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Classical Harmony
traditional 4-part harmony made accessible
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Many composers learn harmony as chord symbols and block chords. Classical Harmony teaches what happens between the chords: how each voice moves and why some progressions sound finished and others don’t. Professional composers Guy Michelmore and Rachel James take you from your first three-part perfect cadence through four-part writing, inversions, modulation and chromatic chords, to counterpoint and harmonising in the style of Bach, Mozart and Haydn.
This is the remastered, combined edition of our original Harmony One and Harmony Two: 16 units, over 15 hours of video, and every example rebuilt as an interactive score you can play and take apart voice by voice.
course structure
Part ONE
Unit 1
The Perfect Cadence
unit 2
Four-Part Harmony
unit 3
Imperfect & Plagal Cadences
unit 4
First Inversions & New Cadences
unit 5
Second Inversions & New Chords
unit 6
Voice Leading, Ranges & Clefs
Unit 7
Harmonising Short Phrases
unit 8
Full Phrases & Passing Notes
Part TWO
Unit 1
Harmony Recap
unit 2
Adding Interest
unit 3
Better Writing
unit 4
Modulation
unit 5
Further Chords
unit 6
More Full Phrases
Unit 7
Counterpoint
unit 8
Composer Styles
meet your tutors
Guy Michelmore
Guy Michelmore is a multi award-winning film, games, and television composer whose clients include Marvel, Disney, DreamWorks, Lionsgate, and dozens of major TV networks around the world. He has been nominated for an Emmy Award for his score to the series Nature on PBS.
He is best known for his work with Marvel on eight animated feature films including Ultimate Avengers and Thor, as well as hundreds of TV episodes.
His unique and accessible style has made him a popular YouTuber with over 400,000 subscribers.
Rachel James
Rachel is a composer, score programmer, orchestrator and copyist who prepares scores and parts. She scored the award-winning short animation Five O'Clock Shadow, which was shown at the Cannes Film Festival.
She has also composed for the American feature Crash Down Hearts, cinematic trailers for the National Trust and two feature films for director Nihat Seven. Her orchestration work includes the video game James Bond: GoldenEye Reloaded.
Practical, hands-on learning
Interactive Scores in your course
This remastered version replaces all static image and audio examples as interactive, playable scores. Switch individual voices on and off, and compare alternative voicings to hear why these "rules" matter.
Hundreds of mini tasks
Every unit ends with a set of projects packed with short, focused exercises. Complete the cadences, add bass lines, harmonise melodies, and split phrases into 4-part harmonies.
Join the community on Discord
Gain access to our ever-growing community of music makers on Discord. You can chat to other people taking the course, pick up fresh tips, share your music, and grow your network.
Don’t worry if you’ve never used Discord before, it’s simple to get set up, and totally free.
A ThinkSpace Legacy Course is one that was part of our older catalogue, but has been refurbished due to popular demand.
The videography is dated when compared to our current courses, but the information is timeless and of real benefit to modern musicians and composers.
Some technical information may be outdated, but it is not relevant to the core teachings of the course.
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