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Music is all around us. We can relax to it by curling up with a pair of headphones, dance with thousands of people at a rock concert, or even catch faint riffs as we walk up and down the aisle of the grocery store. Music theory puts tones together, creating organized sounds. Humans have been making music for thousands of years, first vocally, and then with instruments of their own making.
Music theory generally explains the ideas behind music and helps us to understand it as a process. It gives words and explanations to the mechanics behind the notes that make us feel and experience the sounds. Music theory is especially helpful to learn if you have an interest in composing or arranging music.
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Here are some of the subjects covered while studying music theory with your tutor:
The development of a strong sense of melody, rhythm and harmony - the three major elements of music
They history of music theory, starting in 600 B.C. with the mathematician Pythagoras developing the system of the octave scale
Music through the ages, covering the Medieval era, when music became prominent in the church, all the way through to the modern age
Other important musical terms, including pitch, consonance, dissonance, chord, timbre, scales, form, expression, notation, and modes
Music analysis, perception, cognition, genre and technique
Staffs, clefs and time signatures
Students receiving aid from a music theory tutor are given guidance that is tailor-made to their own special needs. They are easily able to access a specialist to address issues and questions as they arise. Students looking for tutoring enjoy a learning environment suitable to their own learning style on a flexible schedule, so that their unique needs are met. A music theory tutor is able to get to know each individual student, allowing for what is truly one-one-one learning.
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