A good teacher can get all of this for you. I knew all of that stuff because my mother was a violin teacher and she new musical theory in and out. Some of her f

A good teacher can get all of this for you. I knew all of that stuff because my mother was a violin teacher and she new musical theory in and out. Some of her first lessons are in theory before you get to sight reading so you don't have any questions like that. You had shitty teachers it sounds like and you should never reject formal education just because you had 1 bad experience.