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Music Composition 2

Harmony and Compositional Form
Rating: 4.6 out of 54.6 (546 ratings)
7,800 students
Created by Jonathan Peters
Last updated 11/2020
English
English [Auto], Italian [Auto]
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What you'll learn

  • By the end of the course you will understand and be able to compose chord progressions.
  • You will learn how to develop your harmonic material through a variety of compositional techniques.
  • You will learn about musical texture and how rhythm, melody, and harmony are combined.
  • By the end of this course you will also have composed a number of entire pieces in various compositional forms.
  • You will get practice notating music using music notation software.

Requirements

  • It is highly recommended that you take "Music Composition 1" (by the same author) before taking this course.
  • A basic knowledge of music theory (especially Roman numeral names of chords from the scale). If you do not already have a rudimentary understanding of music theory, it is recommended that you take a music theory course before this course. (See course "Music Theory" by the same author)
  • 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 2 is the second 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 harmonic composition. Part two covers the study of compositional form. (Rhythmic and melodic composition were studied in Music Composition 1. It is highly recommended that you take Music Composition 1 before taking this course.) 

Course lectures consist of both video and 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 composition assignments. Memory questions serve to summarize and reinforce key concepts learned, while the quizzes tests the students’ knowledge and understanding of the material from each section. Students who take this course will get practice notating music with music notation software. In the composition assignments students will get real life practice using the information and techniques learned in each section to write and develop their own harmonic progressions. By the end of the course students will have composed a number of entire pieces in various compositional forms. 

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! 


Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who has always wanted to learn how to write music!
  • 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!)
  • 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 other genres.
  • If you want to deepen your understanding of music, learn to write it!

Featured review

Guven Oguz
Guven Oguz
109 courses
41 reviews
Rating: 5.0 out of 54 months ago
Another amazing work from Mr. Peters. This time the contents are more complex (as expected) but each topic is covered very properly as usual. The composition assignments should be studied again and again without skipping anything to get the maximum contribution. I will be enrolling other programs by the instructor for sure. Definitely recommended!

Course content

14 sections • 91 lectures • 2h 11m total length

  • Introduction
    01:10
  • Preview01:48
  • Departure, Anticipation & Return
    05:14
  • Preview02:50
  • Memory Questions (sec.1)
    01:20
  • Section 1 Quiz
    20 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.1)
    00:02
  • Listening Assignments (sec.1)
    00:08

  • Preview03:21
  • Creating Chord Progressions
    Preview05:00
  • Amount of Similarity
    02:06
  • Memory Questions (sec.2)
    01:28
  • Section 2 Quiz
    19 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.2)
    00:03
  • Listening Assignments (sec.2)
    00:11

  • Preview02:55
  • Progression Chains
    01:47
  • Partial Progression Formula
    01:34
  • Circle Progressions
    01:12
  • Memory Questions (sec.3)
    00:30
  • Section 3 Quiz
    11 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.3)
    00:02
  • Listening Assignments (sec.3)
    00:02

  • Cadences
    01:15
  • Preview03:51
  • Memory Questions (sec.4)
    00:43
  • Section 4 Quiz
    19 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.4)
    01:02
  • Listening Assignments (sec.4)
    00:08

  • The Period
    02:19
  • The Phrase Group
    01:45
  • The Double Period
    01:59
  • Memory Questions (sec.5)
    00:42
  • Section 5 Quiz
    12 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.5)
    00:38
  • Listening Assignments (sec.5)
    00:04

  • Borrowed Chords
    03:56
  • Altered Chords
    04:59
  • Memory Questions (sec.6)
    00:59
  • Section 6 Quiz
    17 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.6)
    00:02
  • Listening Assignments (sec.6)
    00:07

  • Pivot Chords
    03:13
  • Modulation Using Altered Chords
    02:04
  • Pivot Tone Modulation
    01:44
  • Sequential Modulation
    01:10
  • Direct Modulation
    01:39
  • Memory Questions (sec.7)
    00:40
  • Section 7 Quiz
    17 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.7)
    01:00
  • Listening Assignments (sec.7)
    00:04

  • Frequency of Chord Changes
    03:03
  • Memory Questions (sec.8)
    00:11
  • Section 8 Quiz
    11 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.8)
    00:03
  • Listening Assignments (sec.8)
    00:01

  • Homophonic Texture
    01:21
  • Block Chord Accompaniment
    02:24
  • Broken Chord Accompaniment
    04:20
  • Homorhythmic Texture
    00:54
  • Polyphonic Texture
    01:42
  • Other Accompaniments
    02:06
  • Memory Questions (sec.9)
    00:38
  • Section 9 Quiz
    17 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.9)
    00:03
  • Listening Assignments (sec.9)
    00:07

  • Compositional Form
    01:10
  • Thematic Design & Harmonic Structure
    01:43
  • Simple Binary
    02:50
  • Rounded Binary
    03:13
  • Sectional Binary
    03:38
  • Continuous Binary
    02:54
  • Other Binary Forms
    01:36
  • Memory Questions (sec.10)
    01:17
  • Section 10 Quiz
    25 questions
  • Composition Assignments (sec.10)
    00:25
  • Listening Assignments (sec.10)
    00:05

Instructor

Jonathan Peters
Award-winning Composer
Jonathan Peters
  • 4.6 Instructor Rating
  • 3,626 Reviews
  • 20,318 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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