Songwriting 1: How To Write A Hit Song
Songwriting 1: How To Write A Hit Song, available at $54.99, has an average rating of 3.9, with 50 lectures, 5 quizzes, based on 24 reviews, and has 398 subscribers.
You will learn about Write a hit song for a band, advertising, film or even video games! Gain thorough knowledge of how multiple instruments work together to create a great song. Learn key elements for genres such as rock, pop, R&B, funk, reggae and more. Learn how to build a major scale and a major chord progression plus tips on how to use them. Learn standard chord progressions plus tips on how to develop them for your own songwriting. Bonus material including downloadable transcriptions, chord charts and external links. This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is for a musician who wants to write a great song. It shows how to develop a chord progression and add other instruments to compose a great sounding song. or Non musicians, such as persons wishing be producers or recording engineers will also benefit by learning how to get the most out of a song. or Musicians who want to gain more information that will improve their songwriting skills. Also great for other advertising, television, film, video games compositions and digital artists. or Beginners can take this course. You will learn many excellent things that can help your musical journey, but many concepts may be difficult to grasp. It is particularly useful for This course is for a musician who wants to write a great song. It shows how to develop a chord progression and add other instruments to compose a great sounding song. or Non musicians, such as persons wishing be producers or recording engineers will also benefit by learning how to get the most out of a song. or Musicians who want to gain more information that will improve their songwriting skills. Also great for other advertising, television, film, video games compositions and digital artists. or Beginners can take this course. You will learn many excellent things that can help your musical journey, but many concepts may be difficult to grasp.
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Summary
Title: Songwriting 1: How To Write A Hit Song
Price: $54.99
Average Rating: 3.9
Number of Lectures: 50
Number of Quizzes: 5
Number of Published Lectures: 50
Number of Published Quizzes: 5
Number of Curriculum Items: 55
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 55
Original Price: $59.99
Quality Status: approved
Status: Live
What You Will Learn
- Write a hit song for a band, advertising, film or even video games!
- Gain thorough knowledge of how multiple instruments work together to create a great song.
- Learn key elements for genres such as rock, pop, R&B, funk, reggae and more.
- Learn how to build a major scale and a major chord progression plus tips on how to use them.
- Learn standard chord progressions plus tips on how to develop them for your own songwriting.
- Bonus material including downloadable transcriptions, chord charts and external links.
Who Should Attend
- This course is for a musician who wants to write a great song. It shows how to develop a chord progression and add other instruments to compose a great sounding song.
- Non musicians, such as persons wishing be producers or recording engineers will also benefit by learning how to get the most out of a song.
- Musicians who want to gain more information that will improve their songwriting skills. Also great for other advertising, television, film, video games compositions and digital artists.
- Beginners can take this course. You will learn many excellent things that can help your musical journey, but many concepts may be difficult to grasp.
Target Audiences
- This course is for a musician who wants to write a great song. It shows how to develop a chord progression and add other instruments to compose a great sounding song.
- Non musicians, such as persons wishing be producers or recording engineers will also benefit by learning how to get the most out of a song.
- Musicians who want to gain more information that will improve their songwriting skills. Also great for other advertising, television, film, video games compositions and digital artists.
- Beginners can take this course. You will learn many excellent things that can help your musical journey, but many concepts may be difficult to grasp.
Learn how to write a hit song in popular music styles – rock, pop, blues, metal, reggae and more! Learn how to take a basic music idea and develop it into a full song.
“This course has good content with good visuals. You get to see the lesson and hear it individually and then combined together for the full sound. The demonstrations Robert has included ties it all together.” – Greg R
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Step-by-step, you will be shown how to develop a musical idea into a hit song. A perfect course not only for musicians, but also people interested in music production, recording engineering or any other studio work. Great for digital musicians. Also great for advertising, film soundtracks or even video game music!
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Over 20 original songs created just for this course.
