Do you have a song in your heart that you want to share it with others? In the Singer/Songwriter specialization, you will learn all the skills you need to write, perform, and record your own original music. You’ll begin by learning how to play the guitar to accompany yourself in Guitar for Beginners. You’ll learn how to play chords and scales, as well as strumming patterns and finger picking patterns. In Singing Popular Music, you’ll explore your voice and develop your own personal style. You’ll learn how to sing properly, mastering the correct techniques and breath support. From there, you’ll hone your writing craft, focusing on lyrics. You’ll learn about stressed and unstressed syllables, rhyme schemes, and lyrical phrasing.You’ll also record into a Digital Audio Workstation, focusing on Ableton Live and capturing both MIDI and real instruments into your DAW to record and share your ideas with the world.
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Three courses
Guitar for Beginners
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Guitar for Beginners
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Singing Popular Music
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Singing Popular Music
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Introduction to Ableton Live
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Introduction to Ableton Live
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- The basics of playing the guitar, including chords, scales, strumming and picking patterns.
- How to sing in your preferred genre and style healthfully, using proper breathing and vocal techniques.
- Basic songwriting tools and techniques to augment your songwriting.
- How to record, edit, and mix music productions that include midi and audio to create professional sounding recordings of your music.
- The basics of playing the guitar, including chords, scales, strumming and picking patterns.
- How to sing in your preferred genre and style healthfully, using proper breathing and vocal techniques.
- Basic songwriting tools and techniques to augment your songwriting.
- How to record, edit, and mix music productions that include midi and audio to create professional sounding recordings of your music.
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