So, I wanted to get into music theory. Which would be a good approach for this? Finding a teacher or reading a book? If it were reading a book, what book? All and any recommendations welcome.
teacher for sure. worked for me anyways
Well, I took piano lessons when I was a kid, but I never really learned much aside from reading music. Once I go older and took a stronger liking to music, I delved into more general music theory and some compositional techniques. Naturally I had a piano teacher, but the rest I did from books and whatnot.
Just from research? That's like saying you don't need to spend time on a boat in order to learn a sailing.
"Hey, do you really know how to sail this thing?"