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Music Theory and Songwriting Courses
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Music Theory and Songwriting“What a great place to meet people who are like-minded and share similar goals. There’s a lot of creation happening here besides education, that’s really what makes Pyramind so exciting!” – Wylie L. (Pyramind Graduate) |
Music Theory 101/110
An introduction to the theory and application of music. Infused with both piano skills and ear training, this fundamental class sets the foundational knowledge for all music and is a must have for any serious producer. Students will find this to be one of the more difficult classes as well as the most rewarding, as it is a very powerful component to any good producer’s arsenal of skills.
Topics include:
• The Major Scale
• Dyads
• Intervals
• Triads
• The Relative Minor
• Common Cadences
• Melody and Harmony
• Voice Leading
• Circle of fifths and fourths
• Key signatures
• Written notation
Piano Skills 101/110
This workshop class follows the music theory curriculum and puts the theory knowledge into the students’ fingers. This class helps accelerate the student’s skills on the piano as well as accelerate the understanding of music theory.
Topics include:
• One and two-hand techniques
• Hand forms for Major and Minor scales
• Triads
• Triad Inversions
• Common Cadences in various keys
• Working with the Blues Form
• Voice Leading
Music Composition 301 (DSP Only)
Students will take their understanding of music to a higher level in this class and will begin to explore modal composition. Using the standard modes and deeper chords, students will compose works that vary outside the standard pop format. Students will explore altered chords and song form in an effort to deepen their knowledge of emotional composition.
Topics include:
• Jazz Modes
• Harmonizing modes to 7th chords
• Altered chords
• Dominant, Secondary and altered dominant motion
• Modulating in and out of keys