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Master Percussion for Music Composition

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  • Updated 9/2025
4.7
(91 Ratings)
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
2 Hour(s) 32 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Mikael Baggström
Rating
4.7
(91 Ratings)

Course Overview

Master Percussion for Music Composition

How to Master your Complete Percussion Mix

Learn how to Master Percussion in Music Composition

Hello and Welcome, all Music Composers & Producers! My name is Mike, and I will now teach you how to create powerful percussion. So that you can add that amazing drive, energy and action into your music compositions.

Get a Complete Guide of Percussion

  1. Create the Sound Palette of Percussion

  2. Design the Colors of Percussion

  3. Dominate the Canvas of Percussion

  4. Master the Performance of Your Percussion Mix

It doesn’t matter what kind of drums and percussion instruments you use in your drum mix. You need the individual parts to be able to cover the full range of the frequency spectrum together.

Think of the classic drum kit when you create your percussion group in your DAW, and add the individual parts into the percussion section.

You need to cover the lows, the mids and the highs. And don’t be afraid of layering, and having several types of percussion per range.

In the end, you will be able to write, perform and design any style of percussion in your music compositions.

My name is Mike, music composer and sound designer since 1998. And I truly love to inspire, motivate and educate creative people like you.

Take Action Now!

Now it is time for you to take action, and dive into the world of powerful percussion for music composition. Let's do this...right now!

Course Content

  • 4 section(s)
  • 27 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 The Foundations of Percussion
  • Section 2 Master the Sounds
  • Section 3 Master the Colors
  • Section 4 Master the Performance

What You’ll Learn

  • How to write Powerful Percussion in Your Music Composition, How to shape the Style & Mood & Energy with Percussion, Master the Sounds of Percussion

Skills covered in this course


Reviews

  • R
    Ronnie McGuire
    5.0

    Mike does a phenominal job of defining and explaining the various usages of percussion in composition, in great detail and with live composition examples as well. Highly recommended.

  • G
    Gary
    5.0

    yes, but the teacher could benefit from using 2 or even 3 more microphones. When he moves from different areas in the camera, you can't really hear him that well.

  • N
    Navin Larriba
    5.0

    Nice course that covers a lot of instruments to be used for drums etc. Some good advice and tips for other things like drum fills etc and also good in general for learning about the spacing of drums and where do they fit in the spectrum of a whole track etc. Recommend it to anyone who has not got much knowledge of creating drum patterns.

  • K
    Kristupas Binkys
    4.0

    Great Course. Helped me to get accustomed with the percussion tools for composing, and when and how to use it, and the rhythm. It would have 5 stars, if there were more cheatsheets/resources/handouts for various topics (drum ranges, percussion templates, the workflow template), so that the student would be able to look at it when practising the provided techniques.

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