Analysis Guide

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Analyse Music the Way Musicians Actually Think

Most guitarists learn theory in fragments — scales here, chords there, bits of harmony scattered over years of study.

Then they sit down with a real piece of music and ask:

“Where do I even start?”

So they do what most people do:
- they start with harmony, get lost in details, and never quite see how the piece fits together.

This guide fixes that.

Analyse Music the Way Musicians Actually Think

Most guitarists learn theory in fragments — scales here, chords there, bits of harmony scattered over years of study.

Then they sit down with a real piece of music and ask:

“Where do I even start?”

So they do what most people do:
- they start with harmony, get lost in details, and never quite see how the piece fits together.

This guide fixes that.

The Problem Isn’t Theory — It’s the Order

Most players analyse music backwards.

They begin with:

  • chord labels

  • local progressions

  • isolated harmonic details

But music doesn’t work that way.

Composers think structurally first — and performers should too.

A Clear, Top-Down Framework for Analysing Any Piece

This Analysis Guide gives you a practical, repeatable method for analysing repertoire in the right order:

  1. Start with the big picture
    Form, sections, tonal areas, and overall structure

  2. Then look at phrase structure
    Periods, sentences, cadences, and how ideas are shaped

  3. Finally, examine harmony
    Chords understood in context, not isolation

By reversing the usual approach, theory stops feeling abstract and starts explaining what you’re actually playing.

Why This Changes Everything

Using this framework helps you:

  • apply theory directly to real pieces

  • understand structure more quickly

  • memorise music more easily

  • make clearer interpretive decisions

  • practise with greater purpose

Instead of asking “what chords are here?”, you start asking
“what role does this section play in the piece?”

That’s when analysis becomes musical.

Who This Is For

  • Guitarists who’ve learned theory but struggle to apply it

  • Players who feel stuck analysing repertoire they’re already practising

  • Teachers looking for a clearer way to teach analysis

  • Musicians who want analysis to support performance, not replace it

What You’ll Get

  • A clear, step-by-step analysis framework

  • A top-down way of thinking you can reuse on any piece

  • A bridge between theory knowledge and real music

No busywork.
No over-analysis.
Just a way to make sense of music more clearly.