Music composition lesson, online or in Berlin (S + U Lichtenberg)

Àpd 60.08 C$ /h

Hello, my name is Lucio, I am composer who is also passionate about teaching.

I hold a Bachelor in Jazz Guitar from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and a Master in Composition from the University of Huddersfield. At the moment I am busy undertaking my PhD in Composition at the University of Huddersfield, which I am attending remotely from Berlin.

My lessons cover a wide range of topics and aim to develop a personalized learning path according to the needs and the creative desire of each student.

Topics might include but are not limited to:

Basics of compositional techniques

Generating your own musical material

Orchestration

Counterpoint

Different approach to notation

Analysis of contemporary and classical music repertoire

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Présentation

I am an experienced and passionate teacher who loves to share his time with passionate students. I like to have an informal but highly personalized teaching approach which aims to support the creative desire and the passion of the students, providing them the technical and theoretical tools to develop these.

I am an Italian guitarist and composer who recently moved to Berlin. I hold a Bachelor in Jazz guitar from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, where I also had the chance to delve into music pedagogy, music theory, classical guitar and composition. My gradually increasing passion for classical and contemporary composition led me to undertake a Composition Master at the University of Huddersfield in the UK, where I studied with Aaron Cassidy and Bryn Harrison who are composers that I deeply admire.

My German is still in an embrional state, so at the moment I am not able to give lessons in German, but my hope is that this will change soon.

Education

2014-2018 Bachelor in jazz guitar, Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, principal teachers : Jesse Van Ruller, Maarten Van der Grinten, Martijn Van Iterson

2018-2019 Music Master by Research in composition, University of Huddersfield, supervisor: Bryn Harrison

2020-present Composition PhD, University of Huddersfield, Supervisors: Aaron Cassidy, Bryn Harrison

Expérience / Qualifications

Additional studies:
2017 Donaueschingen Musiktage 2017 (Next generation program)
2015-2017 Studied “instant composition” privately with Wilbert DeJoode
2014 Castellammare Jazz Clinics, studied with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Gilad Hekselman
2012 Studied briefly privately in New York with Gilad Hekselman
2011 UmbriaJazz Clinics
2008-2012 Studied jazz guitar, music theory, and composition in Palermo with Francesco Guaiana, Dario Carnovale, and Salvatore Bonafede

Awards and commissions:
2021 Selected in the write by the Mixtur Festival to write a miniature for Funktion Ensemble
2021 Falling Blue for String quartet selected in the call for scores by the Ligeti Quartet
2020 Commission by Orgelpark, quartet in memory of Erno Kiraly
2020 An Imperfect Circle 2, winner of the call for scores of Festival Contrasti 2020
2019 Six Memos ensemble, Cello experience, Francesco Dillon
2019 She Lives Music Masterclass scholarship for composers
2016 DoeKompose Call for scores: 25715 selected to be performed at Doek Festival
2012 Berklee College of music, Boston, five weeks program scholarship
2010 Tuscia in jazz clinics scholarship with Kurt Rosenwinkel

Discography:
2019 Ryoko Akama - with Apartment House - Dial 45-21-95 - Another Timbre©
2019 Kathryn Williams - Coming Up For Air - Huddersfield Contemporary Records©
2019 Federico Pozzer - Breaths - Another Timbre©
2017 Sabah Al Ani, Lucio, Wojtek Kurek - Reductions - Creative Sources©
2015 Falga - Cantina Records©
2014 Cu - Cuscape - Setola di Maiale©

Age

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60 minutes

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anglais

Compétences

Composition musicale

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Guitar Lessons in Berlin (S+U Lichtenberg) or Online via Skype

80.11 C$ /h

Hello, my name is Lucio, I am a guitarist and composer who is also passionate about teaching.

I hold a Bachelor's in Jazz Guitar from the Conservatory of Amsterdam, and a Master's in Composition from the University of Huddersfield

My lessons cover a wide range of topics and aim to develop a personalized learning path according to the needs and creative desires of each student.

Topics might include but are not limited to:

Your favourite songs or guitar pieces
Harmony and knowledge of the fretboard (Scales, Arpeggios, Intervals, Chords, Inversions, etc.)
Music Theory and ear training
Guitar technique
Jazz/ Rock/ Blues soloing and Improvisation
Basics of the guitar

Requests for composition lessons are also possible and very welcome

Lou-Indigo

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The course that I propose is BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH, as well as 2 BOOKS.

Age and musical taste are not restrictive when in the program, you can with qualitative daily work (not quantitative) quickly observe your progress.

Here the pleasure of playing music is put forward.

The kind of music you love most will be the focus of the course, their codes and secrets will be the focus of our study, that's what I want to share with you.

We can do technical lessons and simply learn together how to play one or more songs of your choice or mine, enrich your game with this approach and your repertoire!

