Learn at your own pace

Depending on how you learn some things might take more time than others. Learning ear training might take longer than learning to read music or learning music theory. Not everything will come easily. And not everything needs to.

I was much better at picking up music theory from the written notation than learning ear training. Learning music production ideas went quickly when I learned the mechanical parts of the process rather than trying to reverse engineer a specific sound. Learning to sight-read took a while because I needed to read through a ton of music.

Sometimes classes cram a lot of material into a short amount of time and the students don’t get to full digest the information. Take time to digest the information later. You don’t need to remember everything right away and you don’t need to pick up everything super easily.

Take time to learn at your own pace. You’ll have a deeper understanding of the concepts if you do.

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