Chord Control: Music Theory & Instrumental Composition Course for Music Producers Information

Chord Control: Music Theory & Instrumental Composition Course for Music Producers by Avery Berman is designed to teach music producers how to create captivating chord progressions and melodies using MIDI and the piano roll.

Everything you need to start writing great chord progressions & melodies from scratch, using the Piano Roll & MIDI.

What You’ll Learn In Chord Control: Music Theory & Instrumental Composition Course for Music Producers?

1. WELCOME 🙂
   • Welcome!
   • The 4 Stages of Music Production
   • The Art of Song Sketching
   • [DOWNLOAD] AVERY’S ESSENTIALS MIDI PACK
2. Scales: Where Chords Come From
   • Chords In The Major Scale
   • Chords In The Minor Scale
   • Double Harmonic Minor (Arabic Scale)
   • Major Minor Mindblow
   • “Hearing” Scales
3. How to Write Timeless-ly Great Chord Progressions
   • Writing Chords & Progressions “Cheat Sheet” [PDF]
   • My ULTIMATE Cheat Sheet V2 (More tips on writing & producing music)
   • Tonic, Subdominant & Dominant Functions [POSSIBLY THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSON ABOUT CHORD PROGRESSIONS]
   • Quick TIP: Start your progressions on 1 6 or 4 (I vi IV in Major / i VI iv in Minor)
   • The Magic of Diads (2 note “chords”)
   • What are Substitute Chords?
   • Let’s Write Substitute Chords Together
   • Writing Longer Progressions With Substitute Chords
   • Writing Progressions In Minor
   • Substitutions In Minor
   • 3 Chord Voicing Tips
   • Bass Inversions
   • A Few Practical Voicings
   • The Magic of the I V vi IV
   • The Magic of the i III VI VII
   • “How do I write “Passing Chords?” [Clip from lesson with a student who asked great questions]
   • !! HOW TO WRITE REALLY GREAT CHORD PROGRESSIONS CHEATSHEET !!
4. How to Add Color to your Chords with 7th’s & Extensions
   • Building 7th Chords
   • Building Extended Chords
   • Sharp and Flat Extended Chords
   • Writing Progressions With 7th, Extended and Suspended
   • 7th and Extensions under an Ostinato Examples
   • Playing on the Keyboard
5. Add a “Mature” Sound With Secondary Dominant Chords
   • About this Module
   • Intro to Secondary Dominant Chords
   • Secondary Dominants In Action
   • The Most Common Secondary Dominant (Major V in Minor Progressions)
6. Add Exotic Colors and Emotions with Modes
   • Introduction to Modes
   • How to Build All The Modes [PDF]
   • Major vs Minor Modes
   • Important Note on Modal Chords
   • Dorian
   • Phyrgian
   • Lydian
   • Mixolydian
   • Locrian
7. Create Unique Sounding Progressions with Interchange (Borrowed Chords)
   • DOWNLOAD ME: CHORD CHART
   • Major Minor Interchange
   • Modal Interchange
8. Writing Soul & Jazz Influenced Chords
   • IMPORTANT NOTE BEFORE WE START
   • INSTANT HACK TO SOUND SOUL: Minor 7/9 & Major 7/9 Trick
   • What is Tritone Substitution?
   • What are Passing Diminished Chords?
   • What are Augmented & b9 Dominant Chords?
   • Comparing the Sound of Secondary Dominant, Passing Diminished Chords & Augmented / b9 Chords
   • 3 STEPS to Great Soul Progressions
   • 1 Chord Progression in 5 Levels, Each More “Jazzy / Soulful” Than The Last
   • Let’s Practice More Examples on a I vi IV V
9. How to Write Good Melodies
   • It All Starts With Your Melody
   • An Analysis of Great Melodies (And a Workflow to Write Your Own)
   • The Incredible Power of the Pentatonic Scale for Writing Melodies (and how to use halfsteps)
   • Getting to know the Personality of Intervals (what do notes make you feel like?)
   • General Melody Writing Tips
   • Intro to Ostinatos [PDF]
   • What is an Ostinato? (And how to make them)
   • What is an Arpeggio? (And how to make them)
   • What is a Riff? (And how to make them)
   • Writing Melodies using “Destination & Bridge Notes” Technique
   • Writing “Chord-Based Rhythm” Melodies
   • How to Develop a Melodic Idea
   • Let’s Write a Full Chord & Melody Sketch in 10 Minutes
10. Electronic Pop Songwriting
    • Electronic Pop Arrangement Formula
    • DO THIS – Highly Effective Songwriting Practice Technique (Freestyle Sketching)
    • Step-by-Step EDM Sketch to Polished Idea
    • Writing Chords to an Accapella / Vocal
    • “All Around Us” – Electro Pop Songwriting Breakdown
    • “Take It” – Electro Pop Songwriting Breakdown
    • “Universe” – Porter Robinson-esk Electro Pop Breakdown
    • “Dreaming” – Electro Pop Breakdown
    • 4 Steps to Better Bass Grooves
11. Turning Block Chords into Song Concepts
    • Chords into Orchestral
    • Chords into Trance
    • Chords into Future House
    • Beatmaking Ideas for Chords
    • Chords into Trap
    • Chords into Folk
12. General Track Breakdowns
    • Technology – Sketch to Production
    • How to Write Trap Beats (Breakdown of 4 Tracks Finished for the MLB Network)
    • “We Crush It” – Sports Track for TV Breakdown
    • Hans Zimmer – Time Breakdown
    • Epic Hybrid Orchestral Trailer
    • Nudisco Breakdown
    • Piano Buildup Breakdown
    • Action Trailer Breakdown
13. Drum Programming (More being added in future updates)
    • Picking Drum Samples From Splice & Building “Utility” Drum Kits
    • How to Program House / Pop Drums
14. Instrumentation & Synthesis
    • “Picking sounds, thinking like a composer” – Excerpt from student session with great discussions
    • Sourcing Good Presets
    • My Most Used Virtual Instruments
    • Timeless vs Trendy sounds
    • Tone vs Shape
    • The Impact of Instrumentation (From Piano Sketch to 4 Different Sound Palates)
    • Serum for Beginners (Clip from lesson)
    • Sub Bass
    • 808 Bass
    • Reese Bass
    • Pluck Bass
    • Remaking Taylor Swift’s “Blank Space” in Serum (Clip from a lesson)
    • 3 Layers to Big EDM Chord Melody Sounds
15. Random videos I’ve made for students on an assortment of topics
    • BEFORE YOU START, ASK YOURSELF THESE QUESTIONS
    • Making a Beat from Scratch with a Student (Learn a process for writing beats)
    • How to Analyze a Reference Track to Help You Write Better Music Faster
    • Highly Recommended Practice: Song Recomposition
    • My “General Starter” Template
    • Preparing a Project Before You Start Working
    • Use Hooktheory to Get Inspired by Chord Progressions in Other Songs
    • Use a Google Search to Find the Chord Progressions Of Your Favorite Songs to Inspire You (Or Do a Remix)
    • Introduction to the 7 Essential Mixing Tools
    • Design vs Discovery: How are you approaching your next track? [PDF]
    • Useful Automations to Bring More Life To Your Productions
    • Fixing Jake’s Track

More courses from the same author: Avery Berman