Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground

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Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 20 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, Voice-leading analysis of music 2: the middleground, continues our examination of 'voice-leading' or 'Schenkerian' analysis, perhaps the most widely used and discussed method of ...

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Introduction
    • 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 Voice-leading concepts
    • 1.2 Moving beyond the foreground
    • 2 Melodies within melodies
    • 2 Melodies within melodies
    • 3 Unfolding
    • 3 Unfolding
    • 3.1 Unfolding in Mozart
    • 3.2 Identifying unfoldings
    • 3.3 Unfolding: a summary
    • 4 Self-contained musical structures
    • 4 Self-contained musical structures
    • 5 Interruption
    • 5 Interruption
    • 5.1 Interruption as a structural device
    • 5.2 Identifying an interrupted structure
    • 5.3 Interrupted structure and typical features of the style
    • 5.4 Different analyses of a single theme
    • 5.5 Interruption: a summary
    • 6 Towards a deeper level of structure
    • 6 Towards a deeper level of structure
    • 6.1 Considering patterns on a larger scale
    • 6.2 The idea of the background, and course summary
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements