Re: [microsound] Re:autechre/richard devine//techniques

[Andrei <andrei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Scott Handley wrote:

> I for one think that perhaps it's more suitable to read Hemholtz than
> Schoenberg on "harmony"....

Isn't that a bit like saying one should read a dictionary in order to
learn how to speak English ?

> but with a little persistence, one can
> read the foundations of music theory in rather little
> time, at least a handfull of classics and atextbook or two.  

But if all you do is read and you don't put that theory into practice you
won't really know anything. Kinda like reading a few books of recipes, but
never cooking a meal or something...

Andrei