Best teacher!!

有趣的讲解古典音乐的课。

Fantasic!

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I thought I was going to learn about the history of music. But I learned much more than that: I learned that I need to listen, not just hear, the music. And then I learned how to listen. I have loved classical music all my life, and I am an accomplished pianist. But I will from now on listen much more intelligently, and my listening will be even more rewarding.

However, I had some problems enjoying this course. The quizzes were really squirrely. Some of them asked trivial questions (in what order did Bach visit cities in Germany), some were irrelevant (in what order do sound waves reach the brain), and some asked questions that weren't covered in the video lectures. Professor Wright didn't always explain terms, and this would be a problem for someone who didn't know much about music. Some of the lectures didn't contribute much to the course. I didn't care for the video with the classical guitarist (Solomon Someone). I enjoyed hearing him play and explain one of my favorite Spanish guitar pieces, but the lengthy discussion about how he hurt his hand should have been edited out. In fact, the video seemed to be an advertisement for the guitarist. I didn't care much for Craig's performances. When he demonstrated points by playing, I was stunned at his tempi, and his performance of the Chopin Nocturne was mechanical, lacking nuance. Finally, I think it's tacky for a professor to require his/her own book for a course. It's a fine way to sell one's book. I did buy one of his books and didn't care for it at all.

Craig is smart, articulate, and talented. I loved the videos in front of his class when he was demonstrating various musical concepts. I started losing interest when the focus switched from learning about music to answering questions about cities and dates. He's sparked my interest in learning more about the actual music, so I'm exploring YouTube videos and podcasts now devoted to that. If the class had stopped before the quizzes where I had to remember city names, I'd have given this 5 stars.

The content is interesting but the videos are quite long. Also, in the audit version all quizzes are blocked.

Not exactly, what I've expected, but one could learn a few new things. It is informative.

Good lecturer, nice focus on the subject... it awakes your sensibility for Music.

He is awesome in reaching every aspect of Classical music.

This course is far more technical than what I was led to believe from the description. You don't even hear a piece of music until the fourth week, the first three being taken up with explaining octaves, notes, etc.. I was not looking to read music only listen to it.

The fourth week turned into something of a travelogue, showing pictures of places, discussing histories of cities. It was also at this point that I noticed a number of spelling and grammatical mistakes in the transcripts under the videos.

Dr. Wright appears to be an extremely intelligence, learned man. However, his speaking style did not draw me in at all. I took to reading the transcripts to do the quizzes rather than listening to him speak (and so noticed the errors).

I am unenrolling after four weeks.

Over 70 quizzes! Not hard but tedious beyond belief. Pick your best questions, condense down to five or six tests, and this course is a four or five. Looks like the prof is unorganized and doesn't do know what is key to learning in his own course with this scatter approach to quizzes.

The course looks a lot like advertisement of a textbook. I don't have anything against ads, but ads are not very suitable for teaching.

What I've watched wasn't as what I expected.

I would give it 2 out of 5 as addressing my needs.

NO ESPECIFICA BIEN

Class was boring and the professor wasn't inspired nor inspiring.