Have Fun Learning Music Basics! No-Anxiety Music Theory.
Last updated 5/2016
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Learn to understand the elements of music theory and how they fuse, unite and partner to become the music we love.
What you'll learn
Section 1 includes a short history of Rock and Roll and relates these component elements to the styles that make up rock and roll and its predecessors.
In 25 lectures, you will learn the component parts of music—rhythm, pitch, melody, harmony, form, etc.
Requirements
I don't use a textbook for this course.
Description
If you would like to be able to look at sheet music without feeling intimidated, understand how guitar chords work, learn your choral music more quickly, this course will help you. This course is a detailed primer in music basics. Taught by Bill Neely, who developed the Udemy course, Adventures in Classical Music, a comprehensive history of classical music. Beginning with a short history of Rock and Roll, this course first identifies the component elements of music—rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, tempo, dynamics, and form. Then, it goes on to show how those elements come together to create music—any music whether a pop song or a classical symphony.
Overview
Section 1: The Elements of Music: Introduction
Lecture 1 1.1 Introduction
Lecture 2 1.21 History of Rock and Roll, part 1 (1 of 3)
Lecture 3 1.22 History of Rock and Roll, part 2 (2 of 3)
Lecture 4 1.23 History of Rock and Roll, part 3 (3 of 3)
Section 2: The Elements of Music: Rhythm, Meter and Melody
Lecture 5 1.41 Elements and Rhythm (1 of 2)
Lecture 6 1.42 Elements and Rhythm (2 of 2)
Lecture 7 2.1 Rhythm, part 2
Lecture 8 2.2 Compound Meter
Lecture 9 2.31 Additive meter and misc (1 of 3)
Lecture 10 2.32 Additive meter and misc (2 of 3)
Lecture 11 2.33 Additive meter and misc (3 of 3)
Lecture 12 2.41 Characteristics of Melody (1 of 2)
Lecture 13 2.42 Characteristics of Melody (2 of 2)
Lecture 14 2.51 Melody and Notation (1 of 2)
Lecture 15 2.52 Melody and Notation (2 of 2)
Section 3: The Elements of Music: Melodic structure; Harmony and Texture
Lecture 16 3.11 Melody Structure and Harmony (1 of 2)
Lecture 17 3.12 Melody Structure and Harmony (2 of 2)
Lecture 18 3.21 Harmony and Phrase Structure (1 of 2)
Lecture 19 3.22 Harmony and Phrase Structure (2 of 2)
Lecture 20 3.31 Harmonic Progressions (1)
Lecture 21 3.32 Harmonic Progressions (2)
Lecture 22 Texture (non-musical)
Lecture 23 3.41 Musical Texture (1 of 2)
Lecture 24 3.42 Musical Texture (2 of 2)
Section 4: Musical Timbre
Lecture 25 4.1 Timbre and the human voice
Lecture 26 4.2 Instruments of the orchestra
Lecture 27 4.3 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Lecture 28 5.11 Musical Form (1 of 2)
Lecture 29 5.12 Musical Form (2 of 2)
Lecture 30 5.21 Building Blocks of Form (1 of 2)
Lecture 31 5.22 Building Blocks of form (2 of 2)
Lecture 32 5.3 Bringing all the elements together
Lecture 33 5.4 Ravel's Bolero
Section 5: Reading Music
Lecture 34 S1 Pitch and Notation
Lecture 35 S2.1 Accidentals and Key Signature (1 of 2)
Lecture 36 S2.2 Accidentals and Key Signature (2 of 2)
Lecture 37 S3 Rhythmic Values of Notes
Lecture 38 S4.1 making Music—Pitch and Rhythm come together (1 0f 2)
Lecture 39 S4.2 making Music—Pitch and Rhythm come together (2 0f 2)
Section 6: In Conclusion
Lecture 40 Wrap-Up
This course is intended for the beginner, although many students with some training have reported that they too have benefitted from the class.
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