Yale Music: Basics on Musical Genres and More

1 Introduction: Basics of Music
6 Topics
Chapter 1: Introduction to Listening to Music
Chapter 2: Why Listen to Classical Music?
Chapter 3: Course Requirements and Pedagogy
Chapter 4: Diagnostic Quiz
Chapter 5: Pitch
Chapter 6: Rhythm
2 Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres
6 Topics
Chapter 1: Distinguishing “Songs” from “Pieces”: Musical Lexicon
Chapter 2: Genres, Motives, and Themes
Chapter 3: Introduction to the French Horn and Partials
Chapter 4: The Bassoon and the Viola
Chapter 5: Mugorsky and the Basic Principles of Acoustics
Chapter 6: Dissonance and Consonance in Strauss’s Death and Transfiguration
3 Rhythm: Fundamentals
4 Topics
Chapter 1: Advantages and Disadvantages of Musical Notation
Chapter 2: Beats and Meters
Chapter 3: Exercises Distinguishing Duple and Triple Meters
Chapter 4: Conducting Basic Meter Patterns: Exercises with REM, Chopin, and Ravel
4 Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical
5 Topics
Chapter 1: Introduction to Multiple Partials
Chapter 2: Syncopation and Triplets
Chapter 3: Basics of Musical Texture
Chapter 4: Counting Measures and Musical Dictation
Chapter 5: Mozart’s Requiem: Insights on Varying Textures and Pitches
5 Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts
4 Topics
Chapter 1: The Nature of Melody
Chapter 2: The Development of Notes and the Scale
Chapter 3: Major, Minor, and Chromatic Scales in World Music
Chapter 4: Pitch and Rhythm in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
6 Melody: Mozart and Wagner
4 Topics
Chapter 1: What Makes a Melody Beautiful?
Chapter 2: Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi: Cadences and Sequences
Chapter 3: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde: Exploring Melodic Ascents and Descents
Chapter 4: Mozart’s Marriage of Figaro: Melodic Sequence Analysis
7 Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them
5 Topics
Chapter 1: Introduction to Harmony
Chapter 2: The Formation and Changing of Chords
Chapter 3: Harmonic Progressions
Chapter 4: Major and Minor Harmonies in Popular Music
Chapter 5: Modulation through Harmony
8 Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock
5 Topics
Chapter 1: Review of Chord Formation
Chapter 2: Chord Progressions and Harmonic Change
Chapter 3: Popular and Classical Music Chord Progressions
Chapter 4: Three-Chord Progressions
Chapter 5: Four-Chord Progressions
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Chapter 3: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde: Exploring Melodic Ascents and Descents

Yale Music: Basics on Musical Genres and More Melody: Mozart and Wagner Chapter 3: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde: Exploring Melodic Ascents and Descents
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Chapter 3: Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde: Exploring Melodic Ascents and Descents

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