Thursday's music theory lessons

Today's music theory lesson was fairly rewarding. My music theory tutor enlightened me of the relationship of the notes in a Dominant Sevenths scale and a Diminished Sevenths scale. The concept was actually much simpler than I had thought. Understanding the concept is certainly beneficial to my playing. Now, I can play these scales with understanding instead of through rote memory.

My progress in music theory appears to be slow but steady. As I look back, I have been taking music theory lessons for slightly more than six months already. When I first started out taking music theory lessons, I have never thought of taking music theory exams. I just merely wanted to learn enough to improve my appreciation of music in general.

Last week, my music theory tutor managed to convince me that I could sit for the music theory exams either March or November next year.

Contrary to how I have been feeling towards the music practical exams, I feel much more confident securing at least a merit for the Grade 6 music theory exams. At the pace that I am learning the Grade 6 music theory, I should be fairly competent in it to score a pass by next year.

Music practical exams are, in my opinion, so much more challenging than music theory exams. I don't know if it would be fair to compare the two together. Anyway, maybe the idea is that being slow and steady does not necessary have to be a bad thing.