There are only Notes & 1 Scale
12 Chromatic Notes
A B C D E F G
You only use 7 at once **
A Scale (the Scale) …. it is the Gaps between notes that define the scale not the notes themselves … The are after the fact labels added after so it can be written down and/or Communicated.
[ __ ] [ __ ] – [ __ ][ __ ][ __] – [
F F H F F F H
Music theory can look very complicated … Because it is, or at least it can be. You could spend your entire life studying music theory and still not feel like you know everything there is to know. But it’s complexity grows with your knowledge…. (see dunning kruger)
Understanding the basics really isn’t that hard, and will help you massively i your efforts to learn new stuff n terms of the time it takes to learn and understand new stuff
You don’t need to be able to read music to understand music theory, they are separate things.
How you understand / fit it all together will vary
How you understand music theory will depend on the instrument you play
Guitar vs Piano
A scale is the “Intervals” between the notes and not rather than the actual notes
