music theory

geeh i just wanted to express how much i love music and how much i hate theory class. its just stuff ive known forever so its extremely boring and i cant switch out.
today was funny though
my voice teacher pretty much said we had to pretend to be southern baptists
we had to get rid of our CT "t" problem and have energy

i was like "i think thats enough pretending for one day"

hehe. yeah so music theory stinks but my voice teacher is my teacher so thats good. just thought id share. yell at me if you must.

id like it if it werent so basic

yes!!! its so tedious!

Just wait till you get into Theory four! You'll be dying to go back to the "what does a quarter note look like" days!

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ok the funny thing is my voice teacher isnt from CT and i am... i see her as having an accent and i never thought that I was in fact the one with one. i mean i just figured out that i NEVER pronounce t's or d's. and i mean ive been taking voice for 4 years and never noticed.

well im a junior now and im in theory 2 but thats only because of my grade. i hadnt taken it last year or freshman year because i was in an advanced vocal ensemble but this year i had room in my schedule for 2 music courses even if this was the only other one.

I do absolutely nothing in music class (I've played piano for six years), and our teacher is teaching the class about "ta-ta's" and "ti-ti's" (meaning quarter and eight notes). It's the student's fault though; they don't understand anything.

wow...by the third week of Theory one we were writing music (only triads) at Oklahoma City University.

Wait till you get to German Augmented 6ths. Thats next semester.

Then...Form and Analysis...Conducting...Acoustics.

Beside the MT BM, we graduate with a minor in theory if ya can't tell. If you're bored, stop by!

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OK...trick time for key signatures...if anyone is interested...disregard if not, or you already know. Sharp keys: I'm assuming you know the order of the sharps. If not...just remember Fat Cats Get Drunk And Eat Birds. OK...go to the last sharp in the key signature~say there are 4 sharps~last sharp is D#~go up 1/2 step to get your key~ E major...(or it's realative minor C#minor. Not sure which?...keep in mind that pieces like to end on the tonic, so one good clue is to check the last measure to see if it ends with the notes of an E major chord or a C#minor chord...not the only thing that determines key...but a good first clue) Flat keys: Order of flats is opposite of sharps BEADGCF. Go to the last flat~say there are 3 flats B,E,A~go back one flat to determaine the key~E flat major~or it's realitive minor C minor. Enough for now...sorry if this is confusing or boring.

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Updated On: 9/13/04 at 10:41 PM

Sightsinging, like fooseball, is the DEVIL! We're working on modes and secondary function now...fun.

ahhhh....the days of theory. I love modes and secondary functions for whover mentioned that..oh wait, no I don't.Yeah we were writing pretty early in my theory 1 class-16 bar pieces and then expanding on them. Ahhhhhhh how I don't miss theory.

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