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Music theory is, in the final analysis, composition theory. However, it is difficult to popularize because it is too specialized. It only matters here.

Briefly introduce the content to provide convenience for self-learners.

I. and acoustics

Acoustics is to study the effects and laws of multiple sounds simultaneously. If the melody is compared to "bones", then

Harmony is "meat". Only harmony can make the sound full, harmonious and beautiful. And acoustic position.

Constant emphasis is the basis of all music theories, and many musicians have made outstanding contributions to harmony acoustics.

However, harmony is not easy to learn because it has many contents and rules. The novella "You have no choice" (Liu Suo

Professor Lala, in The Works of Contention in the New Period, claimed that he had not studied well for eight years, which shows the great difficulty.

It's huge. But mastering the basic knowledge of harmony is the most beneficial and worth a try. Here is a brief introduction to some important basic knowledge.

Concepts and terminology.

One or three chords

A chord formed by the superposition of the root sound with the upper third note and the upper fifth note is called a triad. Construct a triad.

Chords with the most basic function are used the most. Structurally, triads include "major triad" and "minor chord"

Trichord "and" minus triad "(only one). According to the function, it can be divided into "tonic chord" (tonic root)

Triad), dominant chord (major chord) and minor chord (minor chord). In addition,

Every triad has two transposed chords. The three chords of subject, genus and subordinate are called "positive triads"

The other four are called "minor chords". These four minor chords belong to the "subordinate function" group and "subordinate function"

"group. Now, all in-situ triads formed by the seven notes of the diatonic scale are classified as follows:

Root function category symbol

1 T (or Ⅰ) in major chord major

2 Second chord (subordinate category) minor S Ⅱ

3 Third-order Chord (Genus) Minor D Ⅲ

4 subordinate chord primary s (or Ⅳ)

Chord D (or V) in 5 major.

6 6th chord (subordinate) minor S ⅵ

Seven chords (genus) minus three D ⅶ

Except for the minus triad of D ⅶ, the other six triads are concordant chords.

Chord 27, chord 9, variable chord

A chord formed by the third note (the seventh note of the root) superimposed on the third chord is called the seventh chord. The seventh chord is

The most commonly used seventh chord of dissonant chords is the "seventh chord" (the seventh chord composed of the seventh chord). Superdominant chord

The negative seventh chord is also often encountered. If you add a third note to the seventh chord (that is, the ninth note of the root), it is nine.

Chords. The ninth chord is also a dissonance chord. If the notes in chords other than the root sound do not change according to the original law

It becomes another sound, and such chords are called "variable chords". The functional colors of nine chords and variable chords are special.

It is not easy to grasp, so it is used less; It will hardly appear in simple works.

Three-tone part

Harmony generally consists of four parts: treble, alto, tenor and bass.

In writing the spectrum of harmony, the treble is above, the bass is below, and the alto and tenor are all in it.

. Therefore, the high-pitched and low-pitched parts are usually called "outer parts", while the midrange and tenor parts are

It is called "internal sound". The treble part is generally the main melody part; The two internal parts are mainly configuration harmony, which usually

It is called "full of sound". In the process of harmonious connection, the interior should be full and stable, and no part is allowed.

Swap. Bass is always the lowest sound in the harmony, which determines the root sound, so it not only plays a basic role, but also

And lead the direction of harmony, its role is very important. The writing of "Four Harmony" is an important skill in composition.

First, regardless of the size of the work, we should take this as the starting point (after the main theme is determined, we should start writing harmony). match

The organ embodies the harmony texture. Since different musical instruments belong to different parts, music scores can be written according to the harmony parts.

, you can also write in groups according to musical instruments: such as string voice, brass voice, woodwind voice ...) The sum of different composers.

The sound styles are different: majestic, vigorous and generous, clear and transparent. For example, Wagner's work is based on

Gorgeous and famous.

The Development, Connection and Solution of Harmony

Harmony should be constantly transformed, changed and suspended in the process of music; Each voice should also make an appropriate transition for this purpose.

, connect. So this is the basic skill of writing harmony. The basic characteristic of harmonic series is from "stability" to "instability"

Fixed "and then" stable "; The cycle from "harmony" to "disharmony" and then to "harmony"

The schema is: T-S-T, T-D-T or t-s-d-t is mentioned many times in the novel You have no choice.

This is what the so-called "functional circle" means. The word "Xie" is also mentioned in the novel. This refers to disagreement.

Harmony chords (such as seventh chord) are in progress, and the way to convert them into harmony chords in the connection is based on the basic principle of each tone conversion.

The voice transitions to the nearest consonant, such as 7 →1; 4→3, etc. ; Harmony remains the same.

On the "Force" of Harmony

"You have no choice" is called the dense fly, keen to imitate Beethoven, but because of Beethoven,

"The power of the world" made him smash on the piano all day to seek "power". One of his catchphrases is "

Shit, come on! "Usually intensity refers to the sound intensity, which is expressed in words, such as" P "for" weak "and" F "

"stands for" strong ","sf "stands for" super "and so on. But the strength here is another concept, otherwise use

The "strength" of stepping on the piano must exceed Beethoven. The "strength" in the novel mainly refers to the strength of the sound effect.

