Write A Song In 30 Minutes - Music Theory and Songwriting Lessons with Stuart!

Write A Song In 30 Minutes - Music Theory and Songwriting Lessons with Stuart!

00:00 Rambling Introduction
01:16 Write a Verse Chord Progression / Chords in the Key of G Major
06:18 Basic Chord Substitutions / 7th and sus Chords
11:35 Write a Chorus Chord Progression
14:15 Write an Intro Riff
18:46 Add Rhythm to Your Song
23:07 Write a Bridge Chord Progression / Modal Interchange Chords!
26:58 Song Form
27:35 Write a Melody
34:05 My New Song Play-through!

Here are the chords you get to choose from!
G Am Bm C D Em

Here are the chord substitutions:
Cmaj7 Am7 Dsus Bm7

And finally, here are the "trial and error / modal interchange" chords!
F Bb Cm

🎵Just in case, here's How to Tune Your Guitar: https://youtu.be/62jRQ0fdAMY (https://youtu.be/62jRQ0fdAMY)

🎵And here's how to do Alternate Tunings: https://youtu.be/rSHHzO4mvw8 (https://youtu.be/rSHHzO4mvw8)

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Thanks for watching and playing along with me! My name is Stuart Lehman-Brown, a teacher, music store owner, and musician in the San Francisco Bay Area. After graduating from Berklee College of Music in Boston, I set up shop performing and teaching here in the North Bay. 15 years and 50,000 lessons later I’m still going strong, and sooner or later I’m afraid I’m going to start posting videos of my dogs. It’s inevitable.  

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