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This course explores the factors — musical and cultural — that led to the birth of American rock 'n' roll music in the early 1950s.

This online course includes a college-level music theory curriculum.

This online course explores the relationship between the technical and aesthetic details of music. It aims to build a deeper understanding of music theory for composing,...

This course teaches the basic principles of running an effective music ensemble rehearsal. Techniques and strategies are applicable to a variety of ensembles, including bands,...

This course introduces students to strategies for style writing of common practice European art music. The issues of harmonic progression, voice leading, and texture are...

The focus of this course will be on the music, but recording techniques, the music business, the music of other artists, and how the culture of the 1960s affected John, Paul,...

This online course teaches key concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music.

This online course (MOOC) gives an introduction to the theory of music. Participants learn the skills needed to read and write Western music notation, as well as to understand,...

This online course (MOOC) gives a brief introduction to the elements of music theory, such as pitch, rhythm, meter, notation, scales, keys, key signatures, meter signatures,...

This course takes an inside-out look at Beethoven`s 32 piano sonatas from the point of view of a performer. Each lecture will focus on one sonata and an aspect of Beethoven’s...

This online course teaches how electronic musicians can build chords and melodies.

This course teaches the fundamental principles and early stages of teaching violin and viola through a series of engaging video lectures and lesson demonstrations

In this course students learn the basic concepts of acoustics and electronics and how they can applied to understand musical sound and make music with electronic instruments.

This online course (part 2) explores 4 more Beethoven sonatas.

This online course teaches music history, including a music theory introduction for better understanding and enjoying classical music.

This online course (part 3) explores 4 more Beethoven sonatas.

Using a simple and enjoyable teaching style, this course introduces the novice listener to the wonders of classical music, from Bach fugues to Mozart symphonies to Puccini operas.

This course examines the history of rock, primarily as it unfolded in the United States, from the days before rock (pre-1955) to the end of the 1960s. It covers artists such as...

This series of MOOCs explores the fundamentals of music theory, including major and minor tonalities, chord scales, song forms, and chord qualities.

From small farms to urban neighborhoods, from the region itself to the more distant worlds of the southern diaspora, this course discovers the stories, music, and art of the...