Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

Rhythm, Harmony and Melody

A course by Jonah Schwartz , Musician and Composer

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3,580 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Rhythm, Harmony and Melody

Overview

“I will explain to you some concepts of rhythm and harmony in order for you to be able to enlarge your toolbox for when you begin composing. ”

In this video lesson Jonah Schwartz addresses the topic: Rhythm, Harmony and Melody, which is part of the Domestika online course: Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live. Learn how to create an original score by exploring the process of recording, editing, and syncing your music to a film.

Partial transcription of the video

“Rhythm, Harmony and Melody In this lesson, we'll briefly examine the concepts of rhythm, harmony and melody and see how they apply to the melody that we recorded in the previous lesson. For this course, rhythm means a pulse or a beat. There are many different rhythms used around the world. The most common in Western music are 4/4, 2/4, 3/4 and 6/8. You will occasionally encounter other rhythms like 5/4, 7/8, things like this, but we're concerned with these four rhythms now. These rhythms are called time signatures. The bottom number shows us what base note we'll use to count. 2 for a half n...”

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Course summary for: Musical Composition for Short Films with Ableton Live

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (87)
3580 students
4 units
20 lessons (4h 8m)
2 downloads

Category
Music & Audio
Software
Ableton Live
Areas
Music, Music Production

Jonah Schwartz

A course by Jonah Schwartz

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Musician and Composer

Jonah Schwartz is an American musician and composer living in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He taught himself how to play the guitar, mandolin, and banjo when he was a teenager, and after studying film studies in university, he discovered his passion for film scoring. In 2004, he moved to Argentina and soon became part of the music community in Buenos Aires. The following year, his band was named “Best New Band” by Rolling Stone Argentina.

With his band Los Alamos, Jonah toured through Latin America and Europe, sharing a stage with names like Lee Perry, Calexico, Devendra Banhart and The Evens. After the split of his band in 2009, he started working in film scoring, and has worked on numerous productions, from films to commercials. Jonah wrote the musical score for the Hollywood film Hide (2008), Noche sin fortuna (2011), and others. He has also worked with well-known Argentinian production companies such as Tronco, Bamba, Can Can, and Plently.