Understanding the fundamentals of music
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.
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- ISBN: 1598032860
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Physical Description
regular print
videodisc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher Chantilly, Virgina : The Teaching Company, [2007]
- Copyright ©2007
Content descriptions
General Note: | Consists of 16 lectures in two parts. Each part consists of two videodiscs and each videodisc consists of 4 lectures/45 minutes per lecture. Course no. 7261. GMD: videodisc. |
Formatted Contents Note: | pt. 1. Disc 1. The language of music ; Timbre, continued ; Timbre, part 3 ; Beat and tempo -- Disc 2. Meter, part 1 ; Meter, part 2 ; Pitch and mode, part 1 ; Pitch and mode, part 2. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Taught by: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances. |
System Details Note: | DVDs, full screen. |