Listen and Learn Music Theory
Music Theory brought to life through hand-picked listening examples. Covers a wide spectrum of music theory concepts from beginner to advanced across all levels.
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Introduction to Listen and Learn Music Theory
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Literal Repetition : Beethoven Piano Sonata op. 28 movement 1
Non-Literal Repetition : Beethoven Piano Sonata op. 10 no. 2, movement I
Time Signatures
Musical Phrases
Half Cadences
Authentic Cadences
Sequence
Cut Time
Sixteenth Notes
Motifs : Beethoven's 5th Symphony
Imitation example 1 : Bach BWV 532 Organ Toccata
Imitation example 2 : Schumann's First Piano Sonata
Transposition: C Major to E Major example
Ostinato Example 1 : Debussy's Reverie
Ostinato Example 2 : Moonlight Sonata
Bassline Ostinato : Purcell's "Dido's Lament"
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
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
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
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
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
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