Music Theory for Electronic Music: The Bundle (Parts 4-6)

Your tracks sound good. They don't sound great.

The drums hit. The bass moves. The sound design is dialed in. But the chord progression sits there — same four chords on a grid, never quite going anywhere.

That's a harmony problem. And harmony is exactly what separates a track that loops well from a track that builds, releases, and lands.

This course is Parts 4, 5, and 6 of my Music Theory for Electronic Musicians series — bundled into one place.

If Parts 1–3 covered the foundations (intervals, scales, keys, basic chords), this is where it gets interesting: the moves that actually make a chord progression sound like a song.

What you'll be able to do by the end:

• Write chord progressions that have actual harmonic motion — not just four chords on a loop

• Use non-chord tones, suspensions, and passing notes to make a "blocky" MIDI progression sound musical

• Craft real cadences — the harmonic moves that make a phrase feel finished

• Build longer progressions using sequences (the trick behind most "memorable" hooks)

• Modulate to a new key inside a sequence — without it sounding like a key change for the sake of a key change

• Find the key of any track (yours or someone else's) just by listening

What's actually in here:

• Part 4: Non-Chord Tones. Suspensions, passing tones, neighbor tones, anticipations — on the MIDI grid, not staff paper.

• Part 5: Cadences and Phrase Structure. Authentic, plagal, deceptive, half. The reason a phrase feels resolved or hanging.

• Part 6: Sequences and Modulation. Sequences, motion through related keys, smooth key changes inside a phrase.

• Worksheets, listening examples, and MIDI demonstrations for every concept.

Any DAW.

I demo in Ableton Live, but everything in here is concept-based — it works in Logic, FL Studio, Pro Tools, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, GarageBand, or anything else with a piano roll.

Why this course:

• Taught on the piano roll, not paper. Every concept is shown the way you'll actually use it.

• Three full courses in one place. No upsell to "Part 5" later.

• 30-day money-back guarantee. If it's not working for you, get a refund. No questions.

• I answer every question posted in the class, within 24 hours. Not a TA. Me.

Who I am:

Hi, I'm Jay. I'm a tenured university music professor with a Ph.D. in Music. I'm also a working composer and an Ableton Certified Trainer. My theory and production courses have around a million students and a 4.7+ average rating.

Who this is for:

Producers, beatmakers, and electronic musicians who already finish tracks but want their harmony to do more work. If you've finished Parts 1–3 (or you already know the basics — intervals, scales, keys, basic chords), this is the next step.

Let's make your progressions actually move.

See you in Lesson 1. — Jay