Alternatives to Frank Gambale's Peace & Harmony course?

imalrightjack

On a whim, and in a bid to create some structure in hap-hazard attempts at learning theory, I signed up to this:

https://www.frankgambaleguitarschool.com/course?courseid=peace-harmony-theory-of-creativity

Having chosen to pay over a year, I received only a couple of modules - and I am distinctly unimpressed for nearly £40 and will be cancelling my subscription.

Is there a good online course with resources, etc. for learning theory - but particularly with practical examples of how to apply it?  I know my modes and how to construct chords from the major scale - but little else.  I'd just like to understand better what I can do where on the fretboard, theory-wise.

Barney

IV found the best way is to establish what you need to know or how you would like to play and apply theory to do that ....maybe even teacher that you can ask questions 

Sometimes you can end up with a head full of theory but not be able to apply it through lack of experimentation 

Hootsmon

A new fridge

wizbit81

Go buy two books: 
Mark Levine's 'The Jazz Theory Book' and
The Berklee book of Jazz Harmony

Don't bother with courses just get those and read them, thoroughly, probably multiple times over years.

PolarityMan

You could watch all of this:

imalrightjack

@wizbit81 The jazz theory book was not for me. Total grind. 

@PolarityMan Doesn’t work?

wizbit81

Oh man really? It's a really well presented and fairly easy read compared to many! I failed on stuff like Audacious Euphony, Shoenberg's book and the classic Persichetti one, 20th Century Harmony. Those are mega dense and assume you play keys to a decent standard. We need video and audio files for them...now there's a project!

wizbit81

Rick Beato book maybe?

imalrightjack

wizbit81 said:

Oh man really? It's a really well presented and fairly easy read compared to many! I failed on stuff like Audacious Euphony, Shoenberg's book and the classic Persichetti one, 20th Century Harmony. Those are mega dense and assume you play keys to a decent standard. We need video and audio files for them...now there's a project!

It's tough because I don't care to learn much more, just enough to escape my diatonic boxes.

wizbit81

Hmmm, maybe Tom Quayle's stuff might be more up your street. He uses intervals not boxes and it frees you up to decide which ones you want to use rather than being stuck in a shape. It's a lot of work to build from scratch but really effective.

imalrightjack

Thanks, @wizbit81 ;

MrBump

I noticed the other day that Alex Hutchings is now doing online lessons - he was heavily influenced by Frank Gambale, and seems to be one of the nicest blokes in this new fangled internet thingy.  I'm tempted to book a lesson or 2.

https://www.alexhutchingsonline.com/