| Description |
16 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 54 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.). |
| Series |
The great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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Compact discs. |
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In two containers. |
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Course consists of 16 lectures in two parts. Each part contains 8 cds and 1book. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances. |
| Contents |
Lecture 1. The language of music -- Lecture 2. Timbre, continued -- Lecture 3. Timbre, part 3 -- Lecture 4. Beat and tempo -- Lecture 5. Meter, part 1 -- Lecture 6. Meter, part 2 -- Lecture 7. Pitch and mode, part 1 -- Lecture 8. Pitch and mode, part 2. |
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Lecture 9. Intervals and tunings -- Lecture 10. Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths -- Lecture 11. Intervals revisited and expanded -- Lecture 12. Melody -- Lecture 13. Melody, continued -- Lecture 14. Texture and harmony, part 1 -- Lecture 15. Harmony, part 2, function, tendency, and dominance -- Lecture 16. Harmony, part 3, progression, cadence, and modulation. |
| 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. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Music -- Instruction and study.
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Music theory.
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Music appreciation.
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Musical analysis.
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Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598032852 |
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9781598032857 |
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