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Study of the practices and possibilities of music
Music theory is the study of theoretical frameworks for understanding the practices and possibilities of music. The Oxford Companion to Music describes
Music_theory
Branch of music theory
tonal music. Other theorists, such as Allen Forte, further developed the theory for analyzing atonal music, drawing on the twelve-tone theory of Milton
Set_theory_(music)
Western music created during the Middle Ages
realized in this music is comparable to that in the 20th century. Of equal importance to the overall history of western music theory were the textural
Medieval_music
Supposition or system of ideas intended to explain something
Twistor theory — Yang–Mills theory Music: Music theory Philosophy: Proof theory — Speculative reason — Theory of truth — Type theory — Value theory — Virtue
Theory
2000 studio album by Linkin Park
divorce of his parents. Hybrid Theory takes its title from the previous name of the band as well as the concepts of music theory and combining different styles
Hybrid_Theory
Model for music education
Gordon music-learning theory is a model for music education based on Edwin Gordon's research on musical aptitude and achievement in the greater field of
Gordon_music_learning_theory
Advanced Placement course and exam
Advanced Placement (AP) Music Theory (also known as AP Music or AP Theory) is a course and examination offered in the United States by the College Board
AP_Music_Theory
Form of art using sound
scholars in the 21st century have developed and promoted the theory. Other theories include that music arose to assist in organizing labor, improving long-distance
Music
Relationships between music and mathematics
Music theory analyzes the pitch, timing, and structure of music. It uses mathematics to study elements of music such as tempo, chord progression, form
Music_and_mathematics
Collection of ideas in music theory
Neo-Riemannian theory is a loose collection of ideas present in the writings of music theorists such as David Lewin, Brian Hyer, Richard Cohn, and Henry
Neo-Riemannian_theory
Use of Roman Numeral symbols in the musical analysis of chords
In music theory, Roman numeral analysis is a type of harmonic analysis in which chords are represented by Roman numerals, which encode the chord's degree
Roman_numeral_analysis
Harmonic grouping of notes
Riemann's Theory of Harmony: A Study. University of Nebraska Press, 1977. Holtmeier, Ludwig. "The Reception of Hugo Riemann's Music Theory", The Oxford
Chord_(music)
Classical music from the Indian subcontinent
the early Indian thought on music theory. The early 13th century Sanskrit text Sangitaratnakara (literally, "Ocean of Music and Dance"), by Sarngadeva
Indian_classical_music
Type of musical scale and characteristic behaviors
In music theory, the term mode or modus is used in a number of distinct senses, depending on context. Its most common use may be described as a type of
Mode_(music)
Classification of music by tradition or style
cognition. The theory developed by Caporaletti, named Audiotactile Music Theory, categorises music in three different branches: 1) written music, like the
Music_genre
Top-to-bottom rearrangement of a musical interval, chord, or melody
In music theory, an inversion is a rearrangement of the top-to-bottom elements in an interval, a chord, a melody, or a group of contrapuntal lines of music
Inversion_(music)
Unit of musical meter
In music theory, a phrase (Greek: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, built from figures, motifs, and cells
Phrase_(music)
Three notes in intervals of a third
ISBN 0-226-31808-7. Cited on p. 274 of Deborah Rifkin, "A Theory of Motives for Prokofiev's Music", Music Theory Spectrum 26, no. 2 (2004): 265–289.
