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  • Omeganitros
    auauauau
    • Jun 2003
    • 8897

    #1

    Music Theory

    What the hell is Music Theory, anyway?

    I considered putting this in Chit Chat, but then I thought it might be complicated and worth a good description and discussion.

    I tried to take a class on it in Band Camp, but instead I got a Jazz class (which kicked ass, so its all good).
  • makaveli121212
    FFR Player
    • May 2003
    • 3823

    #2
    i would think, and this would be kinda cool, that it would be about why certain music was popular at different times...that would tie into psychology a little too
    Originally posted by VxDx
    Stick it in her butt and pee.

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    • Brainmaster07
      FFR Player
      • Jun 2003
      • 2891

      #3
      Yeah, I don't know if this is right, but this is kind of how I explained it earlier today at my Science Olympiad competition (Were going to state, woot):

      Basically, when you hit something, it causes a vibration, which can vary depending on the force of the hit, material, etc. The wavelengths produced can vary from large, spread out wavelengths, which produces a low tone, or small close together wavelengths porducing a high tone. When these vibrations reach your eardrum, your eardrum reacts to the vibration, and sends the data to your brain. This makes you hear the sound.

      I'm pretty sure that was right, lol. Eardrum thing is pretty vague though :P.

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      • makaveli121212
        FFR Player
        • May 2003
        • 3823

        #4
        that isnt what i would expect the class to be about at all...then again i dont really know
        Originally posted by VxDx
        Stick it in her butt and pee.

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        • insomniakxz
          FFR Player
          • Aug 2003
          • 302

          #5
          Isn't music theory the study of rhythms in music? Like notes and counting and everything besides how to play the instrument?.... I thought that this was music theory.

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          • jewpinthethird
            (The Fat's Sabobah)
            FFR Music Producer
            • Nov 2002
            • 11711

            #6
            Music theory is the basics of Music such as Time Frames, key signatures, scales, etc. Basically, it teaches you how to write music.

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            • Cenright
              You thought I was a GUY?!
              • Sep 2003
              • 3139

              #7
              In Music theory also works with the Circle of Fifths, which is the concept of keys signatures (as Jewpin set out already). The Circle of Fifths has many patters that all interlock. There is also the patterns that Major and Minor keys follow, but learning to distinguish them, disonance, harmonies, chords, and rhythms are all part of music theory.
              http://www.flashflashrevolution.com/...Cube_in_55.mpg

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              • insomniakxz
                FFR Player
                • Aug 2003
                • 302

                #8
                Ah yes the circle of fifths...my band director tried to explain that in class. Everyone had no idea what they were talking about. He was trying to teach us how to memorize scales, but most have already memorized it. A good 30 mins of class time and my time wasted.

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                • BluE_MeaniE
                  FFR Player
                  • Jan 2003
                  • 796

                  #9
                  And modes are important!

                  I ii iii IV V7 vi viiş
                  Originally posted by Henri Poincaré
                  The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.

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                  • tristia
                    FFR Player
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 419

                    #10
                    music theory is the study of the composition of music... (you learn all the rules of writing music and then learn how to break them) i used to love that class. and I ii iii IV V vi and viiş arent modes, they are major scale degrees
                    Yay MySpace

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                    • insomniakxz
                      FFR Player
                      • Aug 2003
                      • 302

                      #11
                      Modes are like dorian...

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                      • tristia
                        FFR Player
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 419

                        #12
                        there are 7 modes (based off the C major scale)... Ionian (major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (minor), and Locrian... there built starting on a different scale degree of the scale.. which is why Ionian is major.. starts on C... spells out a major scale, same with Aeolian and why its minor, because it starts on the 6th degree it spells out the natural form of the minor.
                        this is just a little tutorial... there of course more, but just a quick over view of what i learned in my theory 1 class in college.

                        but in high school we didnt even get into modes, just because to my understanding they arent really used in satb/4 part writing. i believe theyre mostly used by guitar players... i could be wrong on that though.

                        edit: Oh yeah, and what markaveli was talking about would go along with a music history class sort of... we had a class that did just that in high school called music survey, which is also an awesome class to take if they offer something like that. it doesnt get too psychological, but it goes along with the histpry aspect of it more than theory would.
                        Yay MySpace

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                        • Omeganitros
                          auauauau
                          • Jun 2003
                          • 8897

                          #13
                          Originally posted by tristia
                          there are 7 modes (based off the C major scale)... Ionian (major), Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian (minor), and Locrian... there built starting on a different scale degree of the scale.. which is why Ionian is major.. starts on C... spells out a major scale, same with Aeolian and why its minor, because it starts on the 6th degree it spells out the natural form of the minor.
                          this is just a little tutorial... there of course more, but just a quick over view of what i learned in my theory 1 class in college.
                          Oh my, I do believe I just went cross-eyed.

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                          • BluE_MeaniE
                            FFR Player
                            • Jan 2003
                            • 796

                            #14
                            It's not that complicated really.
                            Basically it's the scale starting on different pitches of the scale
                            So the D Dorian scale is
                            DEFGABCD
                            So dorian is minor, but also dominant, because the D major scale is DEF#GABC#D---so it has the flat 3rd and flat 7th

                            But another cool thing is the way chords are made up.
                            I mean how a major triad is a major third, then a minor third
                            and a minor triad is a minor third, then a major third
                            and augmented is major 3rd, major 3rd
                            and diminished is minor 3rd minor 3rd.
                            Et cetera, etc.
                            Originally posted by Henri Poincaré
                            The scientist does not study nature because it is useful to do so. He studies it because he takes pleasure in it, and he takes pleasure in it because it is beautiful.

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                            • Omeganitros
                              auauauau
                              • Jun 2003
                              • 8897

                              #15
                              ORRR, I think I'll just take Jazz again next Band Camp....

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