HARMONY TWO
$99
Online course – lifetime access
MAKE YOUR MUSIC STAND OUT WITH COMPLEX HARMONIC PASSAGES
GO BEYOND FOUR-PART HARMONY
Learn advanced harmonic techniques that go beyond basic four-part harmonies and triad chords. Explore the use of further extensions and altered extensions for chromatic and non-diatonic elements in your music. You will acquire fresh compositional ideas through the use of new harmonic structures such as retrograde phrases, reflection and mirroring. If you’re looking to expand your harmonic vocabulary, beyond the use of basic major and minor scales, then this course is for you.
- Advanced harmonic techniques from modal harmony to counterpoint.
- Build extended chromatic chords using augmented 6ths, 11ths and 13ths.
- Work with minor keys and modes.
- Use inversions, accented passing notes, suspensions, and anticipations.
- Master stylistic harmonic approaches by studying film composers like John Williams, Hans Zimmer, and John Barry.
- Modulate using secondary dominants, and learn how to change key effectively.
What You'll Learn
OVERVIEW/RECAP OF HARMONY ONE COURSE
A review of the material covered in Harmony 1 and moving on to introduce dominant 7th chords.
ADDING INTEREST
Accented passing notes, suspensions and anticipations.
BETTER WRITING
Reflecting motifs, pedal notes and more.
MODULATION
Key changes using secondary dominants and more.
FURTHER CHORDS
Complex chromatic chords including 9th and 11th and augmented 6th chords.
MORE FULL PHRASES
Expand your tonal horizon to include minor and modal harmony.
COUNTERPOINT
Introducing counterpoint using canons and fugues.
HARMONIC STYLE
Harmonic styles and identities with a look at Bach, Mozart and Haydn.
RACHEL JAMES
Rachel James works as a composer, score programmer, orchestrator and score and part preparation copyist. She scored the award winning short animation Five O'Clock Shadow, which was shown at Cannes Film Festival. Rachel's work includes composing for American feature Crash Down Hearts, as well as cinematic trailers for the National Trust and two feature films for director Nihat Seven. Orchestrations include projects such as the James Bond: Goldeneye Reloaded video game.
GUY MICHELMORE
Guy Michelmore is a multi award-winning film, games and television composer whose clients include Marvel, Disney, Dreamworks, Lionsgate and dozens of major TV networks around the world. He is best known for his work with Marvel on eight animated feature films including Ultimate Avengers and Thor, as well as hundreds of episodes of television including Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, Iron Man: Armoured Adventures, Hulk and many more. His unique and accessible style has made him a popular YouTuber with over 300,000 subscribers.
"I've taken both Harmony One and Two because I wanted a more firm knowledge of music theory. "
Claudio Tomasoni
Course student
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- Learn to craft and arrange complex harmonic passages.
- Over 9 hours of video tutorials
- Comprehensive course text
- Learn directly from working media composers
Lifetime access. Start, finish and revisit anytime.
30-day money-back policy
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