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The sky was a crystal blue so deep you could drown in it. I spent most of the day immersed in musical practice, wrestling with music theory. Honestly, it feels like rocket science to me. Hours vanished just trying to grasp sharp and flat notes. (Beware: sharp notes aren't hashtags!) Then, the real nightmare began. Music theory is practically another language besides English. I struggle to pronounce over half the terms correctly, as the other half, well, they are just other forms of mathematics aren’t they? Like semibreve, Major, Minor, and crotchets– just jumble my head, making me nauseous. Overall, it’s a math book written in Italian. I'll be confidently stuck here for a while, no doubt. Vivian, bless her, is totally fried. She promised Mom she'd help me pass my theory test by year's end, but honestly? I won’t possibly be able to fathom just the vocab by then. Her plan seems increasingly unlikely.
Jul 12, 2025 11:53 AM
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The sky was a crystal blue so deep you could drown in it. I spent most of the day immersed in musical practice, wrestling with music theory. Honestly, it feels like rocket science to me. Hours vanished just trying to grasp sharp and flat notes. (Beware: sharp notes aren't hashtags!) Then, the real nightmare began. Music theory is practically another language besides English. I struggle to pronounce over half the terms correctly, as the other half, well, they are just other forms of mathematics aren’t they? Like semibreve, Major, Minor, and crotchets– just jumble my head, making me nauseous. Overall, it’s a math book written in Italian. I'll be confidently stuck here for a while, no doubt. Vivian, bless her, is totally fried. She promised Mom she'd help me pass my theory test by year's end, but honestly? I won’t possibly be able to fathom just the vocab by then. Her plan seems increasingly unlikely.
Good luck with music theory! Warning, in the US, there are no breves, crochets, etc. We are more mathematical: Whole note, half note, quaret, 8th, 16th, 32nd, etc.
Jul 13, 2025 3:29 AM
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The sky was a crystal blue so deep you could drown in it. I spent most of the
day immersed in musical practice, wrestling with music theory. Honestly, it
feels like rocket science to me. Hours vanished just trying to grasp sharp and
flat notes. (Beware: sharp notes aren't hashtags!) Then, the real nightmare
began. Music theory is practically another language besides English. I struggle
to pronounce over half the terms correctly, as to the other half, well, they are
just other forms of mathematics aren’t they? Like semibreve, Major, Minor, and
crotchets– they just jumble my head, making me nauseous. Overall, it’s a math book
written in Italian. I'll be confidently stuck here for a while, no doubt.
Vivian, bless her, is totally fried. She promised Mom she'd help me pass my
theory test by the year's end, but honestly? I won’t possibly be able to fathom just
the vocab by then. Her plan seems increasingly unlikely.
Supposedly learning music helps your brain in a lot of ways!
Jul 12, 2025 9:23 PM
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Chinese (Mandarin), English
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