Course no. 7261

Course guidebook includes professor biographies, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, glossary and bibliography

pt. 1. disc 1. (lectures 1-4). Language of music ; Timbre, continued ; Timbre, part 3 ; Beat and tempo -- pt. 1. disc 2. (lectures 5-8) Meter, part 1 ; Meter, part 2 ; Pitch and mode, part 1 ; Pitch and mode, part 2 -- pt. 2. disc 3. (lectures 9-12). Intervals and tunings ; Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths ; Intervals revisited and expanded ; Melody -- pt. 2. disc 4. (lectures 13-16). Melody, continued ; Texture and harmony, part 1 ; Harmony, part 2 - function, tendency, and dominance ; Harmony, part 3 - progression, cadence, and modulation

Lecturer: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances

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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