Voice Technique 101
Anne Peckham (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Make your voice sound more powerful, use vocal technique to expand your range and expression, and learn to become more confident in vocal performances. |
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Jazz Bass
Jim Stinnett (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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. |
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Rock Bass
Anthony Vitti (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Gain the foundation, technique, and vocabulary necessary to construct and improvise bass lines in a variety of rock and blues-based music styles. |
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Bass Performance 101
Rich Appleman and Danny Morris (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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. |
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Berklee Keyboard Method
Paul Schmeling (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Learn the Berklee approach to keyboard in this 12-week course. Master the basics of technique and chord voicings, and gain an understanding of more advanced concepts including interpretation of lead sheets and improvisation. |
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Jazz Guitar 101
Bruce Saunders (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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. |
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Jazz Guitar 201
Bruce Saunders (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Develop your jazz guitar performance skills by learning advanced techniques to improvise over chord changes, both in traditional “standards” and complex modern harmony. |
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Blues and Rock Keyboard Techniques
Dave Limina (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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. |
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Guitar Chords 101
Rick Peckham (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Add more dynamics and expression to your playing and gain a greater feel for your instrument by learning Berklee's approach to the construction of chords and chord voicings. |
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Guitar Chords 201
Rick Peckham (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Master Berklee’s 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. |
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Guitar Scales 101
Larry Baione (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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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Rhythm and Groove Guitar
Bruce Bartlett (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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. |
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Blues Guitar Workshop
Michael Williams (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Learn 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. |
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Classic Rock Guitar Workshop
Joe Musella (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Elevate your playing by learning the styles and techniques of the architects of classic rock guitar: Hendrix, Clapton, Beck, Gilmour, and Page. |
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Funk and R&B Guitar
Thaddeus Hogarth (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| Learn the appropriate scales, the best use of effects, and the rhythmic and melodic timing to create an authentic funk-based solo and sound. |
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Basic Improvisation
Matt Marvuglio and Jim Odgren and Edward Tomassi (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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! |
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Getting Your Guitar Sound
Dan Bowden (12 weeks) 3 Credits
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For-credit: $1,095
Non-credit: $895
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| 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. |
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