HSA: Modern Counterpoint
Arrange for vocal clarity and enhance your melodic lines
Before enrolling in this course, we strongly recommend you watch the following courses:
Analyzing Arrangements
Buy this course standalone, or as part of Holistic Songwriting Academy.
A breakthrough in vocal arrangement: In “Modern Counterpoint”, you’ll learn how to write a melody that practically mixes itself. Having trouble with your lyrics being understood in your live shows or on recordings? I’ll show you three setting techniques that will make your voice stand out wherever you are. In this one-of-a-kind learning experience, you’ll learn how to piece together the vocals and the music so both can sound clear and powerful. This is exclusive to HSA; you don’t learn this anywhere else! Learn my favorite vocal rhythmization technique that will add drive to your hooks– they practically leap from the speakers. Enroll now to gain complete control over your melodies.
Your Instructor
Bestselling Author of the Addiction Formula, YouTube Sensation, Successful Board Game Designer, Card Magician, Entrepreneur, Songwriter/Producer and Cat Lover: like his work, Friedemann is an enigma, a multilayered puzzle asking to be solved.
Course Curriculum
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StartHSA Standard Only: Your Assignments
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StartMelody Syncopation (7:36)
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StartMelody Groove [Cantus Firmus & Counterpoint, Leaving a Gap] (8:07)
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StartMelodic Weight [Rule of Melodic Weight, Light & Heavy Switch] (20:37)
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StartSetting Vocals "On Top" (8:09)
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StartWhile you're here...
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StartSetting Vocals "Across" (11:26)
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StartSetting Vocals "Against" (44:22)
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StartTranscription
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StartDo Now: Module 12 Quiz
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StartDo Now: Write On Top and Against Versions
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StartDo Now: Active listening
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StartHSA Standard Only: Handing In Your Assignments