(For example, We can re-arrange the pieces and make them more original by approaching the system (CAGED), and enriching their chords, resulting in new positions, new techniques and new sounds, using arpeggio techniques rather than strumming for 4-chord pieces, voicing and fingerstyle techniques, in short, expanding the instrument's playing fields and playing skills to keep progressing in your game and improve your rehearsals ...)

If you make a request, this program is obviously accompanied by the pleasure of learning more in theory and being able to directly apply new knowledge on its instrument and identify its common or rare use in the pieces discussed in class.

In this case, the theory is translated to be accessible to anyone, both for those who are connoisseurs and for those who discover everything from absolute zero.
The exercises, songs, and theoretical explanations offered throughout the program are organized in an order of progressive difficulty.

I wrote and produced 2 books of my method to learn the guitar and the music, that I sell to accompany my course and your apprenticeship in the best conditions and so that you can continue the course even at home and to review etc ... .
There is ONE BOOK OF COURSES containing all the theoretical and practical program of the year, as well as a BOOK OF EXERCISE on the ranges and the modes that you can obtain directly.

You can find here an indicative list of objectives that I propose in my theoretical program, which can of course adapt to your request.

The general theoretical objectives of the course:

--- Tuning / tuning and knowing his guitar:
* Standard Tuning
* Drop Tuning
* Open Tuning
* Adjust the optimal tension of the strings
* Adjust the shaft axis
* Adjust the action of the strings
* Choose the strings adapted to the style of play / tuning
* Change his strings

-Know his chords:
* Triads: Fundamental State & Inversions
* Tetrads: Fundamental State & Inversions
* The chord progressions of the Range
* Arpeggio techniques (tapping, sweep, 1/2/4 fing.shape, etc ...)

--- Know his scales and his modes

* The Mode of the Major scale
* 3 Modes of the Minor scale: Natural / Melodic / Harmonic
* Modes of the Pentatonic range: 5 positions
* Modes of the Blues range: 5 positions
Etc ...

--- Technique to the Pick / Plectrum / Tab / Pick (Electric Guitar):
* Alternate Picking
* Fast Picking / Tremolo Picking
* Hybrid Picking
* Palm Mute
* Natural Harmonics
* Pinch Harmonics
* Artificial Harmonics
* Shredding
* Tapping
* Sweep Picking
* Legato Picking

--- Strumming / Hand Picking (Acoustic Guitar)
* "SnareDrum" percussion on the guitar
* Arpeggios pinched with 4 fingers + thumb
* Rasgueado (Flamenco Technique)
* Generic Strumming
* Fingerstyle Picking
* Two-finger picking + Legato for fast melodies (eg a solo)

-Play the metronome
* exercises on click
* practice on song riffs

-Learn his favorite songs
* without thinking about the difficulty, nothing is impossible with the right methodology

-Improvise
* choose ranges and positions
* to place oneself rhythmically, to finish on the judicious notes

-Theory of Harmony
* Understand harmonization and its practice

-Theory on the Melody

-Theory of Rhythm

Carmelo

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Diplômé du Conservatoire de Cuneo - Italie - en orgue et composition , propose cours de piano, d'orgue, solfège, harmonie, contrepoint et composition à domicile sur Paris. Compositeur, également expérimenté dans divers styles ( classique, pop ). Des cours d'initiation à l'improvisation sont également possibles.
Je suis actuellement étudiant à Paris à l'Ecole Normale de Musique en cours de Master Composition de Musique pour Film.
Projet pédagogique établi selon le niveau et choix de l'élève, qu'il soit débutant ou confirmé. Pour tous les âges !

Daniel

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I am a multi-instrumentalist (saxophone, transverse flute, keyboard), composer and arranger (SACEM member since 2012), excellent improviser. This course will allow you quickly, whatever your instrument and your technical level, to understand and master the chord sequences and the articulation of musical language according to these sequences. In addition, you will learn the most frequent or rare harmonic structures used by composers. And, theory notwithstanding, you will learn to develop your ear to identify harmonic structures. This course also includes an introduction to the history of jazz.

App

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< Learning Piano is not merely about playing the piano >

Before starting to learn the piano, it’s essential to recognize that :

'' What we are actually learning is "Music", but not only "Piano". ''

The goal of learning any instrument is to acquire the language of music, enabling us to express ourselves and enjoy music with others. Playing the piano is for creating beautiful sounds, not really for developing finger speed or strength. That’s the function of gym.

< Music is like cooking >

When we cook, to make roast beef tender, of course, it’s nice to have a tender heart, but without knowing how to control the temperature, the roast beef won’t become tender merely by our tender heart.

By only adding salt, the dish won’t be sweet. Similarly, simply playing or writing a C major triad chord won’t convey a sorrowful feeling.

