@AlexanderOldingwow that is CRAZY Anyways … personally I like to move le little notes around until they sound good And then once they sound good you just throw in some drums
I was sitting here saying "No way a short teaches you everything you need to know" but in reality, that's pretty accurate to everything you need to know to make music lmao it's a great start to build from!
As a musician, I think this is just about as well as you could possibly describe music theory in 30 seconds. Of course it’s extremely simplified but it covers the bases pretty well
This is the first music theory video that really resonated with me and I just realized why. Every single tutorial always tries to teach using sheet music or an actual instrument, whereas you utilized the piano roll. I can read sheet music and play piano decently, but 99% of the time I compose while using the piano roll so this visualization clicked. Great job!
It is 0.001 percent of what you need to know about music theory if you wanna be a musician, but the videos goal is to do a brief introduction to music theory and how important it is. For that, this video is great
Musician here! The reason we say it's not important is because you will naturally learn it as you go along. Learning it early on might make people feel like they have to follow it all the time like hard rules. And that's pretty limiting
well but those are "basics" if you don't learn how to draw circle, you aint no ever drawing a face bruh. same here, if you want to go outside of the theory, you need to know the theory first. Look at any great artist, they knew theory but simply after learning it they just made their own style which was also very good and unique. Just...don't look at the result of someones input, look at their progress and what they have gone through to get there
@user-do5bu8qz9d listen I respect your view but learning music theory doesn't work for everyone. I'm autistic and i have crippling adhd. Music theory would have turned me off of it. I am self taught and I'd say I'm pretty good
@@Vaniaomega welp, that's true. If your brain works diffirent way than an average person, then yeah. Of course you will need diffirent way to learn something I just think for an average person it would be more fun to learn music theory, get those Chords, chords progression and make some music easly otherwise it will get boring easly as there is no direction to go through. Contrary to popular belief, if someone won't point out a way you most likely won't move by a single inch unless you were to starve to death
This is very good for such a short tutorial. I also appreciate how you explain tonal centers, which was a musical concept that bugged me for a while. I could definitely see this helping out people who are beginners with music theory
I'm an ambient music producer and believe music theory is important. First i didn't care about it and did it all by ear. When you know the theory you can build melodies quicker. If you learn what notes go together and what kind of emotion/atmosphere it creates, you can plan and produce better tracks.
It is 0.001 percent of what you need to know about music theory if you wanna be a musician, but the videos goal is to do a brief introduction to music theory and how important it is. For that, this video is great
See I don't get the people what say music theory isn't important. My compositions are literally me putting down notes to see if it sounds like i want it to, but music theory still comes into play, such as chord formation and general keys for the feel. It is absolutely important.
The people who say it isn't important are the ones who don't know it/ can't be bothered to learn it. Everyone who knows theory knows how important is it
@@ListenUpJames Exactly. I remember looking up how to make things like melodies and chords and whatnot because I couldn't make good ones, but never bothered to learn theory. I learned basic theory afterwards, and while my stuff still sucks, it's at least well put-together (ish). Learn basic theory at least kids, it'll help you.
@@Enderblade18 I used to make the craziest melodies trying to get them to sound good. Now I pretty much only use a i-iv-vii or i-vi and a couple others now that I know theory. The funny thing is that my melodies are so simple now, yet I couldn’t make them years ago because I didn’t know wtf a i-iv progression was
@@ListenUpJames Lol same (actually no wait I barely understand the whole i-iv thing besides it's a 1 5 progression) I more follow the philosophy "If it sounds good it is good" if you know what I mean
Tbh I think they say that when they make sample-based music. All you need to know is that the key and bpm of the samples needs to be the same. I sample music and it sounds pretty good, not much music theory needed. The hard part is have a good ear for samples and finding creative ways to use them yeah
Everything you need to know is translating feelings into music. If you think about music theory it becomes hard to create music. Creating music by ear rather than algorithm is always the best
This is great advice, I will add though, that in some daws you can set the scale in the piano roll, which will highlight all the notes of the scale you choose. I use Ableton, not sure if FL has that feature as well. I know a bit of music theory through learning sax and piano, but I still find myself locking the scale in to have a better visualizer and improve workflow. Scroll through the options and experiment with ones you’ve never used before, that’s my favorite use of it.
