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Module 30
Piano for Producers & Beatmakers
You are a producer.
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11 lessons
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185 min total
840 XP available
Module Goals
- Build the producer's chord vocabulary (extended, sus, add9 chords)
- Write 2-4 bar melodic loops that "stick"
- Set up an efficient MIDI recording workflow in any DAW
- Apply genre-specific chord patterns (hip-hop, R&B, lofi, EDM, pop)
- Build a complete beat with intro / verse / chorus / drop / outro
- Sound-design and sample your own piano parts
Module overview
What you'll learn
You are a producer. You make beats in Ableton, FL Studio, or Logic. You want to play your own chords, melodies, and basslines on a MIDI controller, not just click notes in a piano roll. This course teaches the minimum-viable piano skills needed to produce music: producer chord vocabulary, melody writing, MIDI workflow, genre-specific patterns, and full beat construction.
Lessons
Work through each lesson in order to master this module
1
Producer Chords 101
2
Producer Chords 101, The Modern Music Vocabulary
3
Melody Writing for Beats, The 8-Note Hook
4
Melody Writing for Beats
5
MIDI Recording Workflow, From Keys to DAW
6
Genre-Specific Chord Patterns
7
MIDI Recording Workflow
8
Building a Complete Beat, From Empty Project to Finished Loop
9
Sound Design, Make Your Piano Sound Unique
10
Genre-Specific Chord Patterns: Trap, Pop, House, and R&B Patterns
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