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Welcome to Berkleemusic, Berklee College of Musics online continuing education division.
Berkleemusic offers a comprehensive catalog of accredited online courses and certificate programs in all areas of contemporary music, including songwriting, arranging, production, education, music business, and performance. If you are looking to enhance your career opportunities, develop your skills, or connect with like-minded musicians, Berkleemusic has something for you. I invite you to explore our web site to discover the many ways Berkleemusic.com can help you achieve your goals.

Carin Nuernberg
Dean of Continuing Education
The Best of Berklee Online

With Berkleemusic, you can study what you want, when you want, and where you want. The best online educational tools and the newest technology availableweekly real-time chats, discussion boards, interactive activities and quizzes, and personalized feedback on your assignments from your instructorenable you to pursue your craft with new depth and insight.
What are the lessons like?
Youll work with innovative, interactive tools to help guide you through your courses twelve weekly lessons. Youll complete the lessons on your own schedule within the week, begin and end as you need to, at a pace thats right for you.
What is the homework like?
Assignments are due at the end of each week, and could include recording audio files, developing business and marketing plans, or writing, arranging, or orchestrating music. Your instructor will provide detailed feedback, then assign a grade on your weekly assignments.
How do you interact with others?
Instructors lead weekly chats with the entire class to discuss course content and address any questions on the weeks lesson. Students can post questions and communicate with other classmates in the courses dedicated discussion board. Private messages can also be used to communicate directly with instructors.
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Meet Some Of Our Online Faculty

Larry Baione
Guitar
Chair of the Berklee College of Music Guitar Department. He has studied with Lenzy Wallace, Mick Goodrick, Bill Harris, William Leavitt, Bucky Pizzarelli, and Jim Hall, and received a Downbeat Hall of Fame Scholarship award.
Author, music supervisor, and composer on dozens of television shows, films, and stage productions for media corporations including ABC, FOX, MTV, and Disney, he has arranged movie themes, and scored for full-length feature films using Digital Performer. Read Bens Blog
Brad Hatfield
Songwriting
Brad is an Emmy-winning composer and one of Bostons most prolific musicians. His compositions have been heard in movies such as Borat, Analyze This, and Cop Land, as well as dozens of TV series including The Sopranos, Six Feet Under, ER, and CSI.
Rick Peckham
Guitar
Assistant Chair of Berklees Guitar Department, he is an internationally known jazz guitarist, clinician, composer, and writer. He has performed with George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Mike Gibbs, and recorded with the jazz collective Um, featuring John Medeski.
Jeff Baust
Production
A composer, audio engineer, educator, and multiinstrumentalist, he has created scores for ESPN, NESN, Avid, Sony, Polaroid, Sharp, Reebok, Lotus and others.
Jimmy Kachulis
Songwriting
A composer, arranger, and conductor, he has worked with great artists like George Coleman, Jon Hendricks, Eric Gale, John Lewis, and Martha Reeves, and his compositions have been featured on scores from The Sopranos to Touched By An Angel.
Roberta Radley
Performance, Music Theory

Roberta Radley is Assistant Chair of the Ear Training Department at Berklee College of Music, as well as co-author of the Department Core Curriculum Ear Training 1-4 books. She is also the author of the Harmonic Ear Training DVD on Berklee Press.
Eric Beall
Music Business
Vice President, Creative at Sony/ATV Music, former Creative Director for Zomba Music Publishing, as well as a songwriter and record producer.
Mike King
Music Business
The Director of Marketing at Berkleemusic, Mike is the author of the book Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail, as well as the author and instructor of several online music marketing courses. Read Mikes Blog
Michael Rendish
Harmony
Founding chair of Berklees Harmony Department, he has composed, orchestrated, and conducted some 30 film scores, and was an arranger and guest conductor of the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra of the 50th Jubilee Concert in honor of the King of Thailand.
Lauren Davis
Music Business
An accomplished music business attorney with a past client list that includes the Allman Brothers, the Psychedelic Furs, and Tim Collins (Manager of Aerosmith).
Matt Marvuglio
Performance
The Dean of the Performance Division at Berklee College, he is a virtuosic flutist and composer who has traveled extensively, premiering his compositions. He has presented clinics for the National Flute Association, and the International Flute Convention in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Paul Schmeling
Suzanne Dean
Arranging
An arranger, educator, composer, keyboardist, and vocalist, she has released two albums on Nova Records, and worked as an orchestrator on the television series Jake and the Fatman.
Performance, Music Theory

Recently retired as chair of the piano department, he is co-author of the Berklee Practice Method: Keyboard (2001) and Instant Keyboard (2002) and the author of Berklee Music Theory: Book 1.
Michael Hamilton
Songwriting, Production
Wrote and produced hiphop pieces for guest artists such as Dr. Dre, Snoop Dog, Warren G, Method Man, Diddy, and Mystical. He has produced recordings for Interscope, Island Def Jam, and BGP Records.
Danny Morris
Bass
Danny has been a Berklee faculty member since 1988. He has performed with Bo Diddley, Robin Ford, James Cotton, and Paula Abdul.
Jan Shapiro
Voice
Jan is the chair of the Voice department at Berklee College of Music. She has presented vocal clinics around the country and toured extensively, performing in jazz clubs, hotels, and supper clubs across the U.S.
FACULTY OVERVIEW
Berkleemusics faculty consists of distinguished industry professionals and many of the same instructors that teach at Berklees main campus in Boston. They are recognized experts in their fieldshaving produced and engineered hundreds of artists and numerous awardwinning projectsand their students work has earned scores of GRAMMY nominations.
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Our award-winning courses are authored and taught by industry experts and the same renowned instructors that teach at Berklee College of Musics main campus in Boston. Our courses are twelve weeks in length, and are accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Credits earned in a Berkleemusic course can be transferred to another college or university, at the discretion of the receiving institution. Many Berkleemusic courses are also transferable into Berklee College of Music for credit.
Online Music Courses
Over 80 Online Courses Now Enrolling In:

Guitar Music Production Music Business Songwriting Arranging Music Theory, Harmony, & Ear Training Bass Voice Keyboard/Piano
510 hours of coursework per course, per week
Guitar
Acoustic Guitar Techniques
Abigail Aronson Zocher
Strengthen your rhythmic strumming, use of alternate tunings, and fingerstyle playing, and improve your fluency, tone, dynamics, and control.
Guitar Chords 201: Chord Melody and Inversions Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation
Gary Burton
Learn the art of Jazz improvisation from Gary Burton, one of the most renowned improvisers in the jazz world. Learn different types and styles of compositions from the perspective of the improviser, and take an in-depth look at how mental, harmonic, and melodic processes contribute to the instinctive skills that an improviser puts to use when taking a solo.
Rick Peckham
Master Berklees approach to playing guitar chords. Improve your style, intonation, technique, time feel, and tone in this in-depth course. Explore open triads, seventh chord structures, open triadic shapes, and inversions in a variety of musical styles.
Acoustic Blues Guitar

Dan Bowden
Develop a foundational, working repertoire in the acoustic blues style that includes early and contemporary material from the Mississippi Delta, Texas, Georgia/Carolinas, and more. Learn to fingerpick melodies and solos over independent bass patterns, and perform in the acoustic bottleneck slide style in both standard and open tunings.
Guitar Scales 101

Larry Baione
Organize the guitar fretboard, develop your technique, and learn to confidently navigate the instrument by gaining a firm understanding of the pentatonic, blues, major, melodic minor, and harmonic minor scales and their modes.
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UPCEA
Jazz Guitar 101

Bruce Saunders
Study the styles of some of the most influential jazz guitarists, and learn the basics behind the jazz language: chord/scale usage, building melodic tension, and improvisation techniques.
Steve Vai Guitar Techniques

Scotty Johnson and Steve Vai
Gain a deep understanding and command of the playing styles, repertoire, techniques, and musical concepts of guitar legend and Berklee alum Steve Vai. Learn the secrets behind Vais best-known compositions and virtuosic techniques, and learn to improve your own solos, chord and rhythm playing, and overall voice on the guitar.
Guitar Chords 101

Rick Peckham
Add more dynamics and expression to your playing and gain a greater feel for your instrument by learning Berklees approach to the construction of chords and chord voicings.
Jazz Guitar 201: Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation

Bruce Saunders
Further develop your jazz guitar performance skills by learning advanced techniques to improvise over chord changes, both in traditional standards and complex modern harmony.
ONLINE COURSES
WorkLoad
Rock Guitar Soloing

Robin Stone
Learn to play a great rock guitar solo! Rock Guitar Soloing is designed to help guitarists who may have learned the technical aspects of playing, but lack the theoretical application of the musical elements that make up a strong solo that moves the listener.
Music Production
Programming and Producing Drum Beats
Erik Hawkins
Learn to compose and produce polished, professional-sounding drumbeats in a variety of different styles.
Critical Listening 1
Dan Thompson
Create compelling, professional-sounding songs by learning to identify the production elements that contribute to a well balanced, artful and professional-sounding mix.
Classic Rock Guitar Joe Musella

Elevate your playing by learning the styles and techniques of the architects of classic rock guitar: Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Gilmour, and Page.
Advanced Audio Ear Training for Mix Engineers

Dan Thompson
Expand your production skills and take your critical listening to the next level by learning to identify and implement mix strategies, compression and panning techniques, and a wide array of professional mix approaches across multiple genres of music.
Funk/Rock and R&B Guitar Soloing

Thaddeus Hogarth
Learn the appropriate scales, the best use of effects, and the rhythmic and melodic timing to create an authentic funk-based solo and sound.
Music Video Editing with Final Cut Pro

Mehdi Hassine
Learn all the steps and tools necessary to create a high-quality audiovisual experience, including how to assemble, enhance, and maximize the use of video, audio, and graphic content.
Stephen Webber
Rhythm and Groove Guitar

Bruce Bartlett
Learn the rhythmic techniques and chord tools that are the foundation of groove-based music. Expand your chord knowledge and learn to construct original rhythm guitar grooves that you can apply to a wide variety of music styles.
Microphone Techniques: Recording and Production

Andy Edelstein
Effective microphone techniques resulted in some of the most iconic music ever committer to tape. Consider Phil Spectors signature Wall of Sound, which relied heavily on appropriate microphone techniques, or Led Zeppelins iconic recording of John Bonhams drums on When the Levee Breaks, recorded with a stereo microphone on the second floor stairway at Headley Grange Studio. Whether your sessions feature a single vocalist or rapper, metal trio, or large big-band jazz ensemble, the ability to get good sounds is essential to producing competitive results.
Develop the skills to listen to music like a seasoned music producer. Learn to identify the elements of effective records, and gain the skills to bring these elements to your own productions.
Desktop Music Production for Mac
Michael Bierylo and David Mash

Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home on your Mac.
Blues Guitar Workshop

Michael Williams
Study the techniques and licks of classic blues stylists, such as T-Bone Walker, Lightning Hopkins, B.B. King, and Magic Sam. Gain a foundation in form, control, feel, and harmony that will help to bring a blues sound to your playing or add more depth to any other style of music.
Desktop Music Production for PC

Michael Bierylo, Steve MacLean, & David Mash
Master the tools and techniques for producing great-sounding music at home on your PC.
Acoustics
Eric Reuter
Become a better recording and live sound engineer, and improve your editing and mixing environment by learning the ins and outs of acoustics.
Getting Your Guitar Sound

Dan Bowden
Learn to use your ears, hands, and the tools of the trade to play jazz, rock, blues, country, and other genres, with a hi-quality, authentic, and persuasive guitar tone.
Recording and Producing in the Home Studio

David Franz
Take your demos through the entire music production process, and learn to apply a number of concepts and techniques that will dramatically improve the sound of your recordings, mixes, and masters no matter what recording device you are using.
Art of Mixing
Richard Mendelson and Alejandro Rodriguez

Explore the many creative and technical considerations necessary to mix in todays music production environment. Acquire the core skill set needed to mix multitrack master recordings to a stereo final mix-down suitable for release.
Basic Improvisation
Matt Marvuglio, Jim Odgren, and Edward Tomassi

Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applies to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the riffs and licks of legendary players, and learn to incorporate the inflexions, feel, and nuances of the masters into your own playing!
MIDI Sequencing Intermediate

Michael Moss
Learn to create musical-sounding MIDI arrangements with assignments that challenge your creativity while you produce music in three divergent styles: electronic dance music, blues, and advertising scoring.
Getting Your Guitar Sound

Dan Bowden
Learn to use your ears, hands, and the tools of the trade to play jazz, rock, blues, country and other genres, with a hi-quality, authentic and persuasive guitar tone.
ONLINE COURSES
Music Production Analysis
Audio Mastering Techniques

Marc-Dieter Einstmann and Jonathan Wyner
Mastering is the final, critical, step in the post-production process. Gain a thorough understanding of what is involved in creating a final master recording ready for duplication, replication, or online distribution.
Film Scoring 101

Donald Wilkins
Create original music to accompany a visual medium by learning fundamental to more advanced film scoring techniques.
Producing with Pro Tools

David Franz
Whether you are a seasoned Pro Tools user or new to the home studio, this course will guide you through everything you need to know to create great-sounding home recordings using Digidesigns Pro Tools software. Learn Berklees renowned production techniques from set-up to mix down, and get a chance to talk gear, studio configurations, philosophies of production, and even speaker placement.
Audio Post Production for Film and TV

Mark Cross
Become a more marketable and in-demand producer by mastering the tools and techniques necessary to complete a full audio post production project, including sound design, foley, dialogue, and music for a short film.
Hip-Hop Writing and Production

Michael Hamilton
Learn the techniques that hip-hop producers use to create hit songs. Learn writing and production considerations unique to hip-hop, how to analyze and recreate different styles of hip-hop, and how to use this foundation to produce your own songs using Reason.
Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

Jeff Baust
Bill Gibson
Sound Design for the Electronic Musician

Learn to create your own electronic sounds and musical productions using Propellerheads Reason and Native Instruments Absynth.
Learn to construct a dynamic, high-quality mix for live sound. Identify proper microphone technique, equalization, effects, and dynamics processing to build professional sounding instrument sounds and vocals.
Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools

Jeff Baust and Mark Wessel
This advanced course provides students with a deep understanding of mixing and mastering tools and techniques that can be applied to a wide variety of styles.
Sampling and Audio Production

David Doms
Explore the art of sampling and audio production, and learn Berklees approach to recording, editing, and programming using the software samplers provided in Reason.
Producing Music with Digital Performer

Benjamin Newhouse
Gain a complete understanding of this powerful audio/MIDI music production tool and take a detailed look at each aspect of the production process, from conceiving and recording your original idea, to mastering your final product.
Pro Tools: Virtual Instruments and Effects

Dave Franz
Learn to play the new virtual instruments and effects found in Pro Tools 8 and beyond, and improve your overall musical productions, whether for TV, film, commercials, Web sites, video games, or the productions of artists you may be working with.
Introduction to Game Audio

Jeanine Cowen
Gain a solid foundation of sound production and engineering skills that will prepare you to work at a game development company or as a freelance game audio professional.
Pro Tools Pro Tools 101

Digidesign and Andy Edelstein
In the first stage of Digidesigns Pro Tools certification program, youll learn the foundational skills needed to understand the technology and software. This course instructs you on recording, editing, and mixing on a basic level, and will get on the road to becoming a Pro Tools operator from home.
Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason

Erik Hawkins
Leverage the power of Pro Tools and Reason using ReWire technology, and gain a comprehensive understanding of how these powerful programs work together in the remixing process. Master the principles and techniques to create mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella remixes, and multi-track remixes.
Orchestration 1
Benjamin Newhouse
Learn to write and apply traditional orchestration techniques to both sampled performances and live orchestral performances.
Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra

Benjamin Newhouse
Learn advanced orchestration strategies and approaches to writing for full orchestra, including both a live orchestra and sampled MIDI mockups.
Pro Tools 110

Andy Edelstein
This second stage of Digidesigns Pro Tools certification program teaches a broad range of tools and Berklee production techniques that will help you tackle more complex Pro Tools projects and enhance your capabilities in all aspects of Pro Tools production.
ONLINE COURSES
Live Sound: Mixing and Recording
Gain a greater understanding of two key elements of music production by learning the Berklee approach to mixing and mastering using the Pro Tools software.
Ableton Live
and Reason
Erik Hawkins
Leverage the power of Pro Tools and Reason using ReWire technology, and gain a comprehensive understanding of how these powerful programs work together in the remixing process. Master the principles and techniques to create mash-ups, stereo master remixes, a cappella remixes, and multi-track remixes.
Producing Music with SONAR

Steve MacLean
Complete all aspects of a multi-track recording using MIDI, audio, loops, and plugin effects using Cakewalks SONAR Producer Edition.
Composing and Producing Electronic Music

Loudon Stearns
Composing and Producing Electronic Music will teach you the necessary tools and techniques to create contemporary electronic music in a variety of styles, including drum and bass, trance, glitch, dub, electro, minimal, downtempo, house, and techno. If you are musician interested in adding an electronic flavor to your production, or an electronic producer interested in moving your pieces to the next level, this course is for you!
Cubase Producing Music with Cubase

James Ramsay
Gain a broad skill set and a fully realized background in music production using the state-of-the-art Cubase 5 software.

Michael Hamilton
Producing Music with Ableton Live

Kai Turnbull
Remix and produce in any number of contemporary styles, including drum and bass, R&B, breakbeat/trance, and house music using Abletons Live audio and MIDI sequencing software, a sequencer you can play like an instrument.
Sound Design for the Electronic Musician
Music Business
The Future of Music and the Music Business
Dave Kusek
Examine alternatives to the traditional means of distributing and marketing music, and explore scenarios and uncover opportunities that the new digital reality offers. Explore challenging aspects of the music business and discover the changes, technologies, innovation and powerful trends that are affecting its future.

Learn to create your own electronic sounds and musical productions using Propellerheads Reason and Native Instruments Absynth.
Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live

Loudon Stearns
Based on feedback from Ableton Live users, this advanced course offers a forwardthinking approach to recording, editing, mixing, and mastering using Ableton Live.
Sampling and Audio Production

David Doms
Explore the art of sampling and audio production, and learn Berklees approach to recording, editing, and programming using the software samplers provided in Reason.
Music Business 101

Lauren Davis
Gain a broad overview of the music business and learn how the various segments of the industry operate on a day-to-day basis. Discover the career opportunities that are available to you, and the knowledge youll need to achieve your goals.
Logic Producing Music with Logic
Reason Producing Music with Reason

Erik Hawkins
Gain a firm understanding of the functionalities and capabilities of Reason software. Explore Reasons rack of virtual instruments, effects, mixers, built-in sequencer and patching system, and learn real-world production setups and techniques used by todays top producers.
Jeff Baust and David Doms

Strengthen your technical understanding of Logic Pro and heighten your overall creative abilities in music production. Harness the power of Logics extensive software instruments, and learn to record, edit, and mix your project like a pro.
Music Publishing 101

Eric Beall
Create and operate your own publishing company, and learn how to effectively promote and place your songs into income-generating opportunities.
SONAR
Artist Management
George Howard
Explore the role and importance of an artist manager, what they do, and how it impacts the career of the artist and their brand.
Remixing with Pro Tools
ONLINE COURSES
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Legal Aspects of the Music Industry
Copyright Law
Allen Bargfrede
Understand the basics of how your creative works are protected by copyright law, what rights you have as a content owner, and how to leverage your copyrights to generate income.
Don Gorder and Steve Masur

Build your music career with an understanding of the legal issues that are of special concern to musicians and songwriters, and take a focused look at the important legal changes that have evolved as a result of the shift in the music business landscape.
creative licensing of your music! In this course, youll discover how to create new avenues for placement of your own music, identify current opportunities for your copyrights, and how to use online resources to introduce your music to music supervisors, ad creative, video game producers, and more.
Inside the Record Industry

George Howard
Gain critical marketing and positioning advice on how to prepare yourself, your music, and your band, and learn realistic strategies for success for artists looking to get their music heard!
Project Management for Musicians

Jonathan Feist
Working in the music industry involves a never-ending series of projects. These projects come in all sized, budgets, and levels of complexity, but for each, setting up a process for planning, executing, and monitoring your work is crucial in achieving your goals. Project Management for Musicians will provide you with an overall approach, with many specific tools, to help you successfully complete your music industry-related projects.
Online Music Marketing with Topspin
Mike King and Shamal Ranasinghe

Topspin is a unique marketing, management, and content distribution platform that helps artists market and retail direct to their fans. Develop the in-depth marketing expertise necessary to properly execute a successful sales and marketing campaign using Topspin.
Music Industry Entrepreneurship

George Howard
Focus your efforts and dramatically increase your chances of success by learning the entrepreneurial tools particular to the music industry, including business structures, finance, marketing, management, and leadership.
Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution
Michael King
This course takes an in-depth look at the tools and emerging technologies artists can use to generate interest in their music, acquire new fans, and sell their music online.
Business Communications
Valerie Lovely
Learn effective techniques for choosing the right format, tone, and message for diverse audiences and the most appropriate way to deliver the message.
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Music Theory
Music Theory 101
Paul Schmeling
UPCEA
Concert Touring
John Czajkowski and Jeff Dorenfeld

Learn the preparations and logistics involved in developing, budgeting, and executing a successful tour, from small club dates to international stadium shows.
Music Business Leadership and Ethics

David Purcell
Gain the leadership tools and the ethical decision-making framework you need to make sound business decisions in real-time.
Get the musical foundation you need to take your skills to a higher level. Learn to read, write, really listenand put theory into practice every day!
Music Marketing 101

Mike King
Learn the basics behind marketing and selling your music! This course provides artists, managers, and business entrepreneurs with the foundational music marketing skill set theyll need to succeed and thrive in the new music business.
Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function

Paul Schmeling
Become a more effective player and writer by furthering your music theory background. Learn more complex chords, progressions, and rhythms to open up your understanding of the elements that help put the groove in jazz, pop, blues, and rock.

