Learner Reviews & Feedback for Fundamentals of Music Theory by The University of Edinburgh
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AK
Jan 29, 2021
One of the first stepping stones to becoming a skilled musician! Helped me analyse and study music in a broader and better way. Highly recommended for gaining a grasp over the fundamentals.
SP
Apr 25, 2020
I learnt a lot from this course. Not only does it give you a lot of insight into music theory it changes the way you look at music and leads one to appreciate music as a whole more.
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By Samanta G P
•Jun 17, 2017
Excelente!!
By Albert T
•Jan 26, 2017
nice course
By Ruarai M
•Jan 30, 2019
Excellent!
By Daniel W
•Aug 24, 2018
Very nice.
By Eugene E
•May 17, 2018
Excellent!
By Vaida C
•Aug 21, 2024
very good
By JAVIER R A
•Jul 31, 2023
Genial!!
By Marta N
•Jan 27, 2023
MUY BUENO
By Vicente B
•Apr 27, 2022
excellent
By Emmanuel c o
•Mar 22, 2018
i love it
By Guillermo Á M C
•Oct 27, 2017
¡Gracias!
By Wam R
•Jul 3, 2017
Loving it
By Yvonne C
•Mar 31, 2017
仔细、认真、全面。
By Sarah G
•Feb 25, 2019
Exelent!
By Stella K
•Dec 21, 2017
Thank yo
By Антон Ю
•Jun 25, 2017
Perfect!
By Pyro
•Nov 4, 2021
Amezing
By Maria V C
•Sep 19, 2018
amazing
By Nomit N
•Jun 15, 2017
superbb
By andres b
•Jan 20, 2017
Gracias
By Mrs. B
•Sep 10, 2016
Super!
By Gabriel A
•Apr 11, 2023
great
By Akhil V
•Jul 28, 2019
good
By Hai y
•Jun 8, 2018
TQ
By Gregor M
•Jan 6, 2021
What began as a passing interest in improving my scant knowledge of music theory became a full on obsession by the end of this course. I was staying up until 9pm over my Christmas break, taking and re-taking quizzes and studying cadences, secondary dominants and modulation. Who would've known? Certainly not me when I began!
For me, playing music is a hobby. I've never studied it, taken graded exams or anything of that sort. I saw 'fundamentals of music theory', free of charge, and thought it would be a good place to start. A word of advice: this is certainly not for beginner musicians.
My only criticism of the course would be that the end of unit quizzes, and final exam, are a VERY steep climb from the comparatively pedestrian level of instruction (barring the rhythm section, which required a lot of further study to get my head around).
The formula seems to go: crawl (teach concept), baby steps (watch demonstration of concept), Olympic 100-metre sprint (answer university level questions). If you have the time and dedication to put into this course the rewards are plenty. You can take end of unit quizzes as many times as you would like, meaning the challenge just about meets the pace of learning.
I am thoroughly pleased with the time I put into this course, and I am excited to go back to my instruments (saxophone and guitar) armed with a greater understanding of these fundamentals, and indeed more complex concepts, of music theory.