Deconstructing Dil Se

Overview

What you'll learn

• How a motif becomes a phrase, and a phrase becomes a song
• The Period and the Sentence how we spot them in any song and use them in our own writing
• Over 10 ways of developing a melody, shown through popular Indian songs and works of Beethoven and Mozart
• Why some phrases sound like questions and others like answers cadences and functional harmony explained simply
• Rhythm as a composition tool note values, double time, triplets, syncopation and odd bar lengths
• Song structures verse and chorus, mukhda, antara and the cross
• Detailed deconstruction of Jiya Jale, Satrangi Re, Ae Ajnabi, Dil Se Re and Chaiyya Chaiyya: melody, scales, harmony, rhythm, arrangement and production
• Production concepts from the album pedal point, implied tension, stereo imaging and double tracking, groove and humanisation, and energy control

About this course

Curriculum

17 items · 6h 4m of video

1. The Period - Introduction12 min
2. The Period - Song Examples12 min
3. The Sentence - Introduction1 min
4. The Sentence - Song Examples and comparison with the period25 min
5. Melodic Development - Sequencing22 min
6. Melodic Development - Other methods Part 136 min
7. Melodic Development - Other methods Part 218 min
8. Melodic Development - Analysing Mozart5 min
9. Analysing Dil Se - Part 129 min
10. Chit-chat and wrapping up7 min
11. Analysing Dil Se - Common themes through the album4 min
12. Jiya Jale37 min
13. Satrangi Re52 min
14. Ae Ajnabi27 min
15. Dil Se Re48 min
16. Chaiyya Chaiyya24 min
17. Deconstructing Dil Se - Session NotesNotes

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