Mehdi Hassine
Music Supervision
Brad Hatfield
Learn the ins and outs of music supervision, from both the artist and the supervisor standpoint. Understand the tools used by production teams, and discover the creative approaches, negotiation techniques, and licensing practices essential for artists who are interested in generating income from film or TV placements or students who want a career in music licensing.
Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm

Paul Schmeling
Prepare yourself for any future musical endeavor and gain a professional command of the mechanics of contemporary music.
Music Licensing
Alex Holz and Scott Sellwood

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Basic Ear Training 1
Matt Marvuglio and Roberta Radley

This practical approach to ear training will help you build your confidence as a performer by teaching you how to notate basic rhythms and better identify the different parts of a song.

Ben Newhouse
Contemporary Vocal Arranging
Sharon Broadley-Martin and Bill Elliott

Master the concepts of vocal writing and arranging from basic to more advanced and learn to write vocal charts in a number of contemporary styles, including jazz, folk, pop, and R&B.
BEST ONLINE COURSE
UPCEA
Getting Inside Harmony 1

Michael Rendish
Use harmony creatively in your playing and writing. Learn to hear and modify chord progressions, improvise effectively from chord to chord and deepen your understanding of musics inner workings.
Jazz Arranging
Brian Lewis
Become a more versatile and sought-after jazz arranger. Jazz Arranging explores techniques that will allow you to write effective jazz arrangements for all types of instrumental combinations, from bop and hard-bop, to big band jazz ensembles.
Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation

Gary Burton
Getting Inside Harmony 2

Michael Rendish
Take your harmonic development to the next level by gaining a solid footing in more advanced principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.
Jazz Composition
Joseph Mulholland
Learn effective techniques that will help you compose jazz tunes that have a balance of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic appeal.
Harmonic Ear Training

Roberta Radley
Put your harmonic theory into practice. Learn techniques that will improve your performance, arranging, and compositional skills by refining your ability to really hear and recognize what is going on within the chord progressions.
Reharmonization Techniques
Steve Rochinski
Take your musical vocabulary and skill set to a whole new level for writing, arranging, and performing music of any genre by learning rehearmonization and providing musical interest and variety to standard repertoire.

Loudon Stearns
Composing and Producing Electronic Music will teach you the necessary tools and techniques to create contemporary electronic music in a variety of styles, including drum and bass, trance, glitch, dub, electro, minimal, downtempo, house, and techno. If you are musician interested in adding an electronic flavor to your production, or an electronic producer interested in moving your pieces to the next level, this course is for you!
Basic Improvisation
Orchestration & Arranging
Matt Marvuglio and Jim Odgren and Edward Tomassi

Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applied to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the riffs and licks of legendary players, and learn to incorporate the inflexions, feel, and nuances of the masters into your own playing!
Music Composition for Film and TV

Ben Newhouse
Orchestration 1
Ben Newhouse
Counterpoint
Beth Denisch
Gain a broad overview of counterpoint and the art of writing lines that support both he melody and the overall structure of a composition essential information for singers, songwriters, composers, guitarists and musicians from all backgrounds.
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section

Suzanne Dean
Essential learning for anyone interested in arranging music for a band, This course explores all aspects of writing and arranging for the rhythm section.
ONLINE COURSES
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Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns

Jerry Gates
Develop your writing and arranging skills for smaller bands and larger ensembles and learn techniques that can be applied to both live instrumentation or sequenced/sampled sounds.

Benjamin Newhouse
Creative Writing: Poetry

Pat Pattison
Learn to craft and control your writing, enhance your ideas, and write better lyrics through the study of poetry.
Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing

Jerry Gates
Take your arranging abilities to the next level of development by studying more advanced techniques for voicing chords, orchestration, articulations, and background lines.
Arranging: Contemporary Styles

Daniel Moretti
Learn to create your own original grooves by analyzing, writing, sequencing, and recording the rhythms and styles that have influenced western contemporary music.

Loudon Stearns
Composing and Producing Electronic Music will teach you the necessary tools and techniques to create contemporary electronic music in a variety of styles, including drum and bass, trance, glitch, dub, electro, minimal, downtempo, house, and techno. If you are musician interested in adding an electronic flavor to your production, or an electronic producer interested in moving your pieces to the next level, this course is for you! Lyric Writing:
Jerry Gates
Harmonic Ear Training

Roberta Radley
Put your harmonic theory into practice. Learn techniques that will improve your performance, arranging, and compositional skills by refining your ability to really hear and recognize what is going on within the chord progressions.
Gain a practical, real-world understanding of the sound and personality of woodwind and string instruments, and learn how to properly apply them to songs, arrangements, and compositions.
Film Scoring 101

Donald Wilkins
Songwriting
Ben Newhouse
Tools and Strategies

Pat Pattison
Generate more and better ideas. Express them in compelling and original ways.
Music Notation Using Finale

Jonathan Feist
Create great-looking music quickly and easily with the powerful Finale music notation software, and learn techniques to maximize speed, control, and accuracy.
Lyric Writing: Writing From the Title

Pat Pattison
Make your writing process more efficient and your lyrics more effective. Learn how to find a powerful and effective song title, and discover how to build lyrics, develop the rhythms of your song sections, create contrasting sections and ideas to re-color your chorus based on that title.
Music Notation Using Sibelius

Tom Rudolph
Learn to create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps,and guitar notation. Explore many other ways to use Sibelius for your own personal and professional needs.
Jazz Composition
Joseph Mulholland
Learn effective techniques that will help you compose jazz tunes that have a balance of melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic appeal.
Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music

Pat Pattison
Get the most out of your lyrics by learning how to combine them accurately and effectively with melody.
Orchestration 1
Benjamin Newhouse
Creative Writing: Finding Your Voice

Pat Pattison
Creative Writing: Finding Your Voice is designed to help you write clearly and strongly in your own unique voice, bringing your full self to your writing process every time you write.
Songwriting Workshop: Melody

Jimmy Kachulis
Learn to construct strong, expressive melodies that your audiences will remember.
ONLINE COURSES
Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings
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Songwriting Workshop: Harmony

Jimmy Kachulis
Learn how harmony can help you to articulate the essential meaning of a song, and the best ways to adapt chords and progressions to suit your unique songwriting style and ideas.
Music Notation Using Sibelius

Tom Rudolph
Learn to create lead sheets, choral and instrumental scores, drum maps,and guitar notation. Explore many other ways to use Sibelius for your own personal and professional needs.
Jazz Bass
Jim Stinnett
Gain the tools and knowledge you need to improvise jazz bass lines like a seasoned professional. Learn to play great jazz bass lines, recognize common chord progressions in jazz standards, and study the work of jazz bass greats like Paul Chambers, Ray Brown, Ron Carter, and Christian McBride.
Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs

Jimmy Kachulis
Move your listeners and express yourself more effectively by crafting your songs the way hit writers do.
Bass
Basic Improvisation
Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applied to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the riffs and licks of legendary players, and learn to incorporate the inflexions, feel, and nuances of the masters into your own playing!
Rock Bass
Anthony Vitti
Gain the foundation, technique, and vocabulary necessary to construct and improvise bass lines in a variety of rock and blues-based music styles.
Andrea Stolpe
Learn to write for commercial success by reproducing the time-tested characteristics of hit songs while maintaining your own unique voice.
Songwriting for Film and TV

Brad Hatfield
Explore the techniques of writing music that will appeal specifically to music supervisors, editors, directors, and producers across any number of different genres.
Popularized in the 70s with groups such as Sly and the Family Stone, slap bass has become an essential technique in any electric bassists toolkit. In Slap Bass, you will learn the fundamentals of playing slap, from traditional to advanced modern techniques, and learn to construct your own slap lines over original songs.

Gary Burton
Voice
Jingle Writing
Peter Bell
Gain a practical working knowledge of how to compose, produce, market and monetize commercial music in three important categories: Jingles, Library Music, and Television Theme music and scoring.
R&B Vocals
Gabrielle Goodman and Jeff Ramsey

Learn the vocal techniques of the R&B greats, including Steve Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, and Beyonce. In this course, youll gain the necessary skills to sing R&B in an authentic way, including proper phrasing, riffing, shouting, scale patterns, rhythmic articulation and much more.
Film Scoring 101

Donald Wilkins
Bass Performance 101
Rich Appleman and Danny Morris

Study the music of famous electric and acoustic bass players, and learn to create and perform your own unique bass lines in a variety of different styles.
Voice Technique 101

Anne Peckham
Make your voice sound more powerful, use vocal technique to expand your range and expression, and learn to become more confident in vocal performances.

Michael Hamilton
R&B Bass
Danny Morris
Learn to play R&B bass in the style of the master players. Expand your bass playing in the context of a professional, live music performance or recording session.
Pop and Rock Vocals

Didi Stewart
Learn to sing everything from classic hits pop and rock to singersongwriter styles to contemporary indie rock in an authentic manner.
Music Notation Using Finale

Jonathan Feist
Create great-looking music quickly and easily with the powerful Finale music notation software, and learn techniques to maximize speed, control, and accuracy.
ONLINE COURSES
Commercial Songwriting Techniques
Slap Bass
Lenny Stallworth and Anthony Vitti
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Jazz Voice
Jan Shapiro
Apply the unique vocal characteristics of great jazz singers such as Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, and Sarah Vaughn into your own sound. Understand proper jazz vocal delivery in a number of tempos and gain confidence singing an array of jazz standards in a live or recorded context.
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UPCEA
Berklee Keyboard Method

Paul Schmeling
Master the basics of technique and chord voicings, and gain an understanding of more advanced concepts including interpretation of lead sheets and improvisation.

