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Gabriel Arazas d27234e609 Update literature notes
Mostly added references to the already existing literature notes.
Starting to use org-roam-bibtex a lot more but I'll experiment with
using org-cite at the same time. For future references, look into the
Citations section from the org-roam manual.
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Learn music theory in half an hour

  • sounds are vibrations of air just repeated quickly in a short period of time
  • for the sake of easily referring to the sounds, we name them; the commonly agreed number of notes are 12 composing of an octave;
  • scales are the flavor of the song; certain genres are often written in some scales (e.g., blues are often written in Emaj)
  • major scales; WWhWWWh
  • minor scales; WWWhWWh

Exercises

  • practice applying the major scale for 5

    • D E Fb G A B C# D
    • E# G A A# C D E E# 1
    • A# C D D# F G A A#
    • G A B C D E F# G
    • C D E F G A B C
    • A B C# D E F# G# A
  • practice getting familiar with their letter names

    • assuming A# is the root of the major scale

      • A# is the first
      • C is the second of A#maj
      • D# is the fourth of A#maj
      • D is the third
      • G is the sixth of A#maj
  • practice making triads from first through sixth degrees of a major scale

    • G major scale:

      • G B D = Gmaj
      • A C E = Amin
      • B D F# = Bmin
      • C E G = Cmaj
      • D F# A = Dmaj
      • E G B = Emin
      • F# A C = F#dim
    • A major scale:

      • A C# E = Amaj
      • B D F# = Bmin
      • C# E G# = C#min
      • D F# A = Dmaj
      • E G# B = Emaj
      • F# A C# = F#min
      • G# B D = G#dim
    • C major scale:

      • C E G = Cmaj
      • D F A = Dmin
      • E G B = Emin
      • F A C = Fmaj
      • G B D = Gmaj
      • A C E = Amin
      • B D F = Bdim
  • each of them has a certain pattern: maj, min, min, maj, maj, min, dim
  • practice making chord progressions with numbers

    • 1 4 2 5 in G and A key
    • 4 2 1 1 6 in E
    • 3 1 4 in C

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Yes, this is just F. It's still a nice exercise sample, though.