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Are there any questions that the field itself is exploring? Fields like science and philosophy have problems for which experts are constantly pushing forward, trying to find the answers to. Is there something comparable within the field of music? some great mystery or conundrum which they are hoping will be resolved or revealed in a future time?

Is it too late for you to learn music theory? Did you alway play 'by ear' and think that understanding theory will just slow you down after all this time? Or maybe you think you are simply too old to study it? (It's a reasonable question in a world where there is a new child prodigy on YouTube every other week)

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Recently I noticed a strange trend in online forums and discussion boards among players who have learned to play guitar by ear and have some experience under their belt. These players often ask for help with very precise and pertinent questions (which is good) and receive helpful answers. Then the person who answers them also suggests that the player who asked should learn some simple music theory, as it answers many other questions of the same kind.

I find these answers puzzling: in my experience as guitar teacher I had students in their late 80's and they were great students. Why do some people think they are too old to learn? And would learning theory make sense for someone that can already play by ear?

Let me tell you the story of Nick. Nick was an amateur composer, and at the time of our story he knew how to read music, but knew nothing about music theory (he did not know the names of intervals or of chords).

When he was 27, he was offered the place of Professor of Composition and Orchestration at a conservatory. To stay ahead of his students, he spent all the time he had reading music theory manuals and doing all the exercises he could. After 3 years of study, he revised all his previous compositions: the new knowledge he acquired. He also became a great fan of music theory.

Now, when I started working with him, Josh could definitely play. I did work with him to perfect his physical technique, but the foundation was already there so we did not spend too much time there. Where we spent the most time on was music theory.

After a few months working with me, Josh was able to pass the audition to enter into a pretty successful professional local band, and now he spends his evening playing well-paid gigs and having lots of fun. He told me more than once that he was able to land that gig (and perform the way he is performing now) only thanks to the music theory we studied together. Knowing theory gave his playing that extra boost that he needed.

Definitely. I know that most people think that to learn a musical instrument (or music theory) you need to be young and/or start when you are a kid... but in my experience as music teacher I found that his is simply not the case.

I haven't taken a written music theory exam, and I never will, but I don't understand how it would work. You've got a lot of people in a room, all trying to answer the same questions. And if half of them are like me, then half of them are humming or whistling in order to figure out if this passage sounds major or minor, or what the underlying chords are, or whatever. That's how I work and I would find any other technique much harder. Judging by their recordings, I think Thelonius Monk and Glenn Gould feel the same way, so I'm definitely not alone. So I imagine a cacophony of people all doing this at once, distracting each other. Is that what it's like, or do you have to remain quiet, or what happens?

This plugin was developed with the hope of creating a music question type that would support a wide range of music theory exercises, using a single graphical user interface that is flexible enough to support such exercises. It is hoped that it will facilitate further development and Moodle server maintenance.

1) Music Theory GUI (musictheory/yui/src/musictheoryui/js/MusThGUI): An HTML5 component for displaying or interacting with music theory examples and exercises. It was created by Eric Brisson and its source code is available under the MIT License.

1) Keyboard Input (musictheory/yui/src/musictheorykeyboardui/js/KeyboardInput): An HTML5 component for displaying or interacting with a piano keyboard. It was created by Eric Brisson and its source code is available under the MIT License.

3) Music Theory PHP Library (musictheory/lib/MusicTheory): A PHP library which may be useful for any application dealing with music theoretical concepts. It was created by Eric Brisson and its source code is available under the MIT License.

Some time ago I attended a colloquium given by Princeton music theorist Dmitri Tymoczko, where he gave a fascinating talk on the connection between music composition and certain geometric objects (as I recall, the work of Chopin can naturally be viewed as walks among lattice points lying in some hyperbolic surface, which gives some sense of canonicity to his compositions). I am asking whether there exist books on music theory that is intended for an audience with a reasonably sophisticated mathematical background. This question is in the same spirit as this one regarding physics.

I've only read the very beginning, but the book Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations by David Lewin was recommended to me by a music professor when he heard I was studying mathematics. In it, the author analyzes the works of Wagner and others using group theory.

At the Sunderman Conservatory of Music we offer extensive training in music theory and musicianship. All auditioning students will take an online music theory assessment as well as an in-person (or virtual) aural skills assessment as part of the audition process. These assessments are not entrance exams, but are instead diagnostic in nature and determine where students begin the music theory sequence when they arrive on campus as Gettysburg College students. We encourage all students to prepare for these exams by looking over the materials provided below. If you have any questions about the music theory and aural skills assessments, please feel free to contact Dr. Amanda Heim (aheim@gettysburg.edu) with any questions.

My question is concerning music theory any suggestions as to approachingthis massive subject from the point of say an "intermediate" level guitarplayer. Guess this depends on the musical road I am on, but from yourperspective what are the crucial fundamentals? I thjink I know a fairamount of "stuff" already but it is sort of fragmented and sometimesconfusing, I don't think I have yet to see the big picture, though maybe Iwouldnt know it if it was staring me in the face.

it is hard for me to break it down into separate departments. as i said inan earlier response, it is just like a language. i suppose that if you goto a foreign country with a phrase book you might be able to orderbreakfast and do a few things using your book, but you would not reallyknow how to speak the language. so it is hard for me to know what theory"phrases" would be useful to you to semi-navigate thru the world of music.the sort of "fragmented" feeling that you have is pretty much a normal stopon the road to real learning i think - i think you should just keep fillingin the blanks as much as you can and eventually you will see the bigpicture. i guess i would say that there is ultimately nothing you could getin a shorthand-y kind of way that would do you too much good.

Graduate students at JMU have the opportunity to take advanced classes and seminars on a range of topics that explore the diversity of music composed in our past and in our present. Recognizing that students have different experiences with music theory study in their pasts, entering students typically take a written diagnostic exam during their audition and an aural diagnostic before classes begin to determine the best starting point in the curriculum. For answers to common questions, please click on one of the dropdown menus below.

Part III (post-tonal materials): this section will not play a role in determining whether a student requires remedial work. Students will be asked to demonstrate familiarity with compositional techniques or strategies of twentieth- and twenty-first century music. In addition, students will be asked to analyze a given passage of music using set theory. Students who do not have any familiarity with these concepts may indicate so by leaving this section blank.

We offer the written diagnostic during the week before classes begin. It would be best, if possible, to take the diagnostic during your interview since taking it the week before classes begin may delay your ability to register for a music theory class.

The Music Theory Placement Exam is for students who have taken formal music theory training either through college-level classes (including AP Music Theory) or private instruction, and wish to place into Music Theory I or higher. Students who do not test into Music Theory I or higher will be required to take MUS 1010 Essential Music Theory Skills.

Students who wish to place into advanced levels (Music Theory II, III, IV, or out of the sequence) must determine the appropriate level with their Music Department Advisor. Transfer students with prior music theory credits are required to take the Music Theory Placement Exam before those credits can be applied to their degree.

If you have general music theory questions or you are stuck on a concept from my Essential Music Theory books you can ask them here. Please be sure to use the search box in the right column first though, as your question may have already been answered!

One way to prepare is by doing mock music theory exams. When doing mock exams in your studio, create the same scenario as an actual exam. Set a date and time for the mock exam to start. Begin and end the practice exam on time.

Before beginning the music theory exam, take a blank piece of paper and write out the UMT Chart. This includes writing out the Circle of Fifths. Use this to check the key signature for the major and minor keys when completing questions. Do NOT open the exam until the UMT Chart is written out. Remember to ask the Exam Moderator for a piece of blank paper. 2351a5e196