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Music Theory

Harmony and rhythm. Voice leading and cadences. Music theory can be a complex subject. Ask anything you need to know about it here.

858 Questions

Is A sharp the same key as A flat?

No. An A flat is the same as a G sharp and an A sharp is the same as a B flat. A flat and A sharps are two different notes, although they are the same distance from A.

How many perfect intervals are there?

Within an octave there are four perfect intervals: perfect unison (P1), perfect fourth (P4), perfect fifth (P5), and perfect octave (P8).

What does the ritardando symbol look like?

It is usually shortened to just 'rit; and followed by leader dots to indicate the duration.

What is the dynamics mark of lullaby?

Piano (p) meaning soft.

Pianissimo (pp) very soft.

Pianississimo (ppp) very very soft

What is the typical range of notes for choir parts?

Soprano - Middle C to top A

Alto - Bottom G to top E

Tenor - bottom C (octave below middle C) to F above middle C

Bass - bottom E to Middle C

Is Bbb the same note as A?

Yes, B double-flat is the same note as A natural. There are certain times when one spelling is preferable over the other, which is why double-flats exist.

I am currently in the process of writing a song for an incredible friend. Does it matter whether the lines in a verse sum up to 8 lines?

Absolutely not. It's your song, so make it how ever many lines you want. That's the best part about writing music: virtually no rules.

What do you call the top of a single eighth note?

You call it a flag (or if the note has the stem going down it could be the notehead).

What is the rhyme for the lines in the Treble Clef?

The lines of the treble clef can be remembered using the saing "Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge." E-G-B-D-F

Do sharps lower a note half a step?

Just the opposite, actually. A sharp RAISES a note by one half-step.

What are the lines and spaces names of so-fa syllables?

It depends... The lines and spaces are used for musical notation which is pitch and key specific. Solfege (or sol-fa) is a more general system that does not directly apply to the notes on the staff. Solfege refers to notes from their position in the scale, but it is not key specific. Once you determine what key you want the piece to be in - then you could translate it into standard notation on a staff.

However, if you keep everything in C Major (the simplest key) then "Do" would be on middle C, one ledger line below the treble staff. It would also be in the second space from the top, one octave higher. From there every line, space, line, space movement up goes up through the solfege syllables: do, re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do.

What is the Chinese name for music theory?

Ying len li wun is the Chinese translation for Music Theory. I should know, I'm Chinese.

What does the 3 on top of the 4 musically mean?

Three quarter beats to a bar. That means every bar contains the equivalent of three quarter notes, the first of the three beats being stressed and the other two unstressed. This creates the familiar ONE-two-three, ONE-two-three rhythm of a waltz.

How many hemidemisemi-quavers equal a crochet?

A hemidemisemi-quaver is more commonly known as a 64th note. So let's do the math:

1 crotchet = 2 quavers

1 quaver = 2 semiquavers

1 semiquaver = 2 demisemiquavers

1 demisemiquaver = 2 hemidemisemiquavers

So there are 16 hemidemisemiquavers in a crotchet.

Why do you always express yourself through music?

I always express myself through music because it is the time where my audiences can "hear how I'm feeling". I get overjoyed when I play my trumpet and I can connect to the audience to leave them with an amazing feeling. Music brings people together in more ways than one and it's a great thing when it can connect people of all colors, race, and cultures.

What does a triplet sound like in 6-8 time?

The same as it does in any any other time signature. I think that what you are getting at is what eighth note triplets would sound like. In 6/8 time the 6 represents how many beats there are - 6 beat per measure. The 8 represents the type of note that gets 1 beat - 1/8th notes get 1 beat. Usually the 1/8th notes are grouped into two sets of three 1/8th notes giving each measure a triplet feel to begin with. If you use 1/8th note triplets in 6/8 time, the division would be 3 1/8th triplets into 2 normal 1/8th notes. So you would have 3 groups of 1/8th notes triplets in 6/8 time.

How many minor seconds are there in a major second?

2. A minor second is a half step, or one note to the next. A major second is a whole step, or one note, skip a note.

What does the keynote and octave have in common?

The term 'octave' is the name for an interval(space) between two notes.

The frequency of the note is doubled, or halved, depending on whether the interval goes up or down in frequency. The two notes are heard toghether as the same, and will also have the same name.

For example,

an octave above A(440 Hz) is A(880 Hz)

an octave under A(440 Hz) is A(220 Hz)

To answer the question, the similarity between the keynote and an octave above it, is that the ratio between the frequency of these notes is 1:2 and of course, their names.

What is musical tailpiece?

Well it is a component on a stringed instrument that holds the strings