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I have been playing for about two and a half years and have already advanced to playing Yngwie Malmsteen and similar stuff (yes i have a lot of spare time and nothing to do with it), but I'm self taught and have no clue what music theory is. I just wanted to ask if anyone here could help me out and maybe try to explain it to me or post a link to an earlier post on this same subject. I'm grateful for any help any of you could provide.

By the way i have a book on scales but i have no idea what the stuff in it means, it's description of music theory isn't quite as lucid as i had hoped for but it still contains many scales i just need to understand how to utilize them.

I have had the same problem.
Have you tryed reading the scales section on this site? I found it very helpful as I finally understood what modes are and other things. Most websites will give you a million scales but not how to use them or they're different positions. Good books are hard to come by as well that explain all the different notes.

Good luck.

Dewd just surf and search though the music theory section of this forum. Almost everything has been discussed, usually starting with the same questions you're probably wanting to ask. Then you get several different opinions on the subject from alot of people here who have alot of experience. We'll definitely do our best to try to help you out.

Alright thanks a lot for your help i'll try that out.