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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
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.
Does music count as fine arts in college?
Yes. In any major college a music degree will be a fine art. That's why the degree will be a "BA" - Bachelor of Arts
What is a pattern of sharps or flats that appear at the beginning of the staff?
that is called the key signature.
How is each eighth note put together?
It's a matter of how it looks to you. Normally, pair of eighths are "tied" together with a bracket, but putting 4 together is not strange either. You can even tie 3 if you need an eighth rest, and you can put the bar going over top of the rest.
The standard rule for tying eighth notes is in pairs "within a beat", so you would tie one_and two_and three_and four_and, but you wouldn't tie one and_two and three_and four and_. Eight notes are not put together across bar lines either, they are written as separate eighth notes.
What are the two most common ways to conduct the time signature 6-8?
The correct way to conduct 6-8 is in 2. 3 quavers in each beat. But if you really wanted to you could conduct it in 3.
What is variety and unity in music?
Unity is the repetition, same, or similar ideas during a piece of music. Variety is the novelty of a song created by adding different ideas, patterns or musical elements.
What does irregular and regular rhythms mean?
Irregular rhythm can be classified as music with irregular meter such as 5/4 etc. Regular rhythm are songs with meter such as 2/4, 3/4, 4/4. Some consider syncopation - irregular rhythm.
What time signature is best for Preludes?
Preludes can be in any time signature, but since it is usually an introductory piece, maybe a simple meter.
