The Singer Songwriter

Completed by Kostenev Aleksandr

June 8, 2020

Approximately 2 months at 10 hours a week to complete

Course Certificates Completed

Guitar for Beginners

Singing Popular Music

Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics

Introduction to Ableton Live

View certificate for Kostenev Aleksandr, The Singer Songwriter, offered through Coursera. In this specialization, students learned all the skills needed to write, perform, and record original music. They began by learning how to play the guitar to accompany themselves in Guitar for Beginners. They learned how to play chords and scales, as well as strumming patterns and finger picking patterns. In Singing Popular Music, they developed their own personal style. They learned how to sing properly and mastered the correct techniques and breath support. From there, they honed their writing craft, focusing on lyrics. They learned about stressed and unstressed syllables, rhyme schemes, and lyrical phrasing. They also worked with a Digital Audio Workstation, focusing on Ableton Live, capturing both MIDI and real instruments to record and share their ideas with the world.

Course Certificates

Earned after completing each course in the Specialization

Guitar for Beginners

Berklee

Taught by: Thaddeus Hogarth

Completed by: Kostenev Aleksandr by May 18, 2020

6-8 hours/week

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Singing Popular Music

Berklee

Taught by: Jeannie Gagne

Completed by: Kostenev Aleksandr by June 8, 2020

4 weeks of study/3-5 hours per week

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Songwriting: Writing the Lyrics

Berklee

Taught by: Pat Pattison

Completed by: Kostenev Aleksandr by June 7, 2020

7 weeks of study, 3-6 hours/week

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Introduction to Ableton Live

Berklee

Taught by: Erin Barra

Completed by: Kostenev Aleksandr by May 30, 2020

4-6 hours/week

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