Music Theory & Ear Training for Musicians - FALL 2019 Level 1, Mondays Starting 10/21; Level 2, Wednesdays Starting 10/23

$ 399.00

Designed to dovetail with THE ROOTS songwriting curriculum, Music Theory & Ear Training Level 1 equips the songwriter with a foundational understanding of harmony, melody, rhythm, and phrasing in the construction of songs. Learn to recognize chord changes and intervals by ear and come to understand how the songs you love fit together and how the songs you write might better become the songs you love.

Level 1 explores diatonic harmony (and if that phrase is unfamiliar to you, Level 1 is your class!).
Level 2 breaks you out beyond the key and explores secondary dominants, modal interchange, parallel major and minor, and more.

ROOTS students present or past take $25 off the tuition by entering the code ROOTStheory (no space, case-sensitive). If you have any difficulty, please e-mail info @ the songwriting school dot com.

ONLINE STUDENTS: Class includes regular homework feedback opportunities and individual and small group video conferencing to get feedback on your songs and have your questions answered.

Classes: Classes, ENROLL IN TWO OR MORE FOR WINTER 2019, TAKE 10% OFF TUITION, FALL 2018 CLASSES, FEATURED CLASSES / NEXT TO START, Songwriting, TAKE $100 OFF ANY OF THESE WHEN YOU ARE ENROLLING IN ANOTHER COURSE, Theory & Musicianship

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LEVEL 1 Sample Curriculum:

The Major Scale: construction, intervals, building blocks of chords
Understanding and recognizing Intervals
Chords & Chord Function: forming Diatonic Harmony
Developing Effective Chord Progressions
Cadences
Melody as comprised of 4 Component Parts
Writing from a Motif: 4 Strategies Once You Have a Simple Idea
Melody-Harmony Relationship: Creating emotional, strong melodies and chord progressions
Rhythm, Time Signatures, Feel, & Phrasing
Scansion & Prosody in a Lyric/Melody
Major & Minor Relationships
7th Chords
Hinting at Level 2: What Lies Beyond the Key
Regular assignments with feedback to integrate concepts of class

LEVEL 2 Sample Curriculum:

7th chords
chord tensions and extensions
secondary dominants
parallel major and minor
modes and modal interchange
multiple songwriting assignments and critical listening designed to expand your harmony/melody capacities as a writer and composer