This course is about how music works. It is about the relationship between the technical and aesthetic details of music. It is also about how developing a meaningful theoretical vocabulary can help you think and talk about musical style, and how learning that vocabulary can expand your appreciation for music.
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Approaching Music Theory: Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony
Instituto de Artes de CaliforniaAcerca de este Curso
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Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.
Fechas límite flexibles
Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.
Nivel intermedio
I recommended you have a basic knowledge of music notation prior to starting this course. Specific details are provided in the first week.
Aprox. 22 horas para completar
Inglés (English)
Subtítulos: Francés (French), Portugués (de Brasil), Ruso (Russian), Inglés (English), Español (Spanish)
Qué aprenderás
Analyze the relationship between the technical details and aesthetics of music.
Explore how culture, psychology, physics, formal context, and a sense of play all shape musical language.
Discover ways in which music theory may be relevant to enjoying, communicating a love for, and performing music.
Demonstrate confidence in the kind of musical self-analysis that can help you develop your own musical ideas.
Habilidades que obtendrás
MusicClassical MusicJazzMusic compositionMusic theory
Certificado para compartir
Obtén un certificado al finalizar
100 % en línea
Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.
Fechas límite flexibles
Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.
Nivel intermedio
I recommended you have a basic knowledge of music notation prior to starting this course. Specific details are provided in the first week.
Aprox. 22 horas para completar
Inglés (English)
Subtítulos: Francés (French), Portugués (de Brasil), Ruso (Russian), Inglés (English), Español (Spanish)
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Instituto de Artes de California
CalArts has earned an international reputation as the leading college of the visual and performing arts in the United States. Offering rigorous undergraduate and graduate degree programs through six schools—Art, Critical Studies, Dance, Film/Video, Music, and Theater—CalArts has championed creative excellence, critical reflection, and the development of new forms and expressions.
Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso
14 minutos para completar
Course Overview
This introductory module lets you know what is involved in the course. Come on in!
14 minutos para completar
1 video (Total 1 minutos), 9 lecturas
1 video
9 lecturas
Is this course right for you?1m
How to Pass This Course2m
Accessing Music in the Course1m
Instructor Presence and Staff Support 1m
Forum Guidelines2m
Requesting Peer Reviews2m
Academic Integrity2m
About Performing1m
About CalArts and the School of Music1m
5 horas para completar
Melodic Structures: Lines, Shapes, and Simple Modes
In this module, we will being to develop a vocabulary that is useful in describing the technicalities behind musical expression. To do this, we will start right away closely examining some actual, real music. First we will look at some Gregorian Chant (which, come on, can be stunningly beautiful). Second we will use some slow classic Jazz to thoughtfully build our vocabulary.
5 horas para completar
16 videos (Total 93 minutos), 11 lecturas, 7 cuestionarios
16 videos
The Richness of Simplicity, part 15m
The Richness of Simplicity, part 25m
Context and Discrete Function4m
Neighbor Notes and Passing Tones4m
Context Gives Notes Function1m
Cadences9m
How to Grade: Write a Gregorian Chant10m
An Utterly Different Aesthetic, part 13m
An Utterly Different Aesthetic, part 23m
Leaps vs. Steps4m
Chromaticism: Outside Notes3m
The Next Chromatic Note1m
Sequence4m
How to Grade: Write a Slow Jazz Song11m
How to Grade: Write a Folk Song13m
11 lecturas
Week 1 Glossary & Playlist1m
Optional Practice: Medieval Notation3m
Optional Practice: Modern Notation3m
Optional Practice: MIDI Notation3m
Some Lessons Learned2m
Optional Practice: Antiphon10m
Optional Practice: Improvise a Melody10m
Optional Practice: A Little Musical Idea5m
Some More Lessons Learned2m
Talking About Folk Music3m
Examples of Folk Music3m
4 ejercicios de práctica
Reinforce Your Knowledge: Remember New Terms5m
See it then Hear it: Over the Rainbow (Required)14m
Hear it then See it: White Christmas (Required)12m
See it then Hear it: The Riddle Song (Required - Honors)14m
7 horas para completar
Melodic Structures: Simplicity, Repetition, and Change
In this module, still looking at single melodic lines, we will start to branch farther afield to describe some useful technical descriptions of the differences between different simple and complicated musical styles.
