Songwriting / Composition

What Students Learn

• Lyric writing - Learn about stanzas, lyrical forms, and approaches such as lyrics stream-of-consciousness writing.

• Music theory - Learn how music functions so you can make song writing choices quicker.

• Putting together chord progressions - Learn genre specific chord progressions and how to use them. 

• Analysing songs - Listen to the songs that YOU like and analyse how they function. Use this information in your own song writing.

• Transcribing songs - Listen to a song and turn that into musical notation.

• Arranging songs - After you’ve written a song, find out how to arrange it with different instruments. We will discuss genre specific trends and ways to be creative.

• Working through writer’s block - Tips and tricks for facing writers block!