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For an independent adult learner or music hobbyist, the text is an enjoyable introduction to the subject with enough general information to learn the basics of musical notation, pitches, and rhythms on the staff, intervals, scales (major, and minor), keys, key signatures, triads, seventh chords, harmonization, secondary dominants, and modulation.
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We can define music theory as the field of study whose purpose is to understand and communicate the language of music. To do so, it analyzes its foundations and provides a system of interpretation of musical compositions.
May 5, 2024 · OMT2 provides not only the material for a complete traditional core undergraduate music theory sequence (fundamentals, diatonic harmony, chromatic harmony, form, 20th-century techniques), but also several other units for instructors who have diversified their curriculum, such as jazz, popular music, rhythm, counterpoint, and orchestration.
This open e-book is the result of a project funded by a University of Edinburgh Student Experience Grant, Open e-Textbooks for access to music education. The project was a collaboration between Open Educational Resources Service, and staff and student interns from the Reid School of Music.
This book is essentially a study of patterns in music. It looks at music literature as highly organized tonal designs. With few exceptions, the terms we employ are in com-mon use, and many of the procedures we use in analysis and composition are standard practice. The conclusions we reach, however, may differ at times from your judgments or
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This book will help musicians learn some of the basic rudiments and theory used by countless musicians all over the world. These basic theory skills can help in understanding music and can be used to communicate with other musicians
