Overview

For the first time, we're releasing our video and supplemental PDFs so you can have this advanced study option to do at your own pace. You get all seven video lessons with PDF supplemental training containing your homework assignments. These seven video lessons and material in the book are roughly the equivalent of a semester's worth of work in college, again, that you do at your own pace.

Please note: this is NOT an academic theoretical approach. Initially, you'll do all your work with just the Dorian mode. From there, all the remaining modes are open to you.

Please note: I do NOT teach RULES! I teach PRINCIPLES that you can apply to ANY style of music. Once you've learned to apply these principles, you then have the skill to write music on demand - in as many different music styles you know: classical, jazz, Rap, you name it!

That's why this is a practical course for songwriters, arrangers, and composers who want to:

improve their melodic skills

expand their melodic language by learning to write modally

learn how to harmonize their song

learn how to create a starting bass line

learn how to create a counterline above and below the melody

learn how to create interesting harmonizations

learn how to improvise

(for jazz players) learn how to apply chord scales in jazz and other styles

Course Content

You will:

write and record all your work

apply concepts with exercises

apply concepts to a maximum of five different songs, preferably from different styles

You'll need: # to budget 2-4 hours per week # preferably have vocal samples to record your work so that all examples with a vocal/choral sound

The Required Text for this course is Alexander Publishing's Edition of Counterpoint by Fux. A PDF eBook edition of this title is provided in the course price.

100% Downloadable Content: Because we're giving you almost 500MB of course materials, within 1 business day of receiving your order (normally within a few hours), you'll receive an invitation to a free DropBox account where we're housing all the course content. You can then download all the files to your computer.

Week 1
Lesson 1 - melodic movement and song analysis
Lesson 2 -Two-voice motion

Week 2
Lesson 3 - Implied harmony
Lesson 4 - Four modes

Week 3
Lessons 5-6 - One against one

Week 4
Lessons 7-8 - Two against one

Week 5
Lessons 9-10 - Four against one

Week 6
Lessons 11-12 - Syncopation

Week 7
Lessons 13-14 - The whole pie