"Better" is relative. People will learn that by looking at what other artists are doing and figuring it out themselves, and they will remember it better for tha

"Better" is relative. People will learn that by looking at what other artists are doing and figuring it out themselves, and they will remember it better for that reason. Everyone I know who is into making music (which includes a large mix of professional and non-professional musicians) started out in electronic music by putting interesting sounds together, and then by imitating what their favourite artists have done. What you describe is like starting out an art course by teaching students to mix colour -- describing the colour spectrum, which colours lead to what, etc. But really the students will learn all of that and much, much more by just experimenting with combining random colours and seeing what they get out of it, and sharing and comparing with the rest of the class. I think most people have a prespondence to teach theory first -- indeed, this is how it is generally done in academic settings, but people tend to learn better practicing something first, and then seeing how the theory generalizes what they have learned. After all, you can't really learn something properly until you have experience with it. I know this, because both of my parents are teachers -- one taught an adult class for decades and is now teaching children, the other is currently long-distance tutor for a university course, and has done/is doing art classes. But here, have a quote: According to studies, students who practise what they’re learning first-hand are three and a half times more likely to retain that knowledge than when they’re sitting in a lecture room, hand-scribing notes. (https://www.studyinternational.com/news/bridging-the-gap-between-theory-and-practice-in-higher-education/ https://www.studyinternational.com/news/bridging-the-gap-bet...)