Volume II

How music actually works

How sound becomes music and meaning, the different ways we listen, and what makes music feel alive.

€90 · 9 lectures across 3 modules
Theory lectures only

The accompanying practical and listening exercises live in the full course.

What's inside

The curriculum

Three modules, taken in order. Each lecture is yours with the volume. The accompanying practice layer stays in the full course.

Module 3
How Music Works
4 lectures in this module
How does sound become music? Part I
How does sound become music? Part II
How does music become meaningful? Part I
How does music become meaningful? Part II
Accompanying practical and listening exercises
Accessible in the full course only
The silent lifeStory
Remembering the musical self | NatureReflections
Liking and dislikingGuided Listening
Unmanifested and manifestedReflections
ConfrontationsReflections
Music and silencePoetry
The musicality of stillness and motionRecommended Listening
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Module 4
Ways of Listening
2 lectures in this module
How do we listen? Part I
How do we listen? Part II
Accompanying practical and listening exercises
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Blessing for different soundsPoetry
Remembering the musical self | UrbanReflections
Your ways of listeningExperiential Exercise
Listening | PreludeGuided Listening
Listening | To the fieldGuided Listening
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Module 5
Dimensions of Music
3 lectures in this module
What makes music so alive? Part I
What makes music so alive? Part II
What makes music so alive? Part III
Accompanying practical and listening exercises
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Legion live in usPoetry
Remembering the musical self | IdentityReflections
Examples of musical styleExperiential Exercise
Examples of musical formExperiential Exercise
Meanings and trajectoriesExperiential Exercise
Sparks of musicality | Evoking worldsExperiential Exercise
The musicality of recursionRecommended Listening
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Volume II is theory lectures only. The accompanying stories, poems, readings, reflections and exercises shown above are part of the full course, where every euro you spend on a volume counts toward your enrolment.

Go a layer deeper

Volume II builds on the origins you met in Volume I, into how music actually works on us. Take it on its own, or let it count in full toward the on-demand course.