Module 1: Harmony and Chord Progressions

Module 1: Harmony and Chord Progressions

Salepage : Module 1: Harmony and Chord Progressions

Arichive : Module 1: Harmony and Chord Progressions

What you will learn: Principles of western harmony Chord progression theory and fundamentals Applying this knowledge and finding better chord progressions in your own productions We will show you how to create cool and interesting chord progressions for various types of music genres like house, pop, rock, rnb, blues, classic, future bass, deep house, progressive house and many more. We will show you many good sound examples, offering a practical application of our theoretical frameworks Let’s take a deep dive into chord progressions and discover why some chord progressions just work and others don’t rules and codes for “hit song” progressions How is this course structured In the first part of this course you will learn the basics of harmony and chord progressions. In the second part you will learn how to come up with great sounding harmonies and chord progressions and how to find voices “that work” in your own compositions and make them sound more interesting. Along the way, we will share a lot of our specific songwriting knowledge and experience. You will get around 5 hours of study sessions with Francois. Who is it made for? This course is designed for electronic music producers – let’s take the perspective of someone working inside a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation – like Cubase, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio). The course is designed for beginners, but is also suitable for advanced students of the subject as we go into great detail after covering our first “core” block. CURRICULUM COURSE Introduction: Harmony and Chord Progressions Start 1 – Introduction to the Course / Downloads (2:00) Western Harmony Basics Part 1 Start 2 – Overview and definition of a chord (3:19) Start 3 – Example: Chords vs Melodies – it’s all about the Instruments! (2:13) Start 4 – Intervals (7:01) Start 5 – What is a scale? C Major Scale (9:56) Start 6 – Triads – Thirds & Fifths, Minor vs Major, Being in “Clave” (7:48) Western Harmony Basics Part 2 Start 7 – The diatonic chords of C Major (6:24) Start 8 – Roman numerals and scale degrees (6:53) Previous 9 – Investments (11:54) Previous 10 – Transposition (5:38) Start 11 – The natural minor scale (2:04) Start 12 – Relative Minor, Circle of Fifths (3:19)

Chord types Start 13 – Seventy Chords (7:43) Start 14 – Added Tone Chords (8:59) Start 15 – His Chords (4:19) Start 16 – Example: Sus Chords (4:18) Start 17 – “Seeker” chord (1:44) Start 18 – Power Chords (5:32) Start 19 – Arpeggios (3:12) Chord progressions Start 20 – Chord Substitution (7:16) Start 21 – Example: Chord Substitution (5:26) Start 22 – voice (9:36) Previous 23 – What makes a “good” Chord Progression? (6:21) Previous 24 – Analysis of a “good” Chord Progression (7:09) Start 25 – Chords on loan (2:21) Start 26 – Minor Parallel – Chord Loan (2:26) Start 27 – Major / Minor Parallel Scales – More Chord Loans (5:21) Start 28 – Secondary dominants (6:01) Start 29 – Diatonic Step Chords (3:47) Start 30 – Chromatic Step Chords (4:24) Start 31 – Modulation (2:32) Examples: “Magic” chord Start 32 – Chord Magic (1) – Analysis and examples (8:00) Start 33 – Magic Chords – Sound Example 1 (1:42) Start 34 – Chord Magics – Sound example 2 (0:35) Start 35 – Chord Magics – Sound example 3 (0:49) Start 36 – Chord Magics – Sound example 4 (0:34) Bonus – Writing Sessions – Part 1 Start 37 – Writing a melody with the C Major scale (Francois) (23:07) Previous 38 – Write an EDM-ish melody with the A-Minor scale (Francois) (11:30) Start 39 – Creating an EDM Chord Progression and Melody (Tom) (22:33) Start 40 – Write tropical summer house chords and melody in Amin (Tom) (29:19) Start 41 – Write a low future track from scratch (Tom) (39:10) Start 42 – Write progressive house chords and melody from scratch (Tom) (27:34) Bonus – Writing Sessions – Part 2 Start 43 – Bonus session: Write Chords & Melody in the style of “Snake” (16:49) Start 44 – Writing Session # 1 – Chords and Melody – Deep Melodic / Techno (30:16) Start 45 – Writing Session # 2 – Chords and Melody – Deep Melodic / Techno with Moog Bass (22:56) Start 46 – Writing Session # 3 – Hirajoshi Scale (7:59) Start 47 – Writing Session # 4 – EDM Progressive House “Dramatic” Progression in F-Minor (8:23) Start 48 – Writing session # 5 – Deep melodic in the style of Caribou, Clawz SG, Anjunadeep (G # Minor) (33:15) Start 49 – Writing Session # 6 – Chords & Melody in the style of Blomqvist, Bohmer, Melodic Deep (14:49) Start 50 – Writing Session # 7 – Chords & Melody using Deadmau5’s Approach (9:42) Start 51 – Turning “La Habana” into a new chord and melody progression – (Session with Alex) (16:12) Start 52 – Writing session (No comments) – Chords in the style of Armas, Dinka, EDX, Nore En Pure (9:28) Start 54 – Writing Session # 8 – Writing 6 Chord Progressions (by ear) with Francois (31:04) Thanks and thanks Start 55 – Thank you! (0:32)