CORE CONTENT:
MELODY CREATION
The Development of Tonality
The Major-Minor System
Features of a Good Melody
Creating a Melodic Contour
The Use of Rests
Connecting the Chord Tones
Melodic Embellishment
DELIVERY:
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
HARMONISATION
Intervals
Triads and Inversions
Seventh Chords
Extended Chords
The Cycle Of Fifths
Dominant Functionality
Altered Chords
Borrowed Chords
Chord Substitution
Polytonality
Enriched Harmonies
DELIVERY:
One-to-one lessons
(10 week course)
RHYTHM & STRUCTURE
Existing Rhythmic Tropes
Dance Rhythms
Syncopation
Poly-rhythms
The Use of Rests
Strophic Form
Binary Form
Ternary Form
Blues Form
Contemporary Structures
DELIVERY:
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
SUPPORTING CONTENT:
MIDI COMPOSITION
Parameters of MIDI
MIDI editing tools
Interfaces and Pathways
External Controllers
Applications of MIDI
Sample Libraries
Creative MIDI Session Organisation
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
SIBELIUS NOTATION
Note Input Methods
Creating Scores & Parts
Lyric Input Methods
Transposing
Arranging
Creating Worksheets
Scorch and online sharing
Interfacing with other software
Professional Publishing
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
ORCHESTRATION
Instrument Ranges
Successful Combining
String Writing
Brass Writing
Woodwind Writing
Percussion Writing
4 Part Line Layering
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
SPECIALISED CONTENT:
FILM MUSIC
Survey of Practitioners
Motif Writing
Motif Development
Underscore
Composing Around Dialogue
Hit Points
Shift Points
Click Tracks
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(10 week course)
STUDIO PRODUCTION
Computer Specs
Digital Audio Workstation Setup
Interfaces
Preamps
Microphones
Recording Sracticalities
Signal Flow
Editing
Effects Processing
Mixing
Mastering
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
IMPROVISATION
Survey of Practitioners
Relating to The Theme
Tools for Recycling Motifs
The Use of Rests
Slowing Down and Transcribing Solos
Developing Your Own Style
Playing With Other Musicians
DELIVERY:
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
SONGWRITING
TheArt of Lyric Writing
Storytelling
Word Painting
Reharmonisation
Modulation
Motifs and 'Hooks'
Intros & Outros
Instrumentation
'Feel'
Middle 8s & Bridges
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(10 week course)
GENERAL CONTENT:
MUSIC THEORY
Note Values, Dots & Ties
Time Signatures and Rests
Syncopation
Major Minor Scales
Modes
Key Signatures
Relative Modes
Intervals
Triads
Cycle of Fifths
Dominant 7ths
Modulation
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(10 week course)
KEYBOARD SKILLS
Right Hand Fuidity
Left hHand Accompaniment Patterns
Reading Chord Charts
Triads, inversions & 7ths
Right Hand Improvisation
Left Hand Harmonisation
Voicings
Inner RIght Hand Harmonies
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
One-to-one lessons
(10 week course)
AURAL DEVELOPMENT
Following Specific Lines
Developing Musical Memory
Melodic Transcription
Rhythmic Transcription
Harmonic Transcription
Hearing Written Lines
Recognising Chord Types
Problem Spotting in a Mix
DELIVERY:
One-to-one lessons
(5 week course)
HISTORY OF COMPOSITION
The Baroque Era
The Classical Era
The Romantic Era
Early 20thC
Modernism
Minimalsim
Ambient
Jazz
Pop
Film
Structures Common to All Eras
Techniques Common to All Eras
DELIVERY:
Group lessons
(10 week course)
PAYMENT STRUCTURES
IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Camden Recording Studios & Musical Hub
Pleasants Place
DUBLIN 8
www.camdenrecordingstudios.com