Music has a beginning, middle and end. Today, we’re going to focus on the end and it’s the end that average listeners react most to. In music, the end of a piece, a movement, or even a phrase is called a cadence. The cadence not only ends a section of music but it also tells the listener where it is going next.
Continue reading →Every musician needs to know as much about music theory as possible
Continue reading →I just want to play the piano. I don’t want to learn chords, or music theory, or any of that.
Continue reading →Enharmonic Notes & Chords
Continue reading →Aside from the academic study of music theory, which explores the theories surrounding music issues, such as whether or not a piece of music fits into one category or another, music theory is really the nuts and bolts of music.
Continue reading →Most major college Music 101 courses are specialized and designed for a specific program. In other words, you’ll find a Music 101 class for classical music, dance and theater, performance, or theory (among many others). Which 101 class a student chooses is mostly determined by their major.
Continue reading →Did you know that music is based on natural “laws” — like gravity — and by learning to understand how those natural laws work we can actually understand what we are doing when we play — we don’t have to be at the mercy of what someone else has written on a piece of music.
Continue reading →Aside from the academic study of music theory, which explores the theories surrounding music issues, such as whether or not a piece of music fits into one category or another, music theory is really the nuts and bolts of music. It’s the way that music is composed, and performed. Whether you are thinking about musical harmony, the way a concerto is orchestrated, and even the simple basics of how to read music, then you’re thinking about aspects of musical theory.
Continue reading →In a sense, all music can be viewed as a contest between dissonance and consonance. If a piece of music was all consonance, it would be boring. If it were all dissonance, it wouldn’t be listenable at all. So every piece of music is crafted in a unique way to move back and forth between those two extremes to create both interest and pleasure.
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