Understanding chords to improve songwriting

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Free Online Course: Understanding chords to improve songwriting provided by Skillshare is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for Less than 1 hour of material. The course is taught in English and is free of charge. Understanding chords to improve songwriting is taught by Christopher Richter.

Overview
  • The Songwriting Series ‘Understanding Chords’ will give you an understanding of how music is structured. It is a guide to how contemporary music is formed in a way that makes songwriting easier, faster and more intuitive.

    Understanding Chords will help you discover, in a straight forward and concise manner, how you can create your own music to support your lyrics.

    Developed by Chris Richter, with over 7 years of one on one music teaching experience and over 20 years of performance experience, you will discover how easy it is to create your own music.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Chromatic Scale
    • Sharps (#) and Flats (b)
    • Semitones
    • Tones
    • Scales
    • D Major Scale
    • Chords
    • Minor Chords
    • More Minor Chords
    • Other Chords
    • Other Chords - Your Turn
    • Chord Groups
    • Example Chord Groups
    • Chord demonstration using C Major Chords
    • Chord Groups Summary
    • Chord demonstration using D Major Chords
    • Chord Groups So Far
    • Bonus: chord examples
    • Form Principles
    • Form Principles - Example
    • Hook
    • Instrumentation
    • Demo Recording
    • What Next?