-- Posted by hawkeye at 8:49 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 It's fun and fulfilling, but the problem is, when I try to listen to any song that I know how to play, I can't listen to it in an innocent form; I have to think about the different parts to the song, how they're formed, how it's played, the timing, the chord changes...all of that. And when I listen to something new, I have to figure out how it's played, or how it's at least organized, and I can never just enjoy listening. It's annoying. It's probably common for people (anyone) to do this, but it sorta bugs me, because when I didn't know how to play anything, I would just listen to the song, and let the music and the words make me think about different things, and so the songs were more meaningful. Now it seems like a chore, almost. At least tonight it does. /stupid rant that no one will give a shit about. -- Posted by hooray for rootbeer at 8:50 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Oh me too.  I hate it. -- Posted by xXsarafersureXx at 8:50 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 i care. :D -- Posted by JordanGen at 8:51 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Some would say that's a good thing to have -- Posted by major at 8:51 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 I can play 5 instruments and I can honestly say I can disconnect myself from the piece actually, I have perfect pitch and just focus on the notes and the colors that they make and don't worry about knowing how to play it myself. -- Posted by trefasho at 8:51 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 that happens to me sometimes too -- Posted by hawkeye at 8:53 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Quote: from Major at 11:51 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 I can play 5 instruments and I can honestly say I can disconnect myself from the piece actually, I have perfect pitch and just focus on the notes and the colors that they make and don't worry about knowing how to play it myself. /shameless self-promotion?   But yeah... -- Posted by hooray for rootbeer at 8:55 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Quote: from hawkeye at 11:53 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Quote: from Major at 11:51 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 I can play 5 instruments and I can honestly say I can disconnect myself from the piece    actually, I have perfect pitch and just focus on the notes and the colors that they make and don't worry about knowing how to play it myself. /shameless self-promotion?   But yeah... Yarly. -- Posted by HannahBEE at 9:00 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 I'm an avid singer and formerly avid pianist, in AP Theory I find it worse, because, being in a Music Theory class ruins your idea of music. You think music seems to be a spontaneous wonderous formation of notes to make a beautiful melody when you're uneducated. When you learn about Ionian through Locrian modes, Harmonic minors, Parallel fifths, etcetera, you can't listen through a piece of music without saying "Oh my god, there's Sol, the dominant pitch, but then where's the submediant?" -- Posted by mysticgohan at 10:37 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 Quote: from HannahBEE at 9:00 pm on Oct. 12, 2008 I'm an avid singer and formerly avid pianist, in AP Theory I find it worse, because, being in a Music Theory class ruins your idea of music. You think music seems to be a spontaneous wonderous formation of notes to make a beautiful melody when you're uneducated. When you learn about Ionian through Locrian modes, Harmonic minors, Parallel fifths, etcetera, you can't listen through a piece of music without saying "Oh my god, there's Sol, the dominant pitch, but then where's the submediant?" Yes you can, even my schools music theory teacher can. -- Posted by Charolastra at 12:17 pm on Oct. 13, 2008 such a burden.