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Understanding the fundamentals of music / 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 (720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 115 pages ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [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
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 --
Pt. 2. Disc 3. Intervals and tunings ; Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths ; Intervals revisited and expanded ; Melody -- Disc 4. Melody, continued ; Texture and harmony, part 1 ; Harmony : function, tendency, and dominance, part 2 ; Harmony : progression, cadence, and modulation, part 3.
Participant or Performer Note:
Taught by: Robert Greenberg, San Francisco Performances.
System Details Note:
DVDs, full screen.
Subject: Music > Instruction and study.
Music theory.
Music appreciation.
Musical analysis.
Genre: Lectures.
Educational films.

Available copies

  • 0 of 1 copy available at Nazareth. (Show)
  • 0 of 1 copy available at Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Memorial Library of Nazareth and Vicinity DVD 781.1 UND 2007 (Text) 31001101930544 DVD Adult Checked Out 02/18/2025


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