Module 1 – Harmony and Chord Progressions from Francois

Module 1 – Harmony and Chord Progressions from Francois

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What you’ll learn in this course:

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What you will learn:

Principles of western harmony
Foundations and theory of chord progressions
Applying this knowledge and finding better chord progressions in your own productions
We will show you how to come up with interesting and fresh chord progressions for various types of musical genres like house, pop, rock, rnb, blues, classic, future bass, deep house, progressive house and many more
We are going to show you many nice sound examples – offering a practical application of our theoretical frameworks
We are going to deeply analyze chord progressions and find out

why some chord progressions simply work and others don’t
rules and codes for “hit song” progressions

checkboxHow this course is structured

In the first part of this course you are going to learn the basics of harmony and chord progressions.
In the second part you will learn how to come up with great sounding harmonies and chord progressions and how to find voicings “that work” in your own compositions and make them sound more interesting.
Along the way, we are going to share a lot of our specific composition knowledge and experience.
You will get around 5 hours of studio sessions with Francois.

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Who is it made for?

This course is designed for electronic music producers – we are going to take the perspective of someone working inside a DAW (Digital Audio Workstation – like Cubase, Logic Pro, Ableton Live, FL Studio).
The course is designed for beginners but its also suitable for advanced learners of the subject as we go into great detail after our first “basics” block is covered.

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Course Curriculum

Introduction: Harmony & Chord Progressions

1 – Introduction to the Course / Downloads (2:00)

Western Harmony Basics Part 1

2 – Overview and Definition of a Chord (3:19)

3 – Example: Chords vs. Melodies – Its about the Instruments! (2:13)

4 – Intervals (7:01)

5 – What is a Scale? C Major Scale (9:56)

6 – Triads – Thirds & Fifths, Minor vs Major, Being in “Key” (7:48)

Western Harmony Basics Part 2

7 – The Diatonic Chords of C Major (6:24)

8 – Roman Numerals and Scale Degrees (6:53)

9 – Inversions (11:54)

10 – Transposing (5:38)

11 – The Natural Minor Scale (2:04)

12 – Relative Minor, Circle of Fifths (3:19)

Types of Chords

13 – Sevenths Chords (7:43)

14 – Added Tone Chords (8:59)

15 – Sus Chords (4:19)

16 – Example: Sus Chords (4:18)

17 – Chord “Finder” (1:44)

18 – Power Chords (5:32)

19 – Arpeggios (3:12)

Chord Progressions

20 – Chord Substitution (7:16)

21 – Example: Chord Substitution (5:26)

22 – Voicing (9:36)

23 – What makes a “good” Chord Progression? (6:21)

24 – Analysis of a “good” Chord Progression (7:09)

25 – Borrowed Chords (2:21)

26 – Parallel Minor – Chord Borrowing (2:26)

27 – Parallel Major/Minor Scales – More Chord Borrowing (5:21)

28 – Secondary Dominants (6:01)

29 – Diatonic Passing Chords (3:47)

30 – Chromatic Passing Chords (4:24)

31 – Modulation (2:32)

Examples: Chord “Magic”

32 – Chord Magic (1) – Analysis and Examples (8:00)

33 – Chord Magics – Sound Example 1 (1:42)

34 – Chord Magics – Sound Example 2 (0:35)

35 – Chord Magics – Sound Example 3 (0:49)

36 – Chord Magics – Sound Example 4 (0:34)

Bonus – Writing Sessions – Part 1

37 – Writing a Melody with the C Major Scale (Francois) (23:07)

38 – Writing a EDM-ish Melody with the A-Minor Scale (Francois) (11:30)

39 – Creating an EDM Chord Progression and Melody (Tom) (22:33)

40 – Writing Tropical Summer House Chords and Melody in Amin (Tom) (29:19)

41 – Writing a Future Bass Track from Scratch (Tom) (39:10)

42 – Writing Progressive House Chords and Melody from Scratch (Tom) (27:34)

