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Music is an art form, whose medium is sound and silence and depends on cultural context to be recognized as music. The common elements of music are pitch (which includes melody and harmony), rhythm (which is associated with concepts tempo, meter, and articulation), dynamics (loudness and softness), and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture (which are sometimes termed the "color" of a musical sound). (Music on Wikipedia)

Western music
The goal of the 'Theory and composition' department is to equip the student with the tools and skills necessary to compose, arrange and analyze music. At the completion of this course of study, students will possess the skills and knowledge of western theory, creative writing, arranging, as well as having a portfolio of original works.


 * Introduction to music
 * Fundamentals of music
 * Music Theory I
 * Music Theory II
 * Chords
 * Harmony
 * Form and analysis
 * Composition : Beginning
 * Composition, Advanced
 * Lyrical composition
 * Counterpoint
 * Music Technology
 * Arranging
 * Orchestration
 * Film scoring (in conjunction with the Film editing course)
 * Final Theory Project
 * Music appreciation
 * Glossary of musical terms
 * Xenharmonic music theory

Non-western music
Some Non-European cultures have different music composition, arrangement and analysis traditions, less commonly known in western cultural spheres.
 * Gamelan
 * Carnatic music
 * Andalusi Classical Music
 * Persian Classical Music
 * Arabic Classical Music
 * Ottoman Classical Music
 * Hindustani Classical Music

Genres
Some genres of Western music have genre-specific music theory.
 * Basic Blues & Rock
 * Jazz

Ear training
Ear training is learning/training your ears to recognize what you hear and put it down onto paper. These are basic learning guides, exercises and projects to help you understand in a meaningful way the flurry of sound in music.
 * Ear training - Intervals and Harmony (pitch oriented)
 * Ear training - rhythm

Generalities

 * Music appreciation and history
 * Survey of musical genres
 * Music in film
 * Symphony and opera

Western music

 * Brief History of Western Music
 * Music of the Medieval Era
 * Music of the Renaissance


 * Music of the Baroque Era
 * Music of the Classical Era
 * Music of the Romantic Era
 * Music of the 20th Century

String instruments

 * Violin
 * Viola
 * Violoncello
 * Double bass
 * Fiddle
 * Harp
 * Guitar
 * Classic guitar (or "Acoustic" guitar)
 * Electric guitar
 * Bass guitar
 * Ukulele
 * Banjo
 * Mandolin
 * Lute

Woodwind instruments

 * Flute
 * Oboe
 * Clarinet
 * Bassoon
 * Saxophone
 * Soprano saxophone
 * Alto saxophone
 * Tenor saxophone
 * Baritone saxophone
 * Recorder
 * Ocarina

Brass instruments

 * Trumpet
 * French horn
 * Trombone
 * Tuba
 * Euphonium

Percussion instruments

 * Concert percussion (Snare drum, crash cymbals, timpani, etc.)
 * Drum set
 * Mallet instruments (Marimba, xylophone, vibraphone, chimes, etc.)
 * Tabla (an Indian pair of drums)
 * Pipe and tabor

Keyboard instruments

 * Piano
 * Organ

Voice

 * Soprano
 * Contralto
 * Countertenor
 * Tenor
 * Baritone
 * Bass

Music resources
Wikibooks - Music

Hands on

 * Building a cigar box guitar
 * Blues basics
 * Rock basics
 * Wikiversity the movie : music
 * Jamming online
 * Experimental music
 * Practical lessons in film scoring (in conjunction with the film editing course)
 * Digital Audio Workstation

Textbooks

 * Music theory
 * Western music history
 * Garageband quick tutorial
 * Triads
 * Sound recording

Open Source software

 * For all operating systems


 * Metronome
 * |Free Music Instrument Tuner (a great tool that has nice features such as showing harmonics, wave form, etc.)
 * Guitar tuner
 * Vtones (cross platform midi editor)
 * Audacity (cross-platform sound editor ; a helpful tool for simple recordings and editing)
 * Ardour (digital audio workstation ; a great program for multi-track recording, mixing, mastering, etc.)
 * Musescore (cross-platform music notation software)
 * SuperCollider (programming language and framework mainly for sound synthesis and algorithmic composition)


 * For Linux


 * Calf Plugins (very nice plugins : compressor, multichorus, reverb,etc.)
 * GTick (very nice and useful metronome for Gnome desktop)
 * Linux MultiMedia Studio (LMMS)

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