Getting Started With Music Theory
This course is a brief introduction to the elements of music theory for those with little or no prior knowledge of music theory. Pitch, rhythm, meter, notation, scales, keys, key signatures, meter signatures, triads, seventh chords, and basic harmony will all be covered. This course is for you if you listen to music or play music by ear and want to learn more about how music is organized and notated.
By the end of the course, you should be able to read and write in treble and bass clef using standard meters and rhythmic values, as well as notate and harmonize a simple melody in all major and minor keys. This course can be taken as a standalone basic music theory course or as a prerequisite for more advanced theory and composition courses. Bruce Taggart, Associate Professor of Music Theory at Michigan State University's College of Music, has been teaching undergraduate and graduate music theory since 1996.
Informations about course:
- Flexible deadlines: Reset deadlines based on your availability.
- Shareable certificate: Get a Certificate when you complete
- 100% online: Start now and learn when it's convenient for you.
- Beginner level: Approx. 1 p.m. to finish
- Subtitles: Arabic, French, Portuguese (European), Italian, Vietnamese, German, Russian, English, Spanish
Rating: 4.5/5.0
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