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Transformational theory is a branch of music theory developed by David Lewin in the 1980s, and formally introduced in his 1987 work, Generalized Musical Intervals and Transformations. The theory, which models musical transformations as elements of a mathematical group , can be used to analyze both tonal and atonal music .
- How Old Is Music?
- Clues as to Who Created Music
- The Origins of Standard Music Notation
- Is Guido D’Arezzo The Monk Who Invented Music?
- Is Sheet Music, Music?
- Who Invented Music That Plays itself?
One thing that does not vary across space and ceases to vary across time around 528,000 BCE is the pre-human ability to sing, suggesting ancient music of the vocal variety could be that old. As soon as the predecessors to Homo sapiens evolved a hyoid bone placed in the proper location relative to the vocal tract, they would have had the capacity to...
The evidence we have of music having existed throughout the existence of humanity as we know it is not in the form of music itself, but in the form of instruments and fossils. Archaeologists and music history scholars can guess what the music might have sounded like based on the shape and form of instruments, but there is no clear record of the mus...
Written music began to look more like the standard music notation of today beginning in the middle ages, specifically in the mid-ninth century. A form of notation using neumeswas developed to aid in the performance of Gregorian chant melodies. Neumes (from the Latin, neuma, meaning “gesture”)were figures placed above the text of a melody to indicat...
The modern staff addressed the drawbacks of neumatic notation by introducing measured time and a solmizationsystem in which each note of the scale was given a singable syllable. These developments are attributed to Guido d’Arezzo, an Italian monk living around the turn of the eleventh century, who used the chant Ut Queant Laxis as the basis for the...
The place of notation in music is an endlessly fascinating question. Sheet music, on the page, makes no sound at all: it is not until the “music” is interpreted and performed by a musician that it becomes music. It then disappears as soon as the performer ceases to perform, even if it remains on the page. In this way, written music is something lik...
The division between performed music and written music gets a little fuzzy with the advent of MIDI. MIDI stands for Musical Instrument Digital Interface, and it is a technical standard that describes a communications protocol, digital interface, and electrical connectors that make it possible for a wide variety of instruments, hardware, software, a...
Some of the most prominent theories are as follows: Music arose as an elaborate form of sexual selection, perhaps arising in mating calls. This theory, perhaps the first significant one on music's origins, is generally credited to Charles Darwin.
17. Nov. 2023 · We cannot pinpoint a singular genius who sat down one day, plucked a string, or beat a drum, and thus invented music. Instead, the creation of music was a gradual evolutionary process, likely beginning with simple, rhythmic sounds from the far ancient Sumerian, Babylonian, and Egyptian civilizations and beyond.
14. Feb. 2018 · Abstract. Music is a fascinating topic for evolutionary theory, natural philosophy, and narrative construction: music is a highly valued feature of all known living cultures, pervading many aspects of daily life, playing many roles. And music is ancient.
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27. Apr. 2017 · Thomas Christensen. LAST MODIFIED: 27 April 2017. DOI: 10.1093/obo/9780199757824-0199. Introduction. The field of music theory encompasses a broad range of thought and activities that have varied widely over time. Thus any history of music theory—and by consequence, any bibliography of historical music theory—needs to reflect this diversity.
5. Okt. 2015 · The 17th Century, also known as the Age of Reason, saw the birth of the scientific method. The music and writings of French composer Jean Phillippe Rameau sought to understand music, and specifically harmony, in scientific terms. Rameau was the seventh of 11 children.
