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The most obvious is that it\u2019s fundamental for playing your instrument. How can you play if you don\u2019t know how? But when you\u2019re starting to learn, you\u2019re probable trying to figure things out on your own, assuming tings, guessing, and doing everything you can to avoid the theory. You think you\u2019ve learned the fundamentals, but you\u2019re wrong. You\u2019ve learned enough to play something, but there are more fundamentals you need to learn before you can take your playing to the next level. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learning to\nread, not only understand <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A common question is \u201cCan you read notes?\u201d You\u2019re reply may be \u201cYes\u201d. Bet there\u2019s a difference between being able to understand the notes either by counting or through being able to see which note it is and what tone at the instrument it belongs to, and to actually read them while playing. You can\u2019t read just because you can say all the letters in a poem. Reading notes should happen more or less fluently. Of course, you need to practice to be able to play it good, especially if it\u2019s a more difficult melody, but you should be able to find the tones pretty fast and be able to play slowly through it already the first time. That\u2019s when you can READ notes. For example, you don\u2019t necessarily need to figure out what all the notes are to play it right, that could take a lot of time. It\u2019s about recognizing the position, the distance between the notes. Search YouTube for \u201cHow to read notes fast\u201d or similar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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How skipping this theory hurts you: <\/strong>If you avoid using time to learn the techniques to read notes fast, you\u2019ll waste a tremendous amount of time because your progress with your songs will be incredibly slow. This again hurts your motivation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Benefits from learning the theory: <\/strong>You\u2019ll learn the melody much faster and stay motivated. You\u2019ll have much more control, and after a while you\u2019ll be able to play easy songs you\u2019ve never heard before with no problem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How everything\nworks <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

After a while you think you know what it\u2019s all about, but you\u2019re probably wrong. Because we often just learn how thing is, but not why, how everything is tied together. When you have this understanding, the rest of the theory is much easier, and you can use your sense of logic to figure things out quicker when you are practicing or learning more theory. In other words, learning this will help you to learn both other theory and your new melodies a lot faster, which in turn saves you valuable time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Learning to\nimprovise and learning fills  <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s no limits how\nlong it would take to learn this by yourself by trying to figure it out on your\nown. Yet, it\u2019s by far one of the most useful and fun things you can learn! What\nif you should play at an event, and you get out of the flow, can\u2019t follow the\nnotes fast and precise enough. Should you sit there like an idiot trying to\nplay the measure all over again a couple of times slowly while your face turns\nred, and you\u2019re starting to sweat? No, of course not! You\u2019ll improvise! Just\nreplace some notes, cut out some notes to make it easier, or just play\nsomething completely different which \u201chappen\u201d to fit, which by the way can\nsound VERY cool and take the song to a whole new level. Replacing a piece with\nsomething completely different that you improvise can be something you do even\nwhen having control on the notes, just to spice things up. Of course, if the situation\nis appropriate. Sometimes you should play something with no preparations, and\nit could be difficult to read both the treble line and the bass line at the\nsame time without practice. Then it\u2019s good to be able to improvise the left\nhand! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Another excellent\nthing to do is to use fills. This will also spice up your playing and make it\nmore personal. Let the music drift a little. And with blues it\u2019s even\nimportant. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Do you have the\nanswer for how you can do all this? No? Well, with just a little time with some\nmusic theory you\u2019ll have what you need to start practice all this. And the best\nof all, this is skills that gives tons of fun! And you\u2019ll be a lot better at\nfree play as well. This is an incredible amount of benefits! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Summarized<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In short, spending\neven just a very little amount of time on music theory and theory for your\ninstrumental playing will save you a TREMENDOUS amount of practice-time! You\u2019ll\nlearn more advanced melodies much faster, making it possible to learn more\nmelodies within a shorter amount of time. You\u2019ll sound much more professional,\nhandle flaws in your playing much better, and gain a lot more motivation,\nfeeling much better about yourself. You\u2019ll reach a MUCH higher level than you\nwould ever do by only using time practicing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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