Synthwave Tutorial: How to Create Awesome Synth Chords
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- Опубліковано 1 жов 2024
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1:24 Bass+melody
2:24 Chord voicings
2:51 Breakdown of voicings
Here's a quick hands-on tutorial on voicing some synthwave chords. We'll examine a simple progression (F, G, Am, C, F G Am, Em) and I'll show you one example of how I choose to play these chords. I'll use just one hand because, honestly, most synth pads are so "heavy" (they occupy a large portion of frequency space) that you don't need more than a few notes to create really great, full sounding chords. Hope you enjoy!
Very cool ! I'd love to see more of these "style-genre-type-chords" tutorials ! :D
Me too
Any specific genres/styles?
@@MangoldProject R&B for example, plus I'm noticing in pop a lot of recurring playing patterns and stylistic effects :D
MangoldProject what would be cool is taking the same chords and showing multiple ways to make use of those chords (or taking a melody and showing the multiple ways to harmonize it), by applying different rhythms, harmonic context, and melody, etc. I think that would really give insight on the many directions you can take chords..
@@Bamblagram ok, that's genius ! :)
I was watching the chord progression, I accidentally made it into a House EDM.
Always when I start a Hip Hop beat it ends in something like Synthwave
@@harendotesabydos4619 When I start a house beat it always ends up a hip hop beat :/
@@ivansoto9723 Good… we only make hip hop in this house
Hey, that's my artwork in the thumbnail.
Noice
Very nice art sir
Emergency Russell it looks sick dude !!
What synthenzier are you using?
Educational 🤔
this is awesome, more videos like this please!
Judging by the types of chord voicings, I feel like Eric Whitacre would have fun messing around with Synthwave 😂
Thanks for helping to get rid of my fear of dissonance! Now I really love the lusciousness and depth you can get out of these higher level voicings.
This was great !! I especially like major 7ths, 2nds, sus4, occasionally a 6th.
There's this thing about lingering notes that stay on a little longer than normal. But I'm not sure what to call it.
Also, there can sometimes be a time-forward note, that comes in a little early, in anticipation of the next chord. But I'm not sure what to call that either.
I love much synthwave musics and i was aking myself when i would start learning it... today is the day! Thank you for the amazing lesson! Do you have more synthwave lessons? I want to learn more and more! I want to compose for an RPG but synthwave wont come in much hand now.. because its medieval theme,but later on another chapter i will introduce futuristic theme and them synthwave will come on hand great as a glove 😁
For now its a love that i have for synthwave and those nostalgic 80-90s musics
I have a few synthwave pieces on the channel, but I don't really do synthwave videos regularly I'm afraid:
ua-cam.com/play/PLP9cbwDiLzdKqBxdByqHd9uJx7VTHPDyW.html
id love to see more of this style tutorial possibly with a few explanations/general guidelines on when to use added voices/suspensions and how they generally resolve. i am familiar with basic common practice voicing techniques and chord progressions, but when it comes to these more sophisticated voicings, its all trial and error and going by ear for me. also, what is that lovely chorus sound?:)
I just used one of Roland's stock sounds on the RD-2000. I was actually not too happy with it, but it got the job done.
Sus 2 mostly on 1 and 4 chords
Sus 4 on 1 and 5 chords - most common though any chord can be a sus 4
MORE OF THIS PLEASE!!!!
I play in an 80s New Wave tribute and these chord voicings sound great. Definitely give you the feel of that era. Just ad a string pad like you did, or a CS80 or DX7 and your good to go. Thank you for sharing.
*you're
@@MorgueOfficialMusic respectively, go pound sand.
c major sus vote them out
Hello, what sound of Ableton is that, or at leats, what sound could it look it?
Thanks
Нормально,сразу чувствуется дух 80-х!!!!
Ha never thought I’d see a synth wave tutorial by you, unexpected surprise but cool
This tutorial was dope and just gave me tons of different ideas for composing. Thank you very much for sharing you knowledge !
I love the sound of this progression but did not understand much of it.
But who cares, as long as it inspires! Thank you.
Thanks Rayder. Inspiration is often as important as information.
