Xenoceratops

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[–] Xenoceratops@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I will join you in your optimism. Who knows, maybe this platform will pick up steam in the future. I've encountered quite a few technical challenges with Lemmy too, so I can see that if things persist as they are, there would be a barrier to people participating here.

 

Clavichord, but same difference.

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What are your experiences with self-teaching music theory? You don't have to be a 100% autodidact to answer this question; you probably have had times when you read a book or watched a video to learn some specific idea or technique. Ideally, I'd like to compile some guides for readers who don't have a teacher.

Personally, I prefer close reading of books and articles, but I know that's hardly a universal approach.

 

Many graduate music programs require new students to take a diagnostic exam in music theory. Many institutions offer practice exams on their websites. Since these exams represent the expectation of knowledge and abilities acquired by the end of an undergraduate course in music theory, they can be useful as study guides or for gauging one's own level of attainment. More links will be added to this list in the future.


  1. https://www.wmich.edu/musicgradexamprep/

  2. https://umshare.miami.edu/web/wda/frost/graduatestudies/MTC%20Common%20Practice%20Sample.pdf

  3. https://umshare.miami.edu/web/wda/frost/graduatestudies/Sample%20Aural%20Portion.pdf

  4. https://peabody.jhu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/GADMA-Sample.pdf

  5. https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/musical-arts/documents/student-resources/GraduateStudentFiles/theorysamplequestions.pdf

  6. https://files.webservices.illinois.edu/5030/entrance_exam_musicology_study_guide_for_jan_2016.pdf

  7. https://www.umass.edu/music/sites/default/files/assets/music/practice_diagnostic_theory_exam_general_version_2_2016.pdf

  8. https://wwwp.oakland.edu/Assets/upload/docs/MTD/Graduate-Study/Grad-Music-History-&-Theory-Study-Guide-2015.pdf

  9. http://www.csueastbay.edu/music/files/docs/exams/graduate-exam.pdf

  10. https://music.ku.edu/graduate-music-theory-diagnostic-exam-practice-examples

  11. https://www.uh.edu/~tkoozin/theory/diagnostic-exams.html

  12. https://www.umass.edu/music/diagnostic-exams-graduate-study

  13. https://vpa.uncg.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/practice-exam-10-12-21.pdf

  14. https://uca.edu/music/files/2021/04/Graduate-Diagnostic-Theory-History-Study-Guide.pdf

 

A thesis lecture on partimento and schema in guitar music, including Rule of the Octave.

Slides: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ad1humm0p24knp2/AACfVw3hQInIOmDxWbgpJIZza?dl=0

 

A movement from Poglietti's "Toccatina sopra la Ribellione di Hungheria" and a fugue by Kerll. The description of the video mentions:

Those familiar with Johann Kaspar Kerll are likely wondering why a work of his is in the latter half of the piece?

The album this recording originated from was put together as an attempt to show off a bunch of baroque pieces with wide texture variety, most of which were chamber works aside from this one solo harpsichord recording. These two works were put together as complimentary/creative efforts to form a full varied piece, Poglietti being the first half and Kerll the second half. It is also worth noting that Alessandro Poglietti and Johann Kaspar Kerll were very close acquaintances and friends.

 

Welcome to our community for the discussion of ethnomusicology and world music. Ethnomusicology is the study of how humans interact with music on a cultural level. Ethnomusicologists typically focus on music outside of the Western European classical repertoire, but anything is fair game. The main distinction is ethnomusicology's method, which is anthropological and ethnographic.

This community is related to the subreddit of the same name: https://www.reddit.com/r/ethnomusicology. For more information and resources, visit the /r/Ethnomusicology wiki (in progress). Since this server is new, there is not yet much content, but don't be discouraged—post your questions and comments so that we can start building a repository of answers.

 

What would you consider to be essential reading for a newcomer to musicology? I took an "Intro to Musicology" course in grad school, but the readings were diffuse, dealing with historiography that wasn't necessarily music-oriented before peppering in some more pointed (but maybe too specific) case studies. I'm wondering if there's a good introductory tome you like to use, or at least some seminal books and papers that make the rest of the discipline make sense.

 

A nice literature review and discussion about oral and written transmission of music.

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