The Complete History of Music, COMPLETE: Parts 1, 2, and 3 (Udemy.com)

A gentle and very informative introduction to music history from antiquity to the early baroque period with well-selected examples of each presented musical style. Very well done! I highly recommend this course to every person who wants to receive an overview of the abovementioned period.

I thank You for this course, it is a joy and very exciting journey to learn about music in exactly that way. It is a very originally presented collection of insights that a re a real treasury of knowledge concerning music which each one of us should take care of learning properly. It is crucially important also that it is presented well, and this is exactly how it is when it comes to that course, that is why I can enjoy it so much and I am even more motivated to keep continuing back to it as one learn whole life, not just in a time spent with the lessons. I recommend this course very much as the lessons here included are indeed worth and necessary. It was a best decision to enroll to this course which results in the knowledge and a deeper appreciation of classical music or any music at all.

I have been a music officionada since I first heard music. I've also taken an intro class that delved into music history from Antiquity through the Renaissance, ending with troubadours. Music, in particular: Classic rock, Blues, some rockabilly, Alternative rock, Grunge, some hip hop, Electronica, Experimental, some prog rock, Industrial, Goth, Thrash, Metal and Trance has always been a deep passion of mine; and I have a wide breath knowledge of all types of bands and genres. This guy is legit and he knows what he's talking about. I love the overview. It seems comprehensive enough and offers great insights for further research.

The course is, so far, amazingly good. So much information, and really well communicated. My literal only critique is some of the verbiage not being on the screen meant I had to frequently pause and "dig" to understand what word was being said and what it means. While this is/was great for a learning process, it at times interrupted my own flow a little too much. Very much looking forward to part 4+

This was a very interesting course that gave a lot of context to the world history behind classical western music. I really enjoyed the first segment as it seemed to touch more on why music developed the way it did. I was hoping it would go more into the evolution of western music theory, but it looks like the professor's goal was to avoid music theory as much as possible. I think a better description for sections 2 and 3 would be "an account of what music was like in different regions and periods of time in Europe". There seems to be less historical context in those sections. Something that I think could be improved for mobile app users: instead of putting the links to the music in one big document at the beginning; make a Udemy document with a link to the relevant video right after the lecture (same style as your course advertisement at the end of the course). That will be easier for mobile users to access. Another frustration is the instructor extends the length of his lectures with blank space to account for the time you would have spent listening to the song if he had been able to play it in his lecture. This gives a poor experience, especially for mobile users, who now have to come back after listening to the youtube video and skip through the blank space in the lecture in order to get the completion and move on to the next lecture. Overall, there is some great material here, but it wasn't what I was hoping it would be.

Interesting and informative - so basics met right there. Put some of music theory into context, perhaps could do with a bit more of this. Later parts a bit clunky in linking to external sources for examples rather than dircet incorperation - but understandable why was done this way rather than constant fight to show fair use / educational use for each; but slight down side is links occasionally disappear.

Dr. Allen is clearly knowledgeable about music - and understands theory especially at an innate level, but doesn't provide enough logically ordered, or complete enough historical context for the musical developments of the ancient world into medieval music (as far as I've gotten into the course) for the layperson for whom this information will all be new. His presentation jumps around, is often a little imprecise, and uses "lots" of words like "lots" and "stuff." There is a sense that he looked up historical context for some of these lessons the night before on the internet. I was hoping for a more grounded presentation, historically. From the section on Gregorian Chant and afterwards, he talks about the origins of notation in ways that only a practising musician could possibly understand, which would be overwhelming for the novice. For someone like myself, who has been a musician and has learned and forgotten much theory, it was a deeply frustrating reminder of that. I will look for a new history of music course.

Fascinating stuff and presented in a logical and straightforward manner. If you are also learning music theory this is an incredible complement to help understand how all those "rules" developed - the context of the music we know. Be entirely aware that this is a wonderfully presented history of WESTERN music - and you will not be disappointed.

Hi Jason just letting you know that i enjoyed the first part of my music history class. I find the reading of music confusing but plan to take a course on that and learn to read music eventually. Thanks again for the lessons, as i find it fascinating learning about a subject i love.

I am familiar with most of this content but it is good to see it in order of development and it backs up the theory classes . It good to see Jason has such a strong interest in the Western tradition form its beginnings , not just from Mozart on .