Modern Harmony

What drives us to spend so much of our lives stuck away in our studios? What is it that we're trying so hard to achieve?

I believe for most of us the answer is simple. We want to fulfill our need to connect! 

We want our listeners to experience the fullest possible experience as their journey unfolds. And while there are numerous tools that a composer can use to make that happen, there is one tool that really is the king of emotional connection…

You guessed it. Harmony.

For many composers, harmony can sometimes seem a little too complex, technical, and… well just plain hard work! All those weird 'modes' and 'jazzy' sounding chord structures can get pretty overwhelming. 

So how do you unlock the 'treasure chest' of harmony in a way that's relevant and inspiring?


'Don't Learn it…. FEEL IT'

Our Modern Harmony course covers all the elements you're going to need to connect with your listeners fully.

“But there's plenty of places to learn this stuff" I hear you say. And “why would I take this course?”

This harmony course is different. It's absolutely relevant, practical, and also entertaining. 

You won’t just learn the HOWs, you'll also understand the WHYs.

You won’t be bogged down in dry theory, we'll help you tap into your own emotions and show how the right harmony choices will be sitting there just waiting for you.

Meet your trainer

Tony Domenech, Modern Harmony Teacher

Our instructor, Tony Domenech, devoted more than 20 years teaching modern harmony to people of different levels, first in a private modern music school in Valencia (Spain) and later, thanks to the Internet, to thousands of students from all over the world.

He really loves teaching; you’ll feel it immediately as soon as you start the classes with him.

Tony is interested in harmony, melodies, rhythm, voicings, development. He especially loves films and soundtracks. He’s especially good at explaining the most complicated concepts in an easy-to-understand way.

We chose Tony not because of his expertise but because if someone can speak about harmony and making it accessible to anyone, that’s him!

What You'll Learn

1. Tips on voicings
How the same chord can say many different things.

2. Hybrid chords
Understand and apply the use of hybrid chords.

3. Polychords
Learn to use two or more chords, one on top of the other.

3. Reharmonization
Giving a new meaning to already existing music material.

4. Chord motion
How to move from one chord to another in different ways and how that changes the dialogue.

5. Tension Level
Creating different levels of tension.

6. Harmonic palette
Expanding your harmonic palette.

And so much more!

The curriculum
Explore Modern Harmony

Modern Harmony will open the doors to the full language of music.

You'll learn new ways to express your musical ideas using a whole new range of harmonic tools to keep your ideas fresh and interesting.

You'll learn how to pull your audience deeper into your score by activating the emotional triggers that only harmony can provide.

You'll discover how harmonic movement in film is a very different animal to what you'll find in other types of music.

Modules includes in this course

MODULE 1. The basics and something more
MODULE 2. Using Secondary Dominants
MODULE 3. Extended Dominants
MODULE 4. New Interesting Paths: Tritone Substitution (SubV7)
MODULE 5. Root Motion
MODULE 6. Going Through the Portal: The Magic of Diminished Chords
MODULE 7. Modes from Melodic Minor
MODULE 8. Modes from Harmonic Minor
MODULE 9. The Best of Both Worlds: Modal Interchange
MODULE 10. Movies and mediants
MODULE 11. Traveling the World: Modulations


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