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Originally Posted by Andyrondack
But to create and harmonise these 'warm up tunes' I need to learn about the underlying structures of what makes music work, things like scales chords and intervals and how they can be meshed together to create an arrangement, this is the stuff of music theory which you seem to have such antipathy to, why is that?
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IMO to play well, and I mean with feeling, expression and coherence (not just shredding that lacks those qualities) you have to develop a good ear. That's mostly by listening and incorporating. Whatever theory helps you do that is a plus. Spending most of your time and energy on book learning theory minutia, dozens and dozens of chord variations and scale patterns at the expense of the time learning and playing actual musical pieces is likely a mistake for most people. If you really have the time for all of it then great and/or are a working musician and you need to communicate efficiently with fellow musicians you need to know the language.