artistic concepts

The following terms and ideas present potentially important "artistic ideas for thought" for the emerging artist. Trying to describe the artistic potential of the music theory is not an easy task for me. Perhaps it is akin to "dancing about architecture?" The following terms on the artistic concepts menu below continuously reappear throughout the text to help provide a verbal description of what the music theory is trying to create artistically. Knowledge of how these terms are defined within this text will facilitate the transfer of ideas, to encourage the formulation of your own understanding and perception of the artistic elements, providing food for thought and artistic growth.

artistic filters ideas on developing one's own unique artistic concept and sound.
artistic signature creating a visual representation between musical resources and natural color.
big picture prompts the reader to begin to define their artistic directions to better define their pathway through this text.
building a solo examines this fundamental aspect of creating musical art.
color of keys illuminating the possibilities that different keys and pairing of keys create unique aural color.
colors / palette can musical sounds be thought of as colors?
cool with the numbers? how theorists pair up pitches and numbers.
emotional / tonal environment examines essential vehicles used in the creation of American music.
explore / experiment examining the theory, i.e., to explore and creating ideas, i.e., to experiment.
inside / outside looks at the relationship between mixing diatonic and non-diatonic elements together.
loops of pitches examines the concept that our musical resources are finite sets of elements.
musical dynamics discussions concerning the development of using varying degrees of volume in creating musical ideas.
musical styles / theory begins to correlate the idea of theoretical complexity and various styles of American music.
permutation / sequence introduces the principles of manipulation of musical elements and the creating of cyclic artistic ideas.
preparing for performance ideas for developing skills helpful to the emerging performance artist.
quotes famous lines from famous folks, ideas for inspiration.
tension / release examines the relationship of building artistic tension and the control of it's release.
theme and variations discusses the concept of examining an artistic idea from various stylistic perspectives.
tonal gravity  discussion of the aural pull and convergence tendencies of musical elements.
what if ? a brief discussion concerning the development of one's ability to explore American music based on their own understanding of the theory of music with an eye towards developing the ability to create their own questions.
why would we want to do this? this questions basically involves ways of thinking about the theory, certain "global" ideas that give one a sense of the big picture our American music and the theories used to create it.

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