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    The document discusses free music lessons being offered online by Berklee College of Music to expand educational opportunities for musicians globally. It also talks about Berklee's views on file sharing.

    Online courses and certifications offered by Berklee include lyric writing, songwriting forms, arranging, melody writing, and a master certificate in songwriting.

    Some books and DVDs available from Berklee Press cover guitar, performance, production, songwriting, music business, theory, and music notation.

    FREE music lessons from

    Berklee College of Music

    Berklee In the Pocket


    Essential Songwriter
    Jimmy Kachulis and Jonathan Feist

    Part I
    Power Progressions

    Berklee is offering free music


    lessons online designed to
    expand educational
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    Press ESC to cancel sound. around the globe. The music
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    just like this one. sharing networks. We
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    strongly disapproves of
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    online, we believe that file
    sharing offers new
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    to learn, and to promote and
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    1. Power Progressions

    1. Power Progressions
    Most hit songs are based on one of the following
    chord progressions. These progressions have a
    natural balance and gravity to them. They make
    songs feel soundly crafted, and create a sense of
    inevitability—that they are the “right” way for the
    chords to follow each other, and for the songs to
    progress. We call them power progressions because
    they do have power. They have been at the heart
    of countless songs, in all different styles of music,
    across many cultures and musical eras. These are
    the essential chord progressions that have rocked
    the world for as long as music has been based on
    harmony.
    By customizing these progressions to different
    keys, grooves, harmonic rhythms, and other varia-
    tions mentioned in part II of this handbook, you
    can use them to create an infinite number of
    songs.
    Each key color has its own power progressions. To
    use one of these progressions in your songwriting,
    choose the one that seems to best suit your lyrics or
    melody, and then apply it to a key. Charts are
    shown with each type of key, indicating which
    chords go with which scale degrees, so you can use
    these progressions in any key. The triads are the
    essential chords; sevenths, indicated in parentheses,
    can be added, for extra color. The charts include
    suggested fretboard diagrams for guitarists and
    notated seventh chords for keyboard players.
    The actual voicing you choose will depend on the
    progression, your melody, and your lyric story.
    Once you have a progression and a key, groove on
    them, and use the ideas throughout this book to
    customize the progression to your lyrics. Power
    progressions are just the starting point for your
    grooves. Use your imagination to grow them into
    something unique.

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    Study with the world-renowned professors of Berklee College of Music,
    on your own time, from anywhere in the world.

    Online Courses and Certificates from Berkleemusic


    Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies
    Generate better ideas, find the right words to express those ideas, and organize rhythms and rhymes
    into compelling verses, choruses and bridges.

    Songwriting Workshop: Hit Songs Forms


    Move your listeners and express yourself more effectively by crafting your songs the way hit writers do.

    Arranging 1
    Essential learning for anyone interested in arranging music for a band, Arranging 1 explores all aspects
    of writing and arranging for the rhythm section..

    Master Certificate in Songwriting


    Become a master in the art of songwriting and lyric writing with our Master Songwriting certificate. This
    extensive program arms you with all the tools needed to develop your ideas into complete, engaging,
    effective songs.
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    Books and DVDs from Berklee Press
    Songwriter's Workshop: Melody
    Learn the fundamental techniques behind today's hit songs, together with easy-to-follow exercises, so
    you can apply these tools to your own art. Quit wrestling with writer's block.

    Songwriter's Workshop: Harmony


    Learn how harmony can help you express your songwriting ideas—using chords and chord structures
    the way that professional songwriters do.

    Songwriting: Essential Guide to Rhyming


    Rhyme is one of the most crucial areas of lyric writing, and this guide will provide you with all the
    information necessary to develop your skills. Make rhyme work for you and your writing will greatly
    improve.

    Finale: An Easy Guide to Music Notation, Second Edition


    Designed for both novice and experienced Finale users, the step-by-step instructions will help you
    master all of Finale's capabilities. This detailed guide is your shortcut to getting Finale working for you.

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