Music Works: Understanding Music Theory
Event description
Knowledge is power so power what you play! Develop and improve understanding of music theory to enhance the way you play and write. A series of eight weekly sessions with guitarist, composer and teacher, Neil C Young.
Theory is at work every time we tune into music. Whether that is pressing play on a track, hitting a drum, singing, playing an instrument or even listening to the world around us. As soon as we organise sound into a beginning, a middle and an end, seven musical elements kick into action that create the marvel that is music.
The course divides and explores these elements into categories: Dynamics, Rhythm, Structure, Melody, Instrumentation and Harmony.
Working through these elements using your creative skills as practicing musicians you will quickly gain a deeper practical understanding of how they work and combine to form the tracks that you know and compose. PLEASE BRING AN INSTRUMENT TO PLAY IF YOU CAN.
Areas covered include:
- Rhythm and notation
- Tonalities
- Using musical structure and form
- Developing an arrangement
- Dynamics, instrumentation and texture
- Playback and uses of theoretical knowledge in performance and creative settings.
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