Portal:Music

The Music Portal

Music is a self-expressed art form whose medium consists of pulse, movement, tempo, pitch (measured by frequency and music theory scales), plucks (either on strings or percussion), friction (e.g, of strings) ambience (either performed live or in studio - e.g reverberation and absorption), vibration of sound waves, radio and electromagnetic alteration (such as noise and theremin), controlled-voltage electronic synthesis, collage/alteration of sound recordings (popularly known as samples) and predetermined moments of silence.

Whether an audible work is recognized as music it depends on the cultural context which is experienced; common agreement among participants (as this self-expressed art form can expand collectively, through a band/group/orchestra/collective, mantras and even through the listeners).

Despite the existence of atonal music, the predominant characteristics of this art are determined by melody - a more understandable method of frequency separation (into musical notes) - and harmony, which in most cases occur when non-frequency colliding sound waves are emitted simultaneously (except in cases of intentional dissonance).

Fundamentals related to pulse belong to rhythm (associated to the concepts of tempo, meter and articulation) that are determined by percussive instruments, drums and sometimes electrical pulses^[1]. Dynamics relates to overall loud and soft passages exerted by the instruments (not mentioning “compressors”^[2]), just as the sonic qualities of timbre and texture of each (sometimes subjectively referred to as the “color” of a musical sound).

Theory and composition

Western music

The goal of the 'Theory and composition' department is to equip the student with the tools and skills necessary to compose, arrange and analyze music. At the completion of this course of study, students will possess the skills and knowledge of western theory, creative writing, arranging, as well as having a portfolio of original works.

Non-western music

Some Non-European cultures have different music composition, arrangement and analysis traditions, less commonly known in western cultural spheres.

Genres

Some genres of Western music have genre-specific music theory.

Ear training

Ear training is learning/training your ears to recognize what you hear and put it down onto paper. These are basic learning guides, exercises and projects to help you understand in a meaningful way the flurry of sound in music.

Musicology

Generalities

Western music

Music instruments

String instruments

Woodwind instruments

Brass instruments

Percussion instruments

Concert percussion (Snare drum, crash cymbals, timpani, etc.)
Drum set
Mallet instruments (Marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, chimes, etc.)
Tabla (an Indian pair of drums)
Pipe and tabor

Keyboard instruments

Piano
Organ

Voice

Music resources

Wikibooks - Music

Hands on

Building a cigar box guitar
Blues basics
Rock basics
Wikiversity the movie : music
Jamming online
Experimental music
Practical lessons in film scoring (in conjunction with the film editing course)
Digital Audio Workstation

Textbooks

Open Source software

For all operating systems

Metronome
Music Instrument Tuner (a great tool that has nice features such as showing harmonics, wave form, etc.)
Guitar tuner
Vtones (cross platform midi editor)
Audacity (cross-platform sound editor ; a helpful tool for simple recordings and editing)
Ardour (digital audio workstation ; a great program for multi-track recording, mixing, mastering, etc.)
Musescore (cross-platform music notation software)
SuperCollider (programming language and framework mainly for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition)

For Linux

Calf Plugins (very nice plugins : compressor, multichorus, reverb,etc.)
GTick (very nice and useful metronome for Gnome desktop)
Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS)

External links

Active participants

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↑ ¹ Omri Cohen (2021-09-27) "Audio-rate everything!"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxHHJIDQC0A
↑ ² "Three tricks with the FET Compressor. Softube Studios (2012)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDMBdR1OW38

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Chords (music)

Subject classification: this is a music resource.

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A chord is a combination of three or more notes. The most complementary groups of notes make up popular chords. Because of the broad nature of this definition, types of chords have been developed that "sound good" according to the western philosophy of music.

While two notes technically constitute harmony, two-note groups are not considered chords. (more...)

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