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But I was lucky in that I was taught it at school and then followed it on into adulthood.
Applying it in a jazz improv context is an order of magnitude more difficult and that is what I am constantly working on.
It hard.
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Also useful if you are a bit stuck on where to go next if you come up with a tune and not sure how to develop it. I'm not saying that music should be theory based as that would make it really boring, but having some theory can give you options to try out rather than e.g. randomly trying chords and notes - although that approach can lead to real inspiration also!
Another benefit is being able to hear a piece of music on TV or radio and if you like it, pick up the guitar and immediately find the melody on the fretboard and then harmonise it.
I do struggle with jazz harmony though. Classical harmony, counterpoint etc, I understand well, but all the jazz substitution stuff can get a bit brain melting.
One thing's for certain. I don't know as much as @viz or @octatonic.
Works for ACDC.
I know the basics of time signatures but that's probably about it.
It really does help, and anyone who thinks it won't help them is kidding themselves.
This really doesn't happen. Even if you're a university music professor you'll still be transfixed and consumed by it. Music is infinite in its giving.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
In an effort to learn though I have started to work through Guitar Techniques magazines Reading Music series(August 2014, page 92 if anyone's interested)
Notes on fretboard - yes
Scales beyond major or minor - partly. I know my lydian and phrygian Major because I like to write with those.
Chord construction - not really. Certainly not outside major and minor, and even within it's hit and miss.
The rest - nope.
I can read a bit though
I’m so bored I might as well be listening to Pink Floyd