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• Welcome!

• What this Course Will Cover

• How this Course is Structured

• A Note on Sound Design and Production

• Version Control is Your Friend

• Lesson 1: Rhythm, Time Signatures, and Tempo

• Lesson 2: Subdivisions

• Exercise: Identifying the subdivisions in popular drum patterns

• Answer: Identifying the Subdivisions in Drum Patterns

• Lesson 3: Pulse, Syncopation, and Accents

• Lesson 4: Swing and Triplets

• Lesson 5: Creating Your Own Drum Beat

• Demonstration: Drums

• Songwriting Assignment: Drums

Delayed 7 days

• Lesson 1: Frequency, Pitch, and the Octave

• Lesson 2: Intervals

• Lesson 3: Scales

• Exercise: Identifying Intervals and Scales

• Lesson 4: Writing Your Own Melodies

• Lesson 5: Writing Melodies with Structure

• Demonstration: Melodies

• Songwriting Assignment: Melodies

Delayed 14 days

• Lesson 1: Chords and Chord Qualities

• Lesson 2: Chords and Key Signatures

• Exercise: Identifying the Chords in a Minor Key

• Lesson 3: Relative Keys

• Lesson 4: Chords and Melodies

• Lesson 5: Chord Substitutions

• Lesson 6: Chord Extensions

• Lesson 7: Chord Inversions

• Demonstration: Chord Progressions

• Songwriting Assignment: Chord Progressions

Delayed 21 days

• Lesson 1: Bass is the Glue

• Lesson 2: Bass and Rhythm

• Lesson 3: Bass and Harmony (Part 1)

• Lesson 4: Walking Bass Lines

• Exercise: Walking Bass Lines

• Answer: Walking Bass Lines

• Lesson 5: Bass and Harmony (Part 2)

• Lesson 6: Bass and Melody

• Demonstration: Bass Lines

• Songwriting Assignment: Bass Lines

Delayed 28 days

• Lesson 1: Writing Chords First

• Demonstration: Writing Chords First

• Songwriting Assignment: Writing Chords First

• Lesson 2: Writing Melodies Over Chord Progressions

• Demonstration: Add a Melody to Your Chords

• Songwriting Assignment: Add a Melody to Your Chords

• Lesson 3: Form

• Lesson 4: Crafting an Arrangement through Contrast

• Demonstration: Form and Arrangement (Part 1)

• Songwriting Assignment: Form and Arrangement (Part 1)

• Demonstration: Form and Arrangement (Part 2)

• Songwriting Assignment: Form and Arrangement (Part 2)

• Lesson 5: Intros, Outros, and Bridges - Oh My!

• Demonstration: Finish Your Song

• Songwriting Assignment: Finish Your Song

Delayed 42 days

• Congrats!

• What Should You Do Next?

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