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Guided

$150.00
  • Access to all six videos and demo scores.

  • Written feedback on homework assignments.

  • 15% discount on future private lessons.

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OVERVIEW

Episode 1: Contrast

  • Exploring the basic building blocks of music and sound.

  • John Coltrane’s “Afro Blue”

  • Using contrasting scales to create simple modal compositions.

Episode 2: Rhythm & Phrases

  • Writing and developing a motif.

  • Thelonious Monk’s “Epistrophy” and “Blue Monk”

  • Composing a 12-bar blues using a repeated rhythmic motif.

Episode 3: Harmony

  • The circle of 5ths, tonic vs. dominant, and simple modulation.

  • Richard Rogers’ “Have You Met Miss Jones”

  • Writing an AABA song to practice modulation to different tonal centers.

Episode 4: Reharmonization

  • Common tone modulation and tri-tone substitution.

  • Tadd Dameron’s “Lady Bird”

  • Creating a parallel composition through reharmonization.

Episode 5: Counterpoint

  • Writing for two or more simultaneous voices.

  • Ostinato and Miles Davis’ “All Blues”

  • Writing a blues for two or more contrapuntal parts.

Episode 6: Odd Time Signatures

  • Exploring odd time signatures and compound meter.

  • Dave Brubeck’s “Blue Rondo a la Turk”

  • Writing a Rondo form composition using odd time signatures.