Instructor

  • GARNET WALTERS

    GARNET WALTERS

    Garnet Walters is an Emmy Award winning musician, arranger and producer who has a passion for music and it shows in his playing and in his compositions. He has been playing the piano since the age of five. He started playing classical music but had an ear for other genres of music especially jazz. He began playing at his local church at age 9. As a teenager, Garnet studied at the Concordia Preparatory Music School. He has entered piano competitions and received great reviews from musician’s guilds. He graduated from Purchase College with a Bachelor’s degree in music in 2005. Garnet has played for many artists such as Karen Clarke-Sheard, Tyrone Birkett, Mykal Kilgore, Reggie Young, Hadrien Feraud, David Bratton, James Hall and The Boys & Girls Choir of Harlem Alumni Ensemble to name a few. In 2021, Garnet won an Emmy Award as a producer and arranger for the song written and sung by Donald Stevens Jr., “You Can Change The World”.

Here is what you'll learn:

  • Learn How To Create Harmony!

    With the Number System, you will learn how to create basic harmony easily with three notes!

  • Expand Your Musical Foundation!

    Once you have learned the basics, you will learn how to creativity add to your musicality by expanding your harmonic palette!

  • Creating A Masterful Sound!

    Learn how to create a seasoned, professional sound by learning how to connect one chord to another smoothly!

Course curriculum

  • 1
    THE NUMBER SYSTEM PART 1: TRIADS
    • THE NUMBER SYSTEM PART 1: TRIADS
  • 2
    THE NUMBER SYSTEM PART 2: SEVENTH CHORDS
    • THE NUMBER SYSTEM PART 2: SEVENTH CHORDS
  • 3
    THE NUMBER SYSTEM PART 3: INVERSIONS AND VOICE LEADING
    • THE NUMBER SYSTEM PART 3: INVERSIONS AND SMOOTH VOICE LEADING

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