Title:
Understanding the fundamentals of music
ISBN:
9781598032857
Publication Information:
Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c2007.
Physical Description:
16 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebook (ii, 54 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.)
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Compact discs.
Course consists of 16 lectures in two parts. Each part contains 8 cds and 1book.
Contents:
The language of music -- Timbre, continued -- Timbre, part 3 -- Beat and tempo -- Meter, part 1 -- Meter, part 2 -- Pitch and mode, part 1 -- Pitch and mode, part 2.
Intervals and tunings -- Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths -- Intervals revisited and expanded -- Melody -- Melody, continued -- Texture and harmony, part 1 -- Harmony, part 2, function, tendency, and dominance -- Harmony, part 3, progression, cadence, and modulation.
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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.