No one ever wants B :(
F Sus
Simple and effective.. thank you so much for using only the white keys.. that’s make everything understandable for the others keys 🙏🏻
Thanks very much for adding the music sheet, it really helps people with classical background.
hey I love what you do, can I use the chord/note progressions for my own music? kindest regards
ha it said sus
wich app do you use to record keyboard and show graphics?
There's so much here. I'm gonna have to watch it a few times.
Beautiful chord progression I loved that
Hello. Whats the App that's showing the chords being played?
Thank you for the information.
Good knowledge of chords will definitely help the process of creating such voicings
Brilliant. Spot on.
Fancy meeting Geert Van Schlänger here. 😄🖖
What kind of preset you have used for this? Sounds like a voice pad
More "Juzz" and "Clessicul" perhaps "Ruck" and "Pøp". Wait nvm just Juzz + Clessicul mby sum "Bassa Nuva"
Ps. Im not trolling these are actual genres that uncle sam wants YOU to support
For trolling I'd have to have at least some idea what you're talking about, of which I have none.
*HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!!!!* 😀
This really helps thank you 👌✌️
These chords sound great especially when played in this context, solo. In a band these complex chords are not required, they will be lost in the mix. The 80s were a simpler time. Not many knew these fancy “jazz chords” back then. I grew up playing in bands and was born in 71 so ask Mr how I know.
Fair enough - sometimes simplicity is called for. This depends on what else is present in the mix.
Awesome!! Thanks Mangold, this is a nice tutorial, love it.
I would also be verry happy to see more synthwave style chords or more generally Real Emotion chords which I believe 80's pop style music where more focused on.
Thanks again for your invaluable work, love the idea of a Mangold Jazz Piano Course online!
Greating,
Julian
I am a complete nood to music creation :) where can I get a sound pack for synthwave? or how do I make it sound in that style?
TY!!
I.. I .. I just can't.... I will never understand chords.
The man just presed 4keys that where literally each next to the others, and sounded beautiful and it was already a chord.
If i do this, the neighbors call the police.... i give up
Haha. Look for videos on "voicing". There are quite a few on my channel that discuss this exact concept. It takes time, and what most people end up doing is memorizing several forms that sound good. If you memorize 5-6 such forms and recall them on the fly you will sound infinitely better.
What software is that has been showing the notes and the staff
ChordieApp.
stuff*
@@xentiment6581 He actually meant "staff" not "stuff".
@@firstnamelastname6501 oh damnit xD
GD lIlXentimentlIl 👏👏🤦♂️😆😆
Hello. I enjoyed this video. This is the very first time that IU have watched one of your videos. Would you be kind enough to tell me where you get your sound from, for the chords you were playing and the Bass sound that you were playing as well. Your music sounds were wonderful to listen to. I absolutely love the sound that you used in this video and would love to acquirer some of those sounds. They were very soothing sounds. I want to thank you for making this video and introducing me to some of these sounds. I wish you continued success with your future videos and musical projects. I also wish you continued success financially as well. Have a wonderful day and week. Please keep making beautiful music.
I think in this video those sounds were all stock RD700GX piano sounds. They are by no means special. Any half-decent subtractive synthesizer will give you these sounds and much more (hardware or software).
Nice, would of been cool to hear it all together.
nice job, midi for dowload please
How do you figure out these chords? I want learn the intuitive skill of figuring out amazing chords like this that rhythmically blend with one another
People aren't as creative as you think they are. Chord progressions repeat themselves across songs in many different ways and variations. The best way is to sit down and play/transcribe existing songs that you like and look for these patterns. Maybe I'll do a video on this at some point.
The other thing you need to learn is thinking in terms of degrees rather than absolute chords. Try watching this video of mine:
ua-cam.com/video/nzuWldLMw6E/v-deo.html
Very informative. I'll be using what I learned here in my next song. Check me out for original synthwave.
Whats the software you're using at the top, which recognizes the notation and chords ?
ChordieApp
@@MangoldProject U Da Man!
Is there something similar for iOS?
What kinda of keyboard is this? Please respond! Thanks, great video
Played on the Roland RD2000.
Just imagine add drums to this
What software are you using to show the chords and keys like that
*cries in 4 note polyphony*
Really nice
Also what kind of keyboard do you have?!!!!
Happy Thanksgiving. I have an RD2000 (not a synth by any stretch). The app is ChordieApp.
@@MangoldProject the ROLAND 2000?!!!!
@@non-youtuber Yes, Roland RD2000.
@@MangoldProject I have a Nord, neener neener neener! ;)
I'm getting the Roland Juno-DS Synthesizer for CHRISTMAS From Guitar Center!! 😀
Sound wonderful, makes it look so easy. Great skill, this is really informative. Awesome tutorial.
Sounds great, could copy the notes but I don't seem to understand those. Why do they work ?
What is the software that tells you the chord with the description my kind sir?
ChordieApp.
what were the vsts you used? like for the bass and for the pad on the upper keys?
I just used the stock sounds on the RD-GX700 Roland digital piano.
sorry but wich program do u use for thoose beautiful sounds?? :o
I'm pretty sure these are stock sounds on the RD2000 piano.
Thank you kind sir, you are a real human bean and a real hero
I'm also emotionally complex.
Hahahahaha! "Go tension, go!" The music sounds great, but that won the video.
Did I really say that? I say the darndest things ...
wow it sounds incredible !!!
Could you do a video about Mitch murder? He has a lot of stabbing of chords and licks.
Fuck I love this
Love love love this 💕
god
Interesting, I’m so stacked in triads that I feel ashamed.
TY
More synthwave please!)
I've been thinking about making more synthwave content ... maybe I'll interleave it with my ongoing jazz piano series.
Thank you!
Awesome
coool
what is this piano called?
Incredible and speechless! Fantastic voicing! Also the sounds are great! What sounds you're using?
Super bro...
I do like this video ! I'm fascinated by the chord you choice for the voices. I don't know how to find them... When I'm creating, I easily find notes for bassline and for melody, but for the voices it's difficult.
Is it your software that show the chord or is it a footage ? It's soft and clean !
It's ChordieApp (not mine).
Also, try my Jazz Piano Course series here on UA-cam. The only way to get used to the voicings is to study theory in an organized manner.
@@MangoldProject Ok thank you 🙂
In case you're missing a bit of background, you can also view my "Piano Quickie" series (very short videos on basic concepts).
@@MangoldProject I think I will start by this, I'm not used to piano theory at all ^^
great tutorial . i learn a lot from it and thanks for the nice imagery of the piano ! great!!!
Nice! Thank you!
Please tutorial settingan sound keyboard🙏🏻
Awesome tutorial! Thank you
You’re my favorite teacher on UA-cam
Thanks Juno.
Sounds like save your tears
Never heard them. I'll go check them out. But synthwave is inevitably derivative, so it's unavoidable pieces will sound similar to each other.
I would like to contact you with a question, do you have some contact info? Regards
@MangoldProject
Are you hitting some of the notes on the 8th bass beat?
2;38
Really helpful video. Can you do a Mike Dean tutorial? He is featured in the Moog One introduction video and the chords he‘s playing just amaze me every time. I was wondering what kind of chords those are and how to play them. The video is called Moog One - A Meditation On Listening and he appears at 6:32
same bass line as The Midnight's
Yeah, it's a fairly standard progression for synthwave. Not surprising bass lines sound the same.
@@MangoldProject well if you can figure out the riff for Los Angeles id be very impressed as that is what im trying to figure out.
Awesome vid is the display we’re seeing a program if so what’s it called?
I’d like to know this as well, it looks really useful
Can you share name of the program you use?
you play chord and shows you right away
www.chordieapp.com/
Nice! What software are you using for the sounds or is that the Roland keyboard?
It's mostly u-He Hive.
thenks, that`s really helpfool
thanks, master!
Great! Sound incredible, good idea this polychord,, thanks a lot!
How can anyone dislike this
Coool
I know this song or something very similar but I just can't remember the name lol bugging the shit out of me now.
Claude Prince is it the song from drive
Hi Mangold, I love all of your work. Do you ever plan on releasing DVD collections of your past vids, possibly assembled by the year of by the topic. I would really love to obtain your collections. Thanks so much for all you do.
Thanks Ken. No real plans, but I've been toying with the idea of creating a really systematic jazz piano course online (a "real" paid course, possibly with transcriptions). But don't hold your breath ...
MangoldProject cy
Aww hell yeah!
federer
What?
fun!
Keep up the good work man
What program is that? Wich allows you to display notes like thiS?
ChordieApp
Thanks Mr mango I love yo work