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Composition Class Syllabus

 

Read Thoughts on Successful Songwriting by Dave Pearson, Cal Baptist Riverside Intern at The Musik Planet


 
Each section is intended to be two months long.
 
Part 1
Fundamentals of Music Theory
*Notes, Clefs, Intervals, Scale Degrees, Rhythm and compound meters, Key Signatures
major and minor through of fifths and fourths, 7th chords.

 

Part 2
Diatonic Harmony, Using major and Minor
Introduction to Harmonic Progressions,
Harmonic composition in Root position and inversions.

 

Part 3
Arpeggios and Alberti Bass
Harmonic composition using 7th chords,
Homophonic Music

 

Part 4
Chord Substitution, Using Sub-Dominant Relationships, Borrowed Chords
Continued Harmonic composition
Introduction to counter point

 

Part 5
Polyphonic music
Introduction to three and four part writing
Introduction to musical motives in part writing
Introduction to chorale music

 

Part 6
Shaping Melody- Melodic Phrasing
Introduction to form and structure
Song Form and Structure

 

Part 7
Introduction to orchestration
Introduction to instrumentation
Continued study and practice on 4 part writing.
Introduction to Sonata Form

 

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