Gary Burton
Keyboard/Piano
Jazz Piano
Robert Christopherson and Ross Ramsay
Strengthen your command of the melodies, harmonies, and rhythms that make up the rich art form of jazz on the piano or keyboard.
Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques

Dave Limina
Study the theory and harmonic concepts common to blues and rock styles, and learn the licks, techniques, patterns, and improvisation styles associated with shuffles, New Orleans piano, rock and roll and modern rock piano, and solo blues piano.
Basic Improvisation
Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques

Dave Limina
Study the theory and harmonic concepts common to blues and rock styles, and learn the licks, techniques, patterns, and improvisation styles associated with shuffles, New Orleans piano, rock and roll and modern rock piano, and solo blues piano.
Pop/Rock Keyboard
Dave Limina
Learn to play authentic keyboard parts in a wide range of pop/rock styles, including rock n roll, R&B, dance pop, classic rock, country, heartland/alt-country, and jam band. Pop/Rock Keyboard provides an in-depth, practical approach to playing pop/ rock music in a band and for solo piano.
Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applies to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the riffs and licks of legendary players, and learn to incorporate the inflexions, feel, and nuances of the masters into your own playing!
Music for Film, Games, and TV

Film Scoring 101
Donald Wilkins
Drums
Gary Burton
Rock Drums
Rod Morgenstein
Learn to play a variety of rock drumming styles through the study of some of rock musics most significant drummers.
Songwriting for Film and TV

Brad Hatfield
Explore the techniques of writing music that will appeal specifically to music supervisors, editors, directors, and producers across any number of different genres.
Drum Set Fundamentals

Yoron Israel
Improve your overall coordination, touch, and dynamics, and gain a solid foundation in drum set performance and musicianship.

Ben Newhouse
Basic Improvisation
Funk/R&B Drums
Jim Payne
Learn to play songs and improvise rhythms in the style of funk and R&B.

Learn a step-by-step approach to improvisation that applied to all styles and any instrument. Develop your solos by studying the riffs and licks of legendary
Afro-Cuban Drums
Mark Walker Strengthen your overall versatility as a drummer by learning the rich grooves and rhythmic concepts of Afro-Cuban music.

Mehdi Hassine
ONLINE COURSES
Matt Marvuglio, Jim Odgren, and Edward Tomassi
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Jingle Writing
Peter Bell
Gain a practical working knowledge of how to compose, produce, market and monetize commercial music in three important categories: Jingles, Library Music, and Television Theme music and scoring.
Music History & Liberal Arts
Creative Writing: Poetry

Pat Pattison
Learn to craft and control your writing, enhance your ideas, and write better lyrics through the study of poetry.
Audio Post Production for Film and TV

Mark Cross
Become a more marketable and in-demand producer by mastering the tools and techniques necessary to complete a full audio post production project, including sound design, foley, dialogue, and music for a short film.
Music Cognition
Susan Rogers
Discover the history of rock n roll in more detail than you can imagine from the people who lived it. Learn about the musical and business trends in rock, major technological innovations, the prime innovators, and the historical context that has seen rock alternately flourish and struggle over the past 60 years.
Project Management for Musicians

Jonathan Feist
Working in the music industry involves a neverending series of projects. These projects come in all sizes, budgets, and levels of complexity, but for each, setting up a process for planning, executing, and monitoring your work is crucial in achieving your goals. Project Management for Musicians will provide you with an overall approach, with many specific tools, to help you successfully complete your music industry-related projects.
Lori Lindsay
Gain an understanding of film and television, and learn to communicate effectively with directors, producers, and others involved in the production of these media.
Rock History
Steve Morse
Discover the history of rock n roll in more detail than you can imagine from the people who lived it. Learn about the musical and business trends in rock, major technological innovations, the prime innovators, and the historical context that has seen rock alternately flourish and struggle over the past 60 years.
Introduction to Game Audio

Jeanine Cowen
Gain a solid foundation of sound production and engineering skills that will prepare you to work at a game development company or as a freelance game audio professional.
Music Supervision
Brad Hatfield
Learn the ins and outs of music supervision, from both the artist and the supervisor standpoint. Understand the tools used by production teams, and discover the creative approaches, negotiation techniques, and licensing practices essential for artists who are interested in generating income from film or TV placements or students who want a career in music licensing.
Music History of the Western World

Tom Rudolph
Learn how music has developed in the Western world through the study of composers, compositions, and key characteristics of a number of musical genres.
Music Licensing
The Language of Film & TV

Lori Lindsay
Gain an understanding of film and television, and learn to communicate effectively with directors, producers, and others involved in the production of these media.
Alex Holz and Scott Sellwood

Learn How to make money through creative licensing of your music! In this course, youll discover how to create new avenues for placement of your own music, identify current opportunities for your copyrights, and how to use online resources to introduce your music to music supervisors, ad creative, video game producers, and more.
Creative Writing: Finding Your Voice

Pat Pattison
Creative Writing: FInding Your Voice is designed to help you write clearly and strongly in your own unique voice, bringing your full self to your writing process every time you write.
ONLINE COURSES
The Language of Film & TV
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Berkleemusics certificate programs are designed to provide students with solid qualifications and marketable skills for success. These multi-course programs offer anywhere from one to three years of extensive training with the faculty of Berklee College of Music in a wide variety of disciplines. We offer three types of certificatesSpecialist, Professional, and Masterbased on the depth of study. Develop your skills, expand your expertise, and add great credentials to your resume with a Berkleemusic certificate.
MULTI-COURSE CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
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ONLINE COURSES SPECIALIST CERTIFICATE 3 Courses PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE 56 Courses MASTER CERTIFICATE 812 Courses
Guitar
Master Certificate Guitar
8 Courses (24 credits) With 8 courses presented over two years, this is Berkleemusics most extensive guitarfocused program. Youll fully immerse yourself in the structural fundamentals of chords and scales, and learn the major elements of three popular guitar styles: Blues, Rock, and Jazz. Once you have this wide breadth of guitar knowledge under your fingers, youll choose three electives to take your playing in any number of directions.
9 Courses (24 credits)
Gain a vast knowledge of music production and guitar in this wide-ranging certificate program. This program provides students with an extensive background in music production, and a guided study path in guitar, which focuses on scales, chords, techniques, and teaching you to use your ears, hands, and the tools of the trade (including AmpliTube 2) to play with a hi-quality, authentic and persuasive tone.
Required Courses
+ Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Getting Your Guitar Sound Producing Music with Reason 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
+ Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Blues Guitar Workshop Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Jazz Guitar 101 3 Courses from Programs Electives
This program is the perfect match of timetested tools, theories, techniques, and applications that you can use immediately to hone your craft and become a more successful and well-versed songwriter, guitarist, and performing musician. Developed by the award-winning faculty of Berklee College of Music and based on the schools curriculum, this extensive certificate program will provide you with an arsenal of ideas and concepts that are designed to develop a more complete songwriternot only the most effective ways to write engaging and memorable lyrics, melodies, and harmonies, but the best ways to translate these compositions to the guitar.
Required Courses
+ Getting Your Guitar Sound Guitar Chords 101 Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music Songwriting Workshop: Melody Songwriting Workshop: Harmony 3 Courses from Programs Electives
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
Master Certificate Production and Guitar
Master Certificate Songwriting and Guitar
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Professional Certificate Rock Guitar

5 Courses (15 credits) Nobody becomes a guitar virtuoso overnight. It takes hours and hours in the woodshed, unlocking tricky patterns and exotic chord voicings, working on your picking, chords, scales and earnot to mention a real desire to become great. And although there is no substitute for hard work, the Rock Guitar Professional certificate program is designed to help you make the most of your time and talent. Use the skills you learn to become a melodic craftsman like Eric Johnson or David Gilmour, a monster shredder like Berklee alumn Steve Vai, or an in-demand hired gun ready to take on any style from Texas blues to progressive rock at a moments notice.
Professional Certificate Guitar

5 Courses (15 credits) To become a truly accomplished guitarist, you first have to master the basics. Players that have an intimate understanding of chords, scales, blues and rock, and improvisation techniques are more comfortable in different musical situations, and are more dynamic, expressive and well-rounded guitarists. This extensive program provides students with a wide array of tools and the knowledge necessary to develop their technique and gain a greater feel for their instrument.
Specialist Certificate Blues Guitar

3 courses (9 credits) Guitarists who know the blues have a natural advantage over those that dont. No matter what style they chose to play -- jazz, rock, classical -- having a blues background provides guitarists with a foundation in form, control, feel and harmonies that can be used to advance their playing in any genre of music. This program will provide you with a well-rounded background in playing blues on the guitar. Youll have key concepts and musical elements at your fingertips which will expand your musical foundation and enhance your ability, whether youre trying to bring a blues sound to your playing or adding more depth and feel to any other style.
Required Courses
Guitar Chords 101 Guitar Scales 101 Blues Guitar Workshop Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Basic Improvisation
Required Courses
Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Guitar Chords 201: Chord Melody and Inversions Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Rock Guitar Soloing
Required Courses
Acoustic Blues Guitar Getting Your Guitar Sound Blues Guitar
Professional Certificate Jazz Guitar

5 courses (15 credits) Authored and taught by Berklees renowned guitar department, Jazz Guitar will build up your fundamental skills in great detail, and provide a guided study path for playing jazz guitar in creative and expressive ways. By the time you finish this certificate program, you will understand the neck of your guitar in great detail, easily visualizing all of the melodic and harmonic possibilities on your fretboard. You will have a commanding handle on the scales, chords, and improvisation necessary to play jazz guitar in a compelling and authentic manner.
Specialist Certificate Steve Vai Guitar

3 courses (9 credits) Berkleemusics Steve Vai Guitar Specialist Certificate is designed to teach you the secrets and techniques of one of the greatest electric guitarists of all time, and help you make those techniques part of your own repertoire. From impeccable rhythm playing and advanced chord shapes, to perfect artificial harmonics, breathtaking sweep-picking, and impossible-sounding whammy bar tricks, this three-course program contains everything you need to know to make Steve Vais secrets your own.
Professional Certificate Rock, Rhythm, and Blues Guitar

