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How Music Works: Rhythm, Melody, Harmony
Music is organized sound in time. Pitch as frequency, why octaves and fifths sound consonant, the major scale, chords and the I–IV–V progression, and rhythm: beats, tempo and meter.
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Prereqs: fractions & ratios (Math) help. Next: Classical music, Bach to Beethoven. Modeled on MIT OCW 21M.051 Fundamentals of Music and Khan Academy/Musictheory.net basics.Next: 1. Pitch is frequency