Berklee
Songwriting: Writing, Arranging, and Producing Music Specialization
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Berklee

Songwriting: Writing, Arranging, and Producing Music Specialization

Write, Arrange, and Produce Your Original Songs. Apply the tools and techniques of songwriting to bring your musical ideas to life.

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject

(255 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule
1 month at 10 hours a week
Earn a career credential
Share your expertise with employers

Overview

  • Generate lyrics that effectively convey the emotions you want to express

  • Create melodies and accompaniment that support your lyrics

  • Develop balanced arrangements for live and recorded performances

  • Produce song demos using a DAW

What’s included

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Taught in English
26 practice exercises

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • Define and identify the point of view, form, and the "who, what, where, when, and how" in a song

  • Identify whether a lyric is stable or unstable through the use of line lengths, number of lines, stressed and unstressed syllables, and melody

  • Utilize the various rhyming techniques to evoke specific emotions in a song and define the difference between Assonance and Consonance rhyme

  • Use phrasing to clarify your ideas

Skills you'll gain

Category: Music Theory
Category: Music
Category: Musical Composition

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Musical Composition
Category: Music Theory
Category: Music Performance
Category: Music
Category: Storytelling

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Musical Composition
Category: Music Theory
Category: Instrumental Music
Category: Creativity
Category: Music
Category: Writing

What you'll learn

  • Navigate Ableton Live

  • Program MIDI drums and instruments

  • Record and edit audio, including working with preexisting audio loops

  • Create a piece of music using MIDI and audio within Ableton Live

Skills you'll gain

Category: Automation
Category: Media Production
Category: Data Import/Export
Category: Musical Composition
Category: System Configuration
Category: Music
Category: Computer Programming
Category: File Management

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Instructors

Erin Barra
Berklee
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Pat Pattison
Berklee
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Sarah Brindell
Berklee
1 Course15,858 learners

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