Introduction to songwriting – FREE online workshop
Are you interested in popular music? Attend our online workshop – for free! During the 2-hour workshop we will take you through songwriting basics. The session will be led by Bella Barlow, one of the teachers from our summer course in Prague. Our online workshop will be taught in English and will take place on Easter Monday 21. 4. 2025, 17:00-19:00 CET. If you would like to attend, please fill in your name and email below.
Songwriting course
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Our 4-day summer course will give you all the skills you need to get started in songwriting. Whether it is pop, rock, jazz, country or musical theatre you are interested in, we will teach you the basics of writing lyrics, harmony, melody and arranging, all in Prague’s beautiful city centre.
11th-14th
August 2025
Led by
professional
musicians
Music school
facilities in
central Prague
Taught fully
in English
Small classes
11th-14th
August 2025
Led by
professional
musicians
Music school
facilities in
central Prague
Taught fully
in English
Small classes
Songwriting Course 2025
Our 4-day course will focus on the 4 main aspects of songwriting:
Lyric writing
- Generating ideas
- Song structure
- Rhyming
- Scansion
- Storytelling
Melody
- Writing a melodic phrase
- Melodic rhythm
- Tone tendencies
- Writing a hook
- Embellishments
Harmony
- Harmonizing a melody
- Chord progressions
- Using harmony to set the mood
- Modulation
Arranging
- Part writing
- Coming up with riffs
- Transitions
- Creating tension
- Writing solos
Lyric writing
- Generating ideas
- Song structure
- Rhyming
- Scansion
- Storytelling
Melody
- Writing a melodic phrase
- Melodic rhythm
- Tone tendencies
- Writing a hook
- Embellishments
Harmony
- Harmonizing a melody
- Common chord progressions
- Using harmony to set the mood
- Modulation
Arranging
- Part writing
- Coming up with riffs
- Transitions
- Creating tension
- Writing solos