certainly. i found that out when i was 14 and tried to write for a string quartet thinking i could just do it without any other insight. i mean you can download digital orchestra and put random notes in, but chances are they will sound awful/imbalanced, or they wont be in the instruments range etc.
i'm so glad i've broken out of the guitar theory mindset though, it was a pretty hard thing to do. being taught from day one to think of chords from the bottom up. i'm glad i'm forever able to expand musically, there's always more to learn
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