For new people struggling with this you can enable an option on the piano roll and select the scale and key you want and then just place any notes on the light squares and ur on key but I also recommend to learn it by urself instead of always doing it like that
Reliance on music theory varies wildly from person to person, but the more you know the more time you save. You can, in theory, produce a song with zero music theory knowledge. However, the amount of time it would take to find notes that work with the chords, melody, and bass would be incredibly unrealistic for most people. When producers say you don't need music theory knowledge, they mainly mean you don't need to know which chords sound good together or why. You still should have at least a basic understanding of major and minor keys and scale degrees in order to begin producing. However, while learning this is the biggest jump you will see in your producing from music theory, the more you know the better, and the less time you spend figuring out what sounds good the more time you can spend actually making things that sound good.
here’s a quote from me. “music theory is important because it is made to be broken” what this means is that u should use music theory all you can but if you feel your artistic self breaking theory to make something sound better and more unique to you, then do it. a prime example for this is hanzimmers oogways theme. zimmer used the pentatonic scale throughout the song because it’s what the Chinese used in their cultural music under a different name. but for 2 of the notes, he breaks the pentatonic scale by playing notes outside of the scale. he did this because it just sounded better melodically 🤷🏻
That’s still theory though, there’s reasons why they still sound good even if you go out of the scale, that’s where modal interchanges come from where you temporarily move to another scale in the same progression.
For all the people saying staying in the key is enough (I take it as using diatonic stuff only) are missing out on making great music, just look up some of the chords on your favorite songs and use them in different keys that will teach you way more and open up your vision, of course this is a very simplified nice explanation but there is a whole wide world if you decide to explore theory
That's interesting, though I'd like to add a bit more to what you described in your video (out of respect for your efforts; the 60 second limit sucks, I know): • The minor scale is a mode of the major scale. Modes are scales that we have reprioritized their tonal center. For example, if in the C Major scale we start from the second note (D), we then have the D Dorian scale. So the tonic note becomes D instead of C, and the tonic chord is D Minor instead of C Major. It goes as follows: Major (C) > Dorian (D) > Phrygian (E) > Lydian (F) > Mixolydian (G) > Minor (A) > Locrian (B) You can do this with any major scale. • Whether a song sounds "happy" or "sad" is not determined by it being major or minor. It's all about context. A more accurate way to describe scales is by how bright or dark they are. For example, there are scales that sound very dark and unstable (Locrian), scales that sound very bright and ethereal (Lydian), scales that are more average in terms of brightness and darkness (Major and Minor) and scales that are in-between (Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian). Still, context matters. So don't mark my words.
You can't really use Locrian for diatonic functional harmony. It cannot resolve. It's probably why God "rested" on the 7th day because Locrian is Loko and it has a flat flated 5th which is the Tritone also called the Devils interval.
I’m pretty knowledgeable about advanced Music Theory. Here’s what I suggest producers knowing. Circle of fifths and fourths, and Intervals. You’ll be good to go
@@xtremezmc443 circle of fifths and fourths teaches you about all the relative intervals and their respective tension and release in all 12 keys. Circle of fifths go like: C > G > D > A > E > B > F# > C# > G# > D# > A# > F > then back to C. This is because respective scales have the note next to them as the FIFTH. For example, the fifth note in C major is G (C D E F G), then fifth of G major is D (G A B C D) and so on. Fifths and the root (first note) have a definitive relationship of tension (fifth) and release (root). Meaning, a chore progression like G > C will always sound tense, then resolved. Because of this, fifths are often referred to as DOMINANTS. Circle of fourths is as important, as it is simply the circle of fifths if you read it backwards. C > F > Bb > Eb > Ab > Db > Gb > B > E > A > D > G > then back to C. Because coincidentally, those notes are all four notes away from their respective major scales. C major to F (C D E F) F major to Bb (F G A Bb). Because of this, they're referred to as SUBDOMINANTS. Because the fourth and root also sound tense and resolved, however much less aggressive as the fifth and root do, thus the name 'sub'dominant. so chord progressions like F > C also work. However, because it's called a SUB dominant, you can also do chord progressions like F > G > C. Making it subdominant, dominant, then resolve. Giving a bit of that good transition with the tension. That's not the only use case of the circle of fourth/fifths, though. There's a huge reason why it's shaped like a circle. Because notes that are the FARTHEST away from each other are the most dissonant when played together, with the ones being the most dissonant are the ones a straight line from each other (for example, C and F# are EXTREMELY dissonant, that combination is called a tritone!) these musical knowledge might seem trivial, but they might be interesting when you're trying to compose music with interesting dissonance. No combination of notes are bad with the correct context. Trust me, music is WAY MORE fun this way.
@@ayeronical Holy shit dawg I absolutely love you, I've been making basic chords, just triads and fifths without knowing what they do, this gon for sure help, I still can't believe you wrote all that for me🙏🏻. Btw what's a Bb note in fl studio, I don't see it
@@xtremezmc443 a Bb is the same as an A# (B flat meets the black key next to A) (A# meets the black key next to B). Flat (b) means to lower one semitone, Sharp (#) means to higher one semitone. Intervals like C to D are called whole tones (or two semitones) while intervals like C to C# are called semitones. This also happens for E and F being semitones apart because in the piano, there is no E# black key, E# is just F. This is why F's fourth note is Bb instead of B, because in F major, it goes like F > G (whole) > A (whole) > Bb (semitone) just like C major goes like C > D (whole) > E (whole) > F (semitone). Happy practicing bro
It's because saying "you don't need music theory" generates more views on UA-cam. People would rather be lied to than accept the harsh realities of life. I'd rather be honest with my audience, regardless of the hate comments I receive for saying "you need to know music theory"
I dont know any music theory and I think I’m okay at music (there’s definitely room for improvement, there always is). But I’ve been doing it for 3 years now, and I’m starting to realize I do know music theory. I just don’t know the words for it.
Lmao im subscribing, i have another question, so the only rules to follow is just, use the notes of the scale, but focusing ong the note of the scale Right??
what? no the only rule isnt to stay in scale. you can break scale whenever you want.in REAL music people jump out of scale all the time.its important to KNOW your scales though to learn WHEN to break scale.you wont learn shit in a 20 sec short kid. takes time to learn.
THERE’S MORE What if you take another note than C or A ? You get a whole other set of moods : Modes (explained in a minute) Taking the C major scale, you have C Ionian (major) D Dorian (minor-major), E Phrygian (minor-minor), F Mixolydian (major-minor), G Lydian (major-major), A Aeolian (minor) and B Locrian (the diminished chord put down to a scale, so don’t ever use it 😰😰😰) When I say major-minor, it means it’s mostly major, but less than the basic major scale, mixolydian, lydian and ionian all start with a major chord so they’re pretty majorish, phrygian, aeolian start with a minor chord, they’re more minor, locrian starts with a diminished chord 🫤 Don’t skip modes, they’ve stepped up my music a whole lot
i meaaan it is important to make certain genres but this is too nuch too quickly unfortunately, there are really good basics guides on UA-cam that you can find super easily if you want to get started!!
genuinely asking. as an ammeter producer, who produces just a hobby, i typically just go with what sounds good to me. should i attempt to learn music theory, or would it be a waste of time, since like i said, i typically just go off of samples, or what sounds good to my own ear
@@ListenUpJames maybe that was a wrong choice of words. i’m just saying that i don’t necessarily devote every day and every minute to producing. i have other things going on and only do it when im in the mood. and not for very long at that
@@h8hayden I would say it’s definitely worth it. You don’t necessarily have to put hours into learning it, just actively invest small amounts of time into researching things like chords, scales, etc
Depends on how good your ear is and whether you've run into a creative block. If the way you're doing things now is working, don't feel obliged to change it just to suit other peoples expectations. Seen too many self-taught guitarists hem themselves in by learning the CAGED system, then being too 'in the mindset' to venture outside of it.
Sure, you'll make decent music, there is no doubt about that. But I'd encourage every single musician to eventually break out of it once they grasp the basics and work with them for a while. Staying only in key of a diatonic scale is very limiting in the long term. Imagine not learning how to utilize something so simple yet so powerful as a secondary dominant because it's not in key! I think producers would just miss out on so many ways to spice up and personalize their compositions.
if you always stay in key youll never get past the music sounding bland you gotta realize just how many of your favorite songs go off key or change key etc
I know there'll be some people who are angry you didn't use sheet music to explain this, so I'll just say it: you don't need to know sheet music to make great music. Unless you're trying to show others how to play a song, assuming they even know how to read sheet music (I'm looking at you guitarists), it's really not even practical or possible to use it in a DAW, which is the modern standard for making music.
Never have I ever heard an actual producer say that music theory is not important. Quite the opposite actually. Unless you count all the instagram and tiktok people who specifically only make shitty midi beats as producers...
Back in the day it mattered but with all the programs we have now we don’t need as much music theory of course you need to have some sense but you’d be suprised looking at all the big producers who don’t have insane music theory
@@ListenUpJames I’m not you guys I’ve never seen ur videos b4 but I’m saying someone with little to no music theory can make it nower days as a producer
@@Prodbyj4h that’s completely incorrect. You’re only saying that because you know little to no music theory and want to make yourself feel better about your music. Imagine saying this about anything else. “I can make it as a car mechanic without knowing anything about cars”, or “I can make it as a pilot with knowing little to nothing about planes”. Do you hear how stupid this sounds?
