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Music Theory: Instruments and Rhythm
1.5-3 hrs 27,852 learners
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You Will Learn How To

After completing this music theory course, you will:

  • Explain how to listen to music properly
  • Describe the most common type of form in pop music – verse and chorus
  • Differentiate between rhythm and melody
  • Distinguish between major and minor chords
  • Distinguish between tremolo, pizzicato, and vibrato
  • Define what tempo in music means
  • Explain the term syncopation and how it is used in music
  • Distinguish between polyphony, monophony, and homophony
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Music Theory: Instruments and Rhythm

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Music Theory: Melody and Harmony
1.5-3 hrs 24,752 learners
By Open Yale Courses
You Will Learn How To

After completing this music theory course, you will:

  • Describe the differences between the major and minor scales
  • Explain the different scales you might hear in different parts of the world
  • Distinguish between conjunct or disjunct melodies
  • Define melodic sequence
  • Explain the difference between an authentic cadence and a deceptive cadence
  • Explain what a harmony is
  • Describe how to focus on the rate of harmonic change
  • Define what an irregular rate of harmonic change is
  • Explain what a chord progression is
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Music Theory: Melody and Harmony

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1.5-3 hrs
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Music Theory: Musical Form
1.5-3 hrs 19,403 learners
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You Will Learn How To

After completing this music theory course, you will:

  • List different sorts of genres
  • List the six models in music
  • Define what a coda is
  • Explain ternary form
  • Discuss the differences between verse and chorus
  • Differentiate between the four functional types that will show up in sonata-allegro form
  • Describe the difference between rondo and ostinato
  • Explain what a rondo is
  • Define “pedal point”
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Music Theory: Musical Form

153 liked this course

1.5-3 hrs
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Diploma in Music Theory
10-15 hrs 89,367 learners
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You Will Learn How To

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Explain how to listen to music properly
  • Differentiate between rhythm and melody
  • Discuss the differences between verse and chorus
  • Explain the general format of symphonies
  • Distinguish between duple and triple meters
  • Discuss the use of chromaticism
  • Explain what a harmony is
  • Define what a coda is
  • Explain what a harmony is
  • Explain what a chord progression is
  • Distinguish between major and minor chords
  • Distinguish between conjunct or disjunct melodies
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Diploma in Music Theory

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10-15 hrs
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A very good scaled down version of a higher diploma in music offered by most of our universities and colleges in South Africa, which I did, but did not finish. Thank you Alison.
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Very good for anybody familiar or not familiar with music, nice and compact, concentrating on only the relevant information and importance of key musical principles.
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