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Learner Reviews & Feedback for Developing Your Musicianship by Berklee

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About the Course

Learn the basic concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music. If you have a passion for music and are curious about how it works, or if you are a musician who learned to play by ear without formal study, this course will provide you with an engaging introduction to key concepts and approaches needed to understand, create, and perform contemporary music. Taught by Berklee College of Music professor George W. Russell, Jr., the course includes six lessons that delve into harmony and ear training—two areas of intensive focus for every entering Berklee student. The course will teach you the major scale and minor pentatonic scale, and how they are constructed. You will learn what intervals are, how to sing them, and how to find them in music. The course explores tonal centers and how to find the key a song is in, in addition to common time signatures such as 4/4 and 3/4. You will learn how to build chords—major and minor triads, and major and dominant seventh chords—and how to build a common chord progression—the I IV V. You will also learn how to recognize the blues and AABA song forms, and write a basic chord sheet to express your song ideas. In addition to the video lectures, each lesson features Berklee student performances and interviews. The students share their musical journey and offer advice for those wanting to study music. The course culminates with an assignment that asks you to compose and perform a riff blues tune using the minor pentatonic scale. Above all, the course is designed to share the joy of creating music and sharing it with others....

Top reviews

EP

Mar 2, 2018

i do not own a printer, which made this class a bit of a challenge at first to get the sheet paper submitted.. but I liked the course content and the teacher has a great energy to him and his work.

FP

Sep 18, 2016

This course whet my appetite for some more Berklee courses. Definitely recommended to musicians who would love to improve their craft. Thanks, Coursera and Berklee!

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By María F R G

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Oct 8, 2020

Teacher George is the best!

By Enrico I

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Mar 6, 2019

engaging and easy to follow

By Rai S S

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Jan 10, 2019

Amazing method... Thanks!!!

By Nikki A

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May 7, 2018

Great course to begin with!

By Darwin F O

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Jun 17, 2021

QUE CHIMBA DE CURSO JEJEJE

By Kent

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Jan 26, 2021

Great course for beginner.

By Natavan U

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Jan 3, 2021

Thank you for inspiration!

By Archisha B

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Aug 5, 2020

It was a great experience!

By P V

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Jul 22, 2020

The course is wonderful!!!

By henry j c g

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Sep 30, 2019

excelente el profe george.

By Fernando C G d C

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Nov 6, 2017

GREAT! THANK YOU VERY MUCH

By Camilo A C P

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Aug 23, 2016

Great Teacher and Pianist!

By KN P

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May 29, 2021

This is really fun class!

By Rashmita S

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Jun 6, 2020

It was an amazing session

By Margarita S

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May 4, 2022

Our teacher is the best!

By Rhenius T

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Jul 5, 2020

nice i have learned alot

By Huang O

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May 4, 2020

Very good online course!

By Arthur S d M

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Jun 12, 2019

Amazing!!!! I love it!!!

By gaurav t

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Oct 8, 2017

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Music Tutor, Thanks.

By James I A

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Nov 18, 2020

Very easy to understand

By Ronaldo R

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Dec 26, 2016

This is a great course.

By Hamidreza H O

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Mar 24, 2019

Thanks for everything.

By Janis A T V

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Nov 21, 2024

Es un curso buenísimo

By Yann C

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Mar 7, 2017

Excellent. thank you.

By Henok M

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Mar 8, 2026

Very fundamental !!!