Music Theory Is Simple..., But I still don't get it! |
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Music Theory Is Simple..., But I still don't get it! |
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Mar 9 2018, 10:16 PM |
I watched this but I didn't really understand. Probably overthinking it.
Hopefully some of you will get something out of it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3vYVGMgZYY -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 9 2018, 10:35 PM |
... http://www.piano-keyboard-guide.com/wp-con...tures_chart.gif Would this picture help while watching video? |
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Mar 10 2018, 12:39 PM |
Great post Phil!!!! Wish I'd have had it explained that way back in School!!! -------------------- I'd rather have a full Bottle in front of me than a full Frontal Lobotomy!!
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Mar 10 2018, 04:13 PM |
It made more sense today when my brain was cider free Obviously he is taking to people who already know which notes in each key a sharp or flat though.
I still want to know, why, mathematically there is no note between B & C and E & F -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 10 2018, 04:51 PM |
Technically, there are lots of notes between B and C. Western music is based on a 12-note scale. So if you go from A to A (the next octave up or down), it makes one "cycle" so to speak, which is divided up into 12 notes in between (representing the keys of a piano). However, on an instrument like trombone or violin or fretless bass or your voice it is possible to hit many notes in-between. Sounds out of tune to our ears, but is in fact widely used in various forms of microtonal and world music.
In terms of your question, B to C or E to F is the same musical "distance" as F to F# or A to Ab. They're half-steps. It's a complicated subject, but here's some more info if you're curious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_keyboard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diatonic_scale http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtonal_music There is music (and instruments) where there are say for example 14 semi-tones spread evenly across an octave. And some music of 14 (or any decided upon amount) unequal intervals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Partch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8NIpPhXpfQ Happy you asked? This post has been edited by klasaine: Mar 10 2018, 04:52 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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Mar 10 2018, 05:24 PM |
and something for fun
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Mar 10 2018, 06:50 PM |
Thanks Ken and Mertay,
Actually I am glad I asked Ken, I hate to do things without understanding, a friend of mine just accepts chord names as "just the name of the chord" whereas I like to know. My problem is I struggle to remember musical theory for some reason, it doesn't seem very intuative, things like accidental notes, they aren't really accidental though they may have been classed as accidental at sometime. It's like in the 12 notes of when music, why couldn't it just have been A-L. Always looking too deep I am Cheers This post has been edited by Phil66: Mar 10 2018, 06:50 PM -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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Mar 10 2018, 07:36 PM |
It's like in the 12 notes of when music, why couldn't it just have been A-L. In the beginning of music codification: Greeks, Pythagoras, et al ... there were no in between tones. The pitches and the distances were slightly different than our modern western pitches but there were (as far as we can tell from the limited surviving written information) no sharps or flats. Just 7 named tones. Over time, instead of adding letters of the alphabet we just filled the in between slots. Sort of like using 2.1 and 2.5 etc. instead of readjusting the whole number line. This post has been edited by klasaine: Mar 10 2018, 08:42 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/foolin-the-clouds https://soundcloud.com/klasaine2/surfin-at-the-country-hop Soundcloud assorted ... https://soundcloud.com/klasaine3 New record ... http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kenlasaine Solo Guitar ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...5iIdO2tpgtj25Ke Stuff I'm on ... https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXZh...b-dhb-4B0KgRY-d |
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Mar 10 2018, 09:06 PM |
Ahhh, I see, and there wasn't enough space for B#/Cb and E#/Fb?
That Pythagoras has a lot to answer for along with his buddies, they made geometry so tricky with its sines and co-sines and tangents and co-tangents and the right angled triangle with its hypotenuse and theta etc and then they went and did the same with music -------------------- SEE MY GMC CERTIFICATE “Success is not obtained overnight. It comes in instalments; you get a little bit today, a little bit tomorrow until the whole package is given out. The day you procrastinate, you lose that day's success.” Israelmore Ayivor |
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