7 horas para completar
17 videos (Total 140 minutos), 8 lecturas, 9 cuestionarios
17 videos
Repetition8m
How to Grade: Write Like a Classical Composer15m
Less is More: Chopin9m
Less is More: Ives5m
Some Lessons Learned3m
Brahms Rhapsody12m
Schoenberg's Piano Concerto5m
Single Ladies / It's a Small World / Your own personal nightmare earworm2m
Three Expansive Tunes3m
How to Grade: Write Like a Romantic Composer16m
How to Grade: Write like an Early 20th Century Composer13m
How to Grade: Write an Earworm7m
Boulez, Selon Pli7m
John Cage's Atlas Eclipticalis4m
How to Grade: Write Like a Mid- to Late 20th Century Composer17m
How to Grade: Write Like a Wombat2m
8 lecturas
Week 2 Glossary & Playlist1m
Some Lessons Learned2m
Listen First: Chopin, Withers, Ives6m
Less is More: Withers10m
Optional Practice: I Want You10m
Optional Practice: One Note Samba5m
Optional Practice: Musica Ricerata10m
Listen First: Brahms & Schoenberg12m
3 ejercicios de práctica
See it then Hear it: Diaphonic Suite #1 (Required)30m
Hear it then See it: Mon coeur s'ouvre a ta voix (Required)14m
See it then Hear it: 1- (Required - Honors)12m
5 horas para completar
Combining Pitches: Consonance and Dissonance
Now we will start to describe different ways to think about playing pitches simultaneously. Carefully considering our terms, we will listen to a wide spectrum of styles before settling in to focus on the basics of common practice rules.
5 horas para completar
17 videos (Total 136 minutos), 4 lecturas, 6 cuestionarios
17 videos
The Physics Of It All6m
The Culture & Context You Swim In10m
The Functional Relationship10m
A Three-Minute History of Medieval Music12m
A bit more about medieval music—and meter2m
Introduction to 'The Rules'8m
A Simple Explanation of Counterpoint, part 18m
A Simple Explanation of Counterpoint, part 26m
Adding Dissonance18m
How to Grade: Counterpoint, Part One: A&B7m
How to Grade: Counterpoint, Part Two: C&D7m
Josquin in two voices, part 15m
Josquin in two voices, part 28m
Creatively Breaking Rules7m
Breaking the Rules In Order To Make New Rules in Order to Figure Out What Rules Are6m
How to Grade: Counterpoint, Part Three: E&F4m
4 lecturas
Week 3 Glossary & Playlist2m
Optional Practice: Meter5m
Optional Practice: An informal analysis of Josquin10m
Optional Practice: Two Beautiful Pieces15m
3 ejercicios de práctica
Physical Consonance (Required)5m
See it then Hear it: Broken Rules (Required)12m
Hear it then See it: Broken Rules (Required)10m
5 horas para completar
Cadences and Basic Harmonic Function
Beginning with a fuller examination of cadences, we will come up with ways to describe chords and harmonic function that help us talk and think about different styles of music. Finally, we will consider how our newly constructed vocabulary can help us describe the function and aesthetics of more and more complete pieces of music.
5 horas para completar
18 videos (Total 108 minutos), 3 lecturas, 4 cuestionarios
18 videos
Demonstration: 3-part voice leading11m
Cadences, part 18m
Cadences, part 23m
Melodic Aspect to Cadences5m
Tonal Function6m
More about the Leading Tone: A diversion into Rock and Country3m
Rock/Pop vs. Country3m
Getting back to Tonal Function: Subdominant5m
Some simple examples10m
Subdominant Feelz6m
Recap of Harmonic Function5m
All Triads in a Key4m
Mozart Piano Concerto, Part 18m
Mozart Piano Concerto, Part 27m
Mozart Piano Concerto, Part 36m
How to Grade: Complete the Cadences (Final Assignment)3m
Conclusion1m
3 lecturas
Week 4 Glossary & Playlist2m
Listen to Haydn and Pärt15m
Listen First: Stairway to Heaven & Coal Miner's Daughter10m
2 ejercicios de práctica
See it Then Hear it: Piano Sonata #1 (Required)18m
Hear it and See it: Dove Sono (Required)15m
Reseñas
Principales reseñas sobre APPROACHING MUSIC THEORY: MELODIC FORMS AND SIMPLE HARMONY
por AW4 de jul. de 2020
Great survey of Western music. I found it more of an appreciation of listening to music rather than a formal music theory course. There's lots of opportunity to learn different styles of composition.
por HS5 de may. de 2020
It's not simply a course but it's a journey through decades of music. What a fun way to learn! Especially with such an interactive and amazing instructor.
por PR28 de mar. de 2020
A very useful and interesting overview to melody and harmony. I loved Marc's sense of humour. It has motivated me to study the subject in more depth.
por JD18 de jun. de 2020
I can't overemphasize how good this course is. It's extremely well thought out. Thank you so much for making this available to a broader public!
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