• basic concepts of beat, meter, rhythmic values and rhythm patterns
• simple and dotted rhythmic values
• subdivisions
• simple and complex meters
• combining meters in composition and songwriting
• accents and syncopations
• common rhythms, examples, analysis

LESSON 5: Melody

• how to write a good melody
• the rhythmic aspect of the melody
• the meeting point of melody and harmony

LESSON 6: The Circle Of Fifths

• what is the circle of fifths
• the keys with sharps and with flats, and enharmonic keys
• the relative minor scales in the circle
• how to use the circle for harmonic progressions
• hidden tricks in the circle
• the circle of fifths chord progression, examples and song analysis 

LESSON 7: Color chords – 7th, 6th, and sus chords, upper structures

• chord voicing  
• sus chords
• 4-note chords
• 7th chords, independently, and in relation to the major and minor scale degrees
• 6th chords
• chord extensions and added tensions: 9, 11, and 13 (+alterations)