Understanding chords to improve songwriting.

Making your songwriting easier, faster and more intuitive. By learning how chords work.

Description

The Songwriting Series 'Understanding Chords' is an invaluable resource that delves into the intricate world of music structure. With its comprehensive approach, this series aims to provide aspiring songwriters with a solid foundation in contemporary music composition, making the process of songwriting significantly easier, faster, and more intuitive.

This is the first part in a series of courses to assist you in becoming a more versatile musician while keeping everything simple and logical and not using complicated musician terminology.

Within the confines of Understanding Chords, you will embark on a journey of musical exploration, unveiling the secrets of how chords are created which will help you to understand how to create captivating melodies. This series serves as a guide, presenting the complex aspects of chord theory in a straightforward and concise manner, allowing you to grasp the fundamental principles with ease.

Developed by the seasoned musician and educator, Chris Richter, this series boasts his extensive background in both music instruction and performance. With over 7 years of experience in one-on-one music teaching and more than two decades of personal experience on stage, Richter brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the table. Through his guidance, you will gain a deep understanding of how to craft your own musical compositions that perfectly complement your lyrics.

Requirements

You should already have some basic experience playing chords to a song.

 "This is a well-structured course and straight to the point. The author has made a difficult piano chords structure easy to understand with a lot of examples which makes it easy to grasp. Thank you so much for shedding light in the confusion in how to use chords to write a songs." 

Milton H

What you will learn

  • Create songs by understanding which chords work best together.
  • Learn the basics of chord structure
  • How scales are created
  • How Major Chords are Created
  • Song Form
  • Understand how chords are grouped together
  • Tones and Semi-tones
  • How Minor Chords are Created
  • Chord groups
  • Instrumentation

Course Curriculum

Trudy B

"Clear, concise explanations. Takes a lot of the confusion out of understanding the structure of scales, chords - major and minor. For me personally I found it easier to understand these using semitones and tone instead of the using the half step, full step method."

Quilani A

"Thank you! This is such a comprehensive, yet clear instruction. I’ve been teaching myself to learn music for years, and this summed up everything I was missing by showing me the patterns."

Naho M

"Amazing. Amazing. Really amazing. Thank you!"

Course Pricing

Course price

$10 USD

  • You may prefer to have access to all courses instead for 12 months. (Select 'All Courses' at the top to see pricing)

    • 33 mins on-demand video
    • 2 downloadable resources
    • Access on mobile and TV
    • Certificate of completion
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Hey, I'm Chris!  

I stepped foot into the wonderful world of music a mere 35 years ago and since then it has been my biggest passion in life.

Music has helped me through challenging times and led me to be creative, but the most incredible thing music has given me is life experienece. Experiences that you wouldn't get in any other profession or hobby.  

My goal in teaching these courses is to help give anyone and everyone the opportuinity to learn an instrument and use what they learn to create something for themselves. I won't focus on only covers or confine you to only learning enough to get by. I want to teach you to be creative in your own way and help you find your sound.  
 
Over the years I have been a music mentor and assisted in launching the careers of aspiring singer songwriters and musicians from rural Australia. My passion is to help people achieve their 'firsts' within the music industry, first song on the radio, first single, first album release, etc. I have worked with many professionals and amateurs in the music industry. I have worked with artists from releasing their songs, recording their EP and moving on to recording contracts, performing at major Australian festivals, touring and starting their own music businesses.  

I have been a student, a teacher, a mentor, a touring band member, "the sound guy", a music producer, I have travelled across parts of Europe playing many different instruments and I have loved every second of it!

I hope you enjoy my courses and thank you for taking the time to learn something new! 

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