5 Courses (15 credits) The most accomplished rock guitarists, from Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, to David Gilmour and Jonny Greenwood, learned to create an immediately recognizable sound by drawing from a broad musical palate rich in the fundamentals. The Professional Certificate in Rock, Rhythm, and Blues Guitar will train you to become a versatile rock guitarist by exploring a variety of genresClassic Rock, Rhythm & Groove, and Funk and R&B. Youll study the legends and master the tools and techniques specific to each type of music, while finding and perfecting your own unique style.
Required Courses
Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Jazz Guitar 101 Guitar Chords 201: Chord Melody and Inversions Jazz Guitar 201: Advanced Jazz Guitar Improvisation
Required Courses
Guitar Chords 201: Chord Melody and Inversions Rock Guitar Soloing Steve Vai Guitar Techniques
Required Courses
Getting Your Guitar Sound Guitar Chords 101 Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Rhythm and Groove Guitar Funk and R&B Guitar
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Specialist Certificate Improvisation
3 courses (9 credits) Berkleemusics Improvisation Specialist Certificate provides much of the same material that the great Berklee-trained improvisers have studied at the physical school in Boston. This three-course program provide all musicians with a set of skills specifically tailored to the art of improvisation, all intended to make it possible for you to make the necessary musical decisions required for improvising in real time. Regardless of your primary instrument, this program will help you master the art of spontaneous expression and become a more confident and creative soloist.
Master Certificate Music Production and Technology

12 Courses (36 credits) Become a truly great producer/engineer. This is Berkleemusics most comprehensive course of study, focusing on every aspect of music production, from the technology, software and hardware available today to the core music theory necessary to arrange and compose great music. Over the 3 years with Berkleemusic you will immerse yourself in the art of music production, learning about the physics of sound, getting the best performances out of musicians, studio set-ups, MIDI, microphone techniques, mixing, mastering, music and recording equipment, sampling, sequencing, plug-ins and much, much more.
Master Certificate Music Business and Technology

9 Courses (27 credits) New independent music enterprises are springing up and becoming successful everyday. Independent artists and labels are carving our profitable niches in the new music market place with vertically integrated businessesfinding talent, producing artists, recording, mixing, and mastering as well as marketing, promotion, publishing, and distribution. This entrepreneurial spirit in the industry is providing great opportunities for individuals with a wide range of skills. This nine-course program is designed to cover the music business and music production in great detail with a focus on developing students for a future in the new evolving music industry.
Required Courses
Basic Ear Training 1 Basic Improvisation Gary Burton: Jazz Improvisation
Required Courses
Music Business 101 The Future of Music and the Music Business Legal Aspects of the Music Industry Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution Music Publishing 101 Desktop Music Production + 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Blues, Rock, and Jazz Guitar

3 Courses (9 credits) The road to becoming a well-rounded and expressive guitarist begins with mastering the basics. This three-course guitar certificate program provides students with an excellent background in three keystone styles: Blues, Rock and Jazz.
Required Courses
+ Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 101 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Producing Music with Ableton Live Producing Music with Reason MIDI Sequencing Intermediate Sampling and Audio Production 4 Courses from Programs Electives
Master Certificate Writing and Producing

The Master Certificate in Writing and Producing trains students to become hitmaking songwriters and arrangers, as well as well-versed producers. By teaching Berklees time-tested techniques along with cutting-edge software, this program will prepare you to become a contemporary writer/producer with a wide range of useful knowledge and applicable tools to succeed in the evolving music industry.
Required Courses
Blues Guitar Workshop Classic Rock Guitar Workshop Jazz Guitar 101
Master Certificate Music Production using Pro Tools

9 Courses (27 credits) Our most thorough Pro Tools certificate program, Music Production using Pro Tools provides a complete guided education of Digidesigns Pro Tools software, from setting up your studio to advanced mixing, mastering and remixing techniques, all from the perspective and experience of Berklees renowned music production faculty.
Specialist Certificate Guitar Skills

3 Courses (9 credits) Chord knowledge, a command of scales, and an understanding of basic improvisation are a necessity for any serious guitarist interested in adding expression, depth, and feeling to their playing. The Guitar Skills certificate program builds the foundation youll need to advance these essential concepts, and provides the knowledge necessary to develop your technique and hone your skills in any given style.
Required Courses
+ Desktop Music Production Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs Commercial Songwriting Techniques Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Contemporary Styles Critical Listening 1 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
+ Pro Tools 101 Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 110 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Remixing with Pro Tools and Reason 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
Guitar Chords 101 Guitar Scales 101 Getting Your Guitar Sound
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Master Certificate Production and Guitar
9 Courses (24 credits) Gain a vast knowledge of music production and guitar in this wide-ranging certificate program. This program provides students with an extensive background in music production, and a guided study path in guitar, which focuses on scales, chords, techniques, and teaching you to use your ears, hands, and the tools of the trade (including AmpliTube 2) to play with a hi-quality, authentic and persuasive tone.
Professional Certificate Music Production

5 courses (15 credits) Perhaps your interest lies in working at or opening up your own state of the art mixing or mastering facility to create professional recordings for paying customers. Or maybe you are interested in learning to record, produce, mix and master your own high quality professional sounding music in your own home studio. Both of these options require an understanding of the tools, techniques and general music production, mixing, and recording know-how that Berklees renowned music production faculty presents in the Professional Certificate in Music Production. This five-course program provides intermediate students with an extensive background in the critical areas production, from concept to a fully mixed and mastered recorded master.
Specialist Certificate Electronic Music with Ableton Live
Required Courses
+ Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Guitar Scales 101 Guitar Chords 101 Getting Your Guitar Sound Producing Music with Reason 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
Music Production Analysis Critical Listening 1 Recording and Producing in the Home Studio Art of Mixing Audio Mastering Techniques
3 courses (9 credits) Change is the nature of electronic music. The successful electronic music composer must adapt and consistently keep pace with the most current music software, emerging styles, and techniques available. Ableton Livea software music sequencer and DAWis one of the most progressive applications available to musicians for composition, songwriting, recording, production, beatmaking, remixing and live performance. With Berkleemusics three-course Specialist Certificate in Electronic Music with Ableton Live, youll not only develop the technical skills to compose, record, remix, improvise, edit, and more using Ableton Live, but youll also gain a thorough understanding of many aspects of contemporary electronic music, by analyzing and composing in a number of electronic music styles.
Professional Certificate Producing Music for Film and Television

4 courses (12 credits) Getting your start in film or television as a scorer or music director is a tough job. There are a lot of talented people out there competing for the work, and the gigs go to people with proven reputations. To excel, you need to enter the field with all the skills you can getand it helps when you can show employers a Professional Certificate in Producing Music for Film and Television from Berklee College of Music, one of the most reputable names in music. With Berkleemusics world-class instructors and the award-winning courses found in this four-course Producing Music for Film and Television certificate on your side, youll put yourself in the best possible position to build yourself a lasting career in a rewarding field.
Required Courses
Producing Music with Ableton Live Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live Composing and Producing Electronic Music
Professional Certificate Pro Tools

4 Courses (12 credits) If youre serious about a career as a studio producer, one of the best ways to get started is to learn the techniques that the pros use on the software that music producing industry uses everyday. In the Professional Certificate in Pro Tools, youll engage in a guided program of study that will take you from the basics of setting up your home studio, to advanced mixing and mastering techniques using one of the most popular music production software around.
Professional Certificate Electronic Music Production and Sound Design

5 Courses (15 credits) Gain a complete foundation in recording music on your computer, and explore the art of sampling, sequencing, remixing, audio production, Reason, and sound creation in this five-course program.
Required Courses Desktop

Music Production Sampling and Audio Production MIDI Sequencing Intermediate Sound Design for the Electronic Musician Producing Music with Ableton Live
Required Courses
Pro Tools 101 Pro Tools 110 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
Required Courses
Music Production Analysis Songwriting for Film and TV Film Scoring 101 Audio Post Production for Film and
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Professional Certificate Studio Production
5 Courses (15 credits) Learn to create, produce and record music using Pro Tools and Reason, and develop your ability to hear and identify the key features of a well balanced, artful and professional-sounding mix.
Specialist Certificate Studio Production

3 Courses (9 credits) Develop a firm Pro Tools foundation, and learn how to record, mix, and produce great music with the help of Berklees renowned faculty and their masterful production techniques. The Specialist Studio Production certificate will introduce you to concepts including studio set up and equipment optimization. Youll become proficient at recording in Pro Tools and receive technical training in sound recording, from setup to mix-down. Youll also gain a foundation in popular topics that include microphone placement and editing techniques.
Specialist Certificate Music Production using Cubase

3 Courses (9 credits) Whether youre recording and producing your bands album, scoring music for film or TV, or producing a record to be distributed on CD or online, theres one piece of software that represents the cutting edge of digital audio: Cubase 4. Designed by professionals from the ground up, Cubase provides a vast range of tools that allow you to compose, record, edit and mix any type of music imaginable. In Berkleemusics Specialist Certificate in Music Production using Cubase, youll develop foundational skills to listen critically, gain cross-platform home studio production chops, and learn to use Cubases state-of-the-art tools to create the most professional sounding mixes around.
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 101 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Producing Music with Reason MIDI Sequencing Intermediate
Specialist Certificate Acoustics and Live Sound
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Pro Tools 101 Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
3 courses (9 credits) Unlock the secrets of making great-sounding music in any location with Berkleemusics Acoustics and Live Sound Specialist certificate. Upon completion of this three-course program, youll be ready to work in any space and with any equipment to get the right sound for the settingwhether capturing an intimate fingerpicked guitar recital, setting up isolation booths for a recording session, or mixing a densely orchestrated stadium concert.
Specialist Certificate Music Creation using Reason

3 Courses (9 credits) The curriculum in this program is developed and certified by Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Software. This certification provides a powerful credential for any resume, as well as the practical skills necessary to pursue your creative ideas and reach your creative potential using Reason. A joint certification from Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Software assures educational integrity and industry credibility. To be a producer in todays competitive environment means staying on top of the latest trends in technology, equipment, and studio technique. But it also means training yourself to hear, understand, and replicate a nearly infinite variety of sounds, styles and techniques. In the Specialist Certificate in Music Creation using Reason, youll work with world-class Berklee faculty and classmates from around the globe to gain a solid background in production basics and the art of creating music using Reason.
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Producing Music with Cubase Recording and Producing in the Home Studio
Specialist Certificate Music Production using Ableton Live

3 Courses (9 credits) More and more DJs and producers these days are turning to a program that allows them to express their musical ideas in unique ways: Ableton Live. Ableton Lives features are countless multi-track recording, nondestructive editing, creative MIDI sequencing - the list goes on and on. With Berkleemusics three-course Specialist Certificate in Music Production using Ableton Live, youll develop the technical skills to compose, record, remix, improvise, edit, and more, using Ableton Live and in the process, make yourself significantly more marketable in the increasingly competitive world of music production and performance.
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Live Sound: Mixing and Recording Acoustics
Specialist Certificate Producing Music with Logic

