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Music Theory for Songwriters: The Fundamentals

With Julian Velard Liked by 7,346 users
Duration: 2h 50m Skill level: Beginner Released: 9/18/2015

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Course details

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.

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    So far I'm enjoying this course. I have kind of always been afraid to ask what these concepts mean.
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  • Practice while you learn 1 exercise file
  • Test your knowledge 4 quizzes
  • Learn on the go Access on tablet and phone

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