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The Songwriter's Toolkit: New Perspectives

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Learn songwriting techniques to look at tunes through a different lens. Discover how to play with melody, form, and chords to gain a fresh perspective when a song has you stuck.

Syllabus

Introduction
  • Welcome
  • Who is this course for?
1. Form
  • Extending the second verse
  • Trimming the second verse
  • Pre-chorus without a chorus
  • Using a pre-chorus as a bridge
  • The intro as its own section
  • Saving the chorus until the end
2. Melody
  • The post chorus
  • Melody that defines song form
  • Phrasing outside the time signature
  • Finding chords from a melody
  • Changing the second verse melody
  • Elaborating on the chorus
3. Chords
  • Half-step modulation
  • Modulation by other intervals
  • Modulation within the song form
  • Borrowed chords with a diatonic melody
  • Changing the harmonic rhythm
  • Reharmonizing a chorus
Conclusion
  • Next steps

Taught by

Julian Velard

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