3 Courses (9 credits) Some of todays hottest artistsincluding The Killers, Akon, Brandi Carlile, and The Rootsare creating their music with Logic Pro. This powerful software gives you the ability to write, record, edit, and mix any project like a pro in your home studio. Berkleemusics Specialist Certificate in Producing Music with Logic will teach you how to make the most of Logic Pro to create quality recordings. Youll learn Berklees renowned approach to production and explore the fundamentals of a great mix.
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Producing Music with Ableton Live Advanced Music Production with Ableton Live
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Producing Music with Reason Desktop Music Production
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Desktop Music Production for Mac Producing Music with Logic
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Specialist Certificate Music Creation using SONAR
3 Courses (9 credits) Cakewalks SONAR software is one of the most professional and reliable tools for music creation. This three-course SONAR-based certificate program provides musicians, engineers, and producers worldwide with an accomplished SONAR knowledge base using Berklees renowned production techniques.
Specialist Certificate Live Sound Production

3 Courses (9 credits) Although there are a number of foundational changes occurring within the music industry, live events continue to be a growing revenue stream for musicians and sound engineers. In the Specialist Certificate in Live Sound Production, youll learn to identify all the elements of an effective mix for live soundfrom the proper width and depth, frequency range, dynamics, and different mix approaches used in various musical genres, to the impact that microphone and even micpreamp choices have on the mixand gain all the tools, techniques, and insights needed to become a well-versed live sound producer.
Specialist Certificate Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games
3 Courses (9 credits) Today, more than ever, music fulfills a vital role in feature films, television shows, and video games. While album sales continue to fall, music placements provide writers with an effective new way to reach potential fans and make money. These modern revenue outlets require a detailed understanding of orchestral writing skills, specific production techniques, and a deep knowledge of the unique facets of these particular music segments. This program provides students who already have a strong background in music with specific skills dedicated to advancing their writing for films, T.V., and video games.
Required Courses
Desktop Music Production Critical Listening 1 Producing Music with SONAR
Specialist Certificate Music Production and Audio Mastering

3 Courses (9 credits) Audio mastering is the final step in the music production process, and an essential component in creating a professionalsounding recording. The best mastering engineers (such as Bob Clearmountain and Bob Ludwig) are able to hear a raw tape, understand what it could sound like, and then know exactly what techniques they need to use to make it sound that way. Far from a being a mysterious art, mastering is actually series of techniques that students can practice, learn, and employ themselves to great effect on their own productions. Berkleemusics Specialist Certificate in Music Production and Audio Mastering provides the skills and knowledge you need to become a better producer as well as a well-versed mastering professional.
Required Courses
Critical Listening 1 Audio Ear Training for Mix Engineers Live Sound: Mixing and Recording
Required Courses
Orchestration Film Scoring 101 Introduction to Game Audio
Specialist Certificate Pro Tools

3 Courses (9 credits) Work with world-class Berklee faculty and classmates from around the world to become a skilled producer using Digidesigns Pro Tools, one of the worlds most popular music production software programs. This 3-course certificate program unlocks the secrets behind production and mixing (from basic to advanced) techniques for a number of contemporary music styles including jazz, pop/rock, electronica and more.
Specialist Certificate Sound Design using Reason

3 Courses (9 credits) The curriculum in this program is developed and certified by Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Software. This certification provides a powerful credential for any resume, as well as the practical skills necessary to pursue your creative ideas and reach your creative potential using Reason. A joint certification from Berkleemusic and Propellerhead Software assures educational integrity and industry credibility. In classes taught by award-winning Berklee instructors, the Specialist Certificate in Sound Design using Reason will give you a complete overview of how music is written, recorded, mixed, and mastered using Reason, with a focus on sampling, sequencing, sound design, and building your own synth patches from the ground up. Along the way youll have the opportunity to share ideas with classmates working in a wide range of genres from around the world.
Required Courses
Producing with Pro Tools Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools Advanced Mixing and Mastering with Pro Tools
Required Courses
Desktop Music Production Recording and Producing in the Home Studio Audio Mastering Techniques
Faculty Spotlight
Dan Thompson
Critical Listening 1 & 2 Faculty
Dan Thompson, Online Instructor of Critical Listening 1 & 2, is Assistant Chair of Music Production and Engineering at Berklee College of Music, where he has taught advanced production, as well as mix techniques and audio technology for over a decade. An independent writer/producer and recording engineer, his credits include work for major films and television, including ER, The Sopranos, Swim Fan, The Sweetest Thing, Melrose Place, Touched By An Angel, Soul Food, and CSI Miami, to name just a few. Daniel Thompsons new book, Understanding Audio (Berklee Press, 2005), is the required textbook for Berklee College of Musics MP&E Audio Technology classes, and will soon be required at numerous music production and engineering programs throughout the country and abroad. He is a member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).
Required Courses
Producing Music with Reason Sampling and Audio Production Sound Design for the Electronic Musician
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Master Certificate Music Business
9 Courses (27 credits) New technologies and innovations are emerging almost daily within the music industry. Forward thinking companies and entrepreneurs are presenting new ideas that artists, managers, independent labels, and business savvy folks are using to not only redefine their relationship with the existing music business model, but also to succeed in this evolving environment. Berkleemusics Music Business Master Program is our most extensive business certificate program. Throughout this nine-course program, youll gain the business, marketing, management, and touring background (a HUGE part of the music business) youll need to understand the industry as it currently exists and to realize the possibilities available to you in the near future.
Master Certificate Artist Management

9 Courses (27 credits) With the power in the music industry shifting from the major labels and other gatekeepers to the artists, the role of a manager is more important than ever. A manager that has a detailed understanding of the new and evolving marketing, technology, legal, touring, and business strategies is an invaluable member of any artists team. The Master Certificate in Artist Management provides a complete tool kit to anyone interested in success as an artist manager.
Professional Certificate Artist Management

5 Courses (15 credits) Every successful band knows that talent and motivation can get you so far, but without someone behind the scenes putting all of the necessary pieces in place, its difficult to reach that elusive next level. With the proliferation of great bands out there these days, its more important than ever to have someone who knows and understands the business to guide your band through the twists and turns of todays industry. Whether its a member of the band or a business professional, the right artist manager can make all the difference. With Berkleemusics Professional Certificate in Artist Management, youll develop the skills you need to make that difference, through a wide range of courses that address the major issues youll confront as an artist manager.
Required Courses
+ The Future of Music and the Music Business Music Marketing 101 Concert Touring Legal Aspects of the Music Industry Artist Management 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
The Future of Music and the Music Business Music Marketing 101 Music Marketing: Press, Promotion, Distribution, and Retail Concert Touring Artist Management
Required Courses
+ Music Business 101 The Future of Music and the Music Business Music Marketing 101 Artist Management Concert Touring 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Professional Certificate Music Supervision

5 courses (15 credits) A good music supervisor is in a powerful positionthe right music cue can help catapult a film or television show to greatness, and the songwriter or performer to acclaim. Berkleemusics Professional Certificate in Music Supervision gives you the skills you need excel in the fieldhow to work with songwriters, producers, artists, publishers, directors, and performance rights organizations; how to know whether a given piece of music would fit a mood or scene; and how to navigate the statutes that govern who gets paid for what when a piece of music is licensed for use in film or TV. This 5-course programs explores the ins and outs of legal issues, copyright, music supervision, publishing, and songwriting so that you will be able to function effectively on either side of a licensing transaction from the position of an artist or as a music business professional.
New independent music enterprises are springing up and becoming successful everyday. Independent artists and labels are carving our profitable niches in the new music market place with vertically integrated businessesfinding talent, producing artists, recording, mixing, and mastering as well as marketing, promotion, publishing, and distribution. This entrepreneurial spirit in the industry is providing great opportunities for individuals with a wide range of skills. This nine-course program is designed to cover the music business and music production in great detail with a focus on developing students for a future in the new evolving music industry.
Required Courses
Legal Aspects of the Music Industry Copyright Law Music Publishing 101 Music Supervision Songwriting for Film and TV
Given the shifting landscape of the music industry, the more business-minded musicians are, the better prepared theyll be to take on an active role in guiding their careers and allowing their music to reach the widestpossible audience. Similarly, for those who aspire to work or start their own musicrelated firmsbe they labels, management companies, or publishing companiesthe chances of success in these firms increases exponentially with a solid music business foundation. The Music Business Professional Program provides students with a detailed background in key areas of the music industry, and a plan for success developed with Berklees seasoned experts in their respective fields.
Required Courses
Music Business 101 The Future of Music and the Music Business Legal Aspects of the Music Industry Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution Music Publishing 101 Music Industry Entrepreneurship
Required Courses
Music Business 101 The Future of Music and the Music Business Legal Aspects of the Music Industry Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution Music Publishing 101 Desktop Music Production + 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Master Certificate Music Business and Technology
Professional Certificate Music Business

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Specialist Certificate Music Marketing Specialist Certificate Music Business Administration

3 courses (9 credits) Although unique in many ways, the music business is no different than any other industry in that a proper skill set is required to succeed. Berkleemusics Specialist Certificate in Music Business Administration covers the three major areas of expertise critical to getting ahead in the music industry of today: communication techniques, project management experience, and leadership skills. No matter what part of the industry youre involved inwhether your goal is to create a forward-thinking music-related company, to become an artist manager, or even to work within publishinghaving a handle on effective business techniques will put you ahead of your competition in this competitive field. 3 Courses (9 credits) The power dynamics of the music business have been shifting rapidly over the past several years. The tasks that record labels have traditionally undertaken for artists can now be accomplished by the artists themselves, and more artists than ever are finding innovative and creative ways to market themselves successfully on their own. Youve seen it, youve read about it, youve heard about it now learn how to do it yourself. With the Specialist Certificate in Music Marketing, youll get a foundation for how the whole process works. Youll learn different marketing outlets that are available to you, how to access them, where the money comes from currently and, perhaps more importantly, where it will be coming from in the future. And further, youll find out how to take advantage of that changing power dynamic, and how to use it to make yourself known in the increasingly competitive world of music.
Specialist Certificate Topspin-Certified Marketer

