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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.
In this course you will learn music theory not by looking at theory itself, but by listening to, looking at, and—yes!—writing your own musical examples. By hearing, seeing, and writing yourself, you will learn about classical, modern, ancient, pop, jazz, and folk styles.

Through lectures, relevant examples, and numerous practice assignments, we will examine fundamental aspects of melody. We will move into working with two voices and counterpoint, and finally to three voices and the beginnings of harmonic function.

This is an intermediate-level course for musicians and composers who already have some understanding of music theory through previous study. If you are a musician or composer looking to build a deeper understanding of music theory for composing, performing, or improvisation, you have come to the right place. If you are an amateur lover of music or, perhaps, play a musical instrument and want to develop a deeper sense of appreciation for music theory, aesthetics, and history, you are also in the right place!

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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)

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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

Music
Classical Music
Jazz
Music composition
Music theory

Fechas límite flexibles

Restablece las fechas límite en función de tus horarios.

Certificado para compartir

Obtén un certificado al finalizar

100 % en línea

Comienza de inmediato y aprende a tu propio ritmo.

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)

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Prueba Coursera para negocios

Instructor

Calificación del instructor

4,96/5 (63 calificaciones)

Marc Lowenstein
Instructor principal

Roy E. Disney Family Chair in Musical Composition

Musical Arts / Experimental Pop, School of Music

40.850 alumnos

1 curso

Programa - Qué aprenderás en este curso

Calificación del contenido98%(4,126 calificaciones)

Semana

1

Semana 1

14 minutos para completar

Course Overview

14 minutos para completar

1 video (Total 1 minutos), 9 lecturas

5 horas para completar

Melodic Structures: Lines, Shapes, and Simple Modes

5 horas para completar

16 videos (Total 93 minutos), 11 lecturas, 7 cuestionarios

16 videos

Let's Talk About Music4m

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

Semana

2

Semana 2

7 horas para completar

Melodic Structures: Simplicity, Repetition, and Change

7 horas para completar

17 videos (Total 140 minutos), 8 lecturas, 9 cuestionarios

17 videos

Complex Simplicity: Repetition and Expectation2m

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

Semana

3

Semana 3

5 horas para completar

Combining Pitches: Consonance and Dissonance

5 horas para completar

17 videos (Total 136 minutos), 4 lecturas, 6 cuestionarios

17 videos

Introduction to Consonance and Dissonance4m

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

Semana

4

Semana 4

5 horas para completar

Cadences and Basic Harmonic Function

5 horas para completar

18 videos (Total 108 minutos), 3 lecturas, 4 cuestionarios

18 videos

More Than Two Voices at a Time: The Beginnings of Harmony6m

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

4.7

81 reseña

5 stars
82,26 %
4 stars
12,05 %
3 stars
2,83 %
2 stars
0,70 %
1 star
2,12 %

Principales reseñas sobre APPROACHING MUSIC THEORY: MELODIC FORMS AND SIMPLE HARMONY

por JP9 de sep. de 2019

Completely different approach of teaching music theory. Even if you already studied music theory it is worth to take this course. It really goes deeply into our music recognition and creation process.

por JL25 de ene. de 2021

Very engaging lessons and exercises! However, waiting on peer feedback may take some time.

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!

por PG12 de mar. de 2021

Excellent, challenging course which opens your eyes and ears to many genres of music. Wonderfully presented with humour and concise descriptive explanation. Thank you

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Approaching Music Theory: Melodic Forms and Simple Harmony