Course loads for a music major or minor at Bowdoin are split into three key areas: theory and composition, music in social and historical context, and performance. All majors will complete a senior ...

Do you need to learn music theory to be a great musician? No you don’t, but in many cases, it really can help. That’s the extremely short answer, however there’s a lot more to it than just that. Music ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. There can be little doubt that understanding how music works can help you to make better music; ...

The College of Music’s Graduate Certificate in Music Theory offers a curricular framework for advanced studies in music theory, along with formal acknowledgement of these studies without the more ...

Our faculty offer a broad array of research specializations that include performance and analysis, theories of rhythm and meter, music-text relations, intertextuality, jazz theory and analysis, ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract After reviewing their theoretical approach, the authors present four kinds of hierarchical structure in music: grouping structure, metrical ...