Music Theory Comprehensive: Part 7 - Harmonization

For years I've been teaching Music Theory in the college classroom. These classes I'm making for Skillshare use the same syllabus I've used in my college classes for years, at a fraction of the cost. I believe anyone can learn Music Theory - and cost shouldn't be a barrier.

Recently I was named as a semi-finalist for the Grammy Foundation's Music Educator of the Year award because of my in-person university classes. Now I'm taking those classes to skillshare in an online format in order to reach more students and give them the joy of Music Theory.

My approach to music theory is to minimize memorization. Most of these concepts you can learn by just understanding why chords behave in certain ways. Once you understand those concepts, you can find any scale, key, or chord that exists. Even invent your own.

This class is a Comprehensive class - it will have many parts, going through my entire annual curriculum.

This class is Part 7: Harmonization, and it continues what would be the second semester of a college music theory class (according to the typical American academic system for learning music theory).

Throughout this class, I'll be providing you with many worksheets for you to practice the concepts on. If you get stuck, you can review the videos or post a question, and I'll back to it as fast as possible. Also in this class, I have several complete analysis projects that we will complete together - just like in my college classes.

In this class, we will cover:
Tools of Counterpoint
How Inversion Names Work
7th Chord Inversion Names
The Chordal 7th
Root Position V7 - I Resolutions in SATB Voicing
Inversions of V7 - I Resolutions in SATB Voicing
Exceptions to Voice Leading
Doubling Concerns in 7th Chords
Figured Bass
Figured Bass and Roman Numerals
Studying with Bach
"Realizing" Figured Bass
The Pre-Dominant Phrasing Area
Moving from Root Position IV to V Without Parallels
Predominant 7th Chords
Harmonization Steps
Finding Cadences
Finding the Right Chord Progression
Finding the Right Inversions
Practicing Harmonization
Melodies for Practice
Worksheets and Music for Practice
…and much, much more!