Listening for form in popular music

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Listening for form in popular music provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 10 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • This free course, Listening for form in popular music, explores form, or how music is organised in time. It looks at three strategies for communicating form – through the use of specialist terms ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Form and popular song
    • 1 Form and popular song
    • 2 Verses and choruses
    • 2 Verses and choruses
    • 3 Identifying choruses
    • 3 Identifying choruses
    • 4 Identifying verses
    • 4 Identifying verses
    • 5 Song structure and meaning
    • 5 Song structure and meaning
    • 6 Other elements of song structure
    • 6 Other elements of song structure
    • 7 The bridge
    • 7 The bridge
    • 8 The pre-chorus
    • 8 The pre-chorus
    • 9 Music, meaning and the pre-chorus
    • 9 Music, meaning and the pre-chorus
    • 10 Introductions
    • 11 Instrumental interludes
    • 12 Endings
    • 13 Alphabetic representations of form
    • 14 Studying form in traditional dance music
    • 15 Strategies for representing form
    • 16 Check your learning
    • Conclusion
    • Glossary
    • References
    • Acknowledgements