Discover music theory fundamentals, including rhythm, melody, harmony, and more, in this engaging course by Bill Neely. Perfect for beginners and music lovers alike.
This course is all about diving into music theory! You'll learn how different music elements come together and even explore a bit of Rock and Roll history! It's perfect for anyone wanting to understand music better without feeling overwhelmed.
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.
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.
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.
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In addition to teaching Adventures in Classical Music at Santa Rosa Junior College and @ Udemy, Bill has also taught this course on the Skillfeed and LearnSocial platforms. He grew up in Newton, Massachusetts, and has lived in San Francisco, California since 1977. He attended University of Massachusetts in Amherst, where he got his Bachelor's Degree in Music Education, with...
I just started, but thus far it is wonderful.
So far this course has not been a good match for me. I listen to all types of music daily ranging from light classical to country. I find myself wondering how the arranger decided which instruments he used to play each part and how they all come together in beautiful music. For example: I recently heard an orchestra recording of "Rainy night in Georgia". So beautiful, you could even hear the water dropping off of eaves in the background. Maybe the next section 26.4.2 will help me.
Thank you so much for this course, I learned a lot!
Sehr schöne historische musikalische Erklärungen, die mir sehr gut gefallen. Die Aussprache des Instructors ist klar und gut verständlich. Hier ist ein Meister seines Fachs am Werk. Sehr empfehlenswert.
Well-paced and comprehensive with clear explanations which make the material easily understood. This is an excellent course!
While this course has lots of great content, the somnambulistic presentation could take down an elephant on meth. I wanted a course to review several areas of theory, as I recently started singing again. There is absolutely no emphasis on LISTENING here, or teaching listening skills - exp. "Here's a key (played). What key do you think this is? How can we tell?" In fact, there are no materials to test oneself at all. That takes the "active" out of Interactive!
While I happen to love Classical music and The Beatles, I can see many being put to sleep within minutes by never hearing music created in their lifetime... Finally, the delivery reminds me of pantomime. Teaching requires the teacher to be excited! If the instructor sounds half asleep, why should we care or pay attention? I've put a fork in this one half-way through - while struggling to watch it for months. There are FAR better courses on music basics, that you may stay awake through.
Music education should NEVER be boring or a chore, as music is always fascinating. It takes work to make it this boring.
Communication has been superb and I have learnt so much already
If you always wanted to know the structure of beautiful western music, but didn't know where to start: I would suggest that this course is ideal for you! No previous knowledge is required at all.
Mr. Neely will give you the 2,000 feet overview of music, and then dissect piece by piece the different elements at a level anyone can understand.
My enjoyment of music, of all kinds, has increased a couple of orders of magnitude with a minimal amount of effort and a great deal of fun!
Keep up the awesome work Bill! Can't wait for the next course!
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Wayne P.
Excellent cou use and well presented