Lesson path VI
Song Craft
How songs are built. Then build one.
Unit 19 · progressions
Cadences & Color
Endings, borrowed chords, and secondary dominants.
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19.1
How phrases end
Authentic, plagal, half, deceptive. Four endings.
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19.2
Borrowed colors
Epic, bluesy, exotic. Drop a borrowed chord where it lands hardest: the ending.
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19.3
Secondary dominants
Any chord can bring its own V7. Meet V of V.
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19.4
The key change
The lift and the pivot. A song can move its home.
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Unit 20 · songwriting
Song Form
The map of the music.
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Unit 21 · songwriting
Your First Song
Loop, melody, map. Built in the sketchpad.
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21.1
Write a loop
Four chords with four roles. Build them in the looper.
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21.2
Write a melody
Chord tones on the strong beats. Passing notes between.
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21.3
Verse energy, chorus energy
Same chords, different weight. Density makes the sections.
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21.4
Finish the sketch
Loop, melody, and a beat in one sketch. Your first song.
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