Triad_(music)
significant implications for, such areas as philosophy, musicology, music therapy, music theory, and aesthetics, as well as the acts of musical composition and
Music_and_emotion
Academic journal
Music Theory Spectrum (ISSN 0195-6167) is a peer-reviewed, academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It is the official journal of the
Music_Theory_Spectrum
The roots of traditional music in Turkey span across centuries to a time when the Seljuk Turks migrated to Anatolia and Persia in the 11th century and
Music_of_Turkey
Academic degree
program of study in music. The degree may be awarded for performance, music education, composition, music theory, musicology / music history (musicology
Bachelor_of_Music
Difference in pitch between two notes
In music theory, an interval is a difference in pitch between two sounds. An interval may be described as horizontal, linear, or melodic if it refers to
Interval_(music)
Use in music of microtones (intervals smaller than a semitone)
Byzantine chant, Arabic music theory from the 10th century onward, and similarly for Persian traditional music and Turkish music and various other Near
Microtonality
Basic unit of time in music and music theory
In music and music theory, the beat is the basic unit of time, the pulse (regularly repeating event), of the mensural level (or beat level). The beat is
Beat_(music)
63 (2): 492–504. doi:10.1080/00150517.2025.2505426. "Combinatorial Music Theory". andrewduncan.net. Retrieved 2025-03-28. A free Android app with scales
List of musical scales and modes
List_of_musical_scales_and_modes
Canadian rock band
Theory of a Deadman (abbreviated as Theory or T.O.A.D) is a Canadian rock band from North Delta, British Columbia. Formed in 1999, the band is currently
Theory_of_a_Deadman
Serious music, as opposed to popular or folk music
Art music (alternatively called classical music, cultivated music, serious music, and canonic music) is music considered to be of high phonoaesthetic
Art_music
American music theory organization
The Society for Music Theory (SMT) is an American organization devoted to the promotion, development and engagement of music theory as a scholarly and
Society_for_Music_Theory
Position of a musical note on a scale relative to the tonic
In music theory, the scale degree is the position of a particular note on a scale relative to the tonic—the first and main note of the scale from which
Degree_(music)
Theory of music based on intuitions of a listener
The generative theory of tonal music (GTTM) is a system of music analysis developed by music theorist Fred Lerdahl and linguist Ray Jackendoff. First
Generative theory of tonal music
Generative_theory_of_tonal_music
Scholarly study of music
field research) to understand how and why people make music. Systematic musicology includes music theory, aesthetics, pedagogy, musical acoustics, the science
Musicology
Topics referred to by the same term
refer to: In set theory, an overlap of elements shared between sets is called an intersection, as in a Venn diagram. In music theory, overlap is a synonym
Overlap
Ascending or descending sequence of musical tones
In music theory, a scale is "any consecutive series of notes that form a progression between one note and its octave", typically by order of pitch or fundamental
Scale_(music)
Harmonic structure with a central pitch
In music theory, the tonality of a piece is its perceived key or mode. Tonality centers around a tonic note and chord, where the piece is most stable,
Tonality
Branch of music theory
Transformational theory is a branch of music theory developed by David Lewin in the 1980s, and formally introduced in his 1987 work Generalized Musical
Transformational_theory
The field of music education contains a number of learning theories that specify how students learn music based on behavioral and cognitive psychology
Music-learning_theory
Relationship among tones of the chromatic scale
In music theory, the circle of fifths (sometimes also cycle of fifths) organizes the twelve pitch classes of the chromatic scale in a cycle of ascending
Circle_of_fifths
exactly how the music would have sounded. The Mesopotamians had an elaborate system of music theory and some level of music education. Music in Mesopotamia
Music_of_Mesopotamia
Type of musical chord
In music theory, a diminished triad is a triad with a minor third and a diminished fifth above the root. When using chord symbols, it may be indicated
Diminished_triad
Music unstructured from harmonic patterns
Post-tonal music theory is the set of theories put forward to describe music written outside of, or 'after', the tonal system of the common practice period
Post-tonal_music_theory
Interval between one musical pitch and another with double its frequency
commonly refer to the perfect octave (P8), the interval of an octave in music theory encompasses chromatic alterations within the pitch class, meaning that
Octave
Music in which some element of the composition is left to chance
components of sound are controlled by mathematical theories.[vague] In the second type of indeterminate music, chance elements involve the performance. Notated
Aleatoric_music
Style of Western classical music
characteristics of Heinrich Wölfflin's theory of the Baroque, describing the visual arts, systematically to music. Critics were quick to question the attempt
Baroque_music
Person who writes music
composition; composers may also hold a B.Mus. in music performance or music theory. Master of Music degrees (M.mus.) in composition consists of private
Composer
Institution specializing in music education
well as academic and research fields such as musicology, music history and music theory. Music instruction can be provided within the compulsory general
Music_school
Musical composition method
formulating a similar theory in his writings. In the second edition of his book Vom Wesen Des Musikalischen (On the Essence of Music, 1923), Hauer wrote
Twelve-tone_technique
Style of music that originated in Trinidad and Tobago
(2007). Revisiting Music Theory: a guide to the practice, p. 28. ISBN 0-415-97440-2. "Calypso and the birth of British Black Music". Archived from the original
Calypso_music
Particular combination of musical instruments employed in a composition
Instrumentation. Boston, MA: The Boston Music Company. Perone, James E. (1996). Orchestration Theory: A Bibliography. Music Reference Collection. Vol. 52. Westport
Instrumentation_(music)
Music genre
avant-garde music, but later drew influence from industrial and electronic music. It is characterized by a rejection of conventional music theory and traditional
Noise_music
Usage of artificial intelligence to generate music
