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Learn Music Theory Basics: Crash Course for Beginners

Dive into the fundamental concepts of music theory in this crash course, covering elements of sound, pitch, duration, dynamics, articulation, timbre, vocab, rhythm, notation, scales, chords, and instrument families.

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Learn Music Theory Basics: Crash Course for Beginners

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  1. Music Theory Crash Course!

  2. ~Music isSOUND organized in TIME~

  3. Elements of Sound • Pitch- How high or low; frequency • Duration- How long or short it lasts • Dynamics- How loud or soft; amplitude • Goes from Fortississimo to pianoississimo • Articulation- Quality as sustained • Common Articulations: Staccato, Legato, Accent • Timbre- Color of tone; waveform

  4. Types of Timbre/Textures • Homophonic- All use similar rhythm • Polyphonic- Independent musical parts overlap • Monophonic- Only one musical line • Accompianmental- Exactly what it says on the tin; accompanying a clear melody

  5. More Vocab! Yayy • Range- Spectrum of pitch an instrument can play • Equal Temperament Tuning- all half steps equal distance from each other • Used in Romantic Era as common tuning standard • Expression Marks- Indicate articulations, setting the mood

  6. Rhythmic Notation

  7. Moar Rhythmic Notation

  8. Even MOAR vocab: Aka, I’m too lazy to type DemiDec stuff

  9. Time Signatures • Top number- Beats per measure • Bottom number- Length of the beat • Simple meter= top number 2 [duple],3 [triple], 4 [quadruple] • Compound is everything else; divides beats into parts

  10. Accidentals • # = Sharp, raises pitch by a half step • ♭= Flat, lowers pitch by half step • ♮ = Natural, cancels sharps and flats • Half step- two consecutive keys • The key signature provides set of sharps or flats at the beginning of a line of music. • indicates which notes the main scale of the piece alters.

  11. Scales (PREPARE YOURSELVES) • Tonic- Name of scale, usually 1st note • Dominant- 2nd most important, 5th note • Leading Tone- Half step below tonic • Diatonic- Within the Scale • Chromatic- Outside of the scale

  12. Minor Scales

  13. Comparing Major and Minor • Relative- Same key signature, same sharps and flats • Parallel- Same tonic

  14. Chords

  15. Instruments- Technical Boring stuff time! • Classifications • CHORDOPHONES • Vibrating Strings (violin) • AEROPHONES • Vibrating column of air (tuba) • MEMBRANOPHONES • Vibrating stretched membrane across frame (drum) • IDIOPHONES • Body itself vibrates (xylophone)

  16. Instrument Families • Strings- Chordophones; plucked, bowed, struck • Brass- Metal Aerophones; caused by buzzing lips • Woodwinds- Aerophones; breath alone vibrates • Percussions- Membranophones/Idiophones • Keyboards- Self explanatory :P

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