TY  - ADVS
AU  - Greenberg,Robert
ED  - Teaching Company
TI  - Understanding the fundamentals of music: Course Guidebook
T2  - The great courses. Fine arts & music
SN  - 1598032860 :
AV  - MT7 .G744 2007
U1  - 781.2 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Chantilly, VA
PB  - Teaching Co.
KW  - Music
KW  - Instruction and study
KW  - Music theory
KW  - Music appreciation
KW  - Musical analysis
KW  - Filmed lectures
KW  - Instructional films
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -