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In my opinion, it expands your creative vocabulary via analysis and synthesis. If you can analyze a riff or a progression, take it apart and identify its melod
by meowkit 6y ago
In my opinion, it expands your creative vocabulary via analysis and synthesis.
If you can analyze a riff or a progression, take it apart and identify its melodic, harmonic, rhythmic, and tonal components, then you can use the combos you like to synthesis new stuff later with improv and audia-tion. Theory just gives you a catalog and process for naming things.
I think many musicians learn a lot of this implicitly through their ears, never learning the names and patterns. It works, but its probably slower.
- analog31 6y agoIt's certainly been slower for me. Thanks to being a bassist, I was able to function in ensembles long before learning to improvise melodic solos. Today, soloing is a major part of my playing, but I struggle with difficult, modern changes. It amazes me that Chick Corea had limited formal education, given his wizardry at both composition and improvisation. Nobody could thread a melodic line through complex changes, with such grace.