…to make a series of Music Theory Tutorials for SA based on my experience teaching piano and theory to college students here in the U.S. Do I have any votes of confidence? Would anyone want this?
Topics would include:
I…Major Scales(and why you shouldn’t use them)
II…Minor Scales(and why you should tread carefully with them)
III…Modal Scales(and why you SHOULD be using them)
…A. Common modes in popular music.
…B. Choosing and building the most useful types.
…C. Layering modes for complex distractions.
IV…Properties of Chord Quality
…A. Four types of triad.
…B. Five types of seventh chords (and why they go great with modes).
…C. Stacking chords for complex, jazz-inspired, taller structures.
…D. Inversions and their benefits.
V…Properties of Chord Progression
…A. Proper movement of your root.
…B. Proper voice leading of your 3rd, 5th, and maybe your 7th.
…C. Harmonic rhythm (James Brown or Chick Corea?)
…D. Altering chord-members for color.
VI…The Deal with Rhythm and Meter
…A. Meter is KING.
…B. Subdividing meter with rhythm.
…C. Is everything covered with your drums?
…D. Using polymeter and hemiola to your (and your audience’s) benefit.
I would also be more than happy to include little tips and tricks in Ableton that helps with workflow, such as:
Using a pitch and arpeggiator creatively to set up melodic templates.
Using gates and side-chaining as a means to produce varied rhythmic chord hits.
A user-ready Ableton live set (for members only) that contains almost 100 scale structures for instant application.
I do not post nor release any music to the public unless it is a finished, worthy product. However, ICN has heard a tune of mine that I was working on, so you might ask him for his opinion on it. He and Howiegroove also have the live set I created with all the scales embedded within it, so you might ask them about their opinions of it as well.
I’m interested in doing this only because I am just as much an educator as I am a musician, and would find it extremely satisfying if my help made someone else’s music easier to make, provided someone else with a more rounded understanding of how this language operates, or perhaps even helped to make someone’s music sound “better” after studying the concepts.
It’s up to you! Let Phil know if you’re interested, and I can get to work straight away. Summer starts in a couple of weeks and this project would be GREAT fun to produce.
Please Include MIDI when teaching because i took a mini course using actual musical sheet paper and it was hard to watch because they explained it horribly! but yeah + 1
[quote]JamieinNC (30/04/2011)[hr]…to make a series of Music Theory Tutorials for SA based on my experience teaching piano and theory to college students here in the U.S. Do I have any votes of confidence? Would anyone want this?
Topics would include:
I…Major Scales(and why you shouldn’t use them)
II…Minor Scales(and why you should tread carefully with them)
III…Modal Scales(and why you SHOULD be using them)
…A. Common modes in popular music.
…B. Choosing and building the most useful types.
…C. Layering modes for complex distractions.
IV…Properties of Chord Quality
…A. Four types of triad.
…B. Five types of seventh chords (and why they go great with modes).
…C. Stacking chords for complex, jazz-inspired, taller structures.
…D. Inversions and their benefits.
V…Properties of Chord Progression
…A. Proper movement of your root.
…B. Proper voice leading of your 3rd, 5th, and maybe your 7th.
…C. Harmonic rhythm (James Brown or Chick Corea?)
…D. Altering chord-members for color.
VI…The Deal with Rhythm and Meter
…A. Meter is KING.
…B. Subdividing meter with rhythm.
…C. Is everything covered with your drums?
…D. Using polymeter and hemiola to your (and your audience’s) benefit.
I would also be more than happy to include little tips and tricks in Ableton that helps with workflow, such as:
Using a pitch and arpeggiator creatively to set up melodic templates.
Using gates and side-chaining as a means to produce varied rhythmic chord hits.
A user-ready Ableton live set (for members only) that contains almost 100 scale structures for instant application.
I do not post nor release any music to the public unless it is a finished, worthy product. However, ICN has heard a tune of mine that I was working on, so you might ask him for his opinion on it. He and Howiegroove also have the live set I created with all the scales embedded within it, so you might ask them about their opinions of it as well.
I’m interested in doing this only because I am just as much an educator as I am a musician, and would find it extremely satisfying if my help made someone else’s music easier to make, provided someone else with a more rounded understanding of how this language operates, or perhaps even helped to make someone’s music sound “better” after studying the concepts.
It’s up to you! Let Phil know if you’re interested, and I can get to work straight away. Summer starts in a couple of weeks and this project would be GREAT fun to produce.
