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		aidenn0 on March 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Tools to learn music theory? I think a better analogy is that understanding the physics of internal combustion engines can help you work on a car. If you work on a car for long enough, you will self-develop a model for the physics, and if you play a given style of music for long enough you will self-develop a model for the music theory of that style.

Rochus on March 24, 2023 [–]

Right, here is a selection of examples to which this model applies: http://rochus-keller.ch/?p=1153

but that's likely not what the fellow had in mind; learning and playing piano literature is a completely different thing.

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