Music Theory

Although music has had rhythm since music was first conceived, the person who is generally held responsible for the invention of measured, fixed rhythm is Franco of Cologne.

A half note or a quarter note has a stem but neither flags nor beams. if an eighth note or smaller comes at the beginning or end of a measure, next to a quarter note, it will be written with one or more flags. Eighth notes or smaller that come consecutively may be written with flags or beams.

'Excalibur', 1981.

'Glory' 1989.

'Hunt for Red October', 1990.

'The Doors', 1991.

'Natural Born killers', 1994.

'The Bachelor', 1999.

'Jackass: the Movie', 2002.

'Cheaper By the Dozen', 2003.

'Epic Movie', 2007.

'G-Force', 2009

'General's Daughter,1999.

Detroit Rock City, 1999.

The Messenger The Story of Joan of Arc burned at the stake (Ivana Orleanska), 1999.

"It Came Upon a Midnight Clear".

"do", "re", "mi", "fa", "so", "la" and "ti" are the basic ones, but each of those notes would have variations, used when you raise or lower a note chromatically (for example: a raised "do" is a "di" and a raised "re" is a "ri", and a lowered "ti" is a "to")

The same way you read any other sheet music. We can't teach you how to do that here.

There is one tricky bit: Saxophones are "transposing instruments" ... playing saxophone music on a non-transposing instrument like a piano will result it in being at the wrong pitch.

g e c a

Three sharps mean the piece is played in the key of A. If one sharp is in front of Middle C, you play C sharp. If two sharps are in front of Middle C, you play D. If three sharps are in front of Middle C, you play D sharp.

The term "retrograde" can be used in (at least) two contexts.

First, a retrograde progression refers to chord root movement that is opposite to the usual direction of resolution. The most common example is a subdominant progression (IV -> I).

Alternatively, the term may be applied to a sequence of notes which is a reversal of a previous fragment in a melody, theme, voice or motif.

The strings.

A drone is a long sustained (held) note that underpins harmonic movement above it. Drones are often used in traditional Indian music.

it isn't specified, but he was raised with a foundation of faith & religion. (:

The most important note of a chord is the tonic, followed by the third and the seventh, as they are what determines the quality of the chord (i.e. Major, minor, diminished etc.)

Actually, the 7th only comes into play if it's a chord that includes the 7th. A major chord is the tonic, third, and fifth. A minor chord is the tonic, flat third, and fifth. A diminished chord is the tonic, flat third, and flat fifth. None of those chords (also several others) include the 7th.

Paul McCartney.

Tempo di valse is a common tempo used in waltz arrangements. It indicates to the conductor that the piece should be conducted in 2. For example, making three quarter time into six eighths. Ultimately, it does not create much of a variance, but it is a heads up. 3 -> 6 when in Tempo di Valse (in 2)

4 -> 8

If the time is 4/4, the following notes would be:

A quarter note (1/4 or 2/8) of the measure)

A half note (2/4 or 4/8) of the measure

2 eighth notes (2/8) of the measure.

Homo- : 1

phon : sound

-ic : adjective

Texture : the feel of an object

so pretty much, if you had a melody played over one chord it would be an example of homophonic texture. Also Bagpipe music has a lot of homophonic texture in the concert Bb that plays under every note.

Yes, they were the bards so to speak of the Middle Ages. They wrote their own and no doubt borrowed poems/song from one another and epic poem writers.

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Troubadours were among those who composed medieval music. There were others also.

Most of the cases is used Italian. Also german and french is often used to describe tempo indications

Notation. Nomenclature. Note-row.