Post by Randy Rhodes on May 6, 2003 21:06:21 GMT -5
Welcome to the introduction of Music Theory. In this section we will learn about understanding basic to complex studies, to Musicology- the scholarly and scientific study of music. Music theory tends to be alittle more overwhelming for some but I always imagine it as the basics of math such as 2+2=4 we know that but how many years since your birth did it take you to learn something that simple. All it takes is the time and effort to study and learn. I like to think of Music Theory as the math of music and Musicology as the science of music. Don't fret, music is not science, if it was Einstein would've played guitar. 
Music theory is like a language. For example, if you had a business meeting with someone who spoke a different language than yourself, you might think you know what he's saying by his gestures but in the long run we all know it would be easier if you could communicate with him verbally. Just like in music theory, for example; lets say your given a piece of music to audition for a band and the piece is written in Bb, your asked to play it in Key of D. Would you know how to transpose it? For you hot shots who said "yes", I dare you to go to your piano right now and play Canon in D and when your done with that play Canon in E and if that's not to hard play Canon in D#m. Anyways, I was just kidding (try it if you want though) this is called Transposing.
In these sections you will learn to apply theory in all your music, not only transposing keys, but creating harmony lines that make sense. You will study the formation of basic linguistic units, chord progressions, musical phrases and complex studies of music. You will notice that most of the music theory examples will be related to on the piano.
Good luck!
Music theory is like a language. For example, if you had a business meeting with someone who spoke a different language than yourself, you might think you know what he's saying by his gestures but in the long run we all know it would be easier if you could communicate with him verbally. Just like in music theory, for example; lets say your given a piece of music to audition for a band and the piece is written in Bb, your asked to play it in Key of D. Would you know how to transpose it? For you hot shots who said "yes", I dare you to go to your piano right now and play Canon in D and when your done with that play Canon in E and if that's not to hard play Canon in D#m. Anyways, I was just kidding (try it if you want though) this is called Transposing.
In these sections you will learn to apply theory in all your music, not only transposing keys, but creating harmony lines that make sense. You will study the formation of basic linguistic units, chord progressions, musical phrases and complex studies of music. You will notice that most of the music theory examples will be related to on the piano.
Good luck!
