Quote Originally Posted by theledge View Post
personally i think it's a very good idea to learn some of this stuff. if nothing else it gives you a broader understanding and some new ideas. i found that learning it encouraged me to write music of many different kinds, and vary my style a lot more.

and as dirtybass says even a basic understanding makes constructing melodies and harmonies a lot easier. it's quite dry and mathematical reading from a book so you need to apply it to music approximating something you like while you learn it.

Calvin, i've got a table of scales and chord/note positions i made a few years ago, i use it all the time making music, hit me on msn and i will send it to you if you want.
thanks mate, problem is i dont even understand the rudimentary basics.
i know know about counting bars and stuff, thro djing.

i hear acid techno is in the key of c, but i dont know wot it really means.