It's less that music theory isn't important and more so that it isn't as important as you'd learn in a class, especially considering that fact that most of what you'll learn in a music theory class doesn't help when you leave certain areas of music.
This video doesn't tell you all you need to know. It doesn't mention time signatures, suspended chords, the harmonic minor scale, the different modes, or key changes.
You forgot the part where you pick notes at random based on how they sound and then spend 3 hours trying to figure out what scale it is before giving it up and calling it the "C# cool bullshit scale" in your head
@@Defnotvon0 no, it’s not usable. Eb Major = Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb D# Major = D# E# F## G# A# B# C## It’s more complicated to think of it, and in Music, doesn’t exist the key signature for “D# Major”.
@duvg5317 Eb Major and D# major is literally the same thing bro. It's just notated in a different way. Sure it's simpler to just use Eb major but doesn't mean D# major is wrong. It's just a different way of looking at the key
thank you. i’ll forget everything i just heard in 20 seconds
@AlexanderOlding did u say something?
@AlexanderOlding oh ok i’ll read it later
im forgetting it as im hearing it
@AlexanderOldingexcuse me but who are you to judge anyone’s art?
@AlexanderOldingwow that is CRAZY
Anyways … personally I like to move le little notes around until they sound good
And then once they sound good you just throw in some drums
Bro did a speedrun
I was sitting here saying "No way a short teaches you everything you need to know" but in reality, that's pretty accurate to everything you need to know to make music lmao it's a great start to build from!
Glad it was helpful!
As a musician, I think this is just about as well as you could possibly describe music theory in 30 seconds. Of course it’s extremely simplified but it covers the bases pretty well
Extremely simplified 😰?
@@guero210I seriously recommend watching a few videos on UA-cam to learn music theory slowly and surely 😂
@@guero210lol yes
@@guero210trust me, this is very simplified(been learning music for 6 years rn)
lol no this just teaches 2 types of scales and some basic triads. Does nothing to cover other types of scales/chords, or really anything else
This is the first music theory video that really resonated with me and I just realized why. Every single tutorial always tries to teach using sheet music or an actual instrument, whereas you utilized the piano roll. I can read sheet music and play piano decently, but 99% of the time I compose while using the piano roll so this visualization clicked. Great job!
Thanks! Glad it was useful!
It is 0.001 percent of what you need to know about music theory if you wanna be a musician, but the videos goal is to do a brief introduction to music theory and how important it is. For that, this video is great
Musician here! The reason we say it's not important is because you will naturally learn it as you go along. Learning it early on might make people feel like they have to follow it all the time like hard rules. And that's pretty limiting
well but those are "basics"
if you don't learn how to draw circle, you aint no ever drawing a face bruh.
same here, if you want to go outside of the theory, you need to know the theory first.
Look at any great artist, they knew theory but simply after learning it they just made their own style which was also very good and unique.
Just...don't look at the result of someones input, look at their progress and what they have gone through to get there
@user-do5bu8qz9d listen I respect your view but learning music theory doesn't work for everyone. I'm autistic and i have crippling adhd. Music theory would have turned me off of it. I am self taught and I'd say I'm pretty good
@@Vaniaomega welp, that's true.
If your brain works diffirent way than an average person, then yeah.
Of course you will need diffirent way to learn something
I just think for an average person it would be more fun to learn music theory, get those Chords, chords progression and make some music easly
otherwise it will get boring easly as there is no direction to go through. Contrary to popular belief, if someone won't point out a way you most likely won't move by a single inch unless you were to starve to death
@@SagreChintoThere is a lot of value in just following one's ear.
This is very good for such a short tutorial. I also appreciate how you explain tonal centers, which was a musical concept that bugged me for a while. I could definitely see this helping out people who are beginners with music theory
"If it sounds good, it sounds good"
Thisss 🎉:)))
I'm an ambient music producer and believe music theory is important. First i didn't care about it and did it all by ear. When you know the theory you can build melodies quicker. If you learn what notes go together and what kind of emotion/atmosphere it creates, you can plan and produce better tracks.
In my opinion, music theory is something you learn as your music journey progresses.
