Author: Bubalooy
Date: 2008-08-14 20:07
Ok, I'll go out on a limb. The Klose spellings are wrong. Full diminished chords are stacked minor thirds. d flat to f flat is a minor third c sharp to e is a minor third but d flat to e is not. The sound is the same but the function is not.
GeorgeL Does learning theory make you a better clarinet player? You answered your own question inadvertently. You state that it helps you understand music. If you understand what you are playing, it makes you a better player. Interpretation should be based on understanding the construction of a piece of music. I admit that many players play well using intuition and what their ears tell them, but having a good understanding of how the music is constructed cannot make your playing worse, and is often the core of why a player may choose to phrase something in a particular way. When playing in a pretty darn good community band, and I believe there are many, these decisions are made primarily by the conductor, who hopefully has a good understanding of the construction of the piece.
Finally, to answer Dick's question of why the simplest scale starts on C instead of A. I'm afraid you are assuming that C major is simpler than A minor. A minor also has no sharps or flats. We could go into the history of plain chant and the eventual emergence of tonal music but that would take a great deal of time. Suffice it to say that A minor is just as simple as C major and does , in fact, start on A rather than C.
If any of this sounds in any way patronizing or condescending to anyone unfamiliar with music theory, I apologize. I don't want it to. Music is enjoyed by far more people with no theory background than people with it. I just feel strongly that a good knowledge of music theory is extremely helpful for enhancing a players performing abilities. The best performers no the entire score and how their individual part works in relation to the total.
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