Dear Colleague, It’s Your Choice. Yes, it is your choice, and it’s between ‘memorize and practice’, and knowing exactly what you are doing every moment you are playing. The study of music theory, however is study about theory, not music… by definition.…
Analysis of these measures with traditional theory might look like the line below. Note that functions I, IV, etc are combined with identities, Im, VI#6, and VM. ‘VI#6’ is particularly disturbing since its identity is not given, only the function ‘#6’. An ‘augmented-six’…
Definitions are the basis of understanding the language of music, and without complete definitions of musical terms there is no such thing as musical understanding that is meaningful. ‘Harmonic Identity’ is the first definition,[1] with ‘harmonic function next.[2] Please note the hierarchy of…
Nocturne in C# minor (1830) …an analysis ©2018 Ralph Hedges Conventions Used in the Analysis of the Nocturne Notes are enclosed with singe quotation mark to differentiate between a note vs. an article; ‘A’ major triad on…, vs. ‘A major triad…
