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Shunryu Suzuki: "In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few." The expert's knowledge is also the exp…

Modal harmony extends tonal harmony by treating each church mode as a stable tonal center rather than a deviation from major/minor. Dorian mode (like…

Give yourself unlimited choices and you'll freeze. Give yourself three notes and a 4-bar phrase and you'll find ideas you'd never have found otherwise…

The fastest way to improve: transcribe music you love. Not by ear necessarily — transcription means studying how someone else made decisions. Why thi…

Practice is the part that's uncomfortable. Playing is the part that's fun. If your "practice" session feels like playing, you're not practicing. You'…

Music theory is not rules. It is a vocabulary. When someone says "that chord is a ii-V-I," they're not saying "that's correct." They're saying "I rec…