We've created this demo to give you a small taste of what Secret Composer contains and how it works. The subject list below gives you a sense of the comprehensive scope of what you'll get when you purchase the full program.
Composition Topics |
Orchestration Topics |
Theory Topics |
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COMPOSITION About Composition COMPOSITION 101 Introduction Composing the Melody Expanding the Composition Chord Progressions Lucky 13 Chord Progressions Expanding Progressions BEYOND THE MAJOR SCALE Minor scales Lydian Scale Pentatonic Scale Whole Tone Scale Diminished Scale Multiple Scales Conclusion PUTTING IT TOGETHER Piano Pop Orchestral QUICK TRICKS About Quick Tricks Atmosphere Battle Below the Sea Drama Eerie Mood Fairy Tale Film Noir Fun with Rhythm Interrogation Jungle Trance Magical Moment Mischievous Mysterious Mood Mysterious Mood 2 Nature Sneaky Jazz Tender Moment Vamp/Comic 1 Vamp/Comic 2 Vamp/Dramatic 1 Vamp/Dramatic 2 COMPOSITION MOODS About Composition Moods Adventure Ancient Times Drum Loop Action Fear Light Comedy Melancholy Mystery Pastoral Sneaking Around-Comical Wild Comedy |
ORCHESTRATION About Orchestration STRINGS General Info Strings - Tunings Violin Viola Cello Bass WOODWINDS General Info Flute Piccolo Oboe/English Horn Clarinet/Bass Clarinet Bassoon/Contrabassoon Saxophone BRASS General Info French Horn Trumpet Trombone/Bass Trombone Tuba PERCUSSION General Info Timpani HARP & KEYBOARDS Harp Keyboards (piano/celesta/harpsichord) GUITAR & ELECTRIC BASS Guitar Electric Bass Instrument Names chart Instrument Transposition chart
Acoustics TopicsACOUSTICS Frequency and Amplitude Harmonics/Overtones OCTAVE/PITCH REFERENCE Octave reference numbers Pitch/Frequency reference numbers |
THEORY Building Blocks NOTATION The Staff Accidentals Key Signatures Concert Pitch Additional Notation RHYTHM Beats Measures/Meters TEMPO/DYNAMICS About Tempo/Dynamics Tempo Dynamics HARMONY About Harmony INTERVALS Basic Intervals Compound Intervals SCALES Compare Scales Diatonic scales Modes Compare Modes Scale Degrees CHORDS What is a Chord? Triads What is a Triad? Building Triads Major chords Minor chords Augmented chords Diminished chords Sus4 chords 7th Chords Dominant 7th chords Diminished 7th chords Half Diminished 7th chords Major 7th chords Minor 7th chords 6th Chords Major 6th chords Minor 6th chords Chord Extensions 9th chords 11th chords 13th chords Compare Chords Chord Symbols KEY RELATIONSHIPS Relative Major and Minor keys Circle of 5ths
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