MUSI 112: Listening to Music
Lecture 05 - Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts. This lecture explores the basic nature of melody. Touching on historical periods ranging from ancient Greece to the present day, Professor Wright draws examples from musical worlds as disparate as nineteenth-century Europe and twentieth-century India, China, and America. Professor Wright puts forth a historical, technical, and holistic approach to understanding the way pitches and scales work in music. He concludes his lecture by bringing pitch and rhythm together in a discussion of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 05 - Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. The Nature of Melody |
| [00:02:37] | 2. The Development of Notes and the Scale |
| [00:14:43] | 3. Major, Minor, and Chromatic Scales in World Music |
| [00:33:03] | 4. Pitch and Rhythm in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony |
| References |
| Lecture 5 - Melody: Notes, Scales, Nuts and Bolts Instructor: Professor Craig Wright. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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