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This chapter introduces music theory as a practice that has been undertaken in Europe and Asia for many centuries, and defines it as a set of generalizations about musical sound, works, and (occasionally) composition or performance practice.
The resulting e-book presents open licensed educational materials that deal with the building blocks of musical stave (sometimes known as staff) notation, a language designed to communicate about musical ideas which is in use around the world.
The study of music theory interacts with intuition—honing, sharpening, and enhancing it with further insights and perceptions. Much of what you learn from this book will at fi rst seem to be simply surface information, but that information will eventually amplify and broaden your musical intuition.
OMT2 includes all the resources necessary to teach a fundamentals course in music theory, as well as common undergraduate courses in tonal theory (including basic diatonic harmony, modulation, and chromatic techniques), and post-tonal theory.
Music is a language and learning how to use a new language is very difficult. Many musicians wind up quitting music altogether because of the perception that understanding music theory is mysterious and daunting, far too daunting to unravel. The fact is this is just not true.
The resulting e-book presents open licensed educational materials that deal with the building blocks of musical stave (sometimes known as staff) notation, a language designed to communicate about musical ideas which is in use around the world.
6 sty 2015 · Using a range of methods, from philosophical and historical contextualizations to cognitive and systematic approaches, and across a range of repertories, these essays aim to convey a fuller understanding of the terms music theorists employ every day in teaching and research.
