This course is about how music works. It is about the relationship between the technical and aesthetic details of music. It is also about how developing a meaningful theoretical vocabulary can help you think and talk about musical style, and how learning that vocabulary can expand your appreciation for music.
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Approaching Music Theory: Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony
California Institute of the ArtsAbout this Course
I recommended you have a basic knowledge of music notation prior to starting this course. Specific details are provided in the first week.
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Analyze the relationship between the technical details and aesthetics of music.
Explore how culture, psychology, physics, formal context, and a sense of play all shape musical language.
Discover ways in which music theory may be relevant to enjoying, communicating a love for, and performing music.
Demonstrate confidence in the kind of musical self-analysis that can help you develop your own musical ideas.
Skills you will gain
- Music
- Classical Music
- Jazz
- Music composition
- Music theory
I recommended you have a basic knowledge of music notation prior to starting this course. Specific details are provided in the first week.
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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course
Course Overview
Melodic Structures: Lines, Shapes, and Simple Modes
Melodic Structures: Simplicity, Repetition, and Change
Combining Pitches: Consonance and Dissonance
Cadences and Basic Harmonic Function
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- 4 stars11.97%
- 3 stars2.81%
- 2 stars0.70%
- 1 star2.11%
TOP REVIEWS FROM APPROACHING MUSIC THEORY: MELODIC FORMS AND SIMPLE HARMONY
Excellent, challenging course which opens your eyes and ears to many genres of music. Wonderfully presented with humour and concise descriptive explanation. Thank you
I can't overemphasize how good this course is. It's extremely well thought out. Thank you so much for making this available to a broader public!
Completely different approach of teaching music theory. Even if you already studied music theory it is worth to take this course. It really goes deeply into our music recognition and creation process.
Excellent course. Thank you so much. Looking out for another one please!!!
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