Review

I have just found an old book that contains notes on music theory when I first started here at the Art Institutes of Chicago.

So this blog is a little review.

If any of you people have had the great Mr. Malcolm for music theory then you could be able to remember this just by looking at the blog or if you happen to stumble upon the same notes I will be showing here.

Here are terms that you I personally think you should know. These are all coming straight from my Music theory Notebook.

4 Musical properties of sound are:

1.     Pitch- High or low (frequency)

2.     Duration- Time/length

3.     Dynamics- Volume or Amplitude (force)

4.     Timber- Different sound ( ex: Male voice and female voice) Or tone color

There are only eight notes in a key.

Have you ever heard or remember singing “do re mi fa so la ti do”? well that singing it just normally you are in the Key of C which have no sharps or flats. I never knew that was theory before but now it is because once you know what key you are in or want to be in then you can practice yourself to see how high or low your voice should go.

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
Do	Re	Mi	Fa	So	La	Ti	Do

The most important note is the fifth (5^th)

Rhythm- the organization of musical sounds and silences.

Beat- the basic unit of rhythmic measurement.

Tempo- Speed at which the beat moves.