[supernovae]

Got quite a collection of intro books, but nothing on theory really. I had hand surgery on my frett hand a few months ago and still do physical therapy twice a week - just now getting some strength back so while I recover, trying to learn more music theory since my practice sessions are limited by a screwed up hand. I tell ya what though, practicing guitar is better than most of my PT exercises :)

[throwaway8879]

That's alright, I've had to relearn my technique after a coma. It's easier the second time around. I really recommend doing legato exercises to strengthen the fretting-hand. Look up any neoclassical shred guitar book and they should have some guitar acrobatic exercise on legato. A good one is the Frank Gambale warmup instructoinal video. Another is a Paganini for guitar book put out by Greg Howe in the 90s if I recall correctly. I had a lot of fun learning the 24 caprices from that book.

Definitely agree about the guitar practice being better than PT part. :)

[EADGBE]

The Speed Strategy books are really good as well (Chris Brooks). There is a neoclassical, and a sweep picking one as well.

[throwaway8879]

Thanks for the recommendation. I've just gone through his wiki page, and if Brett Garsed thinks he's great, I have to check him out.

[byproxy]

Are you familiar with Pat Martino? He has a similar story of having to start again from scratch.

[throwaway8879]

Martino is perhaps my favorite guitar player and musician of all time. Was listening to his new record Formidable just earlier today! I'm familiar with his story although for him it was a brain/memory thing. While I retained all my theory/knowledge I had to train my muscle memory all over again. In his case, he had all the muscle memory but couldn't remember ever knowing how to play at all. I recall that he started learning again by listening to his own records!

[tomcam]

Wait. A coma? What happened? What has the journey back been like?

[byproxy]

I'd recommend learning theory concepts removed from the guitar, at least initially.

https://www.musictheory.net/lessons will pretty much teach you what you'd learn in two years at university. Honestly, I find it the best resource to get up to speed on common practice period music theory.