Most individuals have bad experiences when it comes to learning music theory. Most teachers are stringent and demanding. This makes music a pain to learn when you have teachers that cannot be creative and innovative.

Most people stay away from music teachers or leave music all together because of a bad experience that they had with a music teacher. Some people go to learn on their own and some people never get the fullness of the instrument that they are playing because they missed some BASIC steps.

The Internet is full of learning modules that will teach you basic music theory all which can be fun to go to, as well as flexible in teaching some basic concepts. Some of these sites feature prominent artists and vocalists with forums available to ask any kind of music theory related question that you would want to know.

Most web-sites have video tutorials and tutorials on instruments that demonstrate and show you how to improve technique and understand the basics of music such as time signatures, circle of fifths, grand staff, notation and counting and scale theory.

You don’t have to become a Mozart but understanding basic music theory will enhance your career and provide you with many other options to understand and perform different types of music.