Transpose and Terrify!
Sometimes, all it takes to make a tune spooky is some major-to-minor transposition. Resident pro Sara Campbell shows you how, just in time for Halloween!
Halloween
When October rolls around we have a whole range of Halloween and horror themed music education downloads to help you develop aural skills in a suitably spooktacular way…
Scary Songs
Halloween Is Coming Soon!
This Halloween children’s song teaches major and minor chords and scales is very suitable for this haunted day – download the sheet music PDF and piano MP3 for free!
Alarming Articles
Scary Halloween Sounds Party
Scare up your Halloween party with horrendous sounds and songs with “Halloween Sounds”.
Grab some haunted tunes
Our article “Halloween Songs to Startle Your Ears” is bound to provide some inspiration for startling friends and relations this Halloween.
Improvisation Inspires Your Spooky Soundtracks
Develop your ears for improvisation and it can provide a musical ‘sketch’ to start with when scoring a Halloween video clip. Then refine and hone it to match the film perfectly.
Tips and Tricks of the top horror film composers
There are particular musical and audio techniques which make a soundtrack scary not silly – we show you some key examples and share tips for creating that perfectly horrible horror movie soundtrack.
Unravelling Music Terror Tracks
“Halloween Eve’s Birthday Bash”
A spooky Halloween track to teach you about minor intervals, minor chords, and how sound effects and audio effects are used to create those scary sounds.
“Halloween Horror 3000”
Learn all about how an eerie futuristic Halloween music track is put together with this special downloadable Unravelling Music track. As always you get the main MP3, several supporting track (to help you understand what’s going on, musically) and a PDF booklet of liner notes to explain what you’re hearing. Download and listen now.
“Halloween Robo-Bop”
A brand new track in our Unravelling Music series, which teaches you to hear more and understand what you hear in music. This sad scary love song about a robot ghost will teach you all about chord progressions and 4 chord songs.
Free articles about Halloween
7 Creepy Tricks and Treats for Writing Halloween Horror Music
Reach out and scare someone with your own creepy Halloween tracks. This composer shares her darkest musical secrets for guaranteed blood-curdling results!
How to Spookify Your Songs for Halloween
Halloween means spooky songs and music of the macabre. Learn how to add the special scary touches to make your own music suitably terrifying…
7 Strange Musical Secrets for Your Own Scary Soundtrack
Time to creep out with some scary Halloween jams? Why not write your own? With these seven tips—inspired by the masters—your listeners will scream for more!
Halloween Music Activities for Your Ghouls and Goblins
Halloween is a great time to teach young musicians ear training skills. Here are some top resources to help you do it in spooky style.
Open Your Ears to Halloween Haunt Music
Open your ears to some original Halloween music by horror music composer Sam Haynes. These free tracks are essential for any Halloween party playlist.
A Halloween Treat: Classic Song-Writing Tricks
Discover some of the classic song writing tricks used by the greats with this selection of fun Halloween-themed songs by John Anealio. Listen and learn!
8 Excellent Halloween Music Activities
Fun and diverse musical halloween themed resources to keep kids and adults alike busy making spooky music this October. Includes free worksheets and scores.
5 Ways to Make Your Songs Spooky for Halloween
Learn from the pros about how to use minor keys, discord, sound effects and surprise to create your very own spooky halloween composition this October.
Halloween Ear Training Music for Students and Teachers
Discover some new spooky Halloween-themed songs and resources for musical ear training in this roundup of new notables, perfect for parents and teachers.
Halloween Sounds: Welcome to the horror show!
Creating Halloween haunt music requires a particular kind of musical ear training. Specialist composer Sam Haynes shares his top tips for spooky sounds.
Halloween is Almost Here: Whooooo Wants Improved Listening Skills?
Autumn and Halloween are excellent opportunities to mix up your students’ musical ear training. Get some top tips and a fun rhythm game in this article.
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