This free online music theory course teaches you how to play music by ear and recognise pitch, chords and melodies. Do you know that you can play music by ear without relying on a music sheet? By studying this course, you will learn the basic concept of ear training: listening to music and playing notes by ear. In this course, we explore the concepts of higher and lower sounds to help you sing along while listening to notes on the piano. You will also be taught the difference between minor and major chords and chord progressions.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 201527 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | What You Will Learn In This Free Course • Define a ‘low’, ‘medium’ or ‘high’ pitch note played on the piano by listening to it • State the sequence in which the notes are played from their pitch • Recognise and name the notes played in different sequences or patterns • Identify the scale, whether a C or G major, by listening to the notes played • Distinguish between a major and a minor chord played on the piano by listening to it • Compare the tonality and the sonority of the chords played on different musical instruments • Categorise the chord tones as ‘major’ or ‘minor’ by listening to them in different patterns |
| Course Code | 4287 |
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