Song Science #3: How to Build Contemporary Song Forms (Udemy.com)
Master the Verse, Chorus, Pre-Chorus, Post-Chorus, Bridge to write powerful songs
Created by: Musicians Inspired
Last updated February 2023
What you will learn
- Write songs in different song forms
- Build the different sections of a song
- Create unstable and stable songs
- Use harmonic rhythm
How it compares
Against the other 270 rated Udemy courses in Music on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.7 out of 5higher than 61% of them
- Reviews319#99 of 271 by number of reviews
- Length1.4 hoursshorter than 85% of them
- Last updatedFebruary 2023earlier than 54% of them
Course Description
In previous courses you learned how to create chord progressions. We worked together on basic chord progressions and even more advanced progressions utilizing techniques from secondary dominants to diminished passing chords.
In this course you'll learn how to build the different sections of a song.
Sections include:
The VerseThe ChorusThe Pre-Chorus
At the end of this course you'll understand how to:
Create instability and stability in your songs by tweakingthe number of measuresContrast the different sections to make the Chorus popBuild sections from a repetitive chord progressions standpoint and through-composing
This course is for anyone whose looking to be a better songwriter.
Ilook forward to seeing you in the course!
Who this course is for:
SongwritersSingersThose interested in music compositionLyricistsNot for anyone lacking basic theory foundation
Instructor Details
- 4.7 Rating
319 Reviews
Musicians Inspired
Hi I'm Rob! A full-time musician and teacherin New York City and Los Angeles. I'm passionate about music and education.
I'm the founder of Musicians Inspired, a website dedicated to inspiringmusicians to create by teaching them new skills FAST.
I'm also a former music instructor with a Fender Grant winning non-profit andteach privately. My students have ranged from signed recording artists and songwriters to working professionals who just love music.
I'm a bestsellingUdemy Instructor and have been teaching since 2015. Many of my courses havebeen featured on Udemy.Ihave 50,000+students and 7,000+reviews, across 12courses.Iwork with other teachers to help them achieve the same success.
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Reviews
By Mike Johnston on 9/6/2020
Rob is a very engaging instructor and he provides some good songwriting ideas in this course. There are a lot of good song ideas here to use in your own compositions. I highly recommend this course.
By Claire Monaghan on 6/1/2020
Cool info!
By Peter Pham on 5/21/2020
I am learning to write songs and it really helps me.
By Pierre Berggren on 5/12/2020
The course was pretty much as expected. To give some constructive ctiticism I would suggest that the instructor could use a pop filter, to avoid annoying pop sounds. It would also be nice if we could see what the instructor actually played on the piano, to follow along easier in the examples. Other from that I'd say that the instructor did a quick and good "to-the-point" course. I am satisfied.
By Marlon Valenzuela on 5/11/2020
Yes, this course has been a good match for me. It's reinforcing by repetition of topics that I was somewhat familiar with, but making them much more clear at this point.
My suggestion is to improve the sound equalization of the keyboard and his narrating voice. His voice is quiet and his keyboard very loud when I have to keep changing the volume in most lectures. Just technical stuff.
By Simon Elder on 5/8/2020
Clear & concise, providing much food for thought for upcoming songs.
By Steve England on 5/3/2020
Great match for me. Plus very knowledgeable and well-presented.
By curtis nathan Fite on 2/22/2020
great course.
By NeilSibson on 9/14/2019
Content is really good, it just moves at a fairly fast pace.
By Joe Day on 8/3/2019
The course was good and I learned A lot about populate music and its song structure.
By Harry on 7/19/2019
Another great course.
By Paul Ryan on 7/5/2019
Good inspiring course. Following Song Science #1 and #2, this course now has me looking forward to getting into my own songwriting.
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