Understanding the fundamentals of music / Robert Greenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greenberg, Robert, 1954- author.

Contributor:

Teaching Company.

Penn Sexuality Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

The great courses: Fine arts & music

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Music--Instruction and study.

Music.

Music theory.

Music appreciation.

Musical analysis.

Physical Description:

iv, 109 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm

Place of Publication:

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Company : Great Courses, [2007]

Contents:

Lecture 1. The language of music

lecture 2. Timbre, continued

lecture 3. Timbre, part 3

lecture 4. Beat and tempo

lecture 5. Meter, part 1

lecture 6. Meter, part 2

lecture 7. Pitch and mode, part 1

lecture 8. Pitch and mode, part 2

lecture 9. Intervals and tunings

lecture 10. Tonality, key signature, and the circle of fifths

lecture 11. Intervals revisited and expanded

lecture 12. Melody

lecture 13. Melody, continued

lecture 14. Texture and harmony, part 1

lecture 15. Harmony: function, tendency, and dominance, part 2

lecture 16. Harmony: progression, cadence, and modulation, part 3.

Notes:

"Course guidebook"--Cover.

"The great courses: Fine arts & music ; music appreciation"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (page 109).

Local Notes:

Gift of the William Way LGBT Community Center.

OCLC:

889007356

Publisher Number:

PB7261A Teaching Co.