01. Language of Music

📁 Peterson Academy Introduction to Music Theory with Samuel Andreyev 🎬 01/08. Language of Music ✅ COURSE OVERVIEW In &to Music Theory&8-hour course, Samuel Andreyev takes us through foundations of Western music theory, from five-line staff system and rhythmic notation to pitch, intervals, scales and harmony. We examine how music creates movement through consonance and dissonance, cadences, voice leading and formal structures, while developing practical skills like ear training and score analysis. Course emphasizes that music theory serves as descriptive language rather than prescriptive rules, enabling musicians to communicate across time and cultures while acknowledging that notation remains abstraction of embodied musical experience. 💬 In our introductory lecture, we explore principles of Western musical notation, examining how this 2000-year-old tradition represents codified body of practices that could disappear if not continuously transmitted. We delve into five-line staff system, various clefs, note values, rhythmic notation and historical development of these elements as solutions to challenge of representing ephemeral sounds in written form. Ultimately, Samuel Andreyev emphasizes that music theory is descriptive rather than prescriptive, serving as valuable inheritance that enables musicians to communicate across time and cultures. Timecodes: 00:00 - Cultures & Languages 01:18 - Evolution of Musical Tradition 02:02 - Purpose of Course 03:38 - Music Theory 05:24...