Harvard University
The Architectural Imagination
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Overview
This course fosters the development of aural skills that lead to an understanding of Western music. The musical novice is introduced to the ways in which music is put together and is taught how to listen to a wide variety of musical styles, from Bach and Mozart, to Gregorian chant, to the blues.
Videos in this playlist 23
- 1. Introduction
- Lecture 2. Introduction to Instruments and Musical Genres
- Lecture 3. Rhythm: Fundamentals
- Lecture 4. Rhythm: Jazz, Pop and Classical
- Lecture 5. Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts
- Lecture 6. Melody: Mozart and Wagner
- Lecture 7. Harmony: Chords and How to Build Them
- Lecture 8. Bass Patterns: Blues and Rock
- Lecture 9. Sonata-Allegro Form: Mozart and Beethoven
- Lecture 10 Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations
- Lecture 11. Form: Rondo, Sonata-Allegro and Theme and Variations (cont.)
- Lecture 12. Guest Conductor: Saybrook Orchestra
- Lecture 13. Fugue: Bach, Bizet and Bernstein
- Lecture 14. Ostinato Form in the Music of Purcell, Pachelbel, Elton John and Vitamin C
- Lecture 15. Gregorian Chant and Music in the Sistine Chapel
- Lecture 16. Baroque Music: The Vocal Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
- Lecture 17. Mozart and His Operas
- Lecture 18. Piano Music of Mozart and Beethoven
- Lecture 19. Romantic Opera: Verdi's La Traviata, Bocelli, Pavarotti and Domingo
- Lecture 20. The Colossal Symphony: Beethoven, Berlioz, Mahler and Shostakovich
- Lecture 21. Musical Impressionism and Exoticism: Debussy, Ravel and Monet
- Lecture 22. Modernism and Mahler
- Lecture 23. Review of Musical Style
Advantages and disadvantages
Advantages
- Free and complete: every lecture is in the playlist, in order.
- Watch at 1.5x, skip what you know, rewatch what you don't.
- Taught by Yale University, one of the strongest names in its field.
- 1,486,264 views, so help and notes are easy to find.
- Completely free.
- Self-paced: start any time.
- A clear syllabus (23 videos) you can see before you start.
- Start watching right away, no sign-up.
Disadvantages
- No certificate, deadlines or graded work.
- Quality and depth vary: check that the playlist is finished before you start.
- No certificate.
- No graded assignments or feedback.
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Free
- Free: Watch on YouTube, no account needed.
- Certificate: None. Code or take notes along to make it stick.
Yale University is in Tier 1: world-leading universities and India's top institutes of our institution ranking (95/100).
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