voice-controlled music playback, bridging current research in music theory with advanced digital sound processing. In the 1950s and the 1960s, music made by artificial
Artificial intelligence in music
Artificial_intelligence_in_music
American YouTuber and musician (born 1988)
music theory in the 2010s. He and similar YouTubers established the community of Music Theory YouTube, and he became a celebrity among music theory communities
Adam_Neely
Use of diverse music genres
In music theory and music criticism, the term eclecticism refers to the use of diverse music genres. A musician might be described as eclectic if different
Eclecticism_in_music
Academic journal
The Journal of Music Theory is a peer-reviewed academic journal specializing in music theory and analysis. It was established by David Kraehenbuehl (Yale
Journal_of_Music_Theory
Collection of melodic figures in Persian music
New Perspective on the Theory of Iranian Music, published in 1372 SH (1993 CE). In that book, Talai formally proposed a theory stating that all Iranian
Radif_(music)
Music that lacks a tonal center or key
'free atonal' music. ... Thus, many useful and crucial insights about even strictly serial music depend only on such basic atonal theory". Late 19th- and
Atonality
Method of analyzing tonal music
Schenkerian analysis is a method of analyzing tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935). The goal is to demonstrate the organic
Schenkerian_analysis
Ingredients that form music
and theatre. According to the theory of the emotional origins of music proposed by David Teie, the primary elements of music can be traced back to two sources
Elements_of_music
Musical term
music, function (also harmonic function or tonal function) denotes the relationship of a chord or scale degree to a tonal centre. Two main theories of
Function_(music)
American music theorist (born 1966)
American professor of music theory at Hunter College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He specializes in Russian and 20th-century music as well as rap and hip-hop
Philip_Ewell
Musical theories of Hugo Riemann
phraseology, the history of music theory, etc. More particularly, the term Riemannian theory often refers to his theory of harmony, characterized mainly
Riemannian_theory
Graphic notation Music theory Musical instruments Musical Symbols (Unicode block) Musical Symbols (disambiguation) Shape note Tone cluster "Music Notation and
List_of_musical_symbols
On distances between points on a circle
Delone set; intuitively, this means that they are uniformly spaced. In music theory, a musical interval describes the ratio in frequency between two musical
Three-gap_theorem
Expressionist vocal techniques between singing and speaking
of Schoenberg Conducting Pierrot lunaire: Sprechstimme Reconsidered", Music Theory Online (MTO), 12/1 (February 2006) Avior Byron and Matthias Pasdzierny
Sprechgesang
Musical traditions of ancient Greece
and what is myth. The music and music theory of ancient Greece laid the foundation for western music and western music theory, as it would go on to influence
Music_of_ancient_Greece
Exponent of a power of two
below. Historically, the first application of binary logarithms was in music theory, by Leonhard Euler: the binary logarithm of a frequency ratio of two
Binary_logarithm
Academic field
view. In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history of any type or genre of music (e.g., the history of Nigerian music or the history
Music_history
Musical style of the High Middle Ages
composer of motets, is one of the few whose name has been preserved. In music theory the ars antiqua period saw several advances over previous practice, most
Ars_antiqua
Chord that contains the interval of an augmented sixth
In music theory, an augmented sixth chord contains the interval of an augmented sixth, usually above its bass tone. This chord has its origins in the Renaissance
Augmented_sixth_chord
American jazz pianist, composer, and theorist (1923–2009)
musicians to contribute to general music theory with a theory of harmony based on jazz rather than European music, in his book Lydian Chromatic Concept
George_Russell_(composer)
Categorizations of simultaneous or successive sounds
often viewed as consonant (e.g., the unison and octave). Occidental music theory often considers that, in a dissonant chord, one of the tones alone is
Consonance_and_dissonance
Musical note not in the current key signature
augmented fourth, or tritone, that music theory writers referred to as diabolus in musica, i.e., "the devil in music"). Nowadays "ficta" is used loosely
Accidental_(music)
Branch of both psychology and musicology
aspects of musicology and musical practice. For example, it contributes to music theory through investigations of the perception and computational modelling
Psychology_of_music
Topics referred to by the same term
Generation of primes Generator (mathematics) Other: Generated collection, in music theory Generate LA-NY, digital entertainment studio "Generate", a song by Collective
Generate
The Dutch Journal of Music Theory, or Tijdschrift voor Muziektheorie (ISSN 1385-3066 [print], 1876-2824 [online]) was a peer-reviewed, academic journal
Dutch_Journal_of_Music_Theory
Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at Harvard University
Professor of Music at Harvard University. Rehding is a music theorist and musicologist with a focus on intellectual history and media theory, known for
Alexander_Rehding
Chinese music theory, or the languages of China. It includes traditional classical forms and indigenous folk music, as well as recorded popular music and
Music_of_China
Drone note in Byzantine chant
Theory at holycrossonline.org An introductory article on psaltic chant Understanding the Byzantine Musical System Using Western Notation and Theory or
Ison_(music)
Leader of a collaborative work comparable to the author of a book
Film Theory Goes to the Movies. New York: Routledge. pp. 8–37. Shuker, Roy (2013). "Auteurs, Stars, and Music History". Understanding Popular Music. Routledge
Auteur
Approach in music theory
The term "pitch axis theory" has been criticized as misleading, as the above techniques do not represent a separate theory of music, and simply refer to
Pitch_axis_theory
Short recurring musical phrase
Gendering musical modernism: the music of Ruth Crawford, Marion Bauer, and Miriam Gideon. Cambridge studies in music theory and analysis. Cambridge New York:
Motif_(music)
Application of acoustics to music
psychophysics, organology (classification of the instruments), physiology, music theory, ethnomusicology, signal processing and instrument building, among other
Musical_acoustics
Musical technique
In Western music and music theory, augmentation (from Late Latin augmentare, to increase) is the lengthening of a note or the widening of an interval.
