Music Theory 101

For many years I've been trying to learn Music Theory and no one could ever explain stuff I needed to know to compose the good stuff. How to listen to exact harmony you need and create them...

That's a big topic. You can't really tell what's good using books. You have to hear them. Yet way too many people try to learn it through books. Or EXPENSIVE teachers or schools.

And still get .. VERY formal instruction on how not to do things.. rather done how to DO things. That's gotta be a very depressing thing to find out. You've paid all that money so you can actually start learning how to make and play good music. Somethings' wrong with that. You need to be learning that from beginning.

What I can tell you today is that there is no rule. That's something people have put together after trial and error.

or worse some texts are based on those idea by people who wanted to teach and make money or present to the world they are intelligent and great.. These people made everything too difficult for beginners to grasp.

Correct appproach I believe is to if you can enjoy music, then you can enjoy theory as well. Just so you will be enjoying music a little more than you could before the first class on music theory.


- feel free to dive in to this as i'm curious how music beginners think and perceive theory.