Music Theory for Electronic Music? Don’t Waste Your Time.

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BUT DO YOU NEED TO KNOW MUSIC THEORY?
ABLETON COOKBOOK  Shares SOME POIGNANT THOUGHTS ON THE SUBJECT.

I can tell you from experience that music theory, knowing the “right” way to put chords, melodies and rhythms together, has probably prevented me from coming up with as much music as it has enabled me to come up with. Whenever I do something or hear something that sounds “wrong,” I try to fit it into my little theoretical system. If it doesn’t fit, I disregard it, or I make up some exception to the rule. 

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