Understanding the fundamentals of music
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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regular print
videodisc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Chantilly, Virgina : The Teaching Company, [2007]
- Copyright ©2007
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General Note: | Consists of 16 lectures in two parts. Each part consists of two videodiscs and each videodisc consists of 4 lectures/45 minutes per lecture. Course no. 7261. GMD: videodisc. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Disc 1. The language of music ; Timbre, continued ; Timbre, part 3 ; Beat and tempo -- Disc 2. Meter, part 1 ; Meter, part 2 ; Pitch and mode, part 1 ; Pitch and mode, part 2. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Taught by: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances. |
System Details Note: | DVDs, full screen. |
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Understanding the Fundamentals of Music
We all know that beneath the surface of music, beyond the joy or excitement or even heartache that this beautiful language of sound can stir within us lies the often-mysterious realm of music theory-a complex syntax of structural and instrumental resources that composers may draw on.