How to Compose Music | Your first piece for Complete Beginners

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  • @CinematicComposing
    @CinematicComposing  Рік тому +29

    Work with Marc & Chris Young (Spider-Man). Grow as a composer and get career opportunities. Small group. Apply to MOMENTUM here: bit.ly/mmmylc

  • @chrissysonicutdrloz
    @chrissysonicutdrloz 8 місяців тому +102

    FINALLY, a music teacher that's not totally full of himself and trying to tell me that' I'm gonna fail if I don't follow his 5-step formula to the letter. Thank you so much!

  • @Alexgudmusic
    @Alexgudmusic Рік тому +197

    I almost didn’t click this video because I’m not a beginner but I learned a lot and better understand the things I already know. 👍

    • @itsplk6200
      @itsplk6200 Місяць тому

      Yup same

    • @MaxwulfHepburn
      @MaxwulfHepburn Місяць тