Article: Talk to your student about these reasons so that it becomes clearer and is more likely to sink in. If your student is not convinced, he or she may quit half-way through. A good grasp of the reasoning always removes half the problems behind effective learning. The learner needs to know that music theory requires a good deal of commitment, and isn't as yielding a study as is the learning process for playing an instrument.

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In order to be good at music theory, the learner needs to understand why she or he is learning it. Let your student know that learning music theory might be difficult, but that it certainly won't be boring.