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Name: Understanding Basic Music Theory: Course Introduction
ID: m13685
Language: English (en)
Summary: An introduction to the expanded music theory course, with suggestions on how to use the materials.
Subject: Arts
Keywords: acoustics, chords, frequency, harmonic analysis, harmony, major key, minor key, music, music theory, pitch, scales, triads, wavelength
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 2.0
Authors: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Copyright Holders: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Maintainers: Catherine Schmidt-Jones (casjones@soltec.net)
Latest version: 1.7 (history)
First publication date: Nov 23, 2005 10:15 am US/Central
Last revision to module: May 6, 2008 2:16 pm GMT-5
Module XML: m13685_1.7.cnxml

Version History

Version: 1.7 May 6, 2008 2:16 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
more descriptive module title
Version: 1.6 Oct 8, 2007 2:28 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
changed title, corrected typos
Version: 1.5 Jan 8, 2007 1:08 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added mention of "challenge" section.
Version: 1.4 Jan 8, 2007 12:58 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Rewrote to reflect changes in course content and order.
Version: 1.3 Nov 2, 2006 3:58 pm US/Central by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Added paragraph on terminology
Version: 1.2 Jul 21, 2006 4:37 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
Changed some wording and added some paragraphs.
Version: 1.1 Jul 6, 2006 1:54 pm GMT-5 by Catherine Schmidt-Jones
Changes: 
new module

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