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It’s Music, Not Theory, Damn It!
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It’s Music, Not Theory, Damn It!

by Bill Gordon
January 2016
Beginner to intermediate
70 pages
2h 7m
English
Kohler Music Press
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3. PITCH

Pitch is the sounds themselves, also called notes or tones. There are 12 pitches in our musical system. These 12 pitches are repeated through a wide range - low, middle and high. See Pitch Frequency Chart for further insights.

  1. Pitches can move up, move down, or stay the same, that is, repeat or hold. Moving from one pitch to the next pitch is called a step. The next larger move is called a skip. Any move larger than a skip is called a leap or a jump.
  1. Pitches are almost always organized into a scale, a sort of family of notes. Scales are the usual birthplace of melody and harmony.
  1. Melody is the musical part we most readily sing.
  1. Harmony is the presence of two or more pitches at the same time. We often hear harmony as chords, which are ...
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