Songwriting Craft and Practice: Melody & Chords

This course covers the two things most songs are built from: melody and harmony. We start with a prompt and a deadline, because the fastest way into songwriting is to write, and to keep writing weekly alongside people doing the same. You'll share songs in progress and learn to give each other specific, useful feedback. We'll take melody apart (its shape, its rhythm, the way it leans with or against the words), then build chord progressions in major and minor keys and over descending basslines. By the end, you'll be able to craft melodies, construct chord progressions, and put them together into complete song ideas.