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Lyricology: Perfect Song Structure and Beat Selection!

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  • Updated 3/2016
4.6
(1,439 Ratings)
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
1 Hour(s) 13 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Andre Gainer
Rating
4.6
(1,439 Ratings)
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Course Overview

Lyricology: Perfect Song Structure and Beat Selection!

Simple techniques for counting bars, song structure and beat selection for aspiring hip hop artists.

This course is designed to help aspiring hip-hop artists to perfect their understanding of song structure and how to pick out the best beats possible for their musical expression. This course will cover:

  • Counting your bars
  • The standard formats for a typical hip hop song
  • Basic concepts of rapping on beat
  • How to pick the best instrumentals for your sound
  • Feeling the music and using that to write more heartfelt music
  • Establishing a sound that fits the style you want to develop

This course is perfect for beginners, but I feel that ALL artists will be able to grab something from this course. My goal with this courses (and all of my courses) is to teach you these concepts, then get you to experiment with these concepts and develop your own unique style out of what you've learned. I want to pull you out of your comfort zone! I GUARANTEE that your skills will escalate to new levels through this course!

Course Content

  • 8 section(s)
  • 15 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Course Introduction
  • Section 2 Counting Bars
  • Section 3 Song Structure
  • Section 4 Flow Basics
  • Section 5 Beat Selection
  • Section 6 Understanding the tone of your instrumental
  • Section 7 Finding what fits you
  • Section 8 Conclusion

What You’ll Learn

  • Count out beats and bars, Write perfectly structure songs, Recite lyrics perfectly to an instrumental, Select the best instrumentals for songwriting, Determine the speed of your instrumentals, Understand how to feel the music you're writing to, Find what fits you and the sound you desire

Skills covered in this course


Reviews

  • O
    Ouk 243
    4.0

    git

  • K
    Kha0ticth0ught
    5.0

    First off I gotta say thank you for the course it was very very helpful I had a little bit of knowledge unconsciously knowing what's what when it comes to bar count and making beats and where to place the first verse hook etc etc thanks allot for helping me

  • J
    Jonathaniel Soto
    5.0

    Everything you covered within this course was very knowledgeable, well put and simplified for beginners who don't yet know the basics of Art in Music. Thank you.

  • J
    Jasmine W.
    5.0

    You are an amazing teacher! I was only confused about the metronome thing, because I thought all metronomes sounded alike! I was like this app sucks, and then my producer broke it down to me! And he even told me I didn’t know music. I appreciate the entire class!

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