Ableton Live for Beginners. From Zero to Hero in 5 steps
Learn the essential tools of Ableton Live to write your first amazing song. This beginner’s course covers creating bass lines, chords, drumbeats, and arranging your track. Get an overview of Ableton Live 11 and 10, and receive feedback on your songs. Perfect for beginner music producers looking to kickstart their music production journey.
What you’ll learn
- The must-haves of Ableton Live to write your first amazing song, even if you’ve never done it before
- Create bass line, chords, drumbeats (techno, hip-hop and trap), arrange and export your song to MP3 or WAV
- An overview of Arrangement and Session views
- If you do have some experience with Ableton Live, you’ll learn a creative workflow to arrange the existing ideas
This beginner’s Ableton Live course is short and sweet – exactly what you need to kickstart your music production journey. In this course, you’ll learn the absolute must-haves of Ableton Live that you’ll need to write your first track, so no overcomplicated and long explanations, just the essential tools to get creative straight away.
2022 update: We’ve added an overview of Ableton Live 11 and its Scale, Velocity and Chance features.
The course is created by Craig Lowe, a Music Technology lecturer at universities across London. Using his experience and students’ feedback, he made an easy-to-follow, entry-level course for Ableton Live 11 and 10. Follow these 5 steps and learn to write your first song in Ableton Live 11:
Step 1: Get an overview of Ableton Live 11 and 10 (views, clips, channels and instruments)
Step 2: Create a drumbeat in different styles of music (basic, techno, house, trap, hip hop)
Step 3: Learn chord sequences and create your own
Step 4: Create a bassline
Step 5: Finally, arrange your song and export it as an MP3 or WAV.
As simple as that!
Feedback: Your tutor is happy to give you feedback on your songs, so complete the assignment and feel free to ask him any questions about Ableton. See you on the course!
Bonus: Free drumbeat cheat sheet PDF included in the course.
Who this course is for:
- Beginner music producers
- Anyone who wants to try music writing for fun and creative expression, but don’t know where to start
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