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About the Course

This course introduces students to strategies for style writing of common practice European art music. The issues of harmonic progression, voice leading, and texture are addressed in addition to relevant compositional concepts like repetition, variation, and elaboration. The course aims to offer a creative space even within the restrictions of stylistic emulation....

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CW

Jun 14, 2020

Excellent course! Very well designed and systematically organised with useful materials. I have learnt a lot and gained confidence to continue my music path, Thank you Professor Edwards!

RS

May 28, 2023

Really clear and useful introduction (or refresher) for basic harmony. The only thing I feel is missing is something on modulation as without this you're kind of 'stuck in first gear'.

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By zara b

Sep 27, 2022

Very informative 10/10

By Daniel A

Nov 23, 2016

Very Good, Excellent

By Jolanta G

Aug 6, 2017

A wonderful course!

By Raúl S R H

Jul 28, 2019

Excellent course!!

By 19umta059 1

Sep 24, 2021

Was very helpful!

By Sebastian Y

Jun 30, 2019

Very very helpful

By Kenneth B

Jul 23, 2017

Excellent course.

By Mary B

May 10, 2016

Fantastic course.

By Juan Q

Mar 4, 2018

Excelente curso.

By joel p

Oct 16, 2017

very good course

By Pearl S

Sep 1, 2017

Very Informative

By Jack.C

Sep 4, 2017

Create course

By Mary H

Mar 29, 2017

Great course!

By Renny G L

Dec 6, 2016

Great course!

By R. M

Oct 7, 2023

Very useful!

By Nicolás M C

Nov 11, 2016

excelente

By William P

Aug 17, 2020

Great!

By Sebastián d l L M

Jun 19, 2016

Great!

By Alberto L S M

Jul 29, 2022

great

By Hai y

Jun 7, 2018

TQ

By May

Nov 26, 2022

This course is a typical elementary music theory class and is informative. My only complaint is that the instructor frequently says oops, sorry, and corrects notation errors as they are entered. For that reason, the videos are unnecessarily long, which is unfortunate.

The lectures are highly improvisational in nature, and one must constantly watch the notes and symbols being typed in the videos. While I appreciate this presentation of the thought process, if the lectures were more concise, it would be more helpful and time-saving for the learner. The learner could stop the video to verify where necessary. This course would be more suitable for a regular classroom setting, but for online, perhaps not so much.

By Zohar S

Feb 28, 2019

The course is good for getting a first experience in writing harmonic progressions. However, the main problem with the course is the peer-reviewed assignment. Since not many students are taking the course, the system couldn't supply four students' assignments to review, thus I had to search the forum for assignments to review (students who pasted links to their works and asked for reviews). In order to review four works, I had to search for assignments that were handed in more than a year ago... By the same token, not many students reviewed my work. Maybe replacing the peer-reviewed assignment with a final quiz would work better for this course.

By Abhijit B

Aug 14, 2017

It's a really nice course for those who want to apply their music theory knowledge to compose music. The course provides sufficient material to understand the different concepts of 18th century Classical music. Dr. Peter Edwards explains the concepts beautifully with well organized slides. The final assignment makes sure that you have understood all the important concepts taught during the entire course. However, it is recommended to have some basic knowledge of music theory before enrolling for the course. Highly recommended!

By Jerome C

Sep 16, 2020

The overall course is designed for the student who has a music background. It actually not an introduction music course for everyone, if you don't have any knowledge regarding music theory, it is difficult and you'll easy to lose motivation to continue the course. I would say at least you should have grade 5 ABRSM theory knowledge then join this course. However, the course is awesome for those who have interested in composing music.

By Javier R

Apr 2, 2020

A great course, definitely the best course for composition out there, it teachs you a wide number of techniques to use, and the video lessons are very easy to understand (if you already know the basics of music) definitely a great option for those wanting to get into classical composition.