Compose emotional game music without guessing.
How to compose emotional game music on purpose: rhythm, scales, chords and both clefs, step by step.
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| Level | Beginner to Intermediate |
|---|---|
| Format | Online video course, self-paced |
| Lessons | 192 lessons and examples |
| Access | Lifetime access |
| Delivery | Instant access by email, nothing ships |
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You already hear incredible music in your head.
Level 2 is where you finally get the language to compose it on purpose, and if that sounds like you, this course was built for you.
You might be starting almost from zero, never finished a full track, and theory feels intimidating.
You might have dabbled in chords, YouTube tutorials, maybe released a piece or two, but you cannot get consistent quality.
You might be “stalled out,” you know some theory, you have past work, but your fire and clarity are gone.
You all have the same goals: a track in a game, your own recognisable style, and people leaning forward to say “wait, you wrote this?”
And indisputable proof of progress instead of more abandoned projects.
This is what Level 2 is designed to do.
Finish better music that sounds human, emotional, and intentional.
You get a complete, sequenced curriculum. No guessing what to learn next.
Eighth notes, beat divisions, strong vs weak beats, 2/4 vs 3/4 vs 4/4, dotted rhythms, pickup measures, repeat signs and realistic rhythmic composition.
You stop fighting the grid and start controlling it.
Piano to forte, crescendos and diminuendos, staccato and legato.
You learn how notation communicates “short,” “connected,” “grow here,” so you can program your MIDI the same way.
Bass clef, grand staff, and note-reading shortcuts. You bridge from “melody on top only” thinking to full‑range orchestral thinking, which is crucial for game music.
Major, all three minor types, and both major and minor pentatonics.
You learn how those relate, how to hear them, and how to pick scales that match the emotion you want.
Triads in all qualities, power chords for rock and hybrid tracks, inversions, slash chords, and broken chords.
You start seeing the neck/keyboard as chord shapes, not random notes.
Maj7, min7, dominant7, half‑diminished, plus how they appear when you harmonize scales.
You learn how game and anime scores get that lush, “grown up” harmony without guesswork.
Roman numerals, chord function, and basic analysis.
You learn to read progressions as I, ii, V etc, so you can steal harmonic moves from any OST and bend them to your style.
A compact module on rhyme types and schemes so if you ever compose songs, themes, or bard music for narrative games, your lyrics and phrasing do not sound amateur.
Every concept is taught with clear video lessons plus notated examples and composition exercises that live in the same world as video game music, not eighteenth‑century church choir only.
Self‑paced HD lessons you can rewatch any time.
Structured workbook exercises that move from drilling to short real compositions (so you are always applying).
Clear checkpoints so you always know “what to do today” instead of wandering YouTube.
Lifetime access, so you can come back when you are scoring a new game and need to refresh a concept.
When you get stuck, you are not alone; you are inside the same ecosystem that has already helped many gamers release their first legit tracks and start pitching to devs.
If you want a fast “copy this chord progression” hack and never actually understand what you are doing, this is not it.
If you are willing to sit down, do the boring work, and stack skill after skill until theory feels simple and obvious, Level 2 will change how you hear music.
Ready to stop guessing and start composing on purpose?
If you want one clear path from “I kind of know some chords” to “I can read, compose, and shape music like a real composer,” your next step is simple.
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Begin with rhythm and follow the modules in order.
The first 20 of 192 lessons and examples.
Plus 172 more lessons and examples inside the course.
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I've been studying music theory on my own time for about three years now, and analysis like this really help me solidify what I've learned.
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| Music Theory 2This course | Music Theory 1 | Music Theory 3 | Music Theory Level 4 | |
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| Best for | Scales, chords and reading both clefs | Total beginners: rhythm, reading and first melodies | Advanced rhythm, harmony and melodic development | Modes, odd meter and color scales |
| Level | Beginner to Intermediate | Beginner | Intermediate | Intermediate |
| Lessons | 192 lessons and examples | 226 lessons and examples | About 10 hours 52 minutes of video | About 38 minutes of video |
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You should already read basic notation in treble clef and know quarter notes, simple rhythms, and major / natural minor scales at a beginner level.
If you can follow that, you are ready for Level 2.
The examples are gamer‑friendly and many are drawn from game‑style music, but the theory is standard Western music theory.
It will help you if you compose game OSTs, EDM, rock, cinematic, or songs.
Level 2 assumes you know the very basics. We review and then move quickly.
If you are rusty, you can rewatch lessons and use the exercises to rebuild your reading.
Many “I hate notation” producers end up comfortable by the end.
YouTube gives you disconnected tips.
Level 2 gives you a complete path, practice built in, composer‑level notation skills, and harmony all in one place so you stop relearning the same surface tricks over and over.
If you can confidently identify and notate all intervals, all common scales, all triad types, basic seventh chords, and read both clefs, you might be ready for the next level.
If any of that is shaky, Level 2 will plug the gaps so your advanced work does not collapse later.
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Orchestration OdysseyOrchestrating game music with VSTsDan Spencer coaches Music Theory 2 from the practical composer and music-mentor perspective.
Learn the idea, try it in music, finish the assignment, and know the next move when you sit down to compose.
Dan Spencer is Music Mentor Dan: a composer, OST creator, and coach who teaches the practical path from idea (or no ideas!) to finished music you can actually ship.
Meet Dan on YouTube nowRated 4.5 out of 5 stars from 475 Amazon ratings of The Best Music Theory Book for Beginners 1 (Amazon.com, September 28, 2026).
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