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+title: "music-theory"
+aliases: 
+tags: 
+
+---
+
+# What is it
+
+"the language behind music"
+
+tools to understand communicate and interpret music.
+
+understands chords notes melodies etc.
+
+trying to get be "fluent"
+
+
+# Notes
+
+vibrations at different freqiencies
+
+only 12 notes
+
+white notes - a-g
+
+black notes - sharp and flat a-g
+
+multiples of the frequencies at differnt multiples. each multiple an octave
+
+semitone - gap between each note e.g., f-f#
+
+## Key/scale
+
+common combinations of notes that we know sound good together.
+
+usualyy 7 notes in a key (major and minor)
+
+C major - all white keys
+
+scale - same as key basically. 
+
+you can play a different set of notes (a scale) over the base key. e.g., a blues-e (pentatonic something) solo over e major
+
+root note - note that we start the scale on
+
+# major
+
+major pattern - 2 wholetones 1 semitone 3 whole tones 1 semitone
+
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