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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
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.
Well it is a component on a stringed instrument that holds the strings
What are the four steps in writing a major scale?
W=whole step
H= half step
A major scale is W-W-H-W-W-W-H
How do you decide which accidentals to use in a chromatic scale?
when notating a chromatic scale, use sharps for ascending pitches and flats for descending pitches.
Harmonics in music are notes which are produced in a special way. They are notes which are produced as part of the "harmonic series".
What are the notes outside the staff called?
The notes outside the staff do not have a collective name, but they are referred to as being notes on "ledger lines".
What causes the sound to produce?
The lips are pressed together and air pressure from our lungs makes them vibrate. The length of the resonator (the Trumpet itself) is adjusted with the various valves, changing the resonant frequency and thus the pitch. You can make more than one pitch, usually in steps of a fifth, by changing the pressure of your breath and/or lips.
What does andante con moto mean?
andante con moto means moderately slow, walking, with motion. this question is in the grade 3 music theory in practice book on page 37, exercise 32, question (f)(i). hope i helped. i will try to answer some other music theory questions on this website so ask as many as you like and i will answer them.
It could also mean at an easy walking pace with motion.
What gradually replaced the medieval church modes?
Medieval church modes were replaced by the major and minor keys used in harmony. The technology that made this possible was fine tempering, without which a composer is stuck in one key, with a limited possibility of moving to a key up or down a fifth. Just tempering, which was used in the middle ages, was rational, which is easy to imagine as everything is based on integer divisions, but it falls apart because it is not possible to reach all notes that way. This left us with a number of ways to get to B flat, all of which produced different tones, and no way to get to F sharp.
By contrast, improved mathematical understanding of the Late Middle Ages lead to the realization that an irrational approach resolved the issues of just tempered system. In this system, there was a ratio between a note and the note a semitone lower that was the same as the ratio of 1 to the twelfth root of two. This was the well tempered system, in which some notes are very, very slightly out of tune, but it is possible to write and play music in any key. In celebration of this, J. S. Bach wrote the Well Tempered Clavier, which is a cycle in which pieces of every key are represented.
Is b-flat chord a part of the electromagnetic energy?
No it is not. It exists in air waves until it hits the ear of the listener. Even if the chord is generated by an electronic instrument, it is a real chord only after sound waves are generated in the air.
Do bar lines cancel accidentals from notes outside a given key signature?
Yes, unless the notes are held by a tie across the bar line. In that case the whole tied note uses that accidental.
Chords are numbered according to their position in the key. Customarily, Roman numerals are used to represent the relative chord positions. For example, in the key of C major, the four-note scale-tone chords are:
- I = Cmaj7
- ii = Dm7
- iii = Em7
- IV = Fmaj7
- V = G7
- vi = Am7
- vii = Bø (that's "B half-diminished")
Since the pattern of chord types is the same in every major key, if you know a chord progression in terms of its relative positions, you can play the progression in any key you wish.
What is an analog mixing desk?
Analogue - In audio terms, this means that the audio signals will be stored, reproduced, or transmitted physically on or in something (i.e. vinyl records).
Mixing Desk - A mixing desk is where an audio engineer controls and edits several audio signals simultaneously for recordation or transmission.
Therefore, an Analogue Mixing Desk is used to control and edit analogue audio signals simultaneously for recordation or transmission.
How many beats for a whole note draw?
Depending on the meter of the phrase, a whole note contains how the number of beats equal to the bottom number in the time signature.
What is the name of the small lines used when a note is written above or below the stave?
ledger lines
What is it called when the melody goes up or down eight notes?
When you go up or down 8 notes it is called an octave. An octave has 8 notes, for example, starting from C and going up to the next C would be - CDEFGABC.
