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Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Course Overview
Music theory is a method that musicians utilize to comprehend and express music's language. Musical theory is the study of the fundamentals of music, which also includes a system for interpreting music genres. Music theory describes creative aspects such as song structure, tempo, intervals, chords, scales, key signatures, notation, and more, as well as defining the elements that make melodies, harmonies, and rhythms. Bruce Taggart - Associate Professor established the Getting Started With Music Theory certification course, which is given by Michigan State University and is partnered with Coursera.
Getting Started With Music Theory online course serves as a self-contained foundation for music theory training, letting learners grasp the essential concepts that musicians utilize to comprehend, analyze, and produce music. By the end of the Getting Started With Music Theory online classes, learners will have mastered all major and minor themes, how to read and write in treble and bass notation using conventional measures and rhythmic elements, and how to compose and harmonize any music.
The Highlights
- Certificate of completion
- Self-paced course
- 13 hours effort
- 100% online content
- Flexible deadlines
Programme Offerings
- English video lectures with multiple subtitles
- 100% online content
- Learning resources. Graded assignments
- Accessible on mobile devices and TV.
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The fees for the course Getting Started With Music Theory is -
| Head | Amount in INR |
| certificate fees | Rs. 2,436 |
What you will learn
After completing the Getting Started With Music Theory online certification, learners will have a better understanding of the fundamentals of music theory as well as the principles of music. Learners will explore the concepts of tonality, notation, scales, keys, intervals, meter, and rhythm. Learners will also learn how to master a variety of chords, harmonics, and triads.
Who it is for
The Syllabus
Videos
- Course Overview
- Tonality and Atonality
- Harmonic Function
- Harmonic Hierarchy
- Acoustics
- Notation I: Pitch
- Notation II: Rhythmic Notation
- Notation III: Measures and Measure Numbers
- Notation IV: Notation In Action
Reading
- Notation Reading
Quizzes
- Tonality and Acoustics Practice Quiz
- Tonality, Harmony, Acoustics
- Notation Practice Quiz
- Pitch and Rhythm Notation
Discussion Prompts
- Why Music? What Music? My Music
- Music Notation and Me
Videos
- Half Steps, Whole Steps, and the Diatonic Set
- Major Scales
- Key Signatures
- Sharp Key Signatures
- Flat Key Signatures And The Circle of Fifths
- Minor Scales
- Relative Minor
- Forms Of Minor Scales
- Generic Intervals
- Interval Quality and Diatonic Intervals
- More Diatonic Intervals
- Chromatic Intervals and Inversion
Readings
- More On Minor
- Key Signature Practice
- More On Intervals
Quizzes
- Diatonic Set, Major, Minor: Practice Quiz
- Diatonic Set, Major, Minor
- Intervals Practice Quiz
- Intervals Quiz
Discussion Prompts
- Sad Minor?
- My Favorite Intervals!
Videos
- Accents and Meter Beats
- Rhythm and Meter II: Subdivisions of the Beat
- Meter III: Simple and Compound Meters
- Metric Notation In Practice
- Metric Notation: Tuplets
- Syncopation
Readings
- More About Meter and Meter Signatures
- More On Tuplets
Quizzes
- Rhythm and Meter
- Meter, Tuplets, Syncopation
Discussion Prompts
- Fascinating Rhythm
Videos
- Triads
- Triads II: Inversions
- Triads III: Quality
- Seventh Chords
- Qualities of Seventh Chords
- Fully Diminished Seventh Chords
- Chord Symbols
- Roman Numeral Notation
Readings
- More on Triads
- More On Seventh Chords
- 7th Chords In Jazz
Quizzes
- Triads
- Seventh Chords
- Labeling Chords
Discussion Prompts
- When Is A Chord Not A Chord?
- What Now?