So, I think I just keep going. Studying theory is so difficult for me. My mind just doesn't seem to work that way. The Mark Levine book is actually really good. I think if I pull it out and do bite-sized chunks I can make some progress. Last night a studied this Asus b9 chord and the Phrygian scale that goes with it. I went to bed with it fresh in my head, and I woke up thinking about it. So maybe the only way for me to get this stuff is to work on it in my sleep!
Music Theory remains the only class I ever failed in college. I still have a hard time wrapping my head around it. I need to approach it little by little. Imagine how much progress I would have made if I worked on it for just a few minutes a day over the years. But you can't think that way. Well, sure you can... just invert the timeframe. Imagine the progress I will make if I just spend a few minutes a day on it.
Maybe I should think of a 3P approach: pencil, piano, practice. I really think I need the "pencil" time to just learn and drill stuff into my head. I was copying the cycle of 5ths for a while. I should probably just do that every few days. I will get better at musical penmanship, and I will start to remember the number of sharps/flats in the various keys. That one-page exercise was good for me. Cycle of Fifths in Major and minor keys. Takes about 15 minutes to write it all out. I should be able to do it fro memory. Then I can actually see it in my brain.
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