Why Is Music Theory Important?

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If I Can Already Play Some Music, Why Bother Learning Music Theory?

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Why Is So Much Music Theory Centered on the Piano Keyboard?

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Is There a Quick and Easy Way to Learn to Read Music?

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How Do I Identify a Key Based on the Key Signature?

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Can I Transpose a Piece of Music into Another Key?

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Will Learning Music Theory Hinder My Ability to Improvise?

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Do I Need to Know Theory if I Just Play Drums?

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Where Do the 12 Musical Notes Come From?

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How Does Knowing Theory Help Me Memorize a Piece of Music?

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Pythagoras (582–507 BC)

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Boethius (480–524 AD)

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Gerbert d’Aurillac/Pope Sylvester II (950–1003)

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Guido D’Arezzo (990–1040)

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Nicola Vicentino (1511–1576)

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Christiaan Huygens (1629–1695)

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Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951)

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Harry Partch (1901–1974)

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Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)

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Robert Moog (1934–2005)

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800 AD — England, Gregorian Chant

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1100 AD — Organum/European Polyphony

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1649 — England, the Diggers

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17th Century: Italy, Opera

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1789-1799: The French Revolution

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1913 — Atonal Music and Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring”

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1950-1990: Latin America and the Iberian Peninsula, “Nueva Canción” (the New Song Movement)

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1960s: U.S. Civil Rights Movement

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1980s: Estonia Singing Revolution

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2010-2012: Arab Spring

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