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Understanding the fundamentals of music [videorecording] / Robert Greenberg.

Greenberg, Robert, 1954- (Author). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1598032860
  • ISBN: 9781598032864
  • Physical Description: 4 videodiscs (approximately 720 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (54, 67 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2007]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Course guidebooks laid in each of two containers.
Course no. 7261.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Guides include bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1. disc 1. (lectures 1-4). Language of music ; Timbre, continued ; Timbre, part 3 ; Beat and tempo -- Part 1. disc 2. (lectures 5-8). Meter, part 1 ; Meter, part 2 ; Pitch and mode, part 1 ; Pitch and mode, part 2 -- Part 2. disc 3. (lectures 9-12). Intervals and tunings ; Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths ; Intervals revisited and expanded ; Melody -- Part 2. disc 4. (lectures 13-16). Melody, continued ; Texture and harmony, part 1 ; Harmony, part 2 - function, tendency, and dominance ; Harmony, part 3 - progression, cadence, and modulation.
Participant or Performer Note:
Lecturer: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Subject:
Music appreciation.
Music theory.
Music > Instruction and study.
Musical analysis.
Genre:
Instructional films.
Lectures.
Video recordings.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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