just an observation I've made from watching young musicians learn theory and struggle to break out of the rudimentary ideas. It seems to be a product of the current musical pedagogy. I was, and am, asking if anyone has come across a way of helping anyone caught in this loop break out by giving them structured information on how to achieve the sound they're after. | |
| May 19, 2020 at 15:01 | comment | added | user50691 | @Numpy, you edit, for me, makes it less clear. Improv is variation in a theme and one can't improv w/o KNOWING the thing they are improving with. You seem to want to circumvent the process of learning with a quick a dirty rule that removes the need for practice. That is not how we learn language. On the other hand I feel like you are now contradicting yourself. First you stated that rules stifle creativity and now you seem to want a rule that makes on creative w/o effort. At least that's how I read it. Please discuss. | |
| May 19, 2020 at 13:50 | comment | added | Numpy | Thanks for posting! I've edited the question for hopefully some more clarity | |
| May 19, 2020 at 13:26 | history | answered | user50691 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |