Songwriting/Composition Resources
On this page you will find required materials for lessons on songwriting/composition and music theory here at Promethean Studios and various other resources for songwriting/composition and music theory as well. The resources on this page are specifically for songwriting/composition and music theory, more generic resources (sheet music, music stores, recording studios) are listed here . At the time this information was entered, all links worked and products listed were available. For information purposes only; we won't post resources when we know there might be any sort of problem with a product, business, or person listed but please checkout the reliability, appropriateness, and reputation of any resources you plan to use. If you have any additional questions, please ask your instructor or email us at askus@dallasmusiclessons.com.
For Lessons:
Composition and Arranging. Instruction includes writing, arranging, scoring & orchestration, form & analysis, chords, chord function & analysis, ear training, music history, 16th - 20th century compositional techniques. Jazz composition is also available.
Music Theory. For students who want to improve their theory skills exclusively. Instruction will be divided between cognitive, ear training, and sight-singing. Theory is about making your brain work for your music and cuts years of learning time.
Songwriting/Composition. Writing popular songs. These lessons are ½ writing new songs and ½ understanding music theory. The understanding of music theory allows the student to create excellent songs independent of others. Songwriting/Composition students need to be able to play guitar or piano at an basic level. This is for you, student, so that someone else isn't writing half of each song for you. You don't have to play well, just enough to make a few chords. Students who do not play a chording instrument (ex., guitar or piano) will need to begin by learning enough of one of these instruments to create chords.
3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper and pockets for holding handouts.
Pencil. Musicians write with pencils because they make changes to their music and make frequent notations on the pages. Erasable, colored pencils are best.
Manuscript paper (music paper, staff paper). For assignments and written exercises. Go to Music and Tab paper at www.dallasmusiclessons.com , and there's over 120 kinds of music and tab paper you can use for whatever you need. Download all you want and your friends can, too.
256 Meg flash drive (or larger). To record your lesson. When you begin each lesson, give your flash drive to your instructor and they'll record your lessons. Be sure and take the drive with you when you leave and listen to it in your computer the day of or the day after your lesson. This will give you a way to review the lesson and give your instructor a way to send demonstrations of technique or songs home with you. Also, if you'd like to record some of your practices, you can record go to http://www.audio-tool.net/ and download their free computer-based recording program. If you'll review your lesson each week, you'll progress about 5 to 10% faster.
Music for analysis: At some point in your music theory learning you will need music to analyze, which makes you understand all of music (including your own) much more completely. For most students this is P/V/G arrangements. If the student is working on classical music, this will be piano music or orchestral scores.
Classical students - Theoretical Foundations of Music, Duckworth and Brown, Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Jazz students - The Jazz Language - Dan Haerle, Warner.
Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music. Recommended, but not required. Definitions for many useful musical terms are found here.
More songwriting/composition and music theory resources:
Associations:
Dallas Songwriters Association, Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak, Dallas, TX, 75204. Meets the second Tuesday Monthly Meetings at 6:30 PM. The current president is a former student of ours.
Copyright:
http://www.copyright.gov You can register a copyright here.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/copyright-in-general/copyright-quickguide/ . Fairly extensive information here.
Ear-training:
http://www.good-ear.com/index.html
Music notation software:
http://musescore.or g/. MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program.
Music Theory:
Recording and editing:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net - Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
http://www.audio-tool.net Sound recording software for FREE!
http://www.reaper.fm REAPER is a fully featured multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.
For more information about classes and our teaching philosophy, click the buttons on the left. All the pictures on this website are of our students and instructors.
Promethean Studios at Dallas Music Lessons: Private, Group Songwriting Lessons and Camps. instructors, Instructors, and Composition Lessons | Theory students. Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Professional Teaching, Private and Group Songwriting Lessons in Modern Rock, Classic Rock, Classical, Blues, Praise & Worship, Jazz, Country, R&B, Metal and other styles. Teaching songwriting for Addison, Allen, Anna, Carrollton, Coppell, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Farmersville, Flower Mound, Frisco, Garland, Highland Park, Lake Park, Lewisville, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Metroplex, Murphy, North Texas, Park Cities, Plano, Princeton, Prosper, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Sasche, The Colony, University Park, White Park, and Wylie.
On this page you will find required materials for lessons on songwriting, composition, and music theory here at Promethean Studios and various other resources for songwriting, composition, and music theory as well. The resources on this page are specifically for songwriting, composition, and music theory, more generic resources (sheet music, music stores, recording studios) are listed here . At the time this information was entered, all links worked and products listed were available. For information purposes only; we won't post resources when we know there might be any sort of problem with a product, business, or person listed but please checkout the reliability, appropriateness, and reputation of any resources you plan to use. If you have any additional questions, please ask your instructor or email us at askus@dallasmusiclessons.com.
For Lessons:
Composition and Arranging. Instruction includes writing, arranging, scoring & orchestration, form & analysis, chords, chord function & analysis, ear training, music history, 16th - 20th century compositional techniques. Jazz composition is also available.
Music Theory. For students who want to improve their theory skills exclusively. Instruction will be divided between cognitive, ear training, and sight-singing. Theory is about making your brain work for your music and cuts years of learning time.
Songwriting. Writing popular songs. These lessons are ½ writing new songs and ½ understanding music theory. The understanding of music theory allows the student to create excellent songs independent of others. Songwriting students need to be able to play guitar or piano at an basic level. This is for you, student, so that someone else isn't writing half of each song for you. You don't have to play well, just enough to make a few chords. Students who do not play a chording instrument (ex., guitar or piano) will need to begin by learning enough of one of these instruments to create chords.
3 ring binder with loose-leaf paper and pockets for holding handouts.
Pencil. Musicians write with pencils because they make changes to their music and make frequent notations on the pages. Erasable, colored pencils are best.
Manuscript paper (music paper, staff paper). For assignments and written exercises. Go to Music and Tab paper at www.dallasmusiclessons.com , and there's over 120 kinds of music and tab paper you can use for whatever you need. Download all you want and your friends can, too.
256 Meg flash drive (or larger). To record your lesson. When you begin each lesson, give your flash drive to your instructor and they'll record your lessons. Be sure and take the drive with you when you leave and listen to it in your computer the day of or the day after your lesson. This will give you a way to review the lesson and give your instructor a way to send demonstrations of technique or songs home with you. Also, if you'd like to record some of your practices, you can record go to http://www.audio-tool.net/ and download their free computer-based recording program. If you'll review your lesson each week, you'll progress about 5 to 10% faster.
Music for analysis: At some point in your music theory learning you will need music to analyze, which makes you understand all of music (including your own) much more completely. For most students this is P/V/G arrangements. If the student is working on classical music, this will be piano music or orchestral scores.
Classical students - Theoretical Foundations of Music, Duckworth and Brown, Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Jazz students - The Jazz Language - Dan Haerle, Warner.
Harvard Brief Dictionary of Music. Recommended, but not required. Definitions for many useful musical terms are found here.
More songwriting, composition, and music theory resources:
Associations:
Dallas Songwriters Association, Center for Community Cooperation, 2900 Live Oak, Dallas, TX, 75204. Meets the second Tuesday Monthly Meetings at 6:30 PM. The current president is a former student of ours.
Copyright:
http://www.copyright.gov You can register a copyright here.
http://copyright.columbia.edu/copyright/copyright-in-general/copyright-quickguide/ . Fairly extensive information here.
Ear-training:
http://www.good-ear.com/index.html
Music notation software:
http://musescore.or g/. MuseScore is a free cross-platform WYSIWYG music notation program.
Music Theory:
Recording and editing:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net - Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
http://www.audio-tool.net Sound recording software for FREE!
http://www.reaper.fm REAPER is a fully featured multitrack audio and MIDI recording, editing, processing, mixing, and mastering environment.
For more information about classes and our teaching philosophy, click the buttons on the left. All the pictures on this website are of our students and instructors.
Promethean Studios at Dallas Music Lessons: Private, Group Songwriting Lessons and Camps. instructors, Instructors, and Composition Lessons | Theory students. Beginning, Intermediate, Advanced, Professional Teaching, Private and Group Songwriting Lessons in Modern Rock, Classic Rock, Classical, Blues, Praise & Worship, Jazz, Country, R&B, Metal and other styles. Teaching songwriting for Addison, Allen, Anna, Carrollton, Coppell, Dallas, Farmers Branch, Farmersville, Flower Mound, Frisco, Garland, Highland Park, Lake Park, Lewisville, Lucas, McKinney, Melissa, Metroplex, Murphy, North Texas, Park Cities, Plano, Princeton, Prosper, Richardson, Rockwall, Rowlett, Sasche, The Colony, University Park, White Park, and Wylie.