It is 0.001 percent of what you need to know about music theory if you wanna be a musician, but the videos goal is to do a brief introduction to music theory and how important it is. For that, this video is great
pretty good visual demonstration, might have to use this to explain music theory to my friends who are trying to get into producing
See I don't get the people what say music theory isn't important. My compositions are literally me putting down notes to see if it sounds like i want it to, but music theory still comes into play, such as chord formation and general keys for the feel. It is absolutely important.
The people who say it isn't important are the ones who don't know it/ can't be bothered to learn it. Everyone who knows theory knows how important is it
@@ListenUpJames Exactly. I remember looking up how to make things like melodies and chords and whatnot because I couldn't make good ones, but never bothered to learn theory. I learned basic theory afterwards, and while my stuff still sucks, it's at least well put-together (ish). Learn basic theory at least kids, it'll help you.
@@Enderblade18 I used to make the craziest melodies trying to get them to sound good. Now I pretty much only use a i-iv-vii or i-vi and a couple others now that I know theory. The funny thing is that my melodies are so simple now, yet I couldn’t make them years ago because I didn’t know wtf a i-iv progression was
@@ListenUpJames Lol same (actually no wait I barely understand the whole i-iv thing besides it's a 1 5 progression) I more follow the philosophy "If it sounds good it is good" if you know what I mean
@@Enderblade18it's a 1-4 progression, those are Roman numerals used to denote chord voicings in a given key.
Tbh I think they say that when they make sample-based music. All you need to know is that the key and bpm of the samples needs to be the same. I sample music and it sounds pretty good, not much music theory needed. The hard part is have a good ear for samples and finding creative ways to use them yeah
Everything you need to know is translating feelings into music. If you think about music theory it becomes hard to create music. Creating music by ear rather than algorithm is always the best
This is great advice, I will add though, that in some daws you can set the scale in the piano roll, which will highlight all the notes of the scale you choose. I use Ableton, not sure if FL has that feature as well. I know a bit of music theory through learning sax and piano, but I still find myself locking the scale in to have a better visualizer and improve workflow. Scroll through the options and experiment with ones you’ve never used before, that’s my favorite use of it.
For new people struggling with this you can enable an option on the piano roll and select the scale and key you want and then just place any notes on the light squares and ur on key but I also recommend to learn it by urself instead of always doing it like that
btw you can use the snap notes to scale feature
Use scaler and download presets and memorize the chords.
Or just learn theory? It’s a lot easier & much more useful
Reliance on music theory varies wildly from person to person, but the more you know the more time you save. You can, in theory, produce a song with zero music theory knowledge. However, the amount of time it would take to find notes that work with the chords, melody, and bass would be incredibly unrealistic for most people.
When producers say you don't need music theory knowledge, they mainly mean you don't need to know which chords sound good together or why. You still should have at least a basic understanding of major and minor keys and scale degrees in order to begin producing. However, while learning this is the biggest jump you will see in your producing from music theory, the more you know the better, and the less time you spend figuring out what sounds good the more time you can spend actually making things that sound good.
I wouldn’t personally describe major and minor as happy/sad, but they are commonly used for those tones in a lot of music contextually.
here’s a quote from me. “music theory is important because it is made to be broken”
what this means is that u should use music theory all you can but if you feel your artistic self breaking theory to make something sound better and more unique to you, then do it.
a prime example for this is hanzimmers oogways theme. zimmer used the pentatonic scale throughout the song because it’s what the Chinese used in their cultural music under a different name. but for 2 of the notes, he breaks the pentatonic scale by playing notes outside of the scale. he did this because it just sounded better melodically 🤷🏻
Yes, but you have to know the theory in the first place in order to break it.
@@ListenUpJames exactly. music theory isn’t too hard to learn really. it’s only like learning the basics to a new language but even easier
That’s still theory though, there’s reasons why they still sound good even if you go out of the scale, that’s where modal interchanges come from where you temporarily move to another scale in the same progression.
Finally a producer who teaches music theory
Bro making music is tuff I jus lay notes and hope it sounds good😭😭
Very quick revision, pretty solid
I'm sure you know you created a gem here, especially in the era of ADHD. Well done sir. Cheers!🤘
‘All you need to know’ “okay now you know the basics!”
For all the people saying staying in the key is enough (I take it as using diatonic stuff only) are missing out on making great music, just look up some of the chords on your favorite songs and use them in different keys that will teach you way more and open up your vision, of course this is a very simplified nice explanation but there is a whole wide world if you decide to explore theory
As a pianist, this is not bad for a super short tutorial
Let m make it easy for you. Semitones to form a majorcscale are 3-4 7-8. Minor is 2-3 5-6.you can form scale from any note you want.
