Summary
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.
Contents
lesson 1. Learning the language of musiclesson 2. Staff, clefs, and notes
lesson 3. Major scales : notes in context
lesson 4. Intervals : distance between the notes
lesson 5 The circle of fifths
lesson 6. Meter : how music moves
lesson 7. Simple and compound meters
lesson 8. Downbeats and upbeats : performing rhythm
lesson 9. Minor keys
lesson 10. Dynamics, articulation, and tempo
lesson 11. Counterpoint : composing with two voices
lesson 12. Musical harmony : triads
lesson 13. Musical harmony : seventh chords
lesson 14. Musical harmony in context : progressions
lesson 15. Musical phrases and cadences
lesson 16. Hypermeter and larger musical structures
lesson 17. Understanding music lead sheets
lesson 18. Applying music theory to great music.
Additional Information
| Series | Great courses (DVD) |
| Subjects |
Music theory.
Educational films. Lectures. Nonfiction films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Chantilly, VA :The Great Courses,2021 |
| Other Titles | Music theory. Svetlyĭ prazdnik. |
| Contributors |
Krzywicki, Tom,
film producer. De Moraes, Roberto, film director. Atkinson, Sean, instructor. Atkinson, Sean. Music theory. Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Svetlyĭ prazdnik. Teaching Company, production company, publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Instructor, Sean Atkinson, PhD. |
| Other Contributors |
Editors, Kristen Westphal, Andrew Volpe ; camera operators, George Bolden, Valerie Welch. |
| Language |
English Closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Accompanying spiral-bound workbook, written by Sean Atkinson, comprises instructor biography, course overview, lesson guides, bibliographical references, and notated music, including the complete score of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Russian Easter overture. |
| System Details |
DVD; widescreen presentation. |
| Description |
3 videodiscs (450 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course workbook (ii, 219 pages : illustrations, music ; 28 cm) |
| ISBN | 9781644650370 1644650371 9781644650363 1644650363 |
| Other | Classic View |