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Master Chords & Harmony in Music (Udemy.com)

Learn the Secrets of Chords in Music Composition

Created by: Mikael Baggström

Last updated September 2025

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What you will learn

  • The Foundations of Chords & Harmony in Music
  • Advanced Tips on Chord Colors and Playing Styles
  • Practical use of Chords in Your Music
  • 10 Powerful Guidelines on using Chords in your Music

How it compares

Against the other 270 rated Udemy courses in Music on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 61% of them
  • Reviews414#84 of 271 by number of reviews
  • Length3.1 hoursshorter than 52% of them
  • Last updatedSeptember 2025more recently than 64% of them

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Course Description

DO YOU WANT TO MASTER CHORDS AND HARMONY IN MUSIC COMPOSITION?
After this course, you will be able to use the true power of chords and chord progressions in your music. You will be able to control the emotional core of your music, and to support your main theme and melodies. Because chords, is what add depth and mood to music. Chords make music fuller, deeper, and more powerful.

YOU WILL LEARN

  • The Foundations of Chords and Harmony in Music

  • Practical use of Chords in Your Music

  • 10 Powerful Guidelines on using Chords in your Music

You will learn the theory of how chords work, how harmony is the essence of all music, and to build chords, as well as get insights from my practical demonstrations of playing chords and harmonies in different ways.

AFTER THIS COURSE
In the end, by practicing and implementing all the concepts, guidelines and tricks, you will be able to unleash the true power of music composition, by mastering the use of chords and chord progressions in your music.

START NOW
I welcome you to start this course right now, and learn the true power of chords and chord progressions, to add emotion, mood and depth to your music, to support your lead melodies and hooks. Unlock the Secrets of Chords, and use them in your Music Compositions.

Friendly regards,
Mikael "Mike" Baggström
Music Composer | Sound Designer

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Instructor Details

Mikael Baggström

Hey Friends! =)
- My name is Mike, and I am a Professional Music Composer and Sound Designer from Sweden, with experience of Making Music since 1998.

My Qualifications
I have run my own Media Production Business since 2004, which means Music/Sound/Video/Graphic Production. I also have a True Passion to teach, share and inspire creative people like you to master your creative skills, develop a successful strategy, and create your amazing future.

My Style
I believe that learning should be fun, and I love to bring my personality into my teaching style. I also try to make my courses dynamic, to be more interesting to you. So I mix it up by changing lecture forms etc.

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Reviews

4.7

414 ratings on Udemy

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By Jax Tanner on 7/7/2021

This course is incredible, it has so much depth, explaining everything from melody to harmony, intervals, chords, chord progressions, variation, playing style and more. All of the theory is practically demonstrated on the keyboard - I got so many ideas just by listening to what he played while explaining a topic. Highly recommended to anyone interested in taking their music composition skills to the next level.

By Ernest Youngblood on 3/6/2021

I’m listening thru first before I work on and thru the examples you’ve given. I hear things that I am applying to my composing as I hear and understand how, why and where to use them. I’m delighted to somewhat understand things I’ve heard and can now apply , I’m enlightened!

By Greg Goehring on 1/15/2021

Just tons of excellent information to help create the toolkit to get to work composing and adding musical feeling and creating interest. That was after the first block of instruction. And it only gets better and better. This is a course that spans theory, composition technique and performance technique as well. So glad I purchased the course and took the time to complete it.

By Kevin Namikata on 12/14/2020

Excellent course, although i'm a guitarist and not a piano player i've got a bit overwhelmed by the sheer amount of techniques of the piano for composition. I think that i can go over all of them eventually and adapt it all. But aside from that, from the compositional stand-point this course really helps going from zero to hero when composing using chords, it'll surely help you out.

By Philip Brookes on 10/23/2020

Mike is a great teacher, very knowledgeable with a laidback approach which fits my needs perfectly. I can actually feel myself learning! Mike is more like a coach, giving you the information you need, showing examples of how it can be implemented before encouraging you to try it out yourself... Top marks on a well structured course 5 stars is not enough imho.

By Cyberwave Orchestra on 4/17/2020

I'm absolutely amazed by the quality and amount of care tailored into this course. It's recorded and edited in high standards, sounds and video. Mike explains everything carefully and to the point, using the examples all the time. I also really like his philosophy on music in general, like those comparisons of music and story, etc. I love that we are regularly given tasks and tips to soak in the material we have learned through the course. It's clear that these lessons took Mike some preparation and time to be this well constructed. I've already seen a few of other Mike's courses that interest me and judging by this one, I can't go wrong by investing my money in them. Thank you!

By Alberto Tito on 3/9/2020

Buenos conceptos para un nivel basico y de principiante.

By Gloria Robinson on 2/29/2020

I loved the teaching, the diagrams and the virtual 'take my hand and let me show you the way to do this' approach, took the fear out of a new person such as myself. This course felt so good, I watched it all in one day I couldn't let go. All of the tips and especially the PDF's were just what I needed to get a better understanding of what I am doing. THANK YOU!

By Bill Hasty on 10/4/2018

Think you know chords ? Probably not as well as you think. New to music or just wanting a good refresher ? This course is very well done and Mike the teacher is very passionate about all that he teaches. I highly recommend this course to anyone that really wants to dig in deep into chord formula's and everything that is the very foundation of music. Having played music my entire life and now having the time to really get back into music, I picked up a lot of things I forgot and learned some new things as well. Very good course and I have enrolled in more of Mike's classes. You can't go wrong with this course.

By Dee Lucas on 9/22/2018

This is very helpful to me. I'm a violinist by training and don't do chords, but I want to be able to compose my own music so I need a good understanding of them. The instructor presents them in an easy to understand way. There is a lot of information in this class and you have to practice to get the most out of it. "How to do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, practice, practice!"

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