Music theory : the foundation of great music

Music theory The foundation of great music

Sean Atkinson

DVD - 2021

Delve into the inner workings of Western tonal music through eighteen enjoyable and revealing lessons taught by Professor Sean Atkinson of Texas Christian University. Professor Atkinson, an eminent music theorist and teacher, makes music theory refreshingly clear and accessible, demystifying the skill of reading music as well as the principles of musical analysis. Using a highly interactive approach, he orients the lessons to an understanding of how music creates its remarkable effects, both formally and expressively, and how this understanding benefits us as listeners and instrumentalists.

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Subjects
Music theory.
Lectures.
Instructional films.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genres
Lectures
Instructional films
Educational films
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses [2021]
Language
English
Main Author
Sean Atkinson (lecturer)
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Music & fine art ; Subtopic: Musical theory"--Cover.
"Course number 80060"--Disc labels.
18 lectures lasting 25 minutes each.
Course guidebooks laid in each container. Guidebooks contain outlines for each 25 minute lecture.
Wide screen.
Guidebook is spiral bound.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (approximately 450 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (ii, 219 pages : music ; 28 cm)
Format
DVD, wide screen.
Bibliography
Accompanying course guidebook includes bibliography (page 219).
ISBN
9781644650370
  • Disc 1. Learning the language of music
  • Staff, clefs, and notes
  • Major scales: notes in context
  • Intervals: distance between the notes
  • The circle of fifths
  • Meter: how music moves
  • Disc 2. Simple and compound meters
  • Downbeats and upbeats: performing rhythm
  • Minor keys
  • Dynamics, articulation, and tempo
  • Counterpoint: composing with two voices
  • Disc 3. Musical harmony: seventh chords
  • Musical harmony in context: progressions
  • Musical phrases and cadences
  • Hypermeter and larger musical structures
  • Understanding music lead sheets
  • Applying music theory to great music.

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