Paul Schmeling – Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, Rhythm
Establish a toolkit of musical expertise that will prepare you for any musical endeavor or opportunity. This advanced music theory course provides you with a professional command of the mechanics of contemporary music.
You’ll learn to write effective jazz, pop, and rock-influenced pentatonic and modal melodies as well as master anticipations and articulations that will give your music the necessary sound and “character” to fit these styles. You’ll explore harmony related topics such as diatonic, natural/melodic, minor, and slash chords, which will help you to select the appropriate harmonic tensions to add color, character, and sophistication to your music. You’ll also master triplets, swing eighths, and sixteenth notes in double time feel, as well as topics related to improvisation and melody including chord scales, avoid notes, approach notes, and modal and pentatonic scales. With this level of music theory, there will be practically no barriers between you and the music you want to create.
By the end of this course, you will be able to
- Read and write rhythms that include triplets and swing eighth notes
- Write and analyze diatonic chord progressions in minor
- Read and write rhythms that include sixteenth notes in a double time feel
- Construct modal scales and identify by sound
- Construct pentatonic scales and identify by sound
- Write a pentatonic melody over a basic blues progression
- Understand and use slash chords and bass pedal points
Syllabus
Lesson 1 Triplets and Swing vs. Straight Eighths
Lesson 2 Open Position Chords/Drop 2 Voicings
Lesson 3 I VI II V I Progression; Root Motion/Bass Lines
Lesson 4 Modal Scales
Lesson 5 Chord Scales in Major Keys
Lesson 6 Approach Note Theory
Lesson 7 Diatonic Chords in Natural/Melodic Minors
Lesson 8 II V I and I VI II V I in Minor – Mixing and Matching Scale Types
Lesson 9 Sixteenth Notes
Lesson 10 Pentatonic Scales
Lesson 11 Slash Chords
Lesson 12 Bass Pedals
Requirements
Prerequisites and Course-Specific Requirements
Completion of Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function or equivalent knowledge and experience is required.
Required Textbook(s)
- None required
Software Requirements
- MuseScore, Finale (full version), or Finale NotePad (PC)
Instructors
Author & Instructor
Paul Schmeling is a master pianist, interpreter, improviser and arranger who has inspired countless students since he began teaching at Berklee in 1961. He has performed or recorded with jazz greats such as Clark Terry, Rebecca Parris, George Coleman, Carol Sloane, Frank Foster, Art Farmer, Herb Pomeroy, Phil Wilson, Dick Johnson and Slide Hampton. In the 1990s, the Paul Schmeling Trio released two inventive and critically acclaimed albums, interpreting the music of Hoagy Carmichael and songs associated with Frank Sinatra. Recently retired as chair of the piano department, he is co-author of the Berklee Practice Method: Keyboard (2001) and Instant Keyboard (2002) and the author of Berklee Music Theory: Book 1.
What’s Next?
When taken for credit, Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, Rhythm can be applied towards these associated programs:
Associated Certificate Programs
- General Music Studies Professional Certificate
- General Music Studies Advanced Professional Certificate
- Music Theory Professional Certificate
- Theory, Harmony & Ear Training Advanced Professional Certificate
Associated Degree Majors
- Bachelor’s Degree in Music Production
- Bachelor’s Degree in Music Business
- Bachelor’s Degree in Electronic Music Production and Sound Design
- Bachelor’s Degree in Interdisciplinary Music Studies (Create Your Own Major)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Songwriting
- Bachelor’s Degree in Guitar
- Bachelor’s Degree in Songwriting and Producing Music
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