Music Lessons Index

Lesson 1: A Few Basics and Some Genres (2003)

  1. Getting to Know the Grid (Step Sequencer)
  2. Making a Hip-hop Beat
  3. Inna Dancehall Style
  4. Techno Techniques
  5. Recap: Some Steps for Beginners

Lesson 2: New Sounds, Timbre, and Melody (2003)

  1. Fleshing-out Patterns: Adding New Sounds, Changing Timbres
  2. More on Melody
  3. A Word of Caution: the Taste of Space

Lesson 3: Form (2003)

  1. Basic Song Form: Duple Groupings, Layers, and Breaks
  2. The Turnaround
  3. Verse/Chorus
  4. Intros and Endings

Printer-Friendly Version (2003)

New! Roots Riddims Tutorial (2005)