Course consists of 16 lectures in two parts. Each part contains 8 cds. There is also a course guidebook. Course #7261. This course was purchased with funds donated in memory of Kay Bryant. Lecturer: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances.
Summary:
For anyone wanting to master music's language, being able to read musical notation is a necessity. But this course, as Professor Greenberg notes, is a basic course, designed to introduce you to music's language in a way that is similar to the way you learned your own native language, by "discovering and exploring musical syntax through our ears-- by learning what the parts of musical speech sound like--rather than what they look like on paper." By sidestepping the necessity to read music, these lectures represent an extremely rare opportunity in musical education--an opportunity to experience a solid introduction to music theory's basics in a way that is not technically intimidating, yet provides a substantial grounding in the fundamentals--Publisher.
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