To create the feeling we want, no matter how much sentiment we have in our hearts, to convey it via music, it needs to be translated into the language which the piano can understand, which means, how we press and lift the keys and pedals. Similarly, when we compose, it needs to be transferred into chords, and notes we write.

< Difference between an audience and a musician >

There is a common belief that a musician can make music with sentiment or feeling. While it’s partially true, the most essential thing is knowing ‘’How’’ to create the sound that conveys the feeling we want, rather than merely knowing ‘’What’' feeling we want to convey.

The understanding of the mechanism behind music is essential, as cooking, and that is the difference between an audience and a musician. As an audience, one can simply feel the music. Like a chief who knows how to create a specific flavor to convey, a musician knows how to create the sound which can convey the feeling we want. While knowing which feeling we want is great, it’s merely the first step. Your emotions are not too different from Chopin, Beethoven, Adele or Taylor Swift, otherwise, they can’t resonate with you. But they know how to create the sound that conveys the feeling they want to their audience.

< Course Content >

I consider my course to be a form of "Music Consultation" because it contains a wide range of subjects that are essential to a professional musician. While we focus on piano playing, there are also music theory, music history, instrument construction, ergonomics for performers, analysis of composer styles, composition, arrangement, recording, MIDI, computer music, the physics of sound, and more.
In avoid of confusion, let’s still call my course as "Piano Course”.

< Duration >

For each course, I will reserve at least 70 minutes in my schedule for you, including 60 minutes of class time and an additional 10 minutes for discussion and any questions you may have. This will ensure that your courses are not rushed by the next student. This ensures that there is enough time for you to solve your piano and music problems.

< Recording >

I highly encourage my students to record their progress. This can provide an objective standard for comparison and help you analyze your playing precisely. In my nine years of experience teaching music, I've found many students, including those advanced, already play certain sections very well, while other sections may not be not well enough. But they still try to improving those fine sections, while not aware of those weak sections.
Without an objective reference, it’s hard to distribute our effort precisely. This can lead to not only unstable performance, but also practicing without a precise goal can easily reduce enthusiasm. Recording your results and comparing them with those recordings you like on YouTube or Spotify can be an effective way to analyze your playing and set precise goals.

If you have a digital piano, I can help you produce a video of your performance for each session. This can be a tangible record of your efforts and you can share it with your friends and family via YouTube or other platforms.

David

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From connection to production through and configuration and until the final result is obtained on social networks or music platforms, you will learn all the intermediate steps to spread your creativity in the connected world.

With specific expertise on Apple Logic Proc X and Ableton Live, the same principles are valid on any DAW (Digital Audio Workstation) as well as on the configuration that is specific to you.

I also advise you on the hardware (physical hardware / software) to buy according to your specific needs.

This applies to anyone without age barrier, as long as the will and passion is there ...

Chris

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I specialise in writing and composing music for all levels. The student will need to have a music programme such as Logic or Ableton in order to be able to take this class.

The topics we will cover are:
Structure and arrangment.
Rhythm.
Harmony.
Advanced Harmony.
Bass Lines.
Lyrics.
Instrumentation.
Arrangement.

Gema

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The most important matter that I could write here about is my passion to teach. I've been teaching already for more than 10 years, from kids to adults. I'm a classical pianist, but I am opened to other musical styles. What I want you to get from your lessons with me, is not only a huge knowledge of theorical stuff or a great technique, I would like to show you my musical world, the imagination and inner exploration that is required to understand and to love music in a whole new level. Once you have found them, it will be very hard to quit playing!

The class duration: You can choose!
20 minutes (Great for the youngest : 3 years old)
30 minutes (Ideal for young beginners from 4 years old)
45 minutes (Intermediate+ adult beginners)
1 hour (Intermediate and combined with some Music Theory)

I use different methods depending on:
1) The goals of my student
2) The language that we will use on class
3) Age and musical preferences: I start to teach children from 3 years old, we make games and they learn to play through musical stories that I have created throughout my pedagogical career.

Manu

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Hello, My name is Manu and it is with pleasure that I will be your teacher.

I've been doing MAO (Composition and Production) for 8 years now and working on Logic Pro X. I mainly compose Electro-Funk with influences ranging from Daft Punk to Justice through Breakbot.

What I offer in my classes:

- Basic tools and advanced tools of Logic Pro X.
- Production techniques (ranging from the model to the creation of a song).
- Notions of compositions and arrangement.
- Instrumental and theoretical basis (Keyboard, Guitar and Bass)
- Monitoring of an ongoing project (Coaching, advice, recommendation).

Manu

Maarten

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Maarten will teach you about general music theory and analysis from beginner to advanced level. He is experienced to teach highest level classical musicians and Jazz musicians too. He can work with you about the harmony and analysis of compositions on practical ways affected to your own performance as well. so not only on the desk, but on the instrument in order to improve your knowledge and performance level.
He has many knowledge of all kinds of music analysis and compositions, the lessons can be mix with online and class room.

