Mathmatics or "it's all Greek to me"
Reply #28 – 2010-11-20 21:56:40
@Josh358: It's a side trip, i'm not sure why it's always been a struggle. It's not so much that i'm visual per se. I'm actually more auditory. The visions in my head are as lifelike as dreams with full stimulation of all 5 senses. Speaking is more like describing what i'm seeing rather than expressing a verbal idea and i sometime feel frustrated that words are not enough to convey the nuances of a thought with out taking much longer than most folks have the time for. I'm glad not to be so unusual. I did find that graphing and geometry were my favorite math subjects in high school and that i was quite good at them and that will help. @all: I think the way to go about this (as i think others have said) is to understand the concepts and then learn the math. Understanding the concepts will give me something to visualize when i'm going through the math and that's all i really need to get through it (plus a lot of self patience) Also, part of me is thinking "You're 38 and you're staring this NOW? Isn't it a little late?" For what? I guess i've come to realize that while i get a lot of listening to music that's a passive activity even if you're focused on it. I want music to be an active part of my life. I want to make it (via studio work), or bring what's already made to others (via speaker set ups or something). I'm not setting a goal of being the next Steve Hoffman or something, but i want a piece of it. The responses in this thread help it not look so daunting. I've got quite a few of the books mentioned on my gift list this year. and i'm working my way through Musicmathics.