getting started with Music Theory

[Dominik Gräber]

Hey, I’ve been playing for about three years and only started for fun (and because I looked up to certain guitar Players like syn), so I was never very interested in learning theory and rather just studied what I liked. Also I hated School in Music so I can’t even read notes (yet).
So with this School I want to get into Theory more, but is there anything to start and Keep me motivated? I saw the Videos to the guitar layout and the first scale, but don’t know what to do with it. Any tips for an absolut beginner in Theory?

 

[idssdi]

Circle of fifths is a good idea. Another thing is learning which notes form the chords and which chorde fit which scale. That can help you with improvising too

 

[Filip Tomiša]

I’ve also been playing for 3 years and I never really learned theroy cause all tutorials on youtube were confusing to me so I was just focused on playing instead. When the school launched I started watching videos from the beginning cause I wanted to learn that and now I’m finally starting to understand it. So I would recommend you watch the lessons from the beginning because there is always going to be something new that you didn’t know before. After you watch all the lessons (but don’t rush through them, make sure you understand them) then maybe you can start watching the tutorials and they might start making sense to you.

 

[Jen Hapke]

The theory motivates me if I have the feeling to understand what I am actually playing.
THe Circle of fifths is so awesome. Its a great help because you learn which chords fit together and if you know the key of a song you know what chords you can expect to be in it.
The scales help you to solo over something in a key. The pentatonic scales guarantee, that you have no wrong sounding notes in it.
Watch the CAGED lessons. They explain what you can do with scales better than every words can do.

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Cool, Ill check out your recommendations!
@filip, yeah I watched the first couple of lessons and understood them, this is what made me interested in theory again. Ist just difficult to apply what I learned and use it for anything.

 

[Jeff Pogan]

Sounds like you’re having trouble with applying theory.
Definitely watch all the lessons here. It covers everything you’ll need to know theory wise. If you don’t know what to do with the lessons in the first videos, then stick to it until you get to the advanced videos, then you’ll understand and learn how to apply it. Real wealth of knowledge in all of these videos!

 

[Jen Hapke]

I have to correct myself, I watched lesson 30 or so and that says that you have to change the shape per chord change.
I have watched lesson 29 and 30 jet and they are both about how to use the scales and shapes and how to change them per chord.
This means I have soooo much to do

 

[Dominik Gräber]

Thank you guys,
I definetly have to watch the videos and start working on that material a little every day
@Jen yes there is tons of stuff to do