What is music theory? In short, music theory actually refers to rhythm, rhythm and melody, which can be said to be the three elements of music.

Rhythm-music sentence demarcation criteria. Each phrase is based on a certain tempo value.

Rhythm - Depending on the presence of a rhythm, in music, bars are first allocated according to the time values specified by the rhythm type, and then notes with different rhythm types are matched to cover the time values of the allocated bars. We usually call it "the music has a strong sense of rhythm" precisely because the rhythm type changes frequently in stanzas.

Melody - various patterns. This mode determines the pitch of the music, especially when accompanied. This is the beauty of music. A piece of music can evolve into many segments by changing patterns.

Why study music theory

1. Helps ease the fear of difficulty

Many children said that after learning music theory, they felt that the music taught by the teacher was much simpler, because the children had begun to analyze and summarize the laws of music, and it was no longer a blank repetition exercise. This is why children of the same age can reach CET-6 in three years, while other children can only stay at the elementary level.

2. Help increase children's interest in learning Guzheng

Some children don't like to practice the guzheng, mainly because the music is too difficult, the eyes are full of tadpoles, and the mutton skewers make the children want to cry. But if music theory is well mastered early on, it's easy to read music, and kids can basically play music independently, so there's a little sense of accomplishment. Don't they want to practice guzheng now?

3. To help master the knowledge of music form, music appreciation, key touch skills, etc.

It's like teaching text to students. Not only do they need to know the words in the text (pitch), but also how many parts the text is divided into (paragraph division), what are sentences (sentence division), what are good words and sentences (key rhythm and melody types), who wrote The article, who the author was living in this era (music history), and what emotions the article expressed (music history). noun) music performance) and so on, even the simplest minor scale can be analyzed like this, with the passage of time, children's musical knowledge will accumulate more and more profoundly, and the ability to appreciate and express music will also increase, forming a pair of genuine interest in music.

Music theory, like music language, can only be explained accurately if it is read first and then understood. So if you want to learn guzheng well, you must learn music theory. ~