This blog will teach you beginner to advanced Music Theory, and how to apply these techniques in composing and arranging for fingerstyle guitar. Some of the same principles can also be applied to other instruments.

It contains helpful resources like videos and website links to help you learn more about these topics. The entirety of music theory is far too complex to show on one website. The posts are given in order, based on difficulty. Each post covers a different topic.

Note: I am not an expert in Music Theory myself, and am still a student. Think of this blog as a place to store the knowledge I've gained over the years; A kind of summary.

The Basics

Why to learn music theory
Symbols
Time Signatures
Notes
Intervals
Scales
Major and Minor Scales
Modes
Chords
7th Chords
Diminished and Augmented Chords
PolyChords
Slash Chords
CAGED System

The Intermediate

Keys
Circle of Fifths
Functional Harmony
Chord Progressions
Harmonization
Transposing

The Advanced

Tunings
Counterpoint
Cadences
Post-Tonal Theory (Atonality)
Jazz Theory
Blues

Composition

How to start
Writing Melodies
Writing the Intro
Avant-Garde Techniques
Percussion
Developing Snippets
Independent Voices
Ending a Composition

After this

This blog is, by no means, a complete list of all of music theory. So here are some topics to explore after you finish reading this blog.