This course, revised in 2022, will introduce you to the theory of music, providing you with the skills needed to read and write Western music notation, as well as to understand, analyse, and listen informedly.
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Fundamentals of Music Theory
The University of EdinburghAbout this Course
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- Scales
- Notation
- Harmony
- Rhythm
- Chords
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Pitches, Scales, Modes and Chords
Keys, Minor Scales, Intervals and Clefs
Rhythm and Form
Harmony 1: Functional Harmony
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- 5 stars71.65%
- 4 stars17.70%
- 3 stars4.98%
- 2 stars3.28%
- 1 star2.37%
TOP REVIEWS FROM FUNDAMENTALS OF MUSIC THEORY
I enjoyed the course and have learnt a lot. There seems to be a bit of a leap at the end of week 5 where the modulation analysis suddenly becomes more complex than the material before it.
I loved this course. I learned a lot about music theory, so now when I play my instrument and read the sheet music, I not only understand the notes but also the reasons behind them.
As a Buzzok player and a software engineer, this course encourages me to play on my instrument differently and to think in a new web application for music discipline !!
Thank you very much
This was a great class, but some of the information could have been more comprehensive, and some of the questions on the tests did not match the information from the lectures.
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