Analyzing Tonal Music I

Harvard FAS

Course description: In Music 51a, we will explore topics in tonal harmony, rhythm and meter, acoustics, form, and melodic structure in popular music, Western art music, and gagaku. Students will work with a variety of notational systems, including Western staff notation, the Nashville number system, lead sheet notation, and others. In addition, the class features a series of workshops on digital audio workstation GarageBand to develop skills for manipulating and analyzing recorded…