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What is the music theory term for the study of the role and rhythm of each voice in multi voice compositions?
I’m looking for the for the study of the role and rhythm of each voice in multi voice composing. For example “lead part/voice/melody or supporting part/voice/melody”. By rhythms what I mean is the ...
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Why is f natural used in m. 8 of J.S. Bach's Sinfonia in C Major (BWV 787)?
This is an excerpt of the Sinfonia Nr. 1 in C major by J.S. Bach.
I thought this were a "clean" modulation to G major, but to my surprise, Bach uses an f natural in the lower voice of m. 8.
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Why did it take a millennium to use harmony/polyphony (900 AD) when Pythagoras discovered perfect fourth and fifth around 500 BC?
Considering the fact that Pythagoras formulated the properties of Perfect Fifth and Fourth around 500 BC, why did it take so long to include them in Music?. The first instance of using the Fifth in ...
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