Tired of an Endless Parade of Music Theory?
Learn practical music theory that allows you to understand music – without getting bogged down by useless facts!
Street Theory teaches utilitarian theory skills that real-world musicians actually use to navigate music, stay on track, and communicate their ideas.
- Understand the fretboard so you never feel lost
- Build chords and scales that you’ll use every day
- Transpose into different keys easily
Set the Record Straight & Simplify With Street Theory
When I started learning music theory, I went WAY overboard.
It seemed like everywhere I turned someone was telling me: “Learn theory!” 🗣️
So I learned how to read sheet music. I learned how many flats and sharps are in each key. I learned how to name interval distances. And far too much more!
Nowadays as a teacher, I’m glad I have this information somewhere in my head to help curious students. But at the time, I didn’t need half of what I learned.
If you’re like most ukulele players, learning more theory is not going to make you a better player. In fact, it’s probably going to give you “paralysis by analysis” – the tendency to overthink everything and actually end up playing nothing.
Street Theory is a great fit for you if:
- You feel like you should study some theory, but don’t know how
- You don’t know what theory to prioritize learning
- The theory you do learn doesn’t seem useful
- You’re already suffering from “paralysis by analysis”
… WOW! I love it! :)
… You explained in such a relaxed, clear and practical way how to find notes on the fretboard, that I actually said out loud – “holy s**t this is cool!” It finally made sense to me how notes relate to the strings and frets. I can’t thank you enough for giving me that joy of understanding!
– Troy Brown
In reality, the vast majority of us are playing ukulele for fun. We only need enough information to play our favorite songs and join in a kani ka pila.
In order to guide folks to a healthy left brain/right brain balance, I created this workshop to teach the important aspects of music theory and excludes the rest.
If you’ve ever felt lost staring at the circle of fifths (you don’t need it), unsure of how to move chords in the right key (transpose them!), or confused when someone says, “play the 1 4 5,” then this workshop will answer all of your questions:
Street Theory
The real-world music theory that uke players NEED to know (and nothing more)!
The honest truth is that music has no rules. If it sounds good, it IS good!
However, some guidelines for how to get predictably good sounds are helpful. I call this collection of guidelines “street theory.”
My name is Brad Bordessa and in my Street Theory workshop, you’ll learn the skills that average musicians use to understand and communicate about music.
In this 80+ minute, pre-recorded, video workshop, I guide you through music theory that is useful and steer you away from the fluff that you’ll never use.
- Play the chromatic scale
- Locate any note on the fretboard
- Create major scales from scratch
- Understand a relative minor
- Interpret the Nashville Number System
- Build chords and find alternate voicings
These are things that ukulele players everywhere need to do every day. And I’ll help you learn it without any of the classical music theory drudge!
You’ve done a marvellous job here explaining it in an accessible, useful, and immediately applicable way…and you made it actually interesting! Bravo! Everything taught in this workshop is something I can use right away, and I’m super stoked about that.
– Stephen Smith
The Street Theory Experience
The workshop is shot with two HD cameras: close up and a wide angle. I’ve edited them together into a friendly and fun 80+ minute presentation.
Join your fellow classmates and myself in the comments section to ask questions and discuss the topics of the workshop.
You’ll also be able to download my legendary-to-my-students PDF handout that puts all of the theory concepts onto a single page.
GREAT idea! …You look fabulous, very clear, very confident – very helpful!
– Gail Ginder