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 04, 2021
Pigtail theory when a girl wears her hair in pigtails while going to work, these women usually make more money because they look like children.
Guy:Yo those pigtails are hot as fuck she looks so young I should tip her more money.
Girl: wow I guess the pigtail theory worked
Girl: wow I guess the pigtail theory worked
by UrgentUrge August 27, 2023
by dasfghjkjuyt February 28, 2018
The the worm theory believing woman ran away because her husband shamed her for eating worms for being a republican, although he was a democrat and thought they where scary.
by wormilist November 02, 2022
When one makes a generalization on something, and there are only two examples in which said event has occurred.
Person 1: "Yeah, that person always sings".
Person 2: "He's only sang at your birthday, and at the store. Two theory".
Person 2: "He's only sang at your birthday, and at the store. Two theory".
by two theorizer April 04, 2010
A scientific study involving salesmen and the subsequent effects attributed to the act of defecation. The Log Theory inferred that the probability of a successful close would be heightened as a result of an antecedent bowl movement. It has since been accepted as scientific fact.
Log Theory case study: On more than one occasion we observed Roman's return from the restroom to result in the immediate close of a deal on his next call dialed.
by wordsmithphd June 07, 2017
by el.7 September 22, 2021