Learning outcomes

After studying this course, you should be able to:

  • understand how pitch and interval are conceptualised in several musical traditions
  • perceive differences of pitch and interval
  • understand how pitch can be represented visually, including through staff notation
  • read and write notes using staff notation
  • play and sing short musical examples transmitted through music notation.

You will need:

  • a keyboard instrument, or an app to approximate one
  • the ability to print out a sheet of exercises, as well as a pencil and eraser to complete the exercises.

OpenLearn - Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
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