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How music works

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Introduction

Introduction
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Whether you want to make your own music, play someone else's music or just listen, knowing how music works gives you a better experience and helps you understand what's going on.

On SoundJunction, finding out how music works (sometimes called music theory) is all about experimenting with your own music, and listening to what's going on inside other music. You don't need to be able to read music -- just listen and play.

You may need to install free plug-ins to use some of these pages.

Articles

Articles
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Make your own music by drawing notes and playing around with sounds, on the Note Canvas tool

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rhythm

Make your own rhythms, and interact with rhythm to find out how it works

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harmony

Learn about harmony by creating your own harmonies, listening to harmony, and changing it yourself

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melody

Find out about melodies and how they work by taking melodies apart and creating your own melodies

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texture

How do you make a musical texture? Make and interact with textures to find out.

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