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Structure your Piano melodies and rhythms today with our Music Composition with the Piano: Ultimate Keyboard Theory for Beginners Course. This course will help you perfect chords and inside keys with various harmony methods, as well as reading chord symbols to identify and solve rhythmic problems. With hands-on training from our expert tutor, you'll gain valuable insights into musical layers and arrangement of rhythms with profound writing themes. Sign up now and take the first step towards becoming a better pianist.
What you will learn from this course?
- Gain comprehensive knowledge about music composition
- Understand the core competencies and principles of music composition
- Explore the various areas of music composition
- Know how to apply the skills you acquired from this course in a real-life context
- Become a confident and expert musician
Music Composition with the Piano: Ultimate Keyboard Theory for Beginners Course
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This music composition the with piano course has no academic prerequisites and is open to students from all academic disciplines. You will, however, need a laptop, desktop, tablet, or smartphone, as well as a reliable internet connection.
Assessment
This music composition the with piano course assesses learners through multiple-choice questions (MCQs). Upon successful completion of the modules, learners must answer MCQs to complete the assessment procedure. Through the MCQs, it is measured how much a learner could grasp from each section. In the assessment pass mark is 60%.
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Recognised Accreditation
CPD certificates are accepted by thousands of professional bodies and government regulators here in the UK and around the world. Many organisations look for employees with CPD requirements, which means, that by doing this course, you would be a potential candidate in your respective field.
Course Curriculum
Introduction
Overview of the Course
Resources
The Grid
The Chromatic Scale
Creating a Major Key
Creating Chords Inside of a Key
Naming Notes on the Piano
ASSIGNMENT: Simple Ambient Track
EXAMPLE: Simple Ambient Track
Establishing Gravity with Keys
The Circle of Fifths: Major Key Gravity
Creating a Minor Scale & Key
Circle of Fifths: Minor Key Gravity
Learning All Keys
Assignment: Transposing Chords & Melodies
Get Composing
Technique & Fluency at the Piano
Hand Positions & Fingerings
Wandering Hands Backing Tracks
Assignment: Wandering Hands Track
EXAMPLE: Wandering Hands Track
Introduction to Chords in a Key (Diatonic Harmony)
Analysing 1000+ Tunes
Common Chord Progressions & Conventions
30% Different โ Changing Standard Chord Progressions
Chord 5 in a Minor Key
Harmony Cheat Sheet: Stage 1
Tension & Resolution
Chord Tones
Non Chord Tones
The Feelings of Different Intervals
Layering & Overlapping
Non-diatonic Tones
The Pentatonic Scale
Patterns: The Way to Think About Your Music
ASSIGNMENT: Melody Writing
EXAMPLE: Melody Writing
Roman Numerals in Analysis
Harmonic Structure
Repeating Harmony
Small Changes in Harmony
Varying Your Bass Lines
Modulation: New Centres of Gravity
Composing 3 Different Sections
3 Different Sections Example
Introduction to Voicing
Arpeggiation
Examples of Arpeggiation in Context
Closed & Open Position Chords
Inversions
Doubling
Dropping
Voice Leading
Grace Notes
Accompanying Singers Assignment
Accompanying Singers Example
Orchestral String Writing Assignment
Orchestral String Writing Example
Another Example of Voice Leading
Harmony Cheat Sheet: Level 2
Bass Lines Introduction
Voice Leading & Passing Notes
Bass Line Riffs
Introduction to Chords from Scratch
In Depth: Chords from Scratch
How to Create Triads from Scratch
Suspension chords
Working out the key of a song
Modulation & Secondary Dominants
Pushing Out the Key Example Track
Introduction
How to Create 7th Chords
Diminished & Augmented 7th Chords
How to Create 9th Chords
Adding 11th & 13ths to Your Chords
Upper Structure Composing Example
Upper Structure Re-harmonizing Example
How to Read Chords and Chord Symbols
Harmony Cheat Sheet: Level 3
Where Do I Start: Generating Material with Rules
Patterns, Patterns, Patternsโฆ
Problem Solving
Introduction to Harmonic Rhythm
Passing Chords & Reharmonisation
Reharmonisation Assignment
Melodic Rhythm
Phrasing & Melodic Rhythm Assignment
Standard Accompaniment Patterns (with commentary)
Standard Accompaniment Patterns (no commentary)
Musical Layers & Alignment
Adding Very Subtle Misalignment in Tracks
The Chord Progression Manual
What Scales Go with What Chords
The Blues Scale
Harmonic & Melodic Minor Scales
The Scale Omnibus
Paired Pentatonics
Modes
Introduction to Chord Relationships
Chord Relationship & Arpeggiation Assignment
Chord Relationship & Arpeggiation Example Breakdown
Writing Themes
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