How to Learn Music Theory With Hook Theory
Hook Theory is a website that provides tools to learn music theory. The word theory suggests there is a set of ideas that makes music sound great. Like everything in life. To get good, you must learn the theory and laws then apply it. In this blog post it will be about using Hook Theory to learn music theory.
Jordan Wu
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What is Music Theory?
Music Theory is a set of ideas on how to create music. The ideas are based on what has worked in many musical compositions, ranging from movies you've watched to songs you've listened to. It's universal and applies to all musical pieces. There's a lot that goes into music theory and my favorite resource so far is Hook Theory.
What is Hook Theory?
Hook Theory is a website that provides many useful tools to help you learn music theory. The tools range from a book series on music theory to analytic tools to study popular songs. TheoryTab Database is a database full of popular songs that you can use to study melody and chords. TheoryTab Trends is a good tool to study which chord progression is trending. A book series on music theory is another good interactive resource to learn.
Summary
All you need is a set of seven notes that represent a scale. A note represents a sound you will play on an instrument. The sound is a waveform that is created by the instrument. A scale can start on any note. For this reason the starting note is used to indicate the key of the scale.
What is important is not the note itself, but the position of the note within the scale. Relative notation uses scale degrees (1-7) to describe the position of notes in a scale. This makes it easier to analyze music such as comparing different melodies.
The two basic building blocks of a song are melody and chords. Chords are notes played together to create a rich sound. There are seven basic chords just like there are seven notes in a scale. The spacing difference between the scale degrees that make up each chord determines that type of chord and is represented in Roman numerals.
Chord Progressions is a sequence of chords. Melody goes on top of the chord progression and exists in a measure. A measure is a rhythmic framework around time. In songs with four beats per measure, beats 1 and 3 are considered strong, while beats 2 and 4 are considered weak. A stable scale degree for the melody note is when the note is in the underlying chord. An unstable scale degree for the melody note is when the note is not in the underlying chord. A passing note is when unstable notes are used on weak beats to link two stable scale degrees together. When creating a melody the common rhythmic patterns are repetition, modified repetition, and sequence. You want to create a melody that is simple and memorable.
