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Fundamentals of Music Theory

710 calificaciones

The University of Edinburgh

Fundamentals of Music Theory

710 calificaciones

This course will introduce students to the theory of music, providing them with the skills needed to read and write Western music notation, as well as to understand, analyse, and listen informedly. It will cover material such as pitches and scales, intervals, clefs, rhythm, form, meter, phrases and cadences, and basic harmony. This course covers the fundamentals of Western music theory, from the absolute basics to some more advanced concepts and, as such, is the perfect course for beginners and more experienced musicians alike. Follow us on twitter @musictheorymooc #edmusictheory

De la lección

Rhythm and Form

Conoce a los instructores

Dr Michael Edwards

Reid School of Music, ECA
Dr Zack Moir
Teaching Fellow
Reid School of Music, Edinburgh College of Art
Richard Worth

Edinburgh College of Art
Dr Nikki Moran

Reid School of Music, ECA
Dr John Philip Kitchen, MA BMus PhD FRCO LRAM

Reid School of Music
Eli Appleby-Donald

Edinburgh College of Art

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The last thing we'll cover today is musical form.

We've already touched upon form in fact, by

talking about the clear hierarchical relationship that went from

bars to phrases, phrases to periods, and then

periods into sections and on into movements and songs.

We can only really touch on Musical Form here as it's

a complex much debated area of musical thought analysis and composition.

But essentially, once you've built up your phrases into sections, you

can then start combining these sections and their repetitions into movements.

There are several basic ways of combining these sections.

The most simple of which is the Binary Form.

As you might imagine, this has two sections.

Usually referred to as A and B.

The B section could or would actually most likely

be closely related in character to the A section.

But generally it would be in a different key.

Also of note in Binary Forms, is that both section

A and section B are quite likely to be repeated.

If Binary Form has sections A and B, then Ternary

Form is generally notated or referred to as A B A.

So what we have here is a return to

our A section after changing key for the B section.

The return of A might be in some modified form, in which case, we generally notate

it as A, B, A' Prime, with the apostrophe here, Prime, signifying a modification.

This form is quite closely related to the Sonata

Form, which was common during the western classical period.

It's the form of most first movements of symphonies, sonatas, concertos, etcetera.

This has a basic A-B-A Prime

Form of exposition, development and recapitulation.

You can read more about this via the Wikipedia link on this week's webpage.

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Other common forms are the Rondo Form, which

has a recurring section in between contrasting sections.

So, A B A C A, for instance.

And the very common repeating 12 Bar Blues Form, which you can

also read more about via the Wikipedia link on this week's webpage.

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