MUSIC

THEORY
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gio

By: Angelita Pasamba

Music theory
It is the study of the
practices and possibilities
ofmusic.
It generally derives from
observation of, and involves
hypothetical speculation
about how musicians and
composers make music.

Describes the academic

study and analysis of
fundamental elements of music
such
aspitch,rhythm,harmony, and
form, and refers to
descriptions, concepts, or
beliefs related to music.
Point/s to remember:
Music Notation- Refers
to the symbols used to
represent music when writing it
down.

Music back in
time.
Since all people of the world have a
form of music, it may be concluded that
music is likely to have been present in
the ancestral population prior to the
dispersal of humans around the world.
Musicis found in every known
culture, past and present, varying
widely between times and places.

Defining
Music
The art of combining sounds or tones for
reproduction by the voice or by various
kinds of musical instruments in rhythmical
melodic and harmonic form so as to affect
the emotions

Question: What make/s up

music as a whole? Find out
its elements and
properties.

Elements of
Music
Dynamics- degree of loudness or
softness
Tempo fastness or slowness
Rhythm- a specific pattern in time
Texture- number of layers used in a
composition and how these layers
are
related.
Pitch- register (highness or lowness of
voice)
Harmony- combination of notes and
supports the melody
Melody tune of the song
Timbre sound quality/ tone color

A sound is
produced
through:
Amusical instrument an instrument
created or adapted to makemusical sounds.
In principle, any object that produces sound
can be a musical instrument.
Human voice- consists ofsoundmadeby
ahuman beingusing thevocal folds. It is
specifically a part of human sound
production in which the vocal folds (vocal
cords) are the primary sound source.

Musical symbols
Notes- A sign used inmusical
notationto
represent the relative
duration andpitchof asound.
Rests- an interval ofsilencein a piece
ofmusic,
marked by a symbol
indicating the length of
the pause.

Notes and Rests values