Music Theory

Music Theory

CHORDS
1. Intervals are how far music notes are away from eachother
2. A simple major triad chord is built from 3 notes. the root (1st) A major 3rd A perfect 5th
  1. A simple minor triad is built from three different notes. The root (1st) A minor 3rd A perfect 5th
    1. A diminished fifth takes a perfect fifth and lowers it by a half step
      1. The rule about building chords is that the intervals they're built on can only either be a minor third or a major third apart which means the third in the dimished chord has to be a minor third
      2. Feelings: Fear, shock, spookiness...
    2. An augmented chord is built using a major third and a perfect fifth raised an half step
      1. Feelings: Not too many clear descriptions but suspenseful
    3. Feelings: Dark, moody, reflective...
  2. Feelings: Positive, Neutral, never sad...
3. Seventh Chords (Four Notes Chords)
  1. Major Seventh is a the root note and leading note. 1st and 7th. This would be a half step below a perfect octave.
    1. To build a major Seventh chord you take a major triad and you add the leading note to that chord.
      1. Feelings: Wishful, Nostalgic, Open and Airy
  2. Minor Seventh is the root note and the leading note. 1st and the 7th. This would be a whole step below a perfect octave.
    1. To build a minor Seventh chord you take minor triad and you add a leading note to that chord.
      1. Feelings: brighter than a plain minor, self examining feel mood, like leading to optimism...
  3. C7 or dominant 7 is built from a major triad with a minor leading note
    1. Feelings: Leads to something else, big tension chord, "You want more?" feel
  4. A minor major chord is built using a minor triad and a major leading note
  5. A half diminished 7th is built using a diminished triad and a minor 7
    1. Feeling: never finding rest, unresolved etc...
  6. A diminished 7 is built from a diminished triad and then finished there minor 7 also
    1. Feeling: Scary suspense
  7. An augmented major 7 is built from an augmented triad and major 7
4. A major scale is built : T T s T T T s
  1. Happy, Bright etc...
5. A minor scale is built: T s T T s T T
  1. Sad, Dark etc...
  2. MINOR SCALES
    1. Natural
      1. The natural minor scale is a mode of the major scale
    2. Harmonic
      1. The harmonic minor scale has a leading tone which why give tension resolve
        To avoid the song sounding uncomfortable the harmonic minor terms to be used for specific purposes
    3. Melodic
      1. Because of the gap between note 6 and 7 note 6 is then raised by a half step in order to resolve the issue
        Sounds like the major scale but the minor third is still there
        This scale is only played when ascending because in the opposite direction there is no tension resolve which means when descending is wise to play there natural minor
6. Chord progressions
  1. In a major scale chords 1, 4 and 5 should be major. Chords 7 is diminished Chords 2, 3 and 6 minor
  2. In a minor scale chords 1, 4 and 5 are minor chords. Chords 2 is diminished. 3, 6, 7 are major chords.
7. Chord inversions
  1. Chord inversions are why the role of thirds does not apply always because as long as you're playing the correct chord, the ear will pick it up naturally
    1. This means you can play the C in the third octave but E in the fourth then G in the fifth or sixth
  2. Sometimes jumping from one chord progression to another can sound 'clunky' to resolve this it is worth looking at where chords are positioned and inverting them in order for them to sound closer and less clunky
8. To make a note the main focus of a piece referrer to it constantly throughout the doing through small things
Rhythm
1. Notes are counted by beats
  1. Typically Therese beats are in groups of 4
2. Time signatures
  1. the bottom number in the time signature's describes what note is to be used
    1. this could also be it's equivalent
  2. the top now does not always indicate how many beats there are in a time signature
Circle of fifths
1. useful for finding the major fifth quickly
2. Similar keys to each other to help change the tone
Modes
1. When you take the major scale and start counting from different positions on any key note you essentially create a mode
  1. There are 7 different modes of there and mode 6 is familiar as it is the minor scale
    1. In essence it is creating different types of scales
  2. The Lydian modes had a raised fourth
  3. The mixolydian has a lowered 7th
  4. The Dorian mode is the minor scale with a raised sixth
  5. The other two modes aren't as useful as the root note is a halfstep away from the supertonic
MELODY
1. Space
  1. when writing music, adding space between one note to another can add more interesting melody... in short adding silence
2. Scales
  1. Notes which are not chord tones as tension to the music
  2. Notes which are part of the chord tones sound comforting
  3. Avoid looking at the keys in an order
3. Rhythm
  1. Chanting the velocity and positioning
4. Subtle repetition to give the listener something familiar
5. Boring Chords can help make an interesting melody and vise versa

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