Glossary of Musical terminology

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Ok, so here's an idea that's been in my mind for a while. I believe that, while some of us do have a fair amount of musical knowledge, some of us are rather oblivious regarding key musical terms. So, I've created this topic with a sole idea: to provide as many musical terms as possible to the users of CPM, with them being as easy as possible for those that aren't that knowledgeable in music.

The sad thing is, I myself am not that good with such terms, so I'd like to ask for everybody's help in this. I hope Kerahna and George approve this topic as well. If all of you guys agree with this idea, I'll keep editing this first post so we can have everything in one post.
 
Yes I think that would help alot since myself dont know things like "key changes" or the parts of a song "1st, 2nd chorus" etc and I often confuse them (see shoutbox) :desksweat:

But I will move it to the General board once you post the first terms.
 
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Yuki88 said:
I think this should be on general chat, though :uh..:

but nice idea :goodjob:
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I was kinda in doubt about where I should post this topic lol But I decided to post it here because this is the place we discuss music most of the time. But I guess the General Spam should be the right place after all.
 
That's such a simple thing, but I am so bad at explaining XD Chord progression is like: G#-A#-Cm (sprinter's main one), for example. Is just a sequence of chords. Some are very common/alike, using the same chords in different sequences. Was that understandable? XD

Sorry if I wasn't supposed to explain yet. :XD:
 
The easiest one is I-IV-V-I
I = C-E-G
IV = F-A-C
V = G-B-D
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if you have a piano you can play

CEG - CFA - DGB - EGC

and it sounds good xD

hope you understand xD
 
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It's totally like what my high school music teacher used to explain chord progression lol
 
Man, I need to find some time and memorize how the notes are called in English. :XD: In Russian they're just called "doh", "mee", "sol'" and such, so it's often confusing.
 
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Nick Hunter said:
Man, I need to find some time and memorize how the notes are called in English. :XD: In Russian they're just called "doh", "mee", "sol'" and such, so it's often confusing.
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I don't think it's just Russian but it's for almost all people in the world.. :XD: . You should call those alphabets as the "roman alphabet system for musical note"..., just a different system IMO. Just remember that a=la and it ends at g=sol, and that's all.

Interesting thread indeed.... Thanks KP-X.. :sparkleguy: .
 
really? :confu:
I thought, you can say

C = do
D = re
E = mi
F = fa
G = so
A = la
B = ti
C = do
(C-major)

or

G = do
A = re
B = mi
C = fa
D = so
E = la
Fis = ti
G = do
(G-major)

it depends on in what scale you are
 
^ yea we have them like that in greece do re me fa so la ci

I could NEVER learn them because the teachers in schools were bored like hell during all 8 we had the lesson. (elementary, junior high and 2 first years of high) :uh..:
 
Ok, I think I get what chord progression means. Since it seems some are more common than others, can you guys think of a Kajiura example that could show a common one and a not so common one? Thank you guys!
 
Ohhh good idea! :goodjob: I think I learnt about chord progression when I still did piano...but mostly forgotten all that theory stuff now :spotlight:
 
Haha I learned guitar without even knowing real theory... so that is chord progression, I understood it without knowing the name :XD:
 
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philadelphin said:
really? :confu:
I thought, you can say

C = do
D = re
E = mi
F = fa
G = so
A = la
B = ti
C = do
(C-major)

or

G = do
A = re
B = mi
C = fa
D = so
E = la
Fis = ti
G = do
(G-major)

it depends on in what scale you are
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No o.O The names are fixed!

A = La
B = Si
C = Do
D = Re
E = Mi
F = Fa
G = Sol

I put it in alphabetical order, but the actual order we use is Do - Re - Mi - Fa - Sol - La - Si. These syllables were taken from an old christian hymn/prayer (my teacher knew it, but I have no clue XD). Actually, the first syllable of it is Ut, but a guy name Donni changed it according to his own name to make solfeggios easier. Ah, solfeggio is when you pratice singing the notes, saiyng their names and trying to pitch them accurately - therefore "Ut" wasn't so good to do this. XD
 
sorry my fault, I didn't realise that it has a fixed and movable system. sorry Kagaribi no Hanabira :bow:

There are two main types of solfège:

Movable do, or solfa, in which each syllable corresponds to a scale degree. This is analogous to the Guidonian practice of giving each degree of the hexachord a solfège name, and is mostly used in Germanic countries.
Fixed do, in which each syllable corresponds to the name of a note. This is analogous to the Romance system naming pitches after the solfège syllables, and is used in Romance and Slavic countries, among others.
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source: wikipedia
 
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