Online Arranging Courses
Our 4- and 12-week online arranging courses are authored and taught by industry experts and the same renowned instructors that teach at Berklee College of Music's Boston campus.
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Arranging 1: Rhythm Section
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Explore all of the aspects of writing and arranging for the rhythm section and essential techniques for arranging music for a band.
Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Take your arranging abilities to the next level by studying more advanced techniques for voicing chords, orchestration, articulations, and background lines.
Arranging and Producing Contemporary Music Styles
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Expand your vocabulary of musical styles to create the contemporary grooves needed in today’s market, including explorations in rock, pop, Brazilian, Latin, R&B, funk, hip-hop, and more.
Arranging for Songwriters: Instrumentation and Production in Songwriting
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Create a unique sound and explore tools and techniques that will help you craft songs with the instrumentation and production to support your intended emotional meaning.
Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Develop your writing and arranging skills for small and large ensembles and learn techniques that you can apply to both live instrumentation and sequences.
Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Explore the sound and personality of woodwind and string instruments and learn how to apply them to songs, arrangements, and compositions.
Compositional Voice Development in Film Scoring
Level 5 (Proof of a Bachelor's Degree Required)
Credit:
$2,817
Non-credit:
$2,615
Compositional Voice Development in Film Scoring provides you with methods and exercises for expanding your compositional voice.
Proof of a bachelor's degree is required to enroll in non-degree, graduate-level courses.
Contemporary Techniques in Music Composition 1
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Develop a unique compositional voice to write music through the study of modern twentieth century compositional techniques.
Contemporary Techniques in Music Composition 2
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Gain a solid knowledge of modern instrumental writing and competence using twentieth century techniques in composition. In addition, you will gain enhanced listening skills to identify and appreciate new musical styles, and be capable of implementing these skills in your writing, enriching your capacity to express yourself in this intellectually stimulating musical idiom.
Contemporary Vocal Arranging
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Master the concepts of vocal writing and arranging and learn to write vocal charts in a number of contemporary styles, including jazz, folk, pop, and R&B.
Counterpoint
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Gain a broad overview of counterpoint and the art of writing lines that support both the melody and the overall structure of a composition.
Creative Strategies for Composition Beyond Style
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Explore a variety of approaches to composing and learn how to develop any musical idea, from a melodic fragment to a catchy rhythm or phrase, or a chord.
Film Score Analysis
Level 5 (Proof of a Bachelor's Degree Required)
Credit:
$2,817
Non-credit:
$2,615
Learn how film composers use an effective musical vocabulary while you expand your own overall knowledge of film, and start seeing films through the lens of a filmmaker.
Proof of a bachelor's degree is required to enroll in non-degree, graduate-level courses.
Harmony 2
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Harmony 2 studies concepts such as melodic construction and motif development and builds upon principles of linear harmonic continuity (voice leading). The course also introduces concepts like guide tones, modal interchange, blues theory, chord progressions, melodic rhythm, form and melody/harmony relationships.
Jazz Arranging
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Explore techniques that will allow you to write effective jazz arrangements for all types of instrumental combinations.
Jazz Composition
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn effective techniques that will help you compose jazz tunes that have a balance of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic appeal.
Music Notation and Score Preparation using Sibelius Ultimate
Level 1
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn to use Sibelius to create lead sheets, scores, and parts, as well as how to enter and format notation so it conforms to current music publishing standards.
Reharmonization Techniques
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Take your musical vocabulary and skill set to a whole new level for writing, arranging, and performing music of any genre by learning reharmonization.
Solo Guitar: Performance, Accompaniment, and Arranging
Level 3
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Learn harmony as it relates to the guitar fretboard, rhythm as it relates to different musical grooves, and improv concepts to build a solo guitar piece.
Stylistic Adaptations in Film Scoring
Level 6 (Proof of a Bachelor's Degree Required)
Credit:
$2,817
Non-credit:
$2,615
Learn how to research and make appropriate choices for films that require music from a culture other than your own.
Proof of a bachelor's degree is required to enroll in non-degree, graduate-level courses.
World Music Composition Styles
Level 4
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
Add depth and flavor to compositions in any genre by studying the characteristics of a wide array of world music compositional techniques.
Writer, Engineer, Producer in the Home Studio
Level 2
Credit:
$1,545
Non-credit:
$1,290
This course emphasizes the different roles we take on when creating and producing music. Focusing on new technology and new approaches to music production, engineering, and writing, you will transform a song from an idea to something you can be proud to have as part of your portfolio, from a songwriting standpoint as well as a music production standpoint. At the start of the course you will generate the kernel of a new song, which you will develop and produce throughout the course to achieve a final sound recording that is a commercially viable piece of music.
