Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals
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Location
Online(Course Link)
Dates
On Demand
Course Categories
Humanities and ARTS
Certficate
Yes()
Language
English
Course Fees
US Dollar 15.94 (Check Course Page for Last Price)No. of Attendant
Unlimited
Acquired Skills/Covered Subjects
- Understanding scales, intervals, and keys,Triads or three-note chords,Triad inversions,Common major-scale chord progressions
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Music theory is fundamental to making and playing music. However, no one has taught it in such a user-friendly and songwriting-focused way as we do here, using both keyboard and guitar to demonstrate the techniques.
Professional musician Julian Velard starts the course with the building blocks of harmony: notes, scales, intervals, chords, inversions, and basic chord progressions. He then goes into voice leading—showing how to move from one chord to another by changing just one or two notes—and reviews common song forms, from the familiar verse/chorus/verse of pop to the simple verse of the blues. At the end of each chapter, Julian explains the songwriting techniques shown in the chapter within the context of his own original commercially released songs.
