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Modern Song Performance with Accompaniment

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The Modern Song Performance with Accompaniment course is designed for learners who love pop music. It aims to enhance students’ singing and accompaniment skills and help them perform songs confidently on the piano.

The course features a combination of practicality and fun, focusing on students' actual singing experience while covering various professional areas such as vocal techniques, chord basics, harmony arrangements, and texture application, helping students systematically master the skills of singing and accompanying pop songs.

The advantage of the course lies in its rich teaching modules and hands-on practice. Taught by multiple experienced instructors, the course uses a modular teaching approach, breaking down topics such as singing, chord notation, chord progressions, sight-reading, and accompaniment textures into different levels.

Modern Song Performance with Accompaniment is not only a skill-learning course but also an exploratory journey of musical expression. In this course, students will learn how to express emotions through music, adding more confidence and creativity to their musical journey.

Syllabus

  • Chapter 1: Understanding Accompaniment and Singing
    • 1.1 Overview
  • Chapter 2: Singing Section
    • 2.1 Introduction + Breath
    • 2.2 Vocal Cords
    • 2.3 Enunciation and Emotion
    • 2.4 Song Selection
  • Chapter 3: Chord Notation
    • 3.1 Chords Also Have Names
    • 3.2 Major Triads
    • 3.3 Understanding Minor Scales
    • 3.4 Notation
  • Chapter 4: Sight Reading Techniques
    • 4.1 Tonic Sol-fa Method and Fixed-do Solmization
  • Chapter 5: Chord Progressions
    • 5.1 Why Do Many Songs Sound Similar?
    • 5.2 Harmony in Songs
    • 5.3 Linear Bass
    • 5.4 Circle of Fifths
    • 5.5 Cadences
  • Chapter 6: Chord Arrangement and Connection
    • 6.1 Chord Connection Methods
    • 6.2 Chord Arrangements
    • 6.3 Suspended Chords
  • Chapter 7: Appreciating Harmony
    • 7.1 Chord Functions
    • 7.2 Subdominant Triad
    • 7.3 Use of Non-chord Tones
    • 7.4 Creating Static Harmonic Sounds
  • Chapter 8: Texture Forms
    • 8.1 Accompaniment Texture
    • 8.2 The Concept of "Layers" in Texture
    • 8.3 The Concept of "Layers" in Texture
    • 8.4 Texturization of Harmony
    • 8.5 Application of Texture
  • Chapter 9: Ethnic Scales
    • 9.1 Ethnic Scales
  • Chapter 10: Analysis of Example Works
    • 10.1 On the Other Side of the Water
    • 10.2 Relieving Sorrow
    • 10.3 365 Days of Missing You
  • Final Exam

    Taught by

    Hubei Vocational College of Art

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