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Diminution and Augmentation
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Altering Pitches in the Melody
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Altering Chord Changes Catalog #: BME-130

Lesson 3: Drum Notation

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Total credits: 24
Basic Time, Cymbal Accents, Fills, and Kicks Over Time
Duration: 8 courses
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Lesson 4: A Closer Look at Drum Notation Registration fee: $175

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Lesson 5: Bass Notation Suzanne Dean

Associate professor in
Range and Transposition the contemporary
Bass Lines for Swing writing and production
department at Berklee.
Bass Swing Exercise
Bossa Nova and Samba Bass Lines
Sarah Brindell
Latin Bass Lines in Relation to Other Instruments Assistant Professor at
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Lesson 6: Bass in Pop/Rock, Funk, and Fusion Music.

Pop/Rock Bass Lines

Gail McArthur-
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Essential learning for anyone
Lesson 8: Guitar Notation
interested in arranging music for
The Instrument a band, Arranging 1 explores all
aspects of writing and arranging
Comping
for the rhythm section. Read
Solos
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Fills
Single-Note Comping with Rhythm Slashes
Student Comments
Single-Note Comping with Specific Notes
“The challenge was great! This
Top-Note Voicing course opened my ears to
arranging in a way that a text
Lesson 9: Guitar Notation Continued
book never would.” - A. Flitcroft
Specific Voicings
Repeated Voicings
Specific Rhythms
Power Chords
Muffled Chords and/or Single Notes

Lesson 10: Keyboard Notation

The Instrument and Hand Span

Single and Double Staves
Multiple Keyboard Parts
Sustain Pedal
Chord Voicings

Lesson 11: Keyboard and Guitar

Keyboard and Guitar in Rock

Keyboard and Guitar in Funk
Keyboard and Guitar - Latin Feel
Keyboard and Guitar - Funky R & B

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