Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 6 - SATB Composition

For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. These classes I'm making for Udemy use the same syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost. I believe anyone can learn Music Theory - and cost shouldn't be a barrier.

Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to Udemy in an online format in order to reach more students and give them the joy of Music Theory.

My approach to music theory is to minimize memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own.

This class is a Comprehensive class - it will have many parts, going through my entire annual curriculum.

This class is Part 6: SATB Composition, and it starts what would be the second semester of a college music theory class.

Throughout this class, I'll be providing you with many worksheets for you to practice the concepts on. If you get stuck, you can review the videos or post a question, and I'll back to it as fast as possible. Also in this class, I have several complete analysis projects that we will complete together - just like in my college classes.

In this class, we will cover:
My approach to Music Theory
Tools of Counterpoint
Types of Motion in Counterpoint
18th Century Counterpoint
Chordal Dissonance
Cadences in Bass/Melody Accompaniment
Cadences in 4-Voice Accompaniment
Non-Chord Tones in 4-Voice Accompaniment
Suspensions in 4-Voice Accompaniment
Example Analysis Projects
Writing 4-Voice (SATB) Lines
SATB Notation
SATB Ranges
Voice Crossings
Doubling
T-D-T Phrasing
Establishing Tonic Areas
Establishing Dominant Areas
Resolving Leading Tones (in 4-Voice Accompaniment)
Harmonic Rhythm
Texture (in Song)
Worksheets and Music for Practice
…and much, much more!