I’m sure you’ve heard it: “Music theory murders creativity”. In fact, you’ve probably heard it from one of your favourite musicians. After all, if the Beatles managed without it, it’s probably true, right? The fact is that the stigma surrounding music theory is based on bad teaching, fear and arrogance. And, due to this stigma, many musicians have gone about working it out themselves and come out with masterpieces. That doesn’t mean they didn’t know music theory, because, at