This is a lovely explaination, but circling back to the reason we’re even discussing it. I don’t want to play cool things. I want to strum my ukulele with a bunch of other people and feel like I’m part of something but not work too hard. I’ve memorized my favorite/most comfortable chord fingerings, and the most common progressions and that’s all I do.

I bake in the same way. I have a few recipes I like. The most deviation I do is halving or doubling. But the recipe is good so the food turns out fine.

There’s plenty of other stuff I’m a nerd about and I get deep into the weeds of tiny details with other people who care deeply.

You nailed it ok.

Worse than that, I don’t even really know how they relate to each other, I just know “key of C” means C, F, G. I actually even went so far as to write each major key progression down with my cheater chord pics.

If you look at “I didn’t have eggs” you’ll quickly figure out that very few people are learning chemistry from baking/cooking.

I memorized by rote the chord progressions in my favorite style of music. This does not mean I understand music theory at all.

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