12 Week Music Composition Course

12 Week Music Composition Course

Tuesday Feb 2nd 6pm - 10pm 2027
£599.00
Sale price  £599.00 Regular price 
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12 Week Music Composition Course

12 Week Music Composition Course

£599.00
Regular price  Sale price  £599.00
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Introduction

You may be producing music, but good are your composition skills? Forget GCSE music lessons, this course has been created to give music producers and sound engineers a solid grounding in musical theory and keyboard skills using contemporary examples – from Daft Punk to techno.

The knowledge you’ll gain from this course will underpin your approach to making music, and will give you a confidence to experiment creatively. This course will allow you to generate ideas not only quickly but with ease, and will answer questions like: 

What are keys, scales, melodies? How do they fit into a groove? What’s a time signature?  How do I develop a chord structure? What’s the anatomy of a drum rhythm? How can I create a track, with a sample as a starting point? How do I work vocals, timing and tuning to make my tracks tighter? How can I improve my remixing? How do I make a bigger drop? How can I make my music more interesting? What arrangements can I look at? How can I finish this track? 

It’s important to remember, this course isn’t just for music producers wanting to improve. If you’re a sound engineer, music theory will help you to communicate with the musicians around you in a language they understand. If you want to create music for other mediums such as films or TV, a foundation of music theory is absolutely essential for your workflow.

This is a great all-rounder course for anyone wanting to delve deeper into music. The training will improve your musical ear, and help take your ideas to a finished arrangement, ready for mixdown. 


Course at a glance

Training format: 12-week classroom-based Music Composition Course
Course duration: 12 weeks
Schedule: One weekly studio session on the selected course day and time
Location: SEM Studios, Manchester
Experience level: Complete beginner to intermediate
Software: Ableton Live or Logic Pro
Equipment: Professional studio equipment, computers, monitoring and software are provided
Training focus: Developing the musical knowledge and practical composition skills needed to create original electronic music
Subjects covered: Rhythm, tempo, keys, scales, chords, melodies, basslines, harmony, song structure, arrangement and creative composition techniques
Teaching approach: Tutor demonstrations, guided practical exercises, supported composition work and individual feedback
Creative development: Students compose their own musical ideas while developing confidence, originality and a stronger understanding of how electronic tracks are constructed
Previous experience: No instrumental skills, music-reading ability or previous music-theory qualifications are required
Certificate: SEM course completion certificate provided

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