Music Theory?

[Bryan_T]

@Voltor07

@toryjames

When I first learned about this it drove me a bit crazy to think we have been trained our whole lives to listen to music that’s slightly out-of-tune.

At least I know now why a lot of rock music sounds slightly out of tune…could never figure that out. Especially the old stuff, like Rolling Stones and even the Beatles. It’s all slightly out of tune. See? I’m not crazy. I’m the only one who’s not crazy!

I wouldn’t blame the tuning issues in rock music on the temperament system. I think you’re just hearing tuning issues.

There are some great sites out there with audio comparisons of the different temperament systems.

Bryan

[Christopher_J_Boylan]

If you’d like a nice stroll through the Circle of Fifths, have a listen to YES’ Awaken. After the organ solo, the chords that carry us out through the rest of the song is the Circle of Fifths - backwards, well sort of making it the Circle of Fourths I suppose.

At first when you listen to the song, one might think, "Wow that’s a long chord progression - kind of hard to remember. That’s until you realize what’s happening and from that point you can rattle it off very easily.

Try it, it’s fun! You’ll find yourself doing it every time you get to a pipe organ patch on any of your keyboards.

[Voltor07]

@Christopher J. Boylan

If you’d like a nice stroll through the Circle of Fifths, have a listen to YES’ Awaken. After the organ solo, the chords that carry us out through the rest of the song is the Circle of Fifths - backwards, well sort of making it the Circle of Fourths I suppose.

At first when you listen to the song, one might think, "Wow that’s a long chord progression - kind of hard to remember. That’s until you realize what’s happening and from that point you can rattle it off very easily.

Try it, it’s fun! You’ll find yourself doing it every time you get to a pipe organ patch on any of your keyboards.

Cool! Thanks for the tip! I am familiar with Awaken. I was unaware that that was the circle of fourths. I thought it was a really long chord progression, myself.