Questions tagged [musicology]
The scholarly study of music, particularly different musical cultures and traditions
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What scale is between minor and Major in quality?
I remember learning something about this in regular Music Education class, (not in Music Theory class), when I was in Elementary School. I don’t remember what grade I learned it in, but it was ...
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What were Plato's main ideas on musical aesthetics?
Plato, one of our Western philosophical fathers, turns out to be a music critic even in his dying moments criticizing a flute music performance he enjoyed in his last evening!
A passage deciphered ...
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What has scholarly research found about variations in live performances of the same songs by the same artists?
I am interested in the degree with which performances of the same songs by the same artists differ. In this regard, I wonder what scholarly research has found about such variations, and I especially ...
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Creative Ideas for Teaching Musical Ornaments to Kids [closed]
I am a music teacher planning to introduce the concept of musical ornaments to a group of young children. I want to make this educational experience engaging and fun for them, and I'm seeking creative ...
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Is a minor key based on the natural minor scale or all 3 minor scales?
I am finding very different answers from various sources online regarding this topic.
Some say that the minor key is based on the natural minor scale, but harmonic and melodic minor can be used too.
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Minor third interval in minor scales: From tonic to?
Major scales have a major third interval from the tonic of the scale to the 3rd scale degree.
I would expect the same to be true in minor with a minor third interval but, for example, in the ...
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Different meanings of "third"?
Third can refer to:
an interval (major or minor third)
the pitch class that is one third away from the tonic
the third scale degree
In case of the meaning 2., the pitch class that is one third away ...
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Celtic music uses todays acoustic guitar?
Can I use the traditional acoustic guitar to compose Celtic songs?
Were they actually used in Celtic music history?
If not, what's the name of the acoustic guitars they actually used?
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Music Score annotations
What should music score annotations look like? Should I show every chord or only the important ones? What other music techniques do I annotate?
I am annotating it as part of a musical analysis. The ...
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What is the preferred musicology term for "classical music"?
What is the preferred, more precise English-language musicology term for the genre of music which North Americans typically call “classical music”? I mean the broader meaning of "classical", ...
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Why is a minor chord or key considered to be "lesser?"
I am trying to understand why the terms major and minor, meaning greater and lesser, are applied to chords and keys. Why is a minor chord considered to be lesser and a major chord greater?
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What is the correct term for the "common" pentatonic scale?
So a "pentatonic" scale is just any scale with 5 scale degrees (pitches). Yet, in most music we always just seem to assume that it's the scale with the following number of semitones (half ...
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Does playing vocals, instruments and bass in different speakers at the same time give a better experience to the listener?
Does playing vocals, instruments and bass in different speakers at the same time give a better experience to the listener or does playing it whole as a song in multiple speakers??
I recently got ...
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Music Theory Terminology
What is the term for when one instrument (let's say trumpet 1) plays a high note, while another (trumpet 2) plays a note an octave or 5 semitones lower? I want to be specific and get this correct. ...
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How to optimally rank performances in a music competition? [closed]
I have often thought about this but I could never reach a concrete answer which satisfied my ever inquisitive brain cells. I understand that it is a tricky question and may vary from situation to ...
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