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| title | aliases | tags |
|---|---|---|
| music-theory |
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 pattern - 2 wholetones 1 semitone 3 whole tones 1 semitone
numbering notes - each note in a scale is given a number: 1 is the root note, then 2, then 3 etc
accidental - a flat for sharp note
Chords
multiple notes at the same time
set emotion - guide the user through story
usually in the same key
most common - triads - 1 3 5 - play skip play skip play
Major vs minor
major - happy minor - sad
usually
major - root 4 3 major - root 3 4
you can have minor chords in major scales
Melodies
notes can be within or not in the current chord
melodies with the pentatonic (remove 4th and 7th note) something are good