Learner Reviews & Feedback for Music as Biology: What We Like to Hear and Why by Duke University
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TS
May 16, 2020
This course helped me to see music from a different angle i.e through history and biology. Prof. Dales is a wonderful human being and has a beautiful gift of explaining things in a much simpler way.
MM
Sep 21, 2016
This course has helped me to understand biological psychology of humans towards music. Based on this knowledge i am confident to create music which will seem good to the ears of humans.
26 - 50 of 182 Reviews for Music as Biology: What We Like to Hear and Why
By Patricia J
âąNov 21, 2020
I enjoyed this course. It made me appreciate music more as it relates to our emotions etc. Thank you to all the lecturers who were instrumental in putting this course.
By miguel a g p
âąMay 18, 2017
Muy completo e interesante, didĂĄctico y muy intuitivo, aprendĂ demasiado... definitivamente lo recomiendo para aquellos que apenas inician en el mundo de la mĂșsica!
By Olivia J
âąSep 22, 2020
I really enjoyed this course. I am really passionate about music and evolution, so this gave me a lot of really useful information for my future research.
By Choir A
âąAug 7, 2021
It was an incredible experience! Mr. Dale Purves's way of explaining the material is just wonderful! and goes into details which was really helpful!
By Cecilia G
âąJun 15, 2020
Enlightening & complete & progressive. A bit dense at times (for me at least, as a non-scientist) so don't be afraid to watch some videos twice :)
By Ignacio A P C
âąOct 11, 2020
Great course. The information is thorough and easy to understand. The presentation and rythm is excellent and the instructor is well informed.
By Christel R
âąOct 14, 2020
Very clearly laid out in lecture and slides. Was able to learn a great deal, even though I have little previous knowledge of this area.
By Jean P G C
âąJul 6, 2020
Excelente curso. Valiosa informaciĂłn para quienes deseen introducirse en la PsicoacĂșstica y sus alcances en la mĂșsica. Muchas gracias.
By Geo S
âąJun 11, 2017
Great course, very informative for anyone who wishes to explore deeper aspects of music that have to do with biology and psychology.
By Manuel P Y
âąSep 14, 2020
Excelente curso. Creo que no se ve la mĂșsica desde un sentido biolĂłgico, si no tambiĂ©n fĂsico y matemĂĄtico.
By Ian C
âąNov 19, 2017
Supremamente interesante y completo. Dio respuestas a varias preguntas que me formulaba frecuentemente.
By ALEJANDRO J S G
âąAug 22, 2021
Great information and an excellent explanation in each module. Thank you very much and congratulations
By A.k.m. N H ,
âąApr 16, 2020
If u wanna learn about Music Theory, Evolution & Neuroscience at the same time, hurry up and enroll...
By Ebraheem S
âąOct 3, 2023
I have really enjoyed learning through this course and I wish to take my PHD about the course's topic
By Noel A
âąAug 22, 2020
It was well organised, and I learnt more than what I expected myself to learn from this course!
By Isabelle M
âąOct 29, 2021
It was a very good and fun course the format of every test was very badly messed up though.
By Catherine S
âąApr 3, 2016
The content was interesting, but the quizzes didn't relate to the lectures very often. It was as if there was a major piece missing in this course. One of the questions even referenced a book that was never mentioned or made available. Also, several of the musical sections seemed to be in the wrong place. I think maybe this is one of the classes that doesn't work well in this format.
By Vincent G
âąFeb 8, 2017
Very interesting subject. I was really wainting for a course like that but, with all due respect and aknowledgement to the instructors, their is many ways this course could have been an inspiring and exciting journey. Vincent
By Jordan H
âąMay 20, 2017
The entirety of this course has been awful. The instructor gives no vocalization to emphasize the importance of any material, and the quizzes honestly seem to have questions based off of his opinions rather than any real definitions or fact at times (and if they were, what he says and what is written are always two different statements, which leads to confusion and uncertainty of material). After failing almost every single quiz in the entire course, I would always return to the material and never find any sort of clear answer, leaving me to continuously guess and hope for the best. I did stick it through to the end of the course, and even though I personally thought it would get better every time I progressed through one lesson to the next, I was always disappointed. The instructor made everything seem so unimportant that you can never really tell what actually has any true meaning to the class, and again, a portion of it was honestly opinion based as far as I can tell. The later lessons (such as 5 and 6) were honestly the whole reason I wanted to do this course, however, I was thoroughly disappointed with the entire experience. I would not recommend this course to anyone.
By Janis F
âąJul 20, 2016
I didn't understand very much of this course. Instructor relies heavily on the use of various charts. They were seldom explained in a way I could understand. Instructor seemed to believe that underlining things in the charts served as an explanation. After completing the entire course & listening to many of the lessons several times, I can't tell you "what we like to hear and why". Instructor speaks in a monotone with no emotion. Seems bored stiff. Seems like he's just talking, but his mind is elsewhere. Quizzes frequently contained questions for material to be covered in a future lesson
By Charles R
âąFeb 3, 2018
This course wasn't that good. The class seems like a freshman introduction course. First week covers anatomy and physiology of the hearing system, which does not come up again later in the course. Then there's a section that covers very basic music theory. Plus the course almost exclusively talks about tonal and harmonic information and does not discuss rhythm or tempo in any meaningful manner. Given that the course instructor is a neurologist, I was expecting more research regarding neuroscience, which is minimal at best.
By Ionko N
âąJul 5, 2016
Arguments that sound very unconvincing and unscientific.
By Garv S
âąOct 28, 2024
I loved this course. It was well detailed and went well into depth while being incredibly well-explained, even for high school students like me who don't know many of the basic biological or physical topics studied. The discussion prompts were insightful and helped revise what was taught in the video lessons, which were concise and explained great along with the aid of visual and musical demonstrations. The tests in each module were also well put-together and had a good revision of the entire module. The course has inspired me and brought a new interest into multiple aspects of biology. Miss Ruby Froom's demonstrations and talks helped balance out the theoretical aspect of the topics with practicals, and also went more in-depth about music theory and history. Thank you!
By Alex W
âąNov 4, 2022
This course was really helpful in deepening my understanding of sound in both music and Biology as the name implied. The lectures were very helpful and the information has stuck with me. I would recommend this to anyone interested in sound, music, or biology.
By Didier J
âąNov 8, 2023
Musica como biologĂa....Esperaba mĂĄs biologĂa. Como y porque nos afecta la mĂșsica y como podemos utilizarla para sonoterapia. En tĂ©rminos generales, musica como biologĂa es un buen inicio para tomar conocimientos del tema. Gracias.