Udemy Music Composition 1 Myths, Techniques, and Getting Started

Welcome to the COMPLETE Music COMPOSITION AND FILM SCORING Guide!

This is a class designed for the average person who is ready to take their music career (or music interest) and develop it into something more. Whether you are an active musician or an aspiring musician, this class is perfect for you.

When most people think of a composer, they imagine someone sitting in a dusty attic with a grand piano, big white wig, and the year is 1800. That might have been accurate back then, but the modern composer is just like you and me. In fact, I am one.

In this course I'll show you techniques I use for writing music in a variety of styles and situations. I've worked with major american orchestras, film studios, and video game designers, so I've got more than a little experience. I'm also a PhD in music composition and a university professor (of music composition).

Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to Udemy in an online format in order to reach more students, and give them the joy of Music Theory.

I'm planning on making several "sections" of this class, and this is only part 1. As the class grows, we will go deeper and deeper into my techniques. This class is focused on the beginning: Generating ideas and getting started.

In this class, we will cover:

My background, and listen to some of my music

The different between music theory and music composition (highly opinionated!)

Tools of the trade: Software

Tools of the trade: Pencils and fine paper

How do you start?

The process

Program music and metaphors

Character sketches

Writing through canon

Form

Binary, Ternary, and Rondo forms

Starting with a plan

Graphic form representations

Triads, and basic rules of harmony

Chord progressions

What you'll learn
Write and Compose music using proven techniques and tips
Create their own music using software, or good old pencil and paper.
Generate musical ideas through creativity exercises
Program music and metaphors
Character sketches
Writing through canon
Form
Binary, Ternary, and Rondo forms
Starting with a plan
Graphic form representations
Triads, and basic rules of harmony
Chord progressions
Inversions
Song analysis
Melody writing
Tools of the trade: Software
Tools of the trade: Pencils and fine paper