That's interesting, though I'd like to add a bit more to what you described in your video (out of respect for your efforts; the 60 second limit sucks, I know):
• The minor scale is a mode of the major scale. Modes are scales that we have reprioritized their tonal center. For example, if in the C Major scale we start from the second note (D), we then have the D Dorian scale. So the tonic note becomes D instead of C, and the tonic chord is D Minor instead of C Major.
It goes as follows: Major (C) > Dorian (D) > Phrygian (E) > Lydian (F) > Mixolydian (G) > Minor (A) > Locrian (B)
You can do this with any major scale.
• Whether a song sounds "happy" or "sad" is not determined by it being major or minor. It's all about context. A more accurate way to describe scales is by how bright or dark they are. For example, there are scales that sound very dark and unstable (Locrian), scales that sound very bright and ethereal (Lydian), scales that are more average in terms of brightness and darkness (Major and Minor) and scales that are in-between (Mixolydian, Dorian, Phrygian). Still, context matters. So don't mark my words.
You can't really use Locrian for diatonic functional harmony. It cannot resolve. It's probably why God "rested" on the 7th day because Locrian is Loko and it has a flat flated 5th which is the Tritone also called the Devils interval.
What buttons are you pressing to move the beats like that😭
Subscribed ❤😊
Major isn’t (necessarily) happy, minor isn’t (necessarily) sad.
It depends on so many different things.
I’m pretty knowledgeable about advanced Music Theory.
Here’s what I suggest producers knowing.
Circle of fifths and fourths, and Intervals. You’ll be good to go
what is that pls explain
@@xtremezmc443 circle of fifths and fourths teaches you about all the relative intervals and their respective tension and release in all 12 keys.
Circle of fifths go like:
C > G > D > A > E > B > F# > C# > G# > D# > A# > F > then back to C. This is because respective scales have the note next to them as the FIFTH. For example, the fifth note in C major is G (C D E F G), then fifth of G major is D (G A B C D) and so on.
Fifths and the root (first note) have a definitive relationship of tension (fifth) and release (root). Meaning, a chore progression like G > C will always sound tense, then resolved. Because of this, fifths are often referred to as DOMINANTS.
Circle of fourths is as important, as it is simply the circle of fifths if you read it backwards. C > F > Bb > Eb > Ab > Db > Gb > B > E > A > D > G > then back to C. Because coincidentally, those notes are all four notes away from their respective major scales. C major to F (C D E F) F major to Bb (F G A Bb). Because of this, they're referred to as SUBDOMINANTS. Because the fourth and root also sound tense and resolved, however much less aggressive as the fifth and root do, thus the name 'sub'dominant. so chord progressions like F > C also work.
However, because it's called a SUB dominant, you can also do chord progressions like F > G > C. Making it subdominant, dominant, then resolve. Giving a bit of that good transition with the tension.
That's not the only use case of the circle of fourth/fifths, though. There's a huge reason why it's shaped like a circle. Because notes that are the FARTHEST away from each other are the most dissonant when played together, with the ones being the most dissonant are the ones a straight line from each other (for example, C and F# are EXTREMELY dissonant, that combination is called a tritone!) these musical knowledge might seem trivial, but they might be interesting when you're trying to compose music with interesting dissonance. No combination of notes are bad with the correct context. Trust me, music is WAY MORE fun this way.
@@ayeronical Holy shit dawg I absolutely love you, I've been making basic chords, just triads and fifths without knowing what they do, this gon for sure help, I still can't believe you wrote all that for me🙏🏻. Btw what's a Bb note in fl studio, I don't see it
@@xtremezmc443 a Bb is the same as an A# (B flat meets the black key next to A) (A# meets the black key next to B). Flat (b) means to lower one semitone, Sharp (#) means to higher one semitone. Intervals like C to D are called whole tones (or two semitones) while intervals like C to C# are called semitones. This also happens for E and F being semitones apart because in the piano, there is no E# black key, E# is just F. This is why F's fourth note is Bb instead of B, because in F major, it goes like F > G (whole) > A (whole) > Bb (semitone) just like C major goes like C > D (whole) > E (whole) > F (semitone). Happy practicing bro
@@ayeronical 🙏🏻You gon get me out the hood
Awesome content, I need more 🥶
Love it!
