Topic: Theory
I've been playing for about six years now and only recently starting composing my own music. I think learning theory would definately up my guitar skills. Does anyone here know of any good books that I can learn theory from? Thanks.
- James McCormick
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Re: Theory
Greetings angledawg and welcome to chordie!
Creating your own music is fantastically fun - there is always something new to learn and try. See the Songwriting forum section for original stuff by other chordie users.
There are roomsfull of books about music theory - and it can all seem very intimidating at first. DON'T PANIC - the technical language of music is merely a precise way of discussing stuff that you can hear and feel for yourself. You have a 'gut' understanding of music theory already since you a player and are composing your own stuff.
Wikipedia has lots of stuff on the subject:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_theory
Here are some other sites with info:
http://www.gregjonesmusic.com/intro.htm
http://www.musictheory.net/
There are also some very good books about songwriting and theory for guitartists. Go to Amazon.com and search 'songwriting'. Your local library might also have resources in their collection. You don't have to know everything about music theory, but the more you learn the more you will want to know. James
"That darn Pythagorean Comma thing keeps messing me up!"
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- mhebert
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Re: Theory
Just remember that music is a language. Just like any language it takes time and method. So once you become proficient...spellcheck..... you can say that you are bilingual.
Michel
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