Originally Posted By: Guitarhacker
I know this isn't probably very useful..... but ..... while I have studied music theory, and understand a fair amount of the jargon and such, I rarely apply it in a technical sense to my playing. At least to my knowledge. If you were to stop me on any specific note and ask what that note was.... I wouldn't have a clue. If you asked if I was in a melodic major or pentatonic minor scale, again, not a clue. I play what I'm feeling and it's all winging it. My musical brain just doesn't function that way.

Like I said... that's probably useless information to you.


When I taught music theory to my guitar students I always told them learn music theory so you can analyze what you played BUT don't let it dictate your playing. Learning scales and such is very helpful in becoming a better musician but don't let it rule your playing. If your playing isn't from the heart then it isn't worth a dime IMHO.

Note that you don't need to know music theory to play great music. That has been proven many times!

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