Comment on learning to play an instrument on your own, but how/what?
mavu@discuss.tchncs.de 3 days ago
Holy shit. Stop it right now.
DO NOT LISTEN TO THE “you need to learn music theory first” crowd.
GO OUT. FIND A MUSIC INSTRUMENT SHOP (if there still is one where you live)
TOUCH THE INSTRUMENTS. MAKE THEM MAKE SOUNDS.
BUY ONE YOU LIKE AND FIND A TEACHER YOU ALSO LIKE!
WATCH LEARNING TO PLAY <instrument> ON YOUTUBE.
PLAY WITH YOUR INSTRUMENT! AND I DON"T MEAN PLAY MUSIC! JUST PLAY WITH IT! GO TO YOUR TEACHERS LESSONS< AND PRACTICE.
THATS IT.
Please. Do not overthink music. just do it and have fun.
JoMiran@lemmy.ml 3 days ago
I agree and disagree. Some people are drawn to music intellectually. For people that, who see music as a language or as a type of math, music theory is THE thing. For folk like that, I simply recommend a DAW where they can assemble their music through midi and electronic instruments (sampled or synthesized).
For most folk though, I agree with you.