Composition Music Theory

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Composition music theory has a longing history of how it was brought up and the way it has evolved into new cultures. “Musical Composition, the act of conceiving a piece of music, the art of creating music, or the finished product. These meanings are interdependent and presume a tradition in which musical works exist as repeatable entities. In this sense, composition is necessarily distinct from improvisation.” (Crossley-Holland, Peter)
Composition music theory is the study of which you learn to write and develop a creative ability to compose. There are many ways for you to learn about what it can lead to in a career and to create a greater understanding in music. It has many ways of affecting a mind and how it affects a person’s abilities …show more content…

In simple terms, music theory means “knowing how and why music works.” (Careers in Music Theory: Education Requirements and job Options) Music composition and theory programs train you to evaluate and analyze music which can benefit you in multiple ways. You learn how to create new ways to make music and to develop skills you never would have thought of having. Some also learn to critique and compose music. To critique, you must know the basics of music. The notes, keys, measures, solfege, and time …show more content…

Pitched sounds are, however, not of the essence: drum motives are so effective rhythmically precisely because they lack pitch definition. By and large, rhythmic motives are used to endow pitch relationships with identifiable durational characteristics.” Because of this, rhythmic identity is used to establish the motive connections between different time intervals. A great example of this is the opening of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5 in C Minor Opus 67. This part of this masterpiece serves as an effective element of structural cohesion in the overall scale of this large work.
Going from Beethoven to Mozart. Mozart’s Symphony No. 35 in D Major K 835 (the Haffner Symphony) offers a great example of analogous in its overall motivic structure. The melodic lyricism correlates with a high degree of motive affinity which to all of its “melody owe their aesthetic associations in many instances to their motivic peculiarities.” We basically owe it to all the composers from the early ages of musical composition (Renaissance, Classical, Romanticism, Baroque, etc.) for all the techniques that are used for composing and learning about music

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