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Outline of basic music theory | Oscar van Dillen
Introduction to music theory: an outline of basic music theory . Preface and Chapter 1 of the Outline of basic music theory – by Oscar van Dillen ©2011/2012 Overview of chapters:For many people, listening to music elicits such an emotional response that the idea of dredging it for statistics and structure can seem odd or even misguided. But knowing these patterns can give one a deeper more fundamental sense for how music works; for me this makes listening to music a lot more interesting. Of course, if you play an instrument or want to write songs, being aware of these things is obviously of great practical importance. In this article, we’ll look at the statistics gathered from 1300 choruses, verses, etc. of popular songs to discover the answer to a few basic questions. First we’ll look at the relative popularity of different chords based on the frequency that they appear in the chord progressions of popular music. Then we’ll begin to look at the relationship that different chords have with one another.
I analyzed the chords of 1300 popular songs for patterns. This is what I found. | Blog – Hooktheory
Free Music Theory Worksheets!
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