Q: In a question from yesterday asking about memorizing major and minor scales, you answered that it would ruin the music and prevent genuine playing. This worries me because the way I try to orient myself on the piano and guitar is by completely relying on memorization of the major scale. For the key of the song and/or the chord of the current measure, I visualize the shape given by the major scale that corresponds with that chord as numbers from 1-7 (along with 9,11,13 I guess, and also stuff like #5, b3, etc.), and so those numbers go on different keys/frets depending on the key/current chord. I wouldn't really be sure how I'd find my way around without this orientation. Is this a bad way to be going about it,
A: it would be bad for me, but, one of the wilder things i've learned in life is that different people are so different