Julia

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Do you make music at home, but always wanted to record a song for fun?

If you are learning how to play it, I have the gear to help you create and record a song, so you can share it with your friends and family, or just have it for yourself.
I can play a lot of instruments and create tracks to accompany you. You can write a song or make a recording of you playing something you are working on. Depending on your level and experience with music, it would be a great way to learn some music theory too.

I am Julia, a professional musician originally from Montreal, Canada. I have lived in the Netherlands for 4 years and have a Master's degree in Music. I compose, engineer, and perform music. I also love to teach, I have experience with ages 9 to 90. I want to get the song in your head out into the air.

Piano

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Have you always wanted to write music for movies, ads or videogames, but didn’t know where or how to start? This is your place.

We are Alonso and Vincent, two composers with different formation but that are actively working in the field of Film Scoring.
Our classes are developed for students of different ages.

Let us explain! If you are 15 years old or just 40 but want to immerse into the music world, we can help, whether you have previous experience or not in the field.

What will you learn with our lessons:
- Beginner: we’ll guide you through your first steps in your digital audio workstation. With pre-existing sample packs, you’ll discover how to build music with sound blocks, and become your very own producer/beatmaker!

-Intermediate: we’ll show you how to deal with MIDI programming. You will write the notes, yourself, of your own digital symphony, with free virtual instruments from state-of-the-art production facilities, always following the style you want to follow. The music is yours!

-Advanced: we’ll bring you to Hollywood’s antechamber: our most advanced tips about writing music, mixing, mastering, how to write your own readable sheet music... You’ll be the next Hans Zimmer in no time.

Tom

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Do you want to learn how to compose, mix or finalize your tracks with real sound?
Are you looking for someone who can explain things clearly, listen to you, encourage you and help you move forward without going around in circles?
Welcome.

My name is Tom and for 10 years I have been helping artists and enthusiasts create their music, better use their tools (Ableton, Reaper, Logic, etc.) and, above all, find their own sound.

· A clear, personalized method, at your own pace
· Solid foundations if you are a beginner (handling, composition, arrangements, etc.)
· Mixing and mastering courses
· Tools to unlock your creativity
· And an artistic eye to help you achieve your vision
Whether you are a complete beginner, with no knowledge of computer music or music, I will guide you step by step so that you quickly feel comfortable with the tools and can create your first pieces.

If you're self-taught, you may have already accumulated a lot of knowledge, but in a somewhat disorganized way: together, we'll structure all of that, clarify your basics and solidify your approach.
And if you are an artist already on the path, with projects or a vision under construction, I help you refine your universe, professionalize your sound, and go further in your artistic direction.

Jin

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I am a Korean musician and educator based in Paris. I teach piano and music theory, and I have worked in several conservatories in the Paris region. My goal is to help students of all ages and levels build a solid musical foundation while developing their own sensitivity and curiosity. Whether you are a complete beginner or someone returning to music after years, we will work together at a pace and method that feels right for you.

I hold a Master’s degree in Musical Writing from the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP) and Musicology from Sorbonne University. I also completed a Bachelor’s degree in Music composition at Yonsei University in Seoul.

I can teach in English, French, or Korean.

Joseph

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Hi! I’m Joseph (Jossy Dee) on Spotify, Apple music & all streaming platforms, I'm a music producer and professional artist with hands-on experience creating and releasing original music. I work with aspiring artists who want to turn their ideas into real, high-quality tracks — not just theory, but practical results.

In my lessons, we focus on music production from an artist’s perspective: building beats, arranging songs, improving sound quality, and developing a creative workflow that fits your style. I also help students understand songwriting, basic music theory, and how to use the piano as a tool for composition and production.

If you’re interested in releasing your own music, I can guide you through the fundamentals of music distribution and promotion so you understand how to prepare your tracks for streaming platforms and grow as an independent artist.

My lessons are practical, supportive, and tailored to your goals — whether you’re just starting out or already making music and want to level up with guidance from a working artist.

Lucio

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This class is for students who feel stuck or confused with harmony or counterpoint, even after studying the rules.

Many students struggle not because they lack ability, but because explanations often remain abstract or disconnected from real musical practice. In these lessons, I help you understand what is really happening in harmony and counterpoint, step by step, through clear explanations and guided practice.

We work on concrete musical examples and written exercises, focusing on logic, clarity and musical sense. Lessons are adapted to the student’s actual level and specific difficulties, whether you are a conservatory student, a university student, a music teacher, or an independent learner.

The aim is to move from confusion to control: gaining confidence, understanding and autonomy, so that harmony and counterpoint start making musical sense instead of feeling obscure or mechanical.