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Moʻorea (English: / ˌ m oʊ. oʊ ˈ r eɪ. ɑː / or / ˈ m oʊ. oʊ r eɪ /; [4] Tahitian: Moʻoreʻa, [moʔore(ʔ)a]), also spelled Moorea, is a volcanic island in French Polynesia.It is one of the Windward Islands, a group that is part of the Society Islands, 17 kilometres (11 mi) northwest of Tahiti.
The Oxford Companion to Music describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory": The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (key signatures, time signatures, and rhythmic notation); the second is learning scholars' views on music from antiquity to the present; the third is a sub-topic of musicology ...
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Music theorists are those who study music theory. This category includes theorists from the ancient world, especially ancient Greece which was a particularly active centre of study, to the present day. Music theory is usually considered a subclassification of musicology, the general academic study of music.
In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history of any type or genre of music, such as the music of India or rock music. In practice, these research topics are more often considered within ethnomusicology and "historical musicology" is typically assumed to imply Western Art music of the European tradition.
Alexander Rehding is Fanny Peabody Professor of Music at Harvard University. [1] [2] Rehding is a music theorist and musicologist with a focus on intellectual history and media theory, known for innovative interdisciplinary work.
There are different forms of the music in each country. Source: [2] In the Windward Islands of Tahiti and Mo'orea, there are five vocal parts of the song. The islands of Rimatara and Rurutu use between 10 and 12 vocal parts. Raivavae and Rawa have thirteen lines. It is popular in the Cook Islands, where it is called "Imene Tuki".
Theory, even of music of the common practice period, may take other forms. [155] Musical set theory is the application of mathematical set theory to music, first applied to atonal music. Speculative music theory, contrasted with analytic music theory, is devoted to the analysis and synthesis of music materials, for example tuning systems ...