Bonus – Writing Sessions – Part 2

43 – Bonus Session: Writing Chords & Melody in the Style of “Snake” (16:49)

44 – Writing Session #1 – Chords and Melody – Melodic Deep / Techno (30:16)

45 – Writing Session #2 – Chords and Melody – Melodic Deep / Techno with Moog Bass (22:56)

46 – Writing Session #3 – Hirajoshi Scale (7:59)

47 – Writing Session #4 – EDM Progressive House “Dramatic” Progression in F-Minor (8:23)

48 – Writing Session #5 – Melodic Deep in Style of Caribou, Clawz SG, Anjunadeep (G# Minor) (33:15)

49 – Writing Session #6 – Chords & Melody in the Style of Blomqvist, Bohmer, Melodic Deep (14:49)
50 – Writing Session #7 – Chords & Melody using the Approach of Deadmau5 (9:42)

51 – Turning “Havana” Into A New Chord Progression And Melody – (Session with Alex) (16:12)

52 – Writing Session (No Comment) – Chords in the style of Armas, Dinka, EDX, Nore En Pure (9:28)

54 – Writing Session #8 – Writing 6 Chord Progressions (by ear) with Francois (31:04)

Acknowledgements & Thank You

55 – Thank You! (0:32)

More of what students say:

“Fantastic tutorial on composition! I’ll be checking more of your guys stuff out” – Nathan L.
“I just wanted to send you a small email saying this course really has been a game changer. I have learned so much in such a small time frame. Everything was explained so well I could actually follow what you were saying and copy it to my own music” – Colton M.
“Actually I’ve been producing for over 6 years and I wanted a fresh perspective on music theory. 10/10 is what I give you guys! Great job, easy to follow – simple explanation. Great work. Thanks. Tom.” – Thomas W.
“I am overwhelmed by your work. You can tell how much effort and time you spend on each video/track. I just wanted to say thank you for all the tips and tricks you have shown us!”
“The first course you provided is awesome! Give us a new one 🙂 Love it!” – Woy R.
“I think your course “Producing a Modern Track from Start to Finish in Ableton” was phenomenal. Please make more courses like this!“ – Eduardo A.

Frequently Asked Questions:

The course starts now and never ends! It is a completely self-paced online course – you decide when you start and when you finish.

How does lifetime access sound? After enrolling, you have unlimited access to this course for as long as you like – across any and all devices you own.

Since the course is about Harmony & Chord Progressions, no specific software is needed to follow along. If, however, you decide on one of the additional pricing plans, Ableton Live 9 is required for the sound packs.

Absolutely! The offered bundles give the best value by far with an extra discount of at least 30% on the usual shop prices. This course will give you a great foundation for producing in Ableton and including more sound packs, you’ll get a perfect start to dive deeper. You’ll be able to reverse engineer the project files and discover how to improve your own productions.

We offer a couple of versions starting with the single paid course and adding in more and more specials like “Easy Start Pack” for Ableton users, “Complete Templates Packs” (2 packs with each around 20 professionally crafted Ableton Templates) and “Premium Pack” (in the 3rd, full version), adding 750+ Massive presets, tons of MIDIs and song idea templates for Ableton to give you an incredible start. If you’re not sure which version to pick, hit us up with a quick message to productionmusiclive (aatt) gmail.com – we’re happy to help!

We would never want you to be unhappy! If you are unsatisfied with your purchase, contact us in the first 48 hours and we will give you a full refund on the course (due to the digital download nature of the optional sound packs, we can only refund the course part).
Your Instructor

Francois
Francois

I’m Francois, classically trained musician and music producer from Germany with an insatiable passion for great sound design, audio engineering and electronic music production. I’ve released tracks on labels such as Universal Music, Parquet Recordings, Portrait Digital Recordings, Somatic Sense, Jannowitz Records and others. Maybe you’ve seen one of my tutorials on our YouTube channel “Production Music Live”. I also have a personal Youtube Channel called “Francois Beats”. I like exploring new ways of working, acquiring new skills and sharing my knowledge.Check out some of my electronic music productions on
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