The Venus Legacy - A Focused Course in Motif and Harmony

$35.99

Introducing The Venus Legacy – A Focused Workshop in Motif and Harmony

Discover the art of timeless composition in The Venus Legacy, a music theory course and study score that delves deep into the era of Cinematic music that used motif development and thematic reuse. This course will guide you through the essential skills of building a cohesive, long-lasting composition by focusing on a single melody and its variations

Audio of The Venus Legacy:

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In today’s musical landscape, the craft of motif and thematic development is becoming a lost art. The Venus Legacy seeks to revive this powerful technique, used by greats such as Wagner and Tchaikovsky, and teach you how to create music that evolves from the smallest fragments into symphonic masterpieces.

What You'll Learn:

Motif Creation & Thematic Development: Learn to compose using small, recurring motifs to create larger musical forms.
Break Free from chord progression constraints: Discover how to let your motifs guide your harmonic choices
Harmony Beyond the Basics: Explore how motifs interact with various harmonic contexts—transforming with modulation, key changes, and chord substitution.
Late Romantic Composing Techniques For Sweeping Cinematic Themes: Dive into the compositional styles of the late Romantic period, exploring chromatic mediant shifts, parallel minor borrowing, and unique cadences like the half-diminished two-one substitution. These techniques are extremely valuable to anyone wanting to get the cinematic sound, but do not want to create random, less memorable music.
Hands-on learning: Work with real musical examples, including our signature "Venus Legacy" theme
Practical applications: Apply advanced techniques to create rich, emotionally resonant compositions

Ideal for: Composers looking to expand their toolkit

Course Highlights:

Motif & Harmony Focused Study Score: A complete study score of "The Venus Legacy," featuring motifs, harmony charts, cadence substitutions, and key annotations.
Video Lessons: Step-by-step video tutorials breaking down advanced techniques, such as using motifs to shape transitions, modulations, and harmonic textures.
Motif Chart & Cadence Substitution: A handy guide to advanced cadences, including creative substitutions to enhance harmonic progression.
Bonus Modulation Techniques: Learn how to "reverse-engineer" modulations and create seamless shifts in tonality, a hallmark of master composers.

Why This Course?

The Venus Legacy is for musicians and composers who want to go beyond basic song structure and chord progressions. By focusing on motifs, you'll unlock the potential to build intricate, evolving compositions—ideal for scoring films, writing symphonic works, or developing advanced musical storytelling. You will learn how to think about composing with melody and themes first, before worrying about harmonic progressions.

Don't just write music - craft musical journeys. With The Venus Legacy, you'll learn to weave intricate musical tapestries that captivate listeners and stand the test of time.

Let this guide you into a new realm of composition where small, powerful motifs become the building blocks of vast, emotional landscapes.

Downloadable Course Includes:

2 Video Lessons Episodes in mp4 format
PDF The Venus Legacy Reduction & Analysis.pdf
PDF Motif Chart & Cadence Tricks.pdf
Music The Venus Legacy Audio Track in . wav format
980 MB Total Course Size