Title from container. Compact disc. In container (17 cm.). The length of each lecture is: ca. 45 min. The entire program consists of 16 lectures. Lecturer: Professor Robert Greenberg.
Contents:
Lecture 8. Pitch and mode, part 2. Lecture 2. Timbre, continued -- Lecture 3. Timbre, part 3 -- Lecture 4. Beat and tempo -- Lecture 5. Meter, part 1 -- Lecture 6. Meter, part 2 -- Lecture 7. Pitch and mode, part 1 -- Lecture 8. Pitch and mode, part 2. Lecture 16. Harmony, part 3, progression, cadence, and modulation. Lecture 10. Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths -- Lecture 11. Intervals revisited and expanded -- Lecture 12. Melody -- Lecture 13. Melody, continued -- Lecture 14. Texture and harmony, part 1 -- Lecture 15. Harmony, part 2, function, tendency, and dominance -- Lecture 16. Harmony, part 3, progression, cadence, and modulation.
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.
Series:
The great courses. Fine arts & music. Music appreciation The great courses
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