Augmentation_(music)
Work by composer John Coolidge Adams
"Harmonic Vocabulary in the Music of John Adams: A Hierarchical Approach". Journal of Music Theory. 37 (1). Journal of Music Theory, Vol. 37, No. 1: 117–156
Harmonium_(Adams)
Music school in Boston, Massachusetts
instrumental and vocal classical music performance, contemporary musical arts, composition, jazz studies, music history, and music theory, as well as graduate degrees
New England Conservatory of Music
New_England_Conservatory_of_Music
Musical ornament; single alternation with the note above or below
AB Guide to Music Theory. London: Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. p. 93. ISBN 1-85472-446-0. Blood, Brian. "Music Theory Online: Ornamentation"
Mordent
Type of beat-subdividing rhythm in music
ISBN 0-87930-727-7. Jones, George Thaddeus. 1974. Music Theory: The Fundamental Concepts of Tonal Music Including Notation, Terminology, and Harmony. New
Tuplet
First graduate degree in music, awarded by universities and music conservatories
with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy. The degree, which takes one or two years of full-time
Master_of_Music
Type of chord in music theory
In music theory, the half-diminished seventh chord (also known as a half-diminished chord or a minor seventh flat five chord) is a seventh chord composed
Half-diminished_seventh_chord
Playing back a passage of notes
(1953–54) contains many instances of retrograde relationships. In music and music theory, a non-retrogradable rhythm is a rhythmic palindrome, i.e., a pattern
Retrograde_(music)
Way in which tempo, melody, and harmony are combined in a musical composition
(2003). Music: In Theory and Practice, seventh edition, vol. 1. Boston: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-294262-0. Corozine, Vince (2002). Arranging Music for the
Texture_(music)
The Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy is an annual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the teaching and pedagogy of music theory and analysis. It was
Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy
Journal_of_Music_Theory_Pedagogy
Return to initial themes in a composition
In music theory, the recapitulation is one of the sections of a movement written in sonata form. The recapitulation occurs after the movement's development
Recapitulation_(music)
Major chord in music theory
In Classical music theory, a Neapolitan chord (or simply a "Neapolitan") is a major chord built on the lowered (flat) second (supertonic) scale degree
Neapolitan_chord
Greek librarian, mathematician, geographer, and poet
music theory, in which Eratosthenes applied the theory of proportions to music, Since antiquity, he is considered an authority in the field of music.
Eratosthenes
Terms in music theory to characterize scales
Diatonic and chromatic are terms in music theory that are used to characterize scales. The terms are also applied to musical instruments, intervals, chords
Diatonic_and_chromatic
Music of the Romantic period
on Schenker and Schenkerian Theory in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd Edition". Journal of Music Theory. 45 (1): 204. doi:10.2307/3090656
Romantic_music
1953 jazz music theory book by George Russell
jazz music theory book written by George Russell. The book is the founding text of the Lydian Chromatic Concept (LCC), or Lydian Chromatic Theory (LCT)
Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization
Lydian_Chromatic_Concept_of_Tonal_Organization
Sketch of a keyboard composition
of the German States in the Time of J. S. Bach", Music Theory Online, 21 (3), Society for Music Theory, doi:10.30535/mto.21.3.3, retrieved 23 May 2020
Partimento
Succession of musical chords
usually expressed by Roman numerals in classical music theory. In many styles of popular and traditional music, chord progressions are expressed using the
Chord_progression
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