Great courses (DVD). Music & fine art. Musical theory

Wide screen

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

"Course Number 80060"--Container

Contains 18 lectures; each lecture is approximately 25 minutes

Course guidebook includes professor biography, course overview, lesson guides, supplemental materials and bibliography

Intructor: Sean Atkinson, PhD, Associate Professor of Music Theory, Texas Christian University

DVD, wide screen

In English ; closed-captioned

Disc 1.

Learning the language of music -- Staff, clefs, and notes -- Major scales: notes in context -- Intervals: distance between the notes -- 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 --Musical harmony: triads --

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