Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to Listen and Learn Music Theory

    • Welcome to Listen and Learn

    • Introduction to Listen and Learn Music Theory

    • License

  • 2

    Level 1 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Literal Repetition : Beethoven Piano Sonata op. 28 movement 1

    • Non-Literal Repetition : Beethoven Piano Sonata op. 10 no. 2, movement I

    • Time Signatures

  • 3

    Level 2 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Musical Phrases

    • Half Cadences

    • Authentic Cadences

    • Sequence

  • 4

    Level 3 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Cut Time

    • Sixteenth Notes

    • Motifs : Beethoven's 5th Symphony

  • 5

    Level 4 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Imitation example 1 : Bach BWV 532 Organ Toccata

    • Imitation example 2 : Schumann's First Piano Sonata

    • Transposition: C Major to E Major example

  • 6

    Level 5 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Ostinato Example 1 : Debussy's Reverie

    • Ostinato Example 2 : Moonlight Sonata

    • Bassline Ostinato : Purcell's "Dido's Lament"

  • 7

    Level 6 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Introduction to Modulation : Franz Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage: Premiere Anee, Suisse, movement 1: "Chapelle de Guillaume tell"

    • Deceptive Cadences : Beethoven's op. 90 Piano Sonata

  • 8

    Level 7 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Simple Canon : Mahler's Symphony no. 1

    • Interval Canon : Bach's 27th Goldberg Variations

    • Other Canon Types : Mozart, Bach, Ockeghem

    • Introduction to Form : Chopin's nocturne op. 15 no. 1

    • Sonata Form : Beethoven's Piano Sonata op. 14 no. 2

  • 9

    Level 8 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Simple Pivot Modulations : Liszt's Annees de Pelerinage: Premiere Annee, Suisse, "Chepelle de Guillaume Tell",

    • Augmentation and Diminution: Maurice Ravel's Introduction and Allegro

    • Polyphonic vs. Homophonic Texture : Bach's fourth Brandenburg Concerto, BWV 1049

  • 10

    Level 9 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Direct Modulations : Schubert's D. 960 sonata

    • Hemiola Rhythms : Chopin's fourth Scherzo, op. 54

    • The Fugue pt. 1: General Structure, Bach's B-flat minor fugue from the Well Tempered Clavier

  • 11

    Level 10 Listen and Learn Music Theory Concepts

    • Common Tone Modulations : Schubert's D. 960 piano sonata

    • Extended Tonality: Bitonality in Stravinsky's "Petrushka"

    • Extended Tonality: Bitonality in Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring"

    • Extended Tonality: Atonality : Schoenberg's op. 19 no. 2

    • Serialism : Webern's op. 25 no. 1

    • Dance Form : Beethoven's Symphony no. 1, Scherzo movement

    • Rondo Form : Beethoven's op. 31 no. 1 Piano Sonata

    • Theme and Variations : Rachmaninov's Variations on a theme of Chopin

  • 12

    Congratulations

    • Congratulations