i agree with knowing theory but not totally on knowing it well before you know how to play the music a little at least
like imagine moving to somewhere they played with quarter notes only knowing the western half notes
theoretically it would be harder to get through
but if you knew the sounds and had perfect pitch (which i m developing in myself and think that all should) then theory would seem to make more sense to you
my first ammetpt at theory was stopped cause i could see what it was getting at
the symbols of the reality.....