Been telling people that every single dope producer knows music theory, and says u dnt need it,
It's because saying "you don't need music theory" generates more views on UA-cam. People would rather be lied to than accept the harsh realities of life. I'd rather be honest with my audience, regardless of the hate comments I receive for saying "you need to know music theory"
I dont know any music theory and I think I’m okay at music (there’s definitely room for improvement, there always is). But I’ve been doing it for 3 years now, and I’m starting to realize I do know music theory. I just don’t know the words for it.
Lmao im subscribing, i have another question, so the only rules to follow is just, use the notes of the scale, but focusing ong the note of the scale Right??
what? no the only rule isnt to stay in scale. you can break scale whenever you want.in REAL music people jump out of scale all the time.its important to KNOW your scales though to learn WHEN to break scale.you wont learn shit in a 20 sec short kid. takes time to learn.
THERE’S MORE
What if you take another note than C or A ? You get a whole other set of moods : Modes (explained in a minute)
Taking the C major scale, you have C Ionian (major) D Dorian (minor-major), E Phrygian (minor-minor), F Mixolydian (major-minor), G Lydian (major-major), A Aeolian (minor) and B Locrian (the diminished chord put down to a scale, so don’t ever use it 😰😰😰)
When I say major-minor, it means it’s mostly major, but less than the basic major scale, mixolydian, lydian and ionian all start with a major chord so they’re pretty majorish, phrygian, aeolian start with a minor chord, they’re more minor, locrian starts with a diminished chord 🫤
Don’t skip modes, they’ve stepped up my music a whole lot
Correct, I have a video on this on my channel! :)
But you already said it. It sounds sad, it sounds happy. Knowing theory doesn't change that.
You can check this on circle of fifths, the note that is below the top one is their relative minor, C - Am or G - Em or D - Bm
i meaaan it is important to make certain genres but this is too nuch too quickly unfortunately, there are really good basics guides on UA-cam that you can find super easily if you want to get started!!
Thank you, I did not get any of that. I’ll need at least a 10 minute explanation to better understand 😅
I heard the first line and I just knew
genuinely asking. as an ammeter producer, who produces just a hobby, i typically just go with what sounds good to me. should i attempt to learn music theory, or would it be a waste of time, since like i said, i typically just go off of samples, or what sounds good to my own ear
Why would learning anything be a waste of time?
@@ListenUpJames maybe that was a wrong choice of words. i’m just saying that i don’t necessarily devote every day and every minute to producing. i have other things going on and only do it when im in the mood. and not for very long at that
@@h8hayden I would say it’s definitely worth it. You don’t necessarily have to put hours into learning it, just actively invest small amounts of time into researching things like chords, scales, etc
Depends on how good your ear is and whether you've run into a creative block. If the way you're doing things now is working, don't feel obliged to change it just to suit other peoples expectations. Seen too many self-taught guitarists hem themselves in by learning the CAGED system, then being too 'in the mindset' to venture outside of it.
man i always expected tonal center to exist i just didnt know what it was called (without any experience or training in music making)
Master the music theory so you can break it beautifully.
Staying in key is important that’s all you need to make good music that bumps
but its a lot harder to make good music when you dont know theory
@@napoopyreal 😂. I still didn't learn shit about music theory and make everything by ear. Im producing for 4-5 years by now 😂
Sure, you'll make decent music, there is no doubt about that. But I'd encourage every single musician to eventually break out of it once they grasp the basics and work with them for a while.
Staying only in key of a diatonic scale is very limiting in the long term. Imagine not learning how to utilize something so simple yet so powerful as a secondary dominant because it's not in key! I think producers would just miss out on so many ways to spice up and personalize their compositions.
@@Vegan_Kebab_In_My_Hand
exactly. Chromaticism and key changes are so useful for conveying emotion and stuff like that
if you always stay in key youll never get past the music sounding bland
you gotta realize just how many of your favorite songs go off key or change key etc
The only good thing about learning music theory is you can break the rules now because you know how they work
Ain't no one ever thought about scales when cooking up a beat
what?...
Y’all just take the time to learn music theory
jacob colier been real quiet since this dropped
I know there'll be some people who are angry you didn't use sheet music to explain this, so I'll just say it: you don't need to know sheet music to make great music. Unless you're trying to show others how to play a song, assuming they even know how to read sheet music (I'm looking at you guitarists), it's really not even practical or possible to use it in a DAW, which is the modern standard for making music.
Never have I ever heard an actual producer say that music theory is not important. Quite the opposite actually. Unless you count all the instagram and tiktok people who specifically only make shitty midi beats as producers...
