Every unit and lesson in order.

01 Start Here
02 The Raw Materials
03 Workshop: Composing Music
04 Rhythm
05 Workshop: Rhythmic Cells
06 Keys and Scales
07 Workshop: Major Scale Melodies
08 Intervals
09 Building Chords
10 Workshop: Chord-Tone Melodies
11 How Chords Work Together
12 Workshop: Harmonic Sketch
13 Melody
  • 13.01 Scale Degrees and Stability
  • 13.02 Stepwise Motion vs. Leaps
  • 13.03 Non-Chord Tones
  • 13.04 Motifs and Repetition
  • 13.05 Phrases and Periods
14 Minor Key Harmony
  • 14.01 Diatonic Chords in Minor
  • 14.02 The V Chord Problem
  • 14.03 Common Minor Progressions
  • 14.04 Mixing Major and Minor
15 Beyond the Basics
  • 15.01 Extended Chords
  • 15.02 Secondary Dominants
  • 15.03 Borrowed Chords
  • 15.04 Modes
  • 15.05 The Pentatonic and Blues Scales
16 Song Structure
  • 16.01 Verses, Choruses, and Bridges
  • 16.02 Common Song Forms
  • 16.03 Intros, Outros, and Transitions
  • 16.04 Dynamics and Arrangement
17 Putting It All Together
  • 17.01 Analyzing a Song
  • 17.02 Transposition
  • 17.03 The Nashville Number System
  • 17.04 Where to Go Next