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Songwriting: Writing, Arranging, and Producing Music Specialization
Berklee

Songwriting: Writing, Arranging, and Producing Music Specialization

Write, Arrange, and Produce Your Original Songs. Apply the tools and techniques of songwriting to bring your musical ideas to life.

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Erin Barra
Pat Pattison
Sarah Brindell

Instructors: Erin Barra

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What you'll learn

  • Generate lyrics that effectively convey the emotions you want to express

  • Create melodies and accompaniment that support your lyrics

  • Develop balanced arrangements for live and recorded performances

  • Produce song demos using a DAW

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Specialization - 4 course series

Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics

Course 115 hours4.8 (848 ratings)

What you'll learn

  • Define and identify the point of view, form, and the "who, what, where, when, and how" in a song

  • Identify whether a lyric is stable or unstable through the use of line lengths, number of lines, stressed and unstressed syllables, and melody

  • Utilize the various rhyming techniques to evoke specific emotions in a song and define the difference between Assonance and Consonance rhyme

  • Use phrasing to clarify your ideas

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What you'll learn

  • Navigate Ableton Live

  • Program MIDI drums and instruments

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Erin Barra
Berklee
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