That’s exactly who I’m talking about. Because that’s where most of the new producers get their information from
Tryna strike a chord and it's probably A Minorrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
"Minor, sounds sad, or fire idk" would be what id say
Back in the day it mattered but with all the programs we have now we don’t need as much music theory of course you need to have some sense but you’d be suprised looking at all the big producers who don’t have insane music theory
I never said you need "insane music theory" knowledge? You guys take everything out of context. You simply need to know the basics.
@@ListenUpJames I’m not you guys I’ve never seen ur videos b4 but I’m saying someone with little to no music theory can make it nower days as a producer
@@Prodbyj4h that’s completely incorrect. You’re only saying that because you know little to no music theory and want to make yourself feel better about your music.
Imagine saying this about anything else. “I can make it as a car mechanic without knowing anything about cars”, or “I can make it as a pilot with knowing little to nothing about planes”.
Do you hear how stupid this sounds?
A MINORRRR🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥
Thank god I found this comment
Why am i watching this i already know all of this
As a music producer, we never say that theory isn’t important.
Just read the comments, everyone says it lol
Lil Baby made millions on a simple 1-7-6 chord progression. No cap…
That second sounded like an intro to a rap song thi
Understandable. Have a grat day ✌
Dear beginner, anyone who understands this short has been through the longer videos first😜
is it possible to learn the basics of music theory at home
for sure
It's less that music theory isn't important and more so that it isn't as important as you'd learn in a class, especially considering that fact that most of what you'll learn in a music theory class doesn't help when you leave certain areas of music.
It always annoys me when people use the words ‘happy’ and ‘sad’ when talking about music theory because it’s just never that simple.
This is all i need to know
I mean all it is, is a set of rules you are told and learn 2 break later
Excelent.
real man goes by earing
Man accidentally almost made spookys house of jumpscares tone
Thanks
You need both sound design knowledgh and music theory
This video doesn't tell you all you need to know. It doesn't mention time signatures, suspended chords, the harmonic minor scale, the different modes, or key changes.
Don't need coards in phonk😊
Just put notes when they sound right.
why does it kinda sounds like the "spookies mansion" game
Can you plz teach it using FL studio mobile
Music theory is important, but it isn't neccesary for making good songs.
In my terms major sounds bad, minor sounds good
what?
If you know music theory, you will not use piano roll, you will use midi to make beats
The piano roll IS where you draw MIDI in.
@@ListenUpJames Im not English, I wanted to say, that you will not draw sheets by your computer mouse if you are musician
Minor isn't necessarily sad, major isn't necessarily sad
Music theory is important and in my 4 years of learning I've never seen a single person on UA-cam saying that music theory isn't important... Anyway
Read the comments of this video, you'll see a tonne of people trying to convince everyone that it isn't important
me asf using guess, trial n error and chromatic (i guess the keys, try them and not get them right and all is keyless) :
You forgot the part where you pick notes at random based on how they sound and then spend 3 hours trying to figure out what scale it is before giving it up and calling it the "C# cool bullshit scale" in your head
Tryna strike a chord and it's probably…
Vro immediately turned into the arctic monkeys and tears for fears producer💀
Edit: the songs are 505 (monkeys) and long long long time (tff)
These are not the full scales?
D# Major doesn’t exist… because there’s 2 double #, the correct way is Eb Major
Bro it’s the same thing 😭😭
@@Defnotvon0 no, it’s not usable.
Eb Major = Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb
D# Major = D# E# F## G# A# B# C##
It’s more complicated to think of it, and in Music, doesn’t exist the key signature for “D# Major”.
Wrong.people go to school for this shit bro. dont speak on what youre ignorant about.@@Defnotvon0
@duvg5317 Eb Major and D# major is literally the same thing bro. It's just notated in a different way. Sure it's simpler to just use Eb major but doesn't mean D# major is wrong. It's just a different way of looking at the key
no,they arent dude. key signatures are not the same.@@demetriusean
bro casually said c# (only some people will get it)
Damn. All the Producers who have been lying to me!
as a FL Studio user who has no music theory knowledge yet created a track? oh boy.
That's just inefficient and it's not gonna sound that great.
What about in love?
Wish I could understand I’m just music illiterate I think 😅
I love A Minor
Ain't no music theory saving this guy
@@xtremezmc443 To the industrial woodchipper I go
*Cues* 17 by Kings Of Leon
Ayoo, you love a *minor* ? 🤨🤨😏
make a in depth video
there's an in depth version in my music production course on producerpulse.net
What app is this ???(tnx in advance)
fl studio 24