Music theory

Developing a better understanding of the concepts and elements of music through education can greatly improve one's musical appreciation. Just as you can come to better enjoy fine cuisine, art, dance, and theater by cultivating a foundation of knowledge and familiarity on the subjects, music is a vastly more rewarding experience when you know how to listen actively. By becoming aware of the five fundamental disciplines within a musical composition, it is possible to open your ears to a piece of music and hear the beauty within that might have otherwise gone unnoticed. Music Theory Music theory teaches musicians how to read and write music. Music theory encompasses melodic elements such as major and minor scales, chords, chord progressions…

freekin awesome?” Haha, no they don't. But people do ask how I make music theory seem so simple? I reply; “Because it is.” Let me start with a little story. I grew up in the golden age of guitar players. Eddie Van Halen, Steve Vai, and Alex Lifeson were staples in my CD player, and they played continuously. Like anyone my age, I had the dream of being a rock star with tens-of-thousands of fans screaming their adoration while the groupies and the rock-star lifestyle awaited backstage.…

Music therapy is a classification of the treatment arts, which focuses on people needing interventions for chronic diseases and dementias (www.musictherapy.org). Many gerontology specialists of the treatment arts collaborate to develop interventions to reduce patients’ pain, anxiety, clinical depression, and healthcare costs. The practice of music therapy has existed since Antiquity (i.e., Samuel 16:14-23). However, after the First World War, music therapy gained attention when doctors observed…

1. Loewe, J. Andreas. “‘Musica Est Optimum’: Martin Luther’s Theory of Music,” Music & 0 0 0 Letters 94, no 4 (2013): 573-605 “‘Musica Est Optimum’: Martin Luther’s Theory of Music”, an article by J. Andreas Loewes begins by citing a volume written by Carl Schalk titled Luther on Music, which updated previous records on the subject written by Walter Buszin and Paul Nettl. Schalk claimed that their works “caused frustration because of a lack of documentation”, though there were other…

For many centuries there is evidence that Music has been a big part of the human race’s culture. Music dates back as far as 250,000 years, and has been known for being all over the world. With the grand variety of music selection, each song has a different way of being perceived; for countless years psychologist have been trying to connection music with ones emotions. Music has been reported to induce a full range of human emotions. So how is it that organized sound and beats evoke such an…

ridiculous time frame). That's impossible and here's why... What if I told you I had an 18 part video series that will teach you how to do brain surgery in 7 days or less. Would you buy it? Would you trust yourself to perform the surgery on another human being? Now granted, that is an extreme example, but the point is there are too many factors involved in playing the guitar to learn in a week. So who am I to tell you anything? Well, I am a retired homicide detective sergeant who has spent his…

There are numerous theories that center around media effects on youth. Each theory explains the intentions of the authors and the audience perception of the media. The first theory that was purposed in the 1920 's by Frankfort School of social research, they found that the Nazi propaganda were censoring the media to show only viewpoints that were beneficial to inf the media to show only those was the media effect theory(MET). MET was first purposed by Frankfort school of social researchers in…

In My Experience: A Reflection on the Approach to Music Theory Never have I experienced a colder bucket of water to the face than when I had my first music theory class, ever. I’ll spare you the backstory and just say it did not go well for me at all. I thought I was learning the new information but instead I was a horse with blinders running a race where I had already been lapped three times and by the time I looked up I was lost. So now having taken this course and read this book excerpt I…

The chaos theory can be seen on a micro-level and macro-level scale. The theories foundation is that there are things that cannot be predicted or controlled. Those things that can be controlled and predicted are only done so in a superficial manner. The butterfly effect is tied into this theory in that even small minute actions and choices can have a huge lasting impact in one’s natural reality. Sometimes it can be called chance but up until that point, it is an accumulation of actions and…

Comfort Theory, developed by Katharine Kolcaba, proclaims that providing comfort interventions a holistic approach can lead to positive outcomes, health seeking behaviors, and improved health-care delivery system. Comfort can be difficult to define and subjective to every person. However, Kolbaca used other theories to propose three types of comfort: relief, ease, and transcendence. Relief comes when a specific comfort is met, while ease is a state of calm or contentment. Transcendence occurs…