Music is the art of expressing
ideas and emotions using the sound; the combination of rhythm and tones. It
started on the worst moment of the Middle Ages, the Dark Age, where vandal,
Huns and Visigoths was taking control in Europe. After the decade approximate,
the church dominated Europe and started to establish the
culture including the art where music born. From that moment music traveled
the ages until today’s
music where talking about musically terms it had change a lot.
As the Basic Music Theory Lessons
website point out, the music theory is the language of the music. It’s a code same as the letters form the words to create
a sentence that transforms into paragraphs. There exist 7 tones named . This notes can be altered with semi-tones which can be a flat note
that means half note lower or a sharp note that means a half note higher. This
tones have scales that represent patterns of alterations to create a melody or
an accompanist. The rhythm is determined by the musical figures. Depending the
music figure and the metric stipulated on the song, will be the duration and
precise time to play the note. If there is an
on the staff, it means that you will play in a compass of 4 beats with
the note that represent 4 times in the compass, in this case, the quarter note.
In the music theory, exist
thousands of regulations where every point have to concord but using the basics
and connecting all the rules, the music is created. It is expressed and
understood by every musician on the world. This music term share the same
characteristic on every part of the world to establish an equality form to
create music and practice it.
Works Cited
Sherrane, Robert. “Music History 102: a guide to western composers
and their music from the
middle ages to the present.” IPl2. 13 October 2016. www.ipl.org/div/mushist/
“Basic Music Theory Made Easy.” Basic Music Theory Lessons. 13 October 2016. www.music-
theory-for-musicians.com/basic-music-theory.html
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