Music Theory Lessons in Bellevue. Amazing Teachers.

As a composer and performer, I always encourage players to understand the fundamentals of music…music theory. There are many misconceptions about music theory: it’s too hard, it’s no fun, no one needs it - all wrong! The principals of music are simple, fascinating, and incredibly useful. Whether you took music classes in college or are just getting started with your first instrument, I can help you change the way you look at music. At first, the language of music seems strange and unfamiliar. That’s because it is! But when you take it one step at a time – one foot in front of the other – the meaning behind all the chords and scales becomes clear.

The first thing to learn about music theory is that your ear already knows it. Theory simply describes and gives definition to what your ear already hears. It’s like studying a language. By studying how nouns and verbs work we have a more powerful command of our language. The same is true for music.

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Alex

Composer and teacher looking for eager theory students of all ages! Lessons are developed according to student’s interests and goals and can include analysis of pieces, composition, sight-singing, and more. Beginning students are given personalized worksheets while more advanced students work out of the Laitz music theory textbook. I teach four-part writing, figured bass, analysis, counterpoint, and post-tonal theory as well as how to translate those skills into other areas of music.

Music theory is the essence of learning to play a musical instrument and music.

Learn how to read music, identify chord progression, analyze form and ear training.

Many may know the saying that music is the universal language of mankind, but most people probably don't know just how much music can function similar to a language. Knowing music theory gives you the opportunity to "translate" between musical "dialects." Perhaps you know guitar, but have trouble communicating to your bass player the progressions you play with a capo. Or a keyboardist that has hit a wall in trying to make sense of the timing your drummer is trying to get you to hit. Music theory gives you the foundational building blocks to speak the same musical language, regardless of your instrument. I like to take a simplistic approach to music theory that helps even brand new musicians quickly gain a solid understanding of the subject.