One of the first things you learn on a musical instrument is how to play a major scale. On the piano, you might start by learning C major, then G major, F major, and so on. There are lots of different types of scales in music. Some are major, and some are minor. They might …
Chances are, if you listen to classical, swing, or jazz music, or if you watched SpongeBob as a kid, you’ve heard about the clarinet. Ever since its invention sometime around the year 1700, the clarinet has enjoyed a strong presence in music. It’s a staple of jazz bands, marching bands, and orchestras. However, the clarinet …
In sheet music, there are several different types of clefs that are used for different pitches and instruments. Some other types of music clefs include treble clef and bass clef. You’ll probably see these clefs a lot in your sheet music. One type of clef, the tenor clef, is a bit rare, but you still …
Polyphonic texture, also called polyphony, is one of the main types of texture in music. It’s less popular than the other two textures, monophonic and homophonic textures, but it was very popular in Baroque and Renaissance music. Also, Johann Sebastian Bach used polyphony in many of his songs. So what is polyphonic texture? In this …
If you are a musician, or you’ve dealt with music theory before, you’ve probably heard of musical pitch. Pitch is one of the most fundamental concepts of music theory. Everything else in music– melody, harmony, chords, scales, tones, and semitones– all depend on the proper pitch. Most people think that musical pitch means if a …
Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Share 0 Pin 0 Sometimes when you’re writing music, you want the note to last a little bit longer than its normal time value. There are a few different ways to stretch out the length of a note. You might tie two notes together, or you could use a …
Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Share 0 Pin 0 In music, there are lots of different types of scales. There’s the pentatonic scale, which uses five notes, and the heptatonic scale, which has seven notes. You might have a music scale that sounds happy, or sad, or spooky. When a music scale includes all …
Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Share 0 Pin 0 What is strophic form in music? Strophic form is a type of form in music, and it has been used for centuries. Many music genres, including classical, folk, jazz, and pop music, have all used strophic form. It’s one of the most popular musical forms …
Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Share 0 Pin 0 In your music theory, you may have heard someone use the terms “tonic” or “mediant” before, but you didn’t know what they meant. Tonic and mediant are two of the different scale degrees that we use in music. As you might remember from our post …
Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Share 0 Pin 0 In music, some scales and keys are closely related to other scales and keys. If you’ve studied music theory, you may have heard the terms relative and parallel. These are two of the most common ways to show a relationship between two different keys, especially …
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