Course Title
MUS 310 The Composer's Bag Of Tricks

Instructor: Danny Arena

Course Introduction
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Course Description
This advanced course covers several "tricks of the trade" that will help your music stand out above the crowd and sound more professional. Song examples from several different genres of music will be used to illustrate how to successfully incorporate techniques such as chord substitutions, inversions, pedal point and modulation into your own music.

Course Content
Lesson 1: Review Of Chord Substitutes
Lesson 2: Seventh Chords
Lesson 3: Seconds, Ninths And Suspended Chords
Lesson 4: Inversions And Pedal Point

Estimated Time
This course consists of four lessons each of which takes approximately thirty to forty minutes to complete. To obtain the greatest benefit, we suggest that you leave enough time after finishing each lesson to do all the exercises and fully absorb the material before beginning the next lesson.

Pre-Requisite Knowledge
This course assumes a thorough understanding of commercial song structures.  Suggested pre-requisite courses include: SONG 100 Commercial Song Forms, MUS 130 Musical Elements Of A Successful Song, MUS 150 Essential Music Theory For Songwriters and MUS 240 The Nashville Number System.

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

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