Ray Harmony

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Award-winning music lecturer, YouTuber, obsessive tea drinker!

You Can’t Make Music without Using Theory.

 

You Can’t Make Music without Using Theory.

 

“I don’t use music theory, because rules limit my creativity.” If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone say that in my 30 years of teaching music theory, I wouldn’t be living in a rented one-bedroom apartment, that’s for sure!

 

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“Theory is a six-letter dirty word to most musicians, but hey, musicians love dirty words, right? And just like all the other dirty words, theory is easy to learn and fun to use!”
Ray Harmony, Hack Music Theory, Part 1: Learn Scales & Chords in 30 minutes

“Theory is a six-letter dirty word to most musicians, but hey, musicians love dirty words, right? And just like all the other dirty words, theory is easy to learn and fun to use!”
Ray Harmony, Hack Music Theory, Part 1: Learn Scales & Chords in 30 minutes

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