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An introduction to music theory
History & The Arts

An introduction to music theory

...Open University course A224 Inside music. It covers ground similar to that found in the syllabus of the Associated Board Theory Grades 1–3 (ABRSM, 2018). Sound files have been provided for all the music notation examples as it is important for you to be able to listen to the sounds represented by the notation. There is an audio bar below each notated example; click on...
Level 1: Introductory 8 hrs
Discovering music through listening
History & The Arts

Discovering music through listening

...Open University – www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...Week 4: Texture, dynamics and structure: Introduction - This week you will learn about how to listen for three new elements of music – texture, dynamics and structure. These three elements bring together aspects of what you have already learned about rhythm, melody, harmony and timbre exploring how sounds weave...
Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation
History & The Arts

Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation

...course is adapted from the Open University course A234 Understanding Music. It is the second in a planned sequence of courses that will each introduce different aspects of music theory....Introduction to music theory 2: pitch and notation: Introduction - This free course explores pitch, considering how musical sounds are differentiated as notes and as systems of ......
Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems
History & The Arts

Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems

...course, Schubert's Lieder: Settings of Goethe's poems, looks at the short poems in German that were set to music by Franz Schubert (17971828) for a single voice with piano, a genre known as 'Lieder' (the German for 'songs'). Once they became widely known, Schubert's Lieder influenced generations of songwriters up to the present day. The course then discusses a selection...
Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective
History & The Arts

Reception of music in cross-cultural perspective

...by Mary Harrsch: http://www.flickr.com/ photos/ 44124324682@N01/ 1422574771/ [Details correct as of 29th March 2008] Don't miss out: If reading this text has inspired you to learn more, you may be interested in joining the millions of people who discover our free learning resources and qualifications by visiting The Open University - www.open.edu/ openlearn/ free-courses...
Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution
History & The Arts

Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution

...Open University course A113 Revolutionsand is part of a set of four OpenLearn courses, covering Revolutions of the Sixties. Transcript...Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution: Introduction - This free course, Janis Joplin and the Sexual Revolution, will introduce you to issues around the sexual revolution and how this, alongside other contemporary social revolutions of...
John Napier
Science, Maths & Technology

John Napier

...Open University. This text forms part of the course material for MA290 Topics in the history of mathematics. Copyright © in the editorial selection The Open University. Reading 1 – Nicolas Chuquet on exponents: tr. and ed. H.G. Flegg, C.M. Hay, B. Moss, Nicolas Chuquet Renaissance Mathematician, Reidel, 1985, p. 144, 151-153, published in Chapter 7 ‘Mathematics in...
Level 2: Intermediate 3 hrs
Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis
Health, Sports & Psychology

Introducing Climate Psychology: facing the climate crisis

...Open University’s Psychology courses and qualifications....Week 1: The climate and ecological crisis and how we got here: Introduction - This week, the scene is set for the emerging area called Climate Psychology. Climate Psychology, according to the Handbook available at the Climate Psychology Alliance (CPA) website is ‘a new way of understanding our collective...