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Music Music Fundamentals Music Composition

Music Composition 1

Learn how to compose well-written rhythms and melodies
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (1,620 ratings)
11,568 students
Created by Jonathan Peters
Last updated 11/2020
English
English [Auto], Indonesian [Auto], 
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What you'll learn

  • By the end of the course you will be able to compose your own rhythms and melodies. This includes motifs, phrases, periods and phrase groups.
  • You will also learn how to develop your rhythmic and melodic material through a wide variety of compositional techniques.
  • You will get practice transcribing music (hearing rhythms and melodies and then writing them down in notation form).
  • You will get practice notating music using music notation software.
  • You will be prepared to study harmony and form in Music Composition 2

Requirements

  • A basic knowledge of music theory: students who take this course should be able to read notes in treble clef and bass clef, have a basic knowledge of note durations, meter, key, scales, flats, sharps, intervals, chords, and chord inversions. If you do not already have a rudimentary understanding of music theory it is recommend that you take a music theory course before enrolling in this course. (See “Music Theory” by the author of this course.)
  • Musescore (free music notation software)
  • Although not a necessity, it is very beneficial that the student have some ability to play the piano (or other instrument)

Description

Music Composition 1 is the first course in a series of two courses that teaches how music is put together and how to write your own music. The course is divided into two parts. Part one covers the study of rhythmic composition. Part two covers the study of melodic composition. (Harmony and form are studied in Music Composition 2) 

Course lectures consist mainly of video but also include some text. Each section of the course covers a particular concept (or related concepts). Concepts and compositional techniques are demonstrated throughout the course with real musical examples (pictures and audio samples). 

Besides lectures, each section of the course also contains memory questions, section quiz, listening assignments, and transcription/composition assignments. Memory questions serve to summarize and reinforce key concepts learned, while the quizzes test the students’ knowledge and understanding of the material from each section. Students who take this course will get practice transcribing music (hearing a rhythm or a melody and writing it down). In the composition assignments students will get real life practice using the information and techniques learned in each section to write their own rhythms and melodies. 

Who should take this course? Every student of music should know how to compose! It is a sad but true fact that most modern music teachers and music courses do not include music composition as part of the students’ musical education. In the past it was typical for students of music to be able to compose music. The “complete” musician can play an instrument, has knowledge of music theory AND can also compose! If you want to deepen your understanding of music, learn to write it! 


Course Includes:

  • 190 Diagrams and Audio Samples (to illustrate concepts taught)

  • 125 Memory Questions (to reinforce concepts taught)

  • 90 Transcription and Composition Assignments (to practice the concepts taught)

  • 76 Listening Assignments

  • 21 Quizzes

Who this course is for:

  • Every student of music!
  • Beginning Composers/Songwriters
  • Composers/Songwriters with previous knowledge or experience who want to brush up and hone their skills (and maybe learn some new techniques!)
  • Anyone who has always wanted to learn how to write music!
  • Although this course uses many examples from classical music, most of the information and compositional techniques learned in this course can be used by musicians of any genre (including rock, pop, and jazz)

Course content

21 sections • 120 lectures • 2h 40m total length

  • Introduction
    01:27
  • Why Compose?
    01:50
  • Getting Things to Paper
    01:06
  • Memory Questions (sec.1)
    00:27
  • Section 1 Quiz
    15 questions
  • Transcription Assignments for Section 1
    01:09
  • Listening Assignments (sec.1)
    00:11

  • Preview01:43
  • Preview03:42
  • Coming Up With Ideas
    04:31
  • Memory Questions (sec.2)
    00:23
  • Section 2 Quiz
    23 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.2)
    00:45
  • Listening Assignments (sec.2)
    00:03

  • The Musical Sentence
    04:03
  • Memory Questions (sec.3)
    00:12
  • Section 3 Quiz
    21 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.3)
    01:01
  • Listening Assignments (sec.3)
    00:07

  • Categorizing Phrases
    03:50
  • Memory Questions (sec.4)
    00:35
  • Section 4 Quiz
    13 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.4)
    00:33
  • Listening Assignments (sec.4)
    00:10

  • The Period
    01:59
  • The Phrase Group
    01:32
  • Memory Questions (sec.5)
    00:28
  • Section 5 Quiz
    14 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.5)
    00:41
  • Listening Assignments (sec.5)
    00:08

  • Augmentation
    01:39
  • Diminution
    01:22
  • Memory Questions (sec.6)
    00:18
  • Section 6 Quiz
    11 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.6)
    00:15
  • Listening Assignments (sec.6)
    00:09

  • Truncation
    01:11
  • Expansion
    00:46
  • Displacement
    01:31
  • Memory Questions (sec.7)
    00:28
  • Section 7 Quiz
    12 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.7)
    00:22
  • Listening Assignments (sec.7)
    00:08

  • Rhythmic Mood
    04:42
  • Memory Questions (sec.8)
    00:19
  • Section 8 Quiz
    6 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.8)
    00:10
  • Listening Assignments (sec.8)
    00:04

  • Definition of Melody
    02:17
  • Preview05:47
  • How Melody is Formed and its Connection to Speech
    01:43
  • Notating Melody
    02:24
  • Memory Questions (sec.9)
    00:52
  • Section 9 Quiz
    20 questions
  • Transcription Assignments (sec.9)
    01:21
  • Listening Assignments (sec.9)
    00:07

  • Another Form of Motif
    05:05
  • Memory Questions (sec.10)
    00:34
  • Section 10 Quiz
    12 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.10)
    00:47
  • Listening Assignments (sec.10)
    00:08

Instructor

Jonathan Peters
Award-winning Composer
Jonathan Peters
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 3,553 Reviews
  • 20,011 Students
  • 7 Courses

   

Jonathan Peters is an award-winning composer currently residing in the beautiful state of Colorado. Since 1990 he has worked as a composer, conductor, arranger, recording artist, educator and author. Mr. Peters holds a B.A. in liberal arts from Thomas Aquinas College and continued his graduate work for a M.M. in music composition at California State University Northridge, which included areas of study in advanced composition, theory, orchestration, and film scoring.

Mr. Peters’ music has been performed both internationally and by orchestras across the United States. He has won multiple awards and recognitions, such as 1st place in the 1996 Composers Today Contest. His nearly 50 works include 2 full length operas, a symphony, orchestral works, chamber music, choral pieces, and works for solo piano.

Recordings by Mr. Peters can be heard on the radio, and his many albums sell in stores world-wide. He is also the author of the Scholastic Music Series, a collection of educational CDs that use music as a tool to teach various academic subjects. His CD, The Constellations - A Guide to the Orchestra, received the highest starred review from School Library Journal and is carried in libraries throughout the country.

Mr. Peters is the author of five academic books on music and three children’s books. Besides teaching piano privately he also gives on-line instruction in music theory, music composition, four-part writing, and orchestration. His on-line courses have been taken by thousands of students from over a hundred countries.

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