I know from tutes from root the note 7 semitones away is a perfect 5th, which I don’t know why it’s called a fifth but sounds good. Something to do with oscillation and harmonics. I kinda get that the 7st or 9st away work. Like 1st 5th and 7th make a chord.
What I wanna know and apply is when ppl start writing I, iv, V, III and saying that’s what you wanna do.
I spend hours transcribing Roman numerals into notes in my piano roll and it almost nevef sounds like music afterwards.
Having to do all that counting, and mouse clicking and cursing means by the time it’s time to make a tune I have zero inspiration and I just throw them on the first bite of each bar and it sounds shit.
That’s why I’m like just play the piano till my fingers start being able to move less like potatoes then I’ll be mr learn a chord cos the hand coordination will be one less thing to get hung up on.
That’s why chrome sparks is so good for pracco cos you literally can’t go out of key.
I still want the scales, chords knowledge, but the the theory way makes it feel like homework that I know I need to know but only makes sense when I can put it into practice