3 Courses (9 credits) Topspin is the most complete technology platform for artists to create their own retail channels, effectively promote their music, and connect directly with fans. Topspin is uniquely positioned to take advantage of the sea change in music marketing by providing musicians and managers with a complete suite of tools to easily create flexible offers, integrate with fan-trusted music discovery channels, and manage workflow with data-driven feedback to make smarter marketing decisions. The Topspin Certified Marketer certificate from Berkleemusic is the exclusive online option for obtaining Topspin Certified Marketing credentials. Over the three required courses in this program, youll develop a wide range of critical real-world marketing and business skills. Youll learn to develop your online and offline community, how to communicate effectively with your fans, and best practices with selling your music - both online on your own site and third party sites, as well as in more traditional retail settings. And of course youll gain a professional command of Topspins revolutionary software.
Required Courses
Business Communications Project Management for Musicians Music Business Leadership and Ethics
Required Courses
Music Business 101 Music Marketing 101
3 courses (9 credits)
Over the past decade there has been a fundamental shift in the revenue streams within the music industry. Although some traditional income-generating activities are still very important to a musicians bottom line, opportunities now exist to empower musicians to monetize their music in ways that were not possible in the past. The Specialist Certificate in Revenue Opportunities for Musicians addresses three major areas of income that all musicians should focus on: direct online sales to your fans, generating revenue from touring, and licensing income. The program features practical music business knowledge that can be used by artists, managers, song publishers, and music business entrepreneurs who are interested in focusing their creative efforts into multiple viable revenue streams.
The Internet has completely changed the ways in which many consumers discover, purchase, and experience music. The consumers experience has become much more decentralizedand as such, the means to effectively market music has shifted as well. Traditional marketing vehicles, while still important, have been augmented with a variety of online-based marketing, sales, and distribution outlets and techniques that allow musicians to directly connect with their target market in a way that was not possible in the past. This program explores these new sales and marketing options, and provides a road map for developing more fans and effectively monetizing your music.
Music Theory
Master Certificate Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training
3 Courses (9 credits) Maximize your performance, writing, arranging, improvisation, and music comprehension skills by developing your foundational knowledge in the areas of music theory, arranging, harmony, and ear training. Youll acquire a firm understanding of the inner workings of these principal concepts and become well versed in applying this knowledge to your own music.
Required Courses
The Future of Music and the Music Business Music Marketing 101 Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution
Required Courses
Online Music Marketing: Campaign Strategies, Social Media, and Digital Distribution Concert Touring Music Licensing
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Basic Ear Training 1 Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function Getting Inside Harmony 1 Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm + 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Specialist Certificate Revenue Opportunities for Musicians
Specialist Certificate Direct-to-Fan Online Music Marketing
Required Courses
Music Marketing 101 Online Music Marketing with Topspin Concert Touring
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Specialist Certificate Music Theory & Counterpoint

3 courses (9 credits) If you are serious about becoming an effective composer, you are going to have to learn the fundamental concepts that make up the foundation of modern music: pitch, rhythm, scales, intervals chords, melody and harmony. With Berkleemusics Specialist Certificate in Music Theory & Counterpoint certificate program, students will develop the skills that professional writers depend on, on a daily basis.
Specialist Certificate Theory and Harmony

3 Courses (9 credits) This program will help you create a solid base of musical knowledge and deepen your understanding of rhythm, scales, chord progressions, and harmony. Youll learn how to use scales, intervals, and chords; write a melody; and hear and modify chord progressions. Youll also gain a firm understanding of the inner workings of harmony in a broad range of contemporary styles, as well as study more advanced harmonic principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.
Master Certificate Arranging and Orchestration

8 Courses (24 credits) In this program, youll gain a broad but in-depth background in arrangingfor the rhythm section, horns, and stringsto writing for the full orchestra and gain marketable skills that youll be able to put to work immediately.
Required Courses
+ Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings Orchestration 1 Orchestration 2: Writing for the Full Orchestra 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function Counterpoint
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Getting Inside Harmony 1 Getting Inside Harmony 2
Master Certificate Arranging

8 Courses (24 credits) Study Berkleemusics most advanced and in-depth Arranging curriculum. Youll build the strong foundation and gain the vital tools youll need to become an accomplished arranger, across a variety of genres, instruments, and styles.
Specialist Certificate Voice Technique and Musicianship
Orchestration
Master Certificate Orchestration for Film and TV
8 Courses (24 credits) The field of songwriting and orchestrating for film and television has grown exponentially over the past few years, providing a promotional launching pad for new careers, as well as creating a lucrative new income stream for artists and songwriters. This program will arm you with the necessary skills to write and orchestrate songs to perfectly complement visuals, provide you with valuable placement techniques for your compositions, and offer you the most up-to-date tools and information to make you a more marketable songwriter and composer.
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Voice Technique 101 Basic Ear Training 1
Professional Certificate Arranging

5 Courses (15 credits) Equip yourself with the most effective chord scale choices for arranging and improvising, and learn arranging and orchestration techniques for a variety of contemporary styles. With the Professional Certificate in Arranging, youll learn great new skills to apply to both live instrumentation and sequenced/sampled sounds and gain the skills to become an accomplished arranger, across a variety of genres, instruments, and styles.
Specialist Certificate Music Theory

3 Courses (9 credits) Before you can become an amazing songwriter, player or producer, you need to first master the mechanics of contemporary music. The Music Theory Specialist Program, developed by Berklee Professor Emeritus Paul Schmeling, provides the knowledge and concepts, from fundamental to advanced, to prepare you for any musical endeavor or opportunity.
Required Courses
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Songwriting for Film and TV Orchestration 1 Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra Film Scoring 101 + 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns Arranging: Contemporary Styles Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm
3 courses (9 credits) A well-rounded vocalist possesses more than just a great voice. In order to really thrive and succeed as a top-notch singer, you have to also understand the mechanics of contemporary music. The Specialist Certificate in Voice Technique and Musicianship provides the fundamental knowledge and concepts of theory, voice study, and ear training to prepare you to be a better musician and an in-demand vocalist.
Required Courses
+ Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Small Ensemble and Horns Arranging: Contemporary Styles Arranging: Advanced Horn Writing Arranging: Woodwinds and Strings 3 Courses from Programs Electives
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Specialist Certificate Arranging

3 courses (9 credits) Enhance your arranging vocabulary and skill set with this powerful three-course program. The Specialist Certificate in Arranging explores all aspects of arranging for live bands or electronic music, and provides aspiring arrangers with a powerful tool kit they can use to create arrangements in any musical genre.

Songwriting
Master Certificate Orchestration for Film and TV
8 courses (24 credits) The field of songwriting and orchestrating for film and television has grown exponentially over the past few years, providing a promotional launching pad for new careers, as well as creating a lucrative new income stream for artists and songwriters. This program will arm you with the necessary skills to write and orchestrate songs to perfectly complement visuals, provide you with valuable placement techniques for your compositions, and offer you the most up-todate tools and information to make you a more marketable songwriter and composer.
Required Courses
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Contemporary Styles Contemporary Vocal Arranging
Specialist Certificate Orchestration for Film and TV

3 courses (9 credits) This Specialist Certificate in Orchestration for Film & TVfeaturing three popular online courses authored by instructor Ben Newhouse (music supervisor and composer on dozens of television shows, films, and stage productions for media corporations including ABC, FOX, MTV, and Disney)will help you build the fundamental skills you need to write music for television, film, video games, animation, and other modern revenue outlets. By the end of this certificate program, you will gain the knowledge necessary to create dynamic orchestral pieces as well as a thorough background of how you can apply your creations to big budget Hollywood films and TV programs.
Required Courses
Specialist Certificate Jazz Composition and Arranging

3 courses (9 credits) Many of the great contemporary jazz composers and arrangers have crossed paths with Berklee College of Music. Amazing Berklee jazz musicians including Gary Burton, Al Di Meola, Bill Frisell, and many more learned the same core fundamentals at Berklee that are presented in Berkleemusics Specialist Certificate in Jazz Composition and Arranging. Authored and taught by some of Berklees most renowned jazz educators, this three-course program provides a guided study path for jazz composition, reharmonization, and arranging.
Required Courses
Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Songwriting for Film and TV Orchestration 1 Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra Film Scoring 101 3 Electives
Required Courses
Orchestration 1 Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra Music Composition for Film and TV
Required Courses
Jazz Composition Reharmonization Techniques Jazz Arranging
The Master Certificate in Songwriting can help you become an expert songwriter, teaching you to create more powerful lyrics, choruses, and melodies to build memorable songs and commercial hits. This extensive program arms you with the writing tools youll need to develop your ideas into complete, engaging, and effective songs and master the craft of songwriting.
Required Courses
+ Songwriting Workshop: Harmony Songwriting Workshop: Melody Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music Lyric Writing: Writing From the Title 3 Courses from Programs Electives
The courses at Berkleemusic have been great. Where I live in Pakistan, courses like songwriting, arranging, and Desktop Music Production are not available at all. Taking these courses online has helped me grow as a musician, and have helped me prepare for Berklees undergraduate school.
Arooj Aftab
Berklee College of Music, Class of 2009
Master Certificate Songwriting
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Master Certificate Songwriting and Guitar

9 Courses (27 credits) The Songwriting and Guitar Master certificate program is the perfect match of time-tested tools, theories, techniques, and applications that you can use immediately to hone your craft and become a more successful and wellversed songwriter, guitarist, and performing musician. Developed by the award-winning faculty of Berklee College of Music and based on the schools curriculum, this extensive certificate program will provide you with an arsenal of ideas and concepts that are designed to develop a more complete songwriter not only the most effective ways to write engaging and memorable lyrics, melodies, and harmonies, but the best ways to translate these compositions to the guitar.
Professional Certificate Singer-Songwriter

5 Courses (9 credits) Songwriting is easyright? Write some words, add some music, and youre done! But where do those ideas come from, and how do you coax inspiration to strike? How do you know what lyrical style, song structure, mood, and tempo will work best for a lyric? How do you build drama and momentum into your narrative, and write music that helps tell the story? All the great singersongwriters know how to make a song work on paper and on stage. You in turn can spend decades learning these skills on your own, or you can let the seasoned professionals at Berkleemusic teach them to you in a matter of months, and get busy discovering your own voice and style. The Professional SingerSongwriter certificate is designed to give you the vocal and guitar skills you need to make the most of your technique and talent.
Specialist Certificate Orchestrating and Producing Music for Film and Games
3 courses (9 credits) Today, more than ever, music fulfills a vital role in feature films, television shows, and video games. While album sales continue to fall, music placements provide writers with an effective new way to reach potential fans and make money. These modern revenue outlets require a detailed understanding of orchestral writing skills, specific production techniques, and a deep knowledge of the unique facets of these particular music segments. By the end of this program, students will have a solid orchestral, film scoring and game audio background that can be used to further their career creatively and entrepreneurially.
Required Courses
+ Getting Your Guitar Sound Guitar Chords 101 Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Lyric Writing: Writing Lyrics to Music Songwriting Workshop: Melody Songwriting Workshop: Harmony 3 Courses from Programs Electives
Required Courses
Orchestration 1 Film Scoring 101 Introduction to Game Audio
Required Courses
Voice Technique 101 Guitar Chords 101 Pop and Rock Vocals Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs
Specialist Certificate Singer-Songwriter

