Mastering Natural Minor

Minor isn't a mood. 

We made this course to break the habit of tying one chord or scale to one mood. 

Natural minor can sound cinematic, jazzy, funky, or whatever you're reaching for. 

Much of this course is spent showing you how to get there.

This course is also built to sit alongside our harmonic and melodic minor courses, because minor works as a system of three scales, and the idea is to master each one on its own before you start combining them. 

What you'll be able to do

This course is built around what you'll be able to do at the keyboard, DAW, and in Notation. 

• Get more from fewer chords. Use inversions and voice leading so three chords move like a full progression. You'll make a small vocabulary sound much bigger, and harmonize almost any melody note inside just i, iv, and v.
• Control the darkness. The flat ♭6 and your execution decide whether a passage lands heavy, calm, or cinematic. Expose it, hide it, or walk straight past it, and choose the mood.
• Write extensions that stay clean. Natural minor takes sevenths and extensions without turning to mud. You'll write rich, open chords that sound smooth where harmonic minor would clash.

Get fluent in the natural minor moves, then fold in harmonic and melodic minor. That's where the classic minor sound gets its vast, expansive range.

It can sound dark, calm, cinematic, or like a groove. The difference comes down to how you play it. Mastering Natural Minor shows you how to steer the scale on purpose, and how to pull more music out of fewer chords than you thought possible.

Downloadable Course Includes: 

• 8 Video Lessons in mp4 format (54 mins of video training)
• PDF 5 Supplemental Exercise Booklets
  
• 1.27 GB Total Course Size

For composers serious about transcending current trends and genuinely interested in going beyond comfort zones, our courses provide the solid foundation needed for true creative advancement.