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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
Most teachers do quite a bit of ear training.
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Most teachers I've had have done MOSTLY ear-training, of one kind or another, unless they were specifically teaching a course in Music Theory. And even then, it was about 70% learning to recognize the sounds associated with the theory. I mean, it's music, how would you teach it without ear-training? That's like expecting to learn to paint without ever learning to mix colours. No, that's like learning to read but not being taught the phonetic sounds of letters...
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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds
In the end, we're all self-taught.
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So very, very, very true. Teachers are great, because they can say, "practice this, it's what you're trying to do," or maybe, "read this book, it explains the concept you're interested in," or especially, "listen to this album a few dozen times, you'll like it, it'll turn you on to new stuff."
But basically, all the really good learning you're going to get from your own experience.
And please don't drop $160,000 on a music degree, if what you want is to learn music. There are ways to learn without condemning yourself to debt for your entire life.