Learn songwriting techniques to look at tunes through a different lens. Discover how to play with melody, form, and chords to gain a fresh perspective when a song has you stuck.
Overview
Syllabus
Introduction
- Welcome
- Who is this course for?
- Extending the second verse
- Trimming the second verse
- Pre-chorus without a chorus
- Using a pre-chorus as a bridge
- The intro as its own section
- Saving the chorus until the end
- The post chorus
- Melody that defines song form
- Phrasing outside the time signature
- Finding chords from a melody
- Changing the second verse melody
- Elaborating on the chorus
- Half-step modulation
- Modulation by other intervals
- Modulation within the song form
- Borrowed chords with a diatonic melody
- Changing the harmonic rhythm
- Reharmonizing a chorus
- Next steps
Taught by
Julian Velard