That is, the strength of harmony. The intensity of harmony is probably related to the resonance spectrum of the overtone series contained in the chord. because

This is also related to the number of parts and the distance between them. Generally speaking, the strength of minor chords is not as strong as that of major triad.

; The intensity of a single interval is not as strong as that of a compound interval (an interval exceeding eight degrees); Harmonious chords are not as strong as dissonance.

And chords (except the minus chord). This is the reason why Sensen "superimposed a seventh chord on the ninth chord". * How to learn

harmonics

(1). Fully understand the basic concepts and don't have to memorize the rules. There are many but limited acoustic rules. In addition,

If you live with these taboos, you won't make a big mistake, so you should remember them first.

(2) insist on doing exercises. Music is different from mathematics and physics. There is no absolute standard, and exercises are not an answer.

Only by doing more and practicing more will you remember and improve.

(3) Listen to famous songs. This is actually the most effective means. Beginners can listen to simple, easy to understand and good to listen to.

Music.

Two. the practice of formalities for formalities' sake

Musical form refers to the structural form of music. There are "single segment", "two segments", "three segments" and "change"

Music form, sonata form and Rondo form. Each topic paragraph is represented by "A, B, …". such as

The musical schema of "two-segment style" is "AB"; The schema of "three segments" is "Aba", and the third segment

A' is basically the same as the first paragraph. Children's songs are mostly two or even one paragraph; Pop songs are mostly trilogy.

. "Waltz" is usually a Rondo.

Three. polyphony

"Polyphony" is relative to "main melody". If only one part is a theme melody, the other parts

The voice is only used as a foil, and such music is called tonic music. If there is more than one melody part and each part is horizontal.

Upward, they are independent of each other and form a harmonious relationship vertically, forming a harmonious organic whole, then such a sound

Music is called polyphonic music. In polyphonic music, the melody of each part is called "main melody" according to the primary and secondary relationship.

Paramelody. There is only one theme. Polyphony music is an important composition technique, which is widely used.

The foundation is harmony and acoustics. "Fugue" is one of the polyphonic forms, and Bach developed its skills.

Four. Counterposition method

Counterpoint is one of the writing techniques of polyphonic music. It is based on harmony acoustics, which makes all parts harmonious.

And relatively independent. For example, chorus (trio, quartet) is written by counterpoint. The counterpoint method is "strict"

The difference between lattice counterpoint and parody. Russian and German music theorists respect and abide by strict counterpoint.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) rotation law

Melody is melody. It is the fundamental feature that distinguishes a piece of music from other music, just like the style and style of architecture.

Rhythm "phoneme" constitutes "motivation", which then develops into a theme and forms a melody. explicitly

, a certain "sound type" and "rhythm type" are combined according to a specific rhythm law to form a melody. Melody has.

Visibility: It is reflected in the melody line (the connection of Fu Tou). Some musicians in the early days pursued the beauty of melody lines.

"That good melody should also be beautiful visually. Melody creation depends on genius, inspiration and practice.

Melody writing is very skillful, and its development techniques are varied and the most abundant. General development technology

There are repetition, imitation, imitation, contraction, expansion, variation, contrast, variation and so on. The interpretation of most concepts should be

Show and watch on the blackboard (see Lecture on Music Appreciation (3)).

An orchestral performer of intransitive verbs

Orchestration is a writing technique of orchestral music, so it is also called "orchestral music" or "musical instrument method". But first,

The performance of cutting bands and even the accompaniment of pop songs are inseparable from the use of orchestration. Learn some orchestration knowledge.

It has great practical value.

Learning the adapter method is to solve the following problems:

The sound principle, timbre, volume and playing method of various musical instruments.

The matching relationship of volume between various musical instruments.

Only by choosing musical instruments correctly can the theme and style of the works be correctly expressed.

Now suppose an example: I wrote a violin concerto. But the violinist came to me after he got the score.

Said: I can't pull. I firmly believe that there is nothing wrong with writing: beautiful melody and full harmony. What's the problem? There may be three.

. First, the range of the score is wrong, and the upper or lower limit exceeds the range of the violin. Second, I write triads.

Three notes, and the violin can only play two notes at the same time, and of course the pianist can't. The third is the chord interval.

Too large: for example, one sound is on the G string (four strings) and the other sound is on the A string (two strings). There is a root between them.

String How do you want him (her) to play? ! Another example is after a township enterprise bought a bunch of foreign music and made it.

After joining the band to rehearse the program, please ask experts for guidance. The conductor can shake his head after reading it, indicating that he can't help.

. The reason is that (1) the number of musical instruments does not match, and some of them exceed that of big orchestras; (2) don't talk about orchestration, unified playing, this is

It's hard for professional musicians to do it.

The failure of the above two cases is due to ignorance of adapter common sense. In addition, in the accompaniment of popular songs, if you are uncomfortable,

There are also some problems when using the adapter method, such as "disorder" and "usurping the role of the master" But electroacoustic

The pronunciation, timbre, functional characteristics and playing skills of musical instruments are very different from those of traditional musical instruments, and they are self-contained, so they have been handed down.

The orchestration method is basically not suitable for pure electro-acoustic bands.

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