3 Courses (9 credits) Great singer-songwriters dont just appear on the scene, and great songs dont write themselves. Serious songwriters work at improving their abilities, designing time into their lives for inspiration to strike and equipping themselves to make the most of their ideas. With Berkleemusics 3-course Singer-Songwriter certificate, you will be learning the same skills used by the best songwriters and performers. Though a dedicated curriculum of three challenging and informative courses, you will learn how to frame your melodies in captivating harmonies and voicings, learn to play those voicings on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery to maximize your tone and endurance.
Master Certificate Writing and Producing

9 Courses (27 credits) The Master Certificate in Writing and Producing trains students to become hitmaking songwriters and arrangers, as well as well-versed producers. By teaching Berklees time-tested techniques along with cutting-edge software, this program will prepare you to become a contemporary writer/producer with a wide range of useful knowledge and applicable tools to succeed in the evolving music industry.
3 courses (9 credits)
Required Courses
+ Desktop Music Production Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs Commercial Songwriting Techniques Arranging 1: Rhythm Section Arranging: Contemporary Styles Critical Listening 1 3 Courses from Programs Electives
This Specialist Certificate in Orchestration for Film & TVfeaturing three popular online courses authored by instructor Ben Newhouse (music supervisor and composer on dozens of television shows, films, and stage productions for media corporations including ABC, FOX, MTV, and Disney)will help you build the fundamental skills you need to write music for television, film, video games, animation, and other modern revenue outlets. By the end of this certificate program, you will gain the knowledge necessary to create dynamic orchestral pieces as well as a thorough background of how you can apply your creations to big budget Hollywood films and TV programs.
Required Courses
Guitar Chords 101 Voice Technique 101 Songwriting Workshop: Harmony
Required Courses
Orchestration 1 Orchestration 2: Writing Techniques for Full Orchestra Music Composition for Film and TV
Specialist Certificate Orchestration for Film and TV
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Specialist Certificate Songwriting

3 Courses (9 credits) The Specialist Songwriting certificate is designed to benefit musicians of all levels, from relative beginners to professional songwriters who are looking for new ideas to enhance their work.

Keyboard/Piano
Master Certificate Theory, Harmony & Ear Training
8 courses (24 credits) Maximize your performance, writing, arranging, improvisation, and music comprehension skills by developing your foundational knowledge in the areas of music theory, arranging, harmony, and ear training. Youll acquire a firm understanding of the inner workings of these principal concepts and become well versed in applying this knowledge to your own music.
Required Courses
Songwriting Workshop: Harmony Songwriting Workshop: Melody Commercial Songwriting Techniques
Bass
Professional Certificate Bass
3 Courses (9 credits) There are a number of attributes which all accomplished based players share: an exacting time awareness, a harmonic awareness, and an awareness of the particular needs of the individual song. In the Professional Certificate for Bass, students will learn the foundational knowledge necessary to become an accomplished bass player in the focus areas of Rock, R&B, and Jazz; create bass lines and solos in any genre of their choice, and gain the skills to handle any gig that comes their way.
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Basic Ear Training 1 Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function Getting Inside Harmony Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, Rhythm 3 Electives
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Specialist Certificate Rock Bass Styles

3 Courses (9 credits) The bass is the heart and soul of an ensemble: the rhythmic driver that links the percussion, keyboards and melody instruments; the decider of key, harmony and chord movement; and the creator of the pocket that is the source of groove. Whether the bass line is straight eighths (Van Halens Michael Anthony, Dee Dee Ramone), gritty rhythmic counterpoint (Larry Graham, Flea, Bootsy Collins), or a melody instrument in its own right (Bruce Thomas of The Attractions, Geddy Lee, Paul McCartney), what the bassist plays and how he or she plays it can make or break a band. In Berkleemusics Rock Bass Styles Specialist certificate program, you will learn the bass styles of the major blues-based genres of the past half-century, and become a much more effective and player and performer in the process.
Specialist Certificate Keyboard Styles

3 courses (9 credits) A thorough knowledge of the core characteristics of the blues, pop/rock, and jazz is a must to become a truly versatile and accomplished keyboard player. This 3-course program provides students with a comprehensive education in the wide array of skills and knowledge necessary to develop their technique and gain a greater command on the keyboard. As you become familiar with different keyboard performance styles, you will learn the signature riffs and licks of the masters, increase your repertoire, and develop your improvisation skills. This program is well suited to intermediate keyboard students, students with classical training, or students with contemporary jazz style training.
Required Courses
Bass Performance 101 Rock Bass R&B Bass Jazz Bass Basic Improvisation
Specialist Certificate Bass

3 Courses (9 credits) The bass not only holds a band together rhythmically, but its also a crucial component to the overall sound and direction of the music. Berkleemusics 3-course Specialist Certificate Program in Bass educates students in the essential facets of bass playing: performance, technique, improvisation, and style. After in-depth study and practice in this program, you will be able to perform with confidence, in your own style, and play great rock, blues, and jazz-based bass lines.
Required Courses
Rock Bass Slap Bass R&B Bass
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Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques Pop/Rock Keyboard Jazz Piano
Required Courses
Bass Performance 101 Rock Bass Jazz Bass
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Specialist Certificate Music Theory

3 courses (9 credits) Before you can become an amazing songwriter, player or producer, you need to first master the mechanics of contemporary music. The Music Theory Specialist Program, developed by Berklee Professor Emeritus Paul Schmeling, provides the knowledge and concepts, from fundamental to advanced, to prepare you for any musical endeavor or opportunity.
Voice
Professional Certificate Singer-Songwriter
5 Courses (9 credits) All the great singer-songwriters know how to make a song work on paper and on stage. You in turn can spend decades learning these skills on your own, or you can let the seasoned professionals at Berkleemusic teach them to you in a matter of months, and get busy discovering your own voice and style. The Professional Singer-Songwriter certificate is designed to give you the vocal and guitar skills you need to make the most of your technique and talent.
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Music Theory 201: Harmony and Function Music Theory 301: Advanced Melody, Harmony, and Rhythm
Required Courses
Required Courses
Voice Technique 101 Guitar Chords 101 Pop and Rock Vocals Lyric Writing: Tools and Strategies Songwriting Workshop: Writing Hit Songs
Specialist Certificate Keyboard Skills

3 Courses (9 Credits) To become a truly accomplished keyboard player, you first have to master the basics. Players that have an intimate understanding of voice leading chords, creating accompaniments, playing the signature licks for blues and rock, and the techniques of improvisation are more comfortable in different musical situations, and are more dynamic, expressive and well-rounded players. This 3-course program provides students with a wide array of tools and the knowledge necessary to develop their technique and gain a greater command on the keyboard.
Specialist Certificate Theory and Harmony

3 courses (9 credits) This program will help you create a solid base of musical knowledge and deepen your understanding of rhythm, scales, chord progressions, and harmony. Youll learn how to use scales, intervals, and chords; write a melody; and hear and modify chord progressions. Youll also gain a firm understanding of the inner workings of harmony in a broad range of contemporary styles, as well as study more advanced harmonic principles including melodic and harmonic tension, chord substitution, and chromatically altered chords.
Specialist Certificate Voice Technique and Musicianship

3 Courses (9 credits) A well-rounded vocalist possesses more than just a great voice. In order to really thrive and succeed as a top-notch singer, you have to also understand the mechanics of contemporary music. The Specialist Certificate in Voice Technique and Musicianship provides the fundamental knowledge and concepts of theory, voice study, and ear training to prepare you to be a better musician and an in-demand vocalist.
Required Courses
Berklee Keyboard Method Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques Basic Improvisation
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Getting Inside Harmony 1 Getting Inside Harmony 2
Required Courses
Music Theory 101 Voice Technique 101 Basic Ear Training
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Specialist Certificate Introduction to Singing

3 Courses (9 credits) Whether you want to be the next Bon Scott or Freddie Mercury, Gwen Stefani or Tori Amos, if you intend to make a living (or a serious hobby) out of singing and making music, you need to learn how to properly use your voice. Berkleemusics Introduction to Singing Specialist Certificate is designed to do just that give you the tools you need to start using your voice in the best way possible, no matter what kind of music you want to make.
Specialist Certificate Singer-Songwriter

3 Courses (9 credits) Great singer-songwriters dont just appear on the scene, and great songs dont write themselves. Serious songwriters work at improving their abilities, designing time into their lives for inspiration to strike and equipping themselves to make the most of their ideas. With Berkleemusics 3-course Singer-Songwriter certificate, you will be learning the same skills used by the best songwriters and performers. Though a dedicated curriculum of three challenging and informative courses, you will learn how to frame your melodies in captivating harmonies and voicings, learn to play those voicings on the guitar, and polish your vocal delivery to maximize your tone and endurance.
Drums
Specialist Certificate Drums
Required Courses
Basic Ear Training Voice Technique 101 Rock and Pop Vocals
Specialist Certificate Vocal Styles

3 Courses (9 credits) Very few people are born with the vocal ability to shine in various settings. The best way to become a versatile and in-demand singer is through education, exposure, and experience. A great way to gain the technique and versatility you need to successfully perform all styles of singing is with Berkleemusics Vocal Styles Specialist certificate program.
Required Courses
Voice Technique 101 Rock and Pop Vocals Jazz Voice
3 courses (9 credits) The demands on a modern drummer are greater than ever before. Versatility, creativity, touch, dynamics and coordination are all prized attributes of the worlds best drummers. The Specialist Certificate in Drums is a three-course guided study path that provides drummers with the foundational information they need to be an effective, expressive, drummer; as well as the specific skill set necessary to excel in rock, funk, and R&B styles. By the end of this certificate program, youll have improved your overall sense of coordination, touch, and dynamics, and the specific skills to play songs and improvise rhythms in the style of rock, funk, and R&B. (Please note: Afro-Cuban Drums will be an acceptable substitution if necessary prerequisite requirements are met)
Required Courses
Drum Set Fundamentals Rock Drums Funk/ R&B Drums
Voice Technique 101 Rock and Pop Vocals Jazz Voice
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