Music Banter - View Single Post - How do I teach music theory to someone with no understanding of music?

Face · 10-17-2012, 03:20 PM

I would assume if you can read music you should be able to break it down into it's most simple steps in order to explain it.

I can hum a song yet oddly enough I have no idea what a major third or a perfect fifth or a semitone is. Maybe you should pick up a music for dummies book so you can get to grips with how to teach it to someone not as obviously gifted as you.

10-17-2012, 03:20 PM	#6 (permalink)
Face Music Addict Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: UK Posts: 306	I would assume if you can read music you should be able to break it down into it's most simple steps in order to explain it. I can hum a song yet oddly enough I have no idea what a major third or a perfect fifth or a semitone is. Maybe you should pick up a music for dummies book so you can get to grips with how to teach it to someone not as obviously gifted as you.