Learn to understand the elements of music theory and how they fuse, unite and partner to become the music we love.
If you would like to be able to look at sheet music without feeling intimidated, understand how guitar chords work, learn your choral music more quickly, this course will help you. This course is a detailed primer in music basics. Taught by Bill Neely, who developed the Udemy course, Adventures in Classical Music, a comprehensive history of classical music.
What you’ll learn
- Section 1 includes a short history of Rock and Roll and relates these component elements to the styles that make up rock and roll and its predecessors..
- In 25 lectures, you will learn the component parts of music—rhythm, pitch, melody, harmony, form, etc..
Course Content
- The Elements of Music: Introduction –> 4 lectures • 30min.
- The Elements of Music: Rhythm, Meter and Melody –> 11 lectures • 1hr 20min.
- The Elements of Music: Melodic structure; Harmony and Texture –> 9 lectures • 58min.
- Musical Timbre –> 9 lectures • 1hr 39min.
- Reading Music –> 6 lectures • 50min.
- In Conclusion –> 1 lecture • 4min.
Requirements
If you would like to be able to look at sheet music without feeling intimidated, understand how guitar chords work, learn your choral music more quickly, this course will help you. This course is a detailed primer in music basics. Taught by Bill Neely, who developed the Udemy course, Adventures in Classical Music, a comprehensive history of classical music.
Beginning with a short history of Rock and Roll, this course first identifies the component elements of music—rhythm, melody, harmony, texture, tempo, dynamics, and form. Then, it goes on to show how those elements come together to create music—any music whether a pop song or a classical symphony.