Understanding music theory

I have watched today short film about understanding music theory and in this blog I will tell you what I have learned.

Basicly the music consists of 7 sounds CDEFGAB which are distinguished by individual tones while the sound between EF and BC differs by a semitone. You can also raise for example note A by a semitone and then you will get D#( DIS or Es), but you can't do this with note E, because the you will get just F. It's very easy to see on the piano as well as you can see that music consists of the same 7 notes in different octaves.

To create or improvise music you have to know the music theory and scales, that are based on it. Scales are series of whole steps and half steps.(Whole step is tone, half step is semitone). When you learn the whole scale, then you can play the notes from it and it will always sound good. 


https://youtu.be/DxSKfnk0D18?si=GTcWrX2wfqPFJXNn

Comments

  1. englishdiarySeptember 17, 2023 at 10:45 PM

    It's rather hard to follow for someone who knows nothing about the topic. Try to make it a bit more accessible for everyone.

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