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Harmony Course Overview
I explain a bit about it here:
The main part of the course comes in 12 lessons:
This will take you from theory noob level to understanding basic to intermediate harmony.
What does that mean in English?
It means you’ll have a much better understanding of the workings going on under the surface of your music.
One of the unique aspects of my approach is that I’m not trying to replace what you know already.
I don’t want to make you write music how I do, or obey any ”rules of harmony”.
Nope. Not my style.
I teach you alternative ways to look at what you already do – opening up new options and possibilities that you can then CHOOSE to use or ignore, depending on whether it will benefit your music right there.
There’s no right or wrongs…it’s about gaining options and understanding, allowing you to make your music with more confidence in what you are doing.
To put it really simply….
How much does it cost?
The course is £10 +VAT and you get unlimited access to the material on the site as detailed below:
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If you have any questions you can either email me direct at muso.dave@gmail.com or find me on the [facebook page].
Here is a more detailed breakdown on each section of the course as it stands now:
[Harmony 1: Intervals]
Introducing the concept of intervals: what they are, why they are useful to know about. We talk about how we measure and name them, and conclude with some downloadable resources including interval list charts and some audio.
[Harmony 2: Harmonic Relationships]
We go over the relationships between the notes in intervals and how these relate to the harmonic series. This is important stuff as it gives us a way to measure the relationships between notes and chords.
This lesson includes an interactive aural training quiz and an interval relationships pdf.
[Harmony 3: From Intervals To Scales]
In this lesson we discuss what scales are, how they are formed and two ways of describing them. This brings into focus how important intervals are. We go onto introduce the chromatic scale and our first major scales.
[Harmony 4: Using Scales…]
Here we look at how to use scales – this is not a “do this, don’t do that” type lesson, but more a way of thinking about what scales are and how they can be a tool rather than a thing to “use” as a series of notes.
[Harmony 5: From Major Scales to Chords…]
Here we explore the link between major scales and major/minor triads (the three note chords that are the basis of western harmony). We look at how to construct and describe these chords and their importance.
This lesson includes a couple of videos, three pdf downloads and an online scale chart.
[Harmony 6: Untangling Minor Scales]
Here we look at minor scales, which work slightly differently to the major ones and need some extra explanation. This leads us to some more chords and introduces the diminished chord.
[ Harmony 7: Introducing Cadences]
This lesson introduces the concept of cadences (a series of chords that end a section of music) and runs through the most commonly used ones. The traditional cadences are slightly old fashioned, but the concept is still useful and can be adjusted to suit your needs in any way you like!
[Harmony 8: First Steps into Extended Harmony]
Here we introduce the concepts around more advanced chords construction, and explain some naming conventions. These concepts will not only be used in the next few lessons but can also be extended beyond the scope of this course into chords of all sizes and shapes.
[Harmony 9: Seventh Chords]
We go into more detail about how to construct seventh chords and all the most commonly used variations. We also look at the original usage of the chord and how it has changed – up to the complete freedom we enjoy today!
We look at the names and descriptions of the different varieties of seventh chords.
[Harmony 10: Getting to Grips with Ninths]
This is the most extended harmony we are going to look at in this course – as with sevenths we look how to construct them, how to name them and what the most commonly used variations are.
[Harmony 11: Inversions]
These are when the positions of the notes within a chord are changed. There are many reasons for doing this and we cover all the combinations for major and minor triads here, as well as giving some indications of the huge number of possibilities there are with extended chords.
Contains video, audio and a diagram.
[Harmony 12: What To Do With This Info]
An overview of what has been learned, emphasising the practical usages of the info that has been explained.
At this point I’d also like to ask for your feedback – what you like, what was maybe not clear to you and if there is anything you’d like me to add or change to the course.
You also get access to a bunch of bonus lessons:
(More are added regularly and it will eventually build up in a complete theory course in itself - buy now and you get access to all the new stuff as it’s added – at no extra cost!)
[Bonus 1: Tension, Resolution and Non traditional Cadences]
I’ve added some bonus material about these subjects – includes piano roll and audio examples. This lesson deal with tension and resolution of harmony and how this can be used to build and relax your music. I also talk a little about creating your own cadences – or twisting up traditional ones.
[Bonus 2: From one place to another]
In this long lesson we go over ways to move between chords, creating different effects of motion and ways of arranging chords. This is full of audio examples, and diagrams to help show how you can reuse musical material in various ways to create a sense of unity within a track.
[Bonus 3: Crash Course in Major/Minor Tonality]
Here we take a little detour into traditional harmony for the sake of learning from history – a quick and clear explanation of what keys are, how they differ from tonality, and the hierarchical relationships between chords in major keys. There is also a homework assignment!
[Bonus 4: More on Variations and Alterations]
In this lesson we go through some ways of mutating your musical ideas by using a variety of simple (and not so simple) processes. These processes can be applied to all kinds of musical material and in this lesson we run single melodies and chord sequences through them to see what comes out…
Once again, unlimited access to this material costs £10 +VAT - a one off payment, that allows you to access the relevant pages and content on the site.
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Once again , if you have any questions you can either email me direct at muso.dave@gmail.com or find me on the [facebook page].
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