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Name: Understanding Basic Music Theory
ID: col10363
Language: English (en)
Summary: An expanded version of "Introduction to Music Theory", this course includes a review of common notation and an introduction to the physics behind music theory, as well as the basic concepts of music theory and a few slightly advanced but very useful topics, such as transposition.
Collection Subtype: Course
Subject: Arts
Keywords: acoustics, chords, dissonance, harmonic series, harmonics, harmony, interval, key signature, major key, major scale, meter, minor key, minor scale, octaves, time signature, transposition, triads, tuning
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (caschmidtjones@gmail.com)
Latest version: 1.3 (history)
First publication date: Jul 6, 2006 1:23 pm GMT-5
Last revision to collection: Jan 10, 2007 12:51 pm US/Central

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Version History

Version: 1.3 Jan 10, 2007 12:51 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Rearranged course order substantially; added definitions and challenges sections
Version: 1.2 Jul 6, 2006 2:33 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added Harmonic Series II
Version: 1.1 Jul 6, 2006 2:12 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Created Course

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