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Watch animated diagrams and performer videos that show each song being developed into a final product.The instructor describes each step. Progressive audio tracks show how each new track contributes to the entire song. You will also learn how to build chord progressions in any key – and even when to break the rules!
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To benefit most from this course you will need reasonable skill on at least one instrument. Some theory and musical concepts are discussed through-out this course. Beginner musicians will find some concepts hard to grasp – but will still learn valuable information that will set them way above other beginner musicians.
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Full PDF scores and other extras are available for download so you can really explore what’s going on in this course and build your own music reference library!
“Teacher is clear, concise and interactive and lessons are easy to learn and easy to follow. Great job.” – Suppoman ®
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: Welcome to Songwriting 1
Lecture 1: About me
Lecture 2: A Little Songwriting Course Housekeeping…
Chapter 2: Rock Foundations
Lecture 1: Introduction to 5th chords
Lecture 2: Acoustic Rhythm Enhanced With Powerchords
Lecture 3: A Simple Bass Line Behind 5th Chords
Lecture 4: Powerchords – different styles for different effect.
Lecture 5: More Powerchords – close together or far apart?
Lecture 6: Guitar and Bass – working together
Lecture 7: review – Rock Foundations
Chapter 3: High register chords
Lecture 1: Triads as chords
Lecture 2: Triads as Arpeggios
Lecture 3: review – High Register Chords
Chapter 4: Developing Bass Lines
Lecture 1: Get Started on Bass Octaves
Lecture 2: More Ideas For Using Bass Octaves
Lecture 3: Using 3rd Notes in Bass Lines
Lecture 4: Driving Bass Lines Using 3rd Notes
Lecture 5: review – Bass Lines
Chapter 5: Upbeat Styles and Adding Pads
Lecture 1: Guitar and Bass Combo in Rock
Lecture 2: Upbeat Styles – Ska and Reggae
Lecture 3: Upbeat Styles – Funk
Lecture 4: Adding Keyboard Pads – Hiphop and R&B
Lecture 5: Adding Keyboard Pads – dropping the 5th
Lecture 6: Orchestration – Composing With Strings
Lecture 7: review – Chord Clusters and Pads
Chapter 6: Blues Bass and Beyond
Lecture 1: Introduction to Blues Bass Lines
Lecture 2: 'Walking' Bass Lines
Lecture 3: Open String Blues Bass
Lecture 4: Blues Bass Lines in Rock and Techno
Lecture 5: review – Blues Basslines
Chapter 7: Alternative Chord Formations
Lecture 1: Advanced Bar Chord Ideas on Guitar
Lecture 2: Limited Chord Movement in a Funk Song
Lecture 3: Creating a Rock Song in a Minor Key
Lecture 4: Limited Chord Movement on Piano
Lecture 5: Slow Rock Built From Keyboard
Lecture 6: review – Alternative Chord Formations
Chapter 8: Building Chord Progressions
Lecture 1: How to Create a Major Chord
Lecture 2: Building a Chord Progression
Lecture 3: How to Build a Major Scale
Lecture 4: Exploring Standard Chord Progressions
Lecture 5: Using Only Major Chords
Chapter 9: Lyrics and Melody
Lecture 1: Introduction to Rhyming Patterns
Lecture 2: Develop your lyrics with Lyrical Devices
Lecture 3: Introduction to Using Narrative
Lecture 4: Lyrics – Techniques 1
Lecture 5: Melody – lesson 1 – Develop a basic idea
Lecture 6: Melody – lesson 2 – simple phrasing
Chapter 10: Writing and Developing Your Song
Lecture 1: Reflections from a Songwriter
Lecture 2: Use Arpeggios to Create Melody
Chapter 11: Congratulations Talented Songwriter
Lecture 1: BONUS LECTURE
Lecture 2: Congratulations on Completing the Course
Instructors
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Robert Prosser
B.Cr.A (audio/video), ADDA, Cert III Media
Rating Distribution
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- 2 stars: 1 votes
- 3 stars: 6 votes
- 4 stars: 6 votes
- 5 stars: 10 votes
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