The study of musical possibilities and historical practices involving musical notation and interpretation (essential for understanding the rest of the course) in a musicological approach.
- Music theory can be a tool box, a rule book (that can be broken), or a guideline for composers to help them develop their own ideas of composing their pieces of all genres with chord progressions, tonal & atonal harmony, melodic structuring and many more methods.
- Many modern contemporary composers have broken many of the common practice period composing rules; Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky & Ivan Shostakovich are notable examples.
- Jazz music theory, or known as jazz harmony uses similar approaches to Western harmony but often use harmonies that are often played within the genre with additional tension using 9th, 11th, and 13th chords with incorporated usages of modes, and dissonant chords (augmented & diminished chords) and chord progressions that aren’t conforming to traditional music theory.
- There are prominent theorists on YouTube such as Adam Neely, David Bruce, 8-Bit Music Theory, etc. that do analyses and compose pieces using methods of music theory as they explain viewers regardless of their knowledge input of theory.
- Music theory can be a tool box, a rule book (that can be broken), or a guideline for composers to help them develop their own ideas of composing their pieces of all genres with chord progressions, tonal & atonal harmony, melodic structuring and many more methods.
- Many modern contemporary composers have broken many of the common practice period composing rules; Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky & Ivan Shostakovich are notable examples.
- Jazz music theory, or known as jazz harmony uses similar approaches to Western harmony but often use harmonies that are often played within the genre with additional tension using 9th, 11th, and 13th chords with incorporated usages of modes, and dissonant chords (augmented & diminished chords) and chord progressions that aren’t conforming to traditional music theory.
- There are prominent theorists on YouTube such as Adam Neely, David Bruce, 8-Bit Music Theory, etc. that do analyses and compose pieces using methods of music theory as they explain viewers regardless of their knowledge input of theory.
“I wouldn’t say that music theory is a mandate, but it’s highly recommended if you’re willing to pursue in a musical career.”
by pineapple_sandwich January 4, 2021
Get the Music theorymug. A word to describe a wave of sound that comes upon you while listening to, playing, or composing music.
"I just made a beat,"
"Really, can I hear it?"
"Sure bro,"
*Listens
"Wow dude, that was pure Musical Synergy
"Really, can I hear it?"
"Sure bro,"
*Listens
"Wow dude, that was pure Musical Synergy
by Tolerose March 29, 2023
Get the Musical Synergymug. by isabae July 11, 2015
Get the music paralysismug. When you grab your partners hair during the sex act and clamp it between their ass cheeks to play cello.
by a music friend January 4, 2018
Get the The musically Rodrigezmug. A person who likes a certain type of music to fit into a group of popular people even though they hate the type of music.
Musical: The music
Con: Against their own opinion
Poser: A total fake who tries to fit in but makes even more of an ass of themself's than they were before.
Musical: The music
Con: Against their own opinion
Poser: A total fake who tries to fit in but makes even more of an ass of themself's than they were before.
by poserh8 June 8, 2009
Get the Musical ConPOSERmug. person 1: I was taking out the trash
person 2: you mean pop music
person 1: no pop music is good
person 2 standing over a grave: what a shame
person 2: you mean pop music
person 1: no pop music is good
person 2 standing over a grave: what a shame
by god bitch October 4, 2021
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Person 2“No lol what is that penis music lmao”
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