Original Message                 Date: 09-Jun-00  @  05:38 PM   -   Electronic Music Theory

deltasleep

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I understand that most if not all electronica implicates SOME sort of established music theory. But is there a hidden theory to some styles? I can understand stuff like house music having a very noticable theory behind it. Or is it just cliches, thats the question.
I think that most electronic musicians have a definite sense of theory when they make music. They just don't ever write it down.
Or is this a Zen sort of thing. Perhaps "a theory of no theory"?

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Message 21/26                 Date: 15-Jun-00  @  12:40 AM   -   RE: Electronic Music Theory

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Western music theory is based on dividing sound up into twelve steps and various divisions of those twelve steps have been more or less popular through the ages.Theory only helps to give you an avenue of exploration when inspiration has gone on holiday most of the tunes that I have ever come up with that I ever felt were worthwhile working on came as a result of rampant improvisation,where theory helps is when you come up against the brick wall of "Uh where do I go now" you know that there are several options available.In electronic music knowing how various waveforms,filters and lfos is only part of the theory of that field,you can come up with sounds that may be great but unless you know how the various parts of a synthesizer work you won't know why they're great or how to reproduce them without writing the settings down,the same goes for an acoustic instrument someone played some notes simultaneously and someone else recorded(by devising music manuscript) how they did it so that it could be reproduced more easily by another individual the difference in electronic music is that new instruments are being developed all the time.The best you can do to equip yourself theoretically is to learn about synthesis and traditional music theory as a previous poster stated but that knowledge is useless without the creative spark.Electronic music relies on an understanding of the nature of sound as well as the nature of music and synths/samplers are the least limited tools for the realisation of that understanding. blah blah blah ad infinitum time to go to bed;)

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Message 22/26                 Date: 16-Jun-00  @  02:05 PM   -   RE: Electronic Music Theory

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i think learning the theory is important it will give you colours to work with,things that have been learnt and past on,you can sit at the piano and find things easier,you can hear that record and work out the chord progression..riddim is essential 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 count the bass drum out ,then the snare ,see how the bass works with it ,the length of notes.....study the music you like(bit by bit soon youll understand)..expriement with intruments... and make something new.

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Message 23/26                 Date: 18-Jun-00  @  06:04 AM   -   RE: Electronic Music Theory

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But blues has been very important in establishing feeling, and the power of individual emotion manifest in a raw musical form. And like someone was saying, you listen to different types of music, generally learn bits of theory and appreciated characteristics of different styles, but ultimately the music we make is very much only partly consicience of the science behind it.

etc. etc., gotta split

later

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Message 24/26                 Date: 18-Jun-00  @  09:20 AM   -   RE: Electronic Music Theory

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I mean, good sounds, extending styles/creating the new, or even dissolving the very idea of 'style'.

janil

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Message 25/26                 Date: 19-Jun-00  @  05:35 PM   -   RE: Electronic Music Theory

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my style? would you call it the art of music without music?
show me some of it.
har har

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Message 26/26                 Date: 20-Jun-00  @  07:37 AM   -   RE: Electronic Music Theory

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nothing worse than bruce lee humor i guess.......
I'm all for dissolving styles, though.

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