Better my music theory?

[malcolmwiss]

Hey. I Want to better my music theory. How should i do this?

[evitaevita]

Hey. I Want to better my music theory. How should i do this?

Could you please be more specific?

Have you any kind of problems in music theory? What do you want to improve exactly?
Do you attend lessons or study alone? Because, if you try to learn theory on your own, maybe you'll have some difficulties in understanding particular things... Teacher is valuable in such situations.

Anyway, if there is something specific that you want to improve in, then let us know so that we can help you! 

[malcolmwiss]

Nothing specific.
I know the basics, atleast i think i do.
Like scales, modes, pentonics etc. Chord building.
I don't have any trouble learning, and i go to a public school, partially studying music there, but the class is too simple. I want to know what i don't.

Hope this helps you to help me

[evitaevita]

Nothing specific.
I know the basics, atleast i think i do.
Like scales, modes, pentonics etc. Chord building.
I don't have any trouble learning, and i go to a public school, partially studying music there, but the class is too simple. I want to know what i don't.

Hope this helps you to help me

I complete understand how you feel. I partially studied music in a public school too and music theory lessons... sucked...

By the way, if you know the things you mentioned above, then you're ok. The only thing that I believe you can do is to improve on them. Practice scales, chords and everything you are learning at school on your own.
However, from my own experience, a problem is that most of my theory teachers didn't teach me things in the correst way. I mean that, while they were trying to make things more simple (even simplistic), they ended up telling me wrong things (for example, Allegro means playing quickly!!!).
But, if you don't have such a problem, find a teacher that can help you, even your piano teacher. I suppose from what you have written above that you don't study music at school only, but also, somewhere else, maybe in a conservatoire. Your teachers there could help you. Personally, I learned more from my piano teacher than the theory teachers. But of course, each situation is different.
You should know also that once you have mastered theory basics, you can continue with Music Harmony and other lessons depending on the music school.

On the other hand, there are some ways to study theory on your own:
1) Read books. Books that you use in your school, books that they have suggested that you should buy, etc. Maybe someone else here could suggest you a good theory book, because I'm not the appropriate person to tell you about it!
2) And certainly, internet!!!


All in all, it's really nice to know that you are so interested in music and you really want to learn!
Exploit everything!

Best wishes,
Evitaevita

P.S. I don't really think I helped you very much, but I can't know what you don't know, I can only recommend some ways to find out yourelf!

[Bob]

Ear training.

Go through a few music theory books.  Diatonic and chromatic harmony.

Lots of drill and analysis.

[malcolmwiss]

Allright.
I'll buy a couple of books. Any recommendations? I'm thinking about the harmony and melody By MI.
And do you know any good website with great exercises?
Thanks