Elements of Music
How to Read Notes on the Treble Clef Staff
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- 1. How to Read Notes on the Treble Clef Staff
- 2. How to Read Notes of the Bass Clef Staff
- 3. Sharps and Flats: Reading and Identifying Sharp and Flat Notes in Music
- 4. How to Determine Minor Key Signatures in Music
- 5. How to Determine Major Key Signatures in Music
- 6. Understanding and Building Musical Scales: Definitions & Types of Scales
- 7. Musical Timbre of Instruments and Singers: Definition
- 8. Instrument Families of the Orchestra: String, Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
- 9. Tempo: Definition and Uses in Musical Forms
- 10. Rhythm: Quarter Notes, Eighth Notes, Rests & Other Basic Rhythms
- 11. Rhythm: Recognizing Syncopation, Dotted Notes & Ties
- 12. Major and Minor Keys: Tonality in Music
- 13. Musical Form: Definitions and Analysis
- 14. Musical Form: Phrasing, Binary, and Ternary Forms
- 15. Classical Music Forms: Symphonic, Sonata, Theme and Variation & Rondo Forms
- 16. Time Signature in Music: Definition and Examples
- 17. Meters and Time Signatures in Musical Forms
- 18. Melody vs. Harmony: Definitions and Examples
- 19. Texture and Voices in Music: Definition
- 20. Dynamics in Music: Piano, Forte and Why They Are Important
What Is Medieval Music? - History, Church Music & Composers
Literary Terms & Techniques
Glossary of Literary Terms: Poetry
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Literary Time Periods
Overview of Literary Modernism: Authors, Context, and Style
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Literature of the Middle Ages
Beowulf: Story, Characters, and Old English
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- 1. Beowulf: Story, Characters, and Old English
- 2. Introduction to Chaucer: Middle English and the Canterbury Tales
- 3. The Canterbury Tales General Prologue: Style, Structure, and Characters
- 4. The Miller's Tale: Chaucer's Fabulous Fabliau
- 5. The Knight's Tale and the Wife of Bath's Tale: Two Approaches to Chivalric Romance
The English Renaissance
Hamlet: Beyond the Famous Soliloquy
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Literature of the Victorian Era
Introduction to Robert Browning: Life and Poems
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Lord Byron: Poems and Biography
British Literature of the 20th Century
Introduction to James Joyce: Life and Evolution of Style
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Mrs. Dalloway: Analysis of Characters and Style
Biography of Percy Shelley
About Humanities 101
Humanities 101: Introduction to Humanities is designed to be used to prepare you to earn real college credit by passing the Humanities CLEP Exam. This course covers topics that are included on the exam, including the performing arts, architecture, literature, and philosophy. Use it to help you learn what you need to know about humanities topics and succeed on the exam.
The humanities instructors are experienced and knowledgeable educators, who have put together comprehensive video lessons in categories ranging from art and dance to film and philosophy. Each category is broken down into smaller chapters that will cover topics more in-depth. These video lessons make learning fun and interesting. You get the aid of self-graded quizzes and practice tests to allow you to gauge how much you have learned.
| Category | Objectives |
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| Visual Art | Study the different elements of art, such as color, texture, shape, space and perspective. Discover more about mediums and how emotion is portrayed in art. |
| Art History | Travel through various periods, including Greek, neoclassical and modern, to learn about the history of art. See how different styles were born and investigate the influences of each time period on art. |
| Architecture | Discover architecture throughout time. Explore designs and styles from periods including Egyptian, Baroque, Rococo and Gothic Revival. |
| Dance | Explore dance terminology, the history of dance and learn more about specific types of dance, such as ballet, jazz, and modern. |
| Drama/Theater | Dive into theater's history. Study dramatic terminology and technique. Learn more about medieval theater, Shakespeare, Romantic theater, modern theater, and various playwrights. |
| Film | Study film techniques and influential filmmakers like Alfred Hitchcock. Explore different style of film, silent and Japanese. |
| Music | Learn all about the elements of music, like pitch, tempo, and style. Increase your knowledge of the history of music, and explore the works and styles of various composers. |
| Literature | Explore the different time periods of British and American literature, including: Middle English, Neoclassical, Victorian, and Romantic. Master literary techniques and terminology. |
| Poetry | Explore poetic techniques. Study poetic styles that include Greek, Elizabethan, Augustan and Victorian. |
| Philosophy | Learn about early Greek philosophers. Dive into a study of religion and philosophy. Explore philosophy in the Middle Ages, Renaissance, Neoclassical period, Romantic period and the 20th Century. |
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Education Portal Instructors
Education Portal's 53 instructors bring a diverse array of experience and expertise to each course. From teaching philosophy in Athens, Greece, to exploring the mystery of genetics, each instructor is uniquely qualified to bring students the best online learning experience possible. Meet them now!
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Jessica Bayliss, M.S.
Jessica is our Director of Education and leads the development of Education Portal's free courses. She has 10 years of experience in education and online teaching. Her work with students of all age levels drives
her belief in the power of free online resources to make higher education more affordable and efficient. Jessica's favorite part of the day is
reading feedback from Education Portal's students. She has a bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois and a master's degree in
instructional technology from Texas A&M - Kingsville.
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Greg Chin, Ph.D.
Greg has taught genetics, molecular biology, and general biology to
high school, collegiate, and post-graduate students at Stanford University, the University of California, Los Angeles, Santa Clara
University and the Dolan DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. He has also taught science workshops for the general
public and led biology teacher enrichment workshops throughout the U.S. He received a B.S. in Genetics from the University of
California, Davis, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. Find out how your genes work in Greg's introduction to genetics video lesson!
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Max Pfingsten, M.Ed.
Max has taught classics, history and philosophy
at a variety of levels at the Dikemes Academy in Athens, the Boulder Valley School District, University of Colorado at Boulder and
the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA). His work is noteworthy for its synthesis of technology and simulation with more
traditional teaching approaches. He received a B.A. in Classics from Depauw University, a M.A. in Classics from University of
Colorado at Boulder, and a M.Ed. from Jones International University. See Socrates come to life in Max's lesson on the life, death,
and philosophy of the great Socrates.
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