The course aim to significantly increase the level of musical culture of the students, making him acquire skills and critical tools necessary for a well-informed listening of Western music. The course will focus on the basic elements of the Western musical language, on vocal and instrumental forms that have occurred over the centuries. Starting from the reflections on the origin of music as a language, the course will examine in depth its constituent elements (height , intensity, timbre , rhythm , etc . ), musical notations, compositional techniques, musical instruments, forms and genres .