Course Title
SONG 210 Evaluating Your Song: Melodic Evaluation

Instructor
Craig Bickhardt

Course Introduction
Listen to the instructor talk about this e-seminar:

Course Description
This special three-part series of e-Seminars (SONG 210, 215, 220) explores the various elements that may be said to make a song a hit and gives you a chance to "test" the hit potential of your own songs. Hit songs are a genre unto themselves and while each is unique, a careful analysis of them will reveal many purely "mechanical" similarities that can be quantified. Each e-Seminar is designed to help you determine how commercially viable your songs are in comparison to hit songs. Use this series as a tool to evaluate each of your songs on an individual basis:

SONG 210 focuses on melody and music.
SONG 215 focuses on lyrics and song ideas.
SONG 220 focuses on arrangement and structure.

Course Content
Section 1: Questions 1-5
Section 2: Questions 6-10
Section 3: Questions 11-15
Section 4: Questions 16-20

Estimated Time
This e-Seminar takes approximately thirty to sixty minutes to complete.

Pre-Requisite Knowledge
SONG 100 Commercial Song Forms is suggested for a working knowledge of songwriting terminology (lyric, hook, verse, chorus, bridge, etc.).

Software Required
This course uses examples that use Flash and iTunes For more information, see our system requirements page.