Songwriting: Writing the Music
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Songwriting: Writing the Music at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Songwriting: Writing the Music at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Course 2 of 4 in the Songwriting: Writing, Arranging, and Producing Music Specialization
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Intermediate Level Experience creating original lyrics and some knowledge of basic music theory.
- Approx. 12 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: English
Songwriting: Writing the Music at Coursera Course details
- If your notebook is full of unused lyrics and you?re struggling to find inspiration for the music, this course is for you. Whether you are an experienced songwriter looking for new ideas or a beginning songwriter learning to read music, this course will lead you to a rich source of songwriting possibilities.
- Led by award winning songwriter and Berklee College of Music professor Scarlet Keys, you?ll learn to construct strong, expressive melodies that your audience will remember as well as experiment with new chords to break out of any harmonic rut. Whether you are new to writing music or are looking for new ideas to change up your songs, this class will teach you how to make deliberate choices with your harmonies and melodies to best emulate the emotions you want your audience to feel. You will start by discovering common chord progression and tying specific emotions to each chords in a scale. Then you will practice changing the harmonic and melodic rhythm of a song to better highlight important lyrics. Finally, you will learn to create melodic hooks and simple techniques to help you generate new melodic ideas.
Songwriting: Writing the Music at Coursera Curriculum
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What You'll Learn in Lesson 1
Diatonic Chords in a Major Key
How to Choose the Perfect Storytelling Chords
Common Chord Progressions
Non-diatonic Chords in Major Keys
Chords that Break Your Soul
Diatonic Chords in a Minor Key
Minor Key Chord Progressions
Lesson 1 Suggested Reading
Lesson 1 Listening List
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Choosing Emotive Chords
Self-Assessment: Add Chords to a Verse
Creating Contrast with Harmonic Rhythm
What You'll Learn in Lesson 2
Adding Tensions to Major Key Progressions
Adding Tensions to Minor Key Progressions
Harmonic Rhythm
Create Contrast with Harmonic Rhythm
Highlighting Lyrics with Harmonic Rhythm
Lesson 2 Suggested Reading
Lesson 2 Listening List
Types of 7th Chords
Join Your Study Group
Create Contrast with Harmonic Rhythm
Self-Assessment: Create Contrasting Song Sections
Developing Interesting Melodies
What You'll Learn in Lesson 3
Four Melody Types
Developing Melodic Hooks
Using Stable and Unstable Tones
Contrasting Song Sections with Melody
Developing Melody
Lesson 3 Suggested Reading
Lesson 3 Listening List
Practice Exercise: Developing Melodies
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Developing Interesting Melodies
Self-Assessment: Developing Melodies
Telling a Story with the Music
What You'll Learn in Lesson 4
Melodic Rhythm Contrast
Setting Your Lyrics
Storytelling with Melodic Contour
Creating Melodies in a Minor Key
Finding a Harmony to Highlight Your Melody
Course Wrap-Up
Lesson 4 Suggested Reading
Lesson 4 Listening List
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Telling a Story with the Music
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