Music Theory

Music is found in every identified culture that man has everknown, in past and in present. Every ancient tribe even theisolated ones have known to have music especially in theirrituals and prayers. Music has always been a part of us sincethe ancient times. According to historians it has existenceamong us for the past 55, 000 years. Initially music may havebeen invented in Africa which later developed to become animperative part in human life.
A culture's music is affected by all various facets of thatculture, including economic and social group and skill, environment and access to equipment. The feelings andthoughts that music articulates, the circumstances in whichmusic is played and heard, and the approach towards themusic players and composers all differ between areas and ages. This eBook is all about concepts, conjectures and theoriesformed about the many characteristics of music.
Music theoryis a part of Musicology which is anintellectual analysis andstudy of music and musicology that comes under the vast fieldof studies on humanities. Music is normally concerned withintellectual characteristics of music like scales, tuning, consonance or rhythm but besides this there is another theoryof the concrete aspects like creating music, orchestration, electronic sound and protection etc.
Any person who learns, imparts and pens about music theory is a music theorist. The growth, conservation, and showcasing of music theory maybe found in verbal and practical musical instruments, music-making traditions, and in other artfacts. Like the ancientinstruments from China, Mesopotamia and other prehistoric sitesall over the globe disclose minutiae about the music theycreated and, possibly, somewhat of the musical theory thatcould have been used by their makers.
In prehistoric andexisting cultures about the world, the profound and stretchedorigins of music theory are evidently clear in instruments, current music making and oral traditions, various cultures, asancient China and ancient Mesopotamia have also deliberatedmusic theory in many official ways like written dissertations andmusic symbolization.