This really IS the holy grail… Most of us are happy to admit that John Williams, Jerry Goldsmith, Alan Silvestri and a few others have a command of a harmonic language that seems sometimes impenetrable. But it isn’t… This course literally shows you note by note HOW it’s constructed and the logic that goes into it.
Just bought this course and it’s simply outstanding… To get this knowledge is like getting inside John Williams’s head and it’s priceless.
$129.00 USD $119.00 USD
Duration: 6 Hrs 34 Min
Lesson 1 builds a vocabulary of Williams’ most common octatonic chords, many of which are connected by the “Alpha chord”, a key concept which has never before been applied to Williams. Lesson 2 explores Williams’ techniques for octatonic melodies and for stretching chords out into short passages. And Lesson 3 shows how he writes longer and more complex passages.
Lesson 1 – Octatonic Harmonies
- Octatonic Scales
- Overview
- Possible Chords
- Traditional Chords from Octatonic Scales
- Major Chords
- Minor Chords
- The Alpha Chord and Its Dissonant Subsets
- Overview
- Large Subset Chords – 5 or 6 notes
- Major and Minor Subset Chords – with one dissonance
- Atonal Subset Chords – 3 notes
Lesson 2 – Drawing Octatonic Materials Out
- Octatonic Melodies
- The Whole-Tone Octatonic Mode
- The (0134) Chord
- Connective Scale Runs
- Dyads Composed of 3rds
- Drawing Out Octatonic Harmony
- Repeated Chord with Octatonic Melody
- Transposed Chord with Octatonic Melody
- Multiple Octatonic Scales
- Successive Scales
- Simultaneous Scales
Lesson 3 – Advanced Octatonic Techniques
- Combining Octatonic Elements
- Melody/Bass Intervals
- Unmoving Bass
- Moving Bass
- Melodic Bass
- Melody and Accompaniment
- Freely-Written Chords
- Multiple-Strand Accompaniments
- Melody/Bass Intervals
- Varying Octatonic Harmonies
- Through Motives
- Through a Common Subset
- Octatonic Elements at Larger Scales
- Through Returning Music
- Through Returning Intervals
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