Music Theory for a Digital Age, Lesson 1: Approach to the Study of Sound TUTORIAL

Music Theory for a Digital Age, Lesson 1: Approach to the Study of Sound TUTORIAL

Music Theory for a Digital Age, Lesson 1: Approach to the Study of Sound TUTORIAL

The first of a ten lesson course Music Theory for a Digital Age. Suitable for beginnnerrs, to be able to do the whole course two free software programs will be needed. For details of these see lecture 2: Resources.

This particular lesson Approach to the Study of Sound begins where every music theory course should: with a study of the media through which music works, which is sound. Encouraging you to undertake your own investigation into the nature of sound and its properties, each lecture explores a particular facet of the use of sound in music.

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Lessons in This Class 7 Lessons (1h 43m)

  • 1. Lecture 1: A Brief Overview of the Course.
  • 2. Lecture 2: Resources
  • 3. Lecture 3: Approach to the Study of Sound
  • 4. Lecture 4: Of Noise and Tone
  • 5. Lecture 5: Pitch and the Audio Frequency Spectrum
  • 6. Lecture 6: Intensity and the DeciBel Scale
  • 7. Lecture 7: Tone Quality and Synthesis

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