Does music actually have rules?

dreadnought · 11-04-2012, 05:22 PM

Also:

Sing your consonants. (It isn't "Prai the Lor," it's "Praise the Lord.")

Make sure all singers sing the consonant at the same moment at the end of the line. (It isn't "Praise the Lord d d d d d d d," it's "Praise the Lord.")

Bloozcrooz · 11-04-2012, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnought

Here are some rules:

Find your own voice - don't try to imitate someone else.
Don't sing too high or you won't sound good.
Don't try to do things you aren't good at, while performing.
Don't perform junk - perform music people will want to hear.
Have the microphone positioned so you can keep your mouth right on it, while playing your musical instrument and looking at your music.
Get your mouth away from a directional mike when singing loud, and close to the mike when singing soft.
Don't let musical instruments drown out vocals.

Cant argue with those rules

dreadnought · 11-04-2012, 06:46 PM

If you are a singer, use a directional mike unless you are sharing a mike with someone else.

dreadnought · 11-04-2012, 06:55 PM

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Originally Posted by dreadnought

If you are a singer, use a directional mike unless you are sharing a mike with someone else.

That is, if you are a singer, use a directional mike, unless there are two or more of singing into the mike at the same time.

Euronomus · 11-04-2012, 07:04 PM

Just remember this, The rules of harmony you learn in a music theory class were a discovery, not an invention. Harmony is all about how waveforms overlap and even if you don't learn all the rules, or purposely try and break the ones you know, you're still following the rules of harmony because they are really laws of physics.

TheBig3 · 11-04-2012, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Freebase Dali

Rule # 1.
Must have sound of some kind.

Rule # 2.
?

Rule # 3
Profit

Leonarrd · 11-04-2012, 09:17 PM

Yeah, rules are necessary in music too. It is not any hard and fast rules but only made to create the music in its originality..

Isbjørn · 11-05-2012, 07:45 AM

1. Take some chords
2. Put them together
3. ???
4. PROFIT!

(sorry)

Chives · 11-05-2012, 07:51 AM

I'd say there are no rules, only guidelines for music. However, people have been making music for so long that it isn't a bad idea to heed their advice. But then again, maybe I'm too loose with my definition of music.

Guybrush · 11-05-2012, 09:52 AM

I have my own vague personal rules of what is and what isn't music. Let's say a famous, artistic, pretentious dick of an artist releases an album with only one track and that track features only the sound of a rockslide crashing into houses or people being shot with machine guns. That's not music to me. Even though it may require a bit of thinking to sort out all the reasons why that is, it's clear that I have some sort of definition of what I think of as music. If all those rules are broken, I no longer think of what I'm hearing as music.

11-04-2012, 07:04 PM	#15 (permalink)
Euronomus Dibs on the killing sound Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Spider Scull Island Posts: 366	Just remember this, The rules of harmony you learn in a music theory class were a discovery, not an invention. Harmony is all about how waveforms overlap and even if you don't learn all the rules, or purposely try and break the ones you know, you're still following the rules of harmony because they are really laws of physics. __________________

11-04-2012, 09:17 PM	#17 (permalink)
Leonarrd Groupie Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: new york Posts: 15	Yeah, rules are necessary in music too. It is not any hard and fast rules but only made to create the music in its originality.. __________________ .

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Isbjørn cooler commie than elph Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: In a hole, help Posts: 2,811	1. Take some chords 2. Put them together 3. ??? 4. PROFIT! (sorry) __________________ fast(ml) Hear me play the guitar Look, mom! I got a journal

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Chives Music Addict Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Tacoma, WA Posts: 299	I'd say there are no rules, only guidelines for music. However, people have been making music for so long that it isn't a bad idea to heed their advice. But then again, maybe I'm too loose with my definition of music. __________________ [My last.fm] [My Tumblr]

11-05-2012, 09:52 AM	#20 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	I have my own vague personal rules of what is and what isn't music. Let's say a famous, artistic, pretentious dick of an artist releases an album with only one track and that track features only the sound of a rockslide crashing into houses or people being shot with machine guns. That's not music to me. Even though it may require a bit of thinking to sort out all the reasons why that is, it's clear that I have some sort of definition of what I think of as music. If all those rules are broken, I no longer think of what I'm hearing as music. __________________ Something Completely Different

11-04-2012, 05:22 PM	#11 (permalink)
dreadnought Bitter Rock Star Wannabe Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 67	Also: Sing your consonants. (It isn't "Prai the Lor," it's "Praise the Lord.") Make sure all singers sing the consonant at the same moment at the end of the line. (It isn't "Praise the Lord d d d d d d d," it's "Praise the Lord.")

11-04-2012, 06:46 PM	#13 (permalink)
dreadnought Bitter Rock Star Wannabe Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 67	If you are a singer, use a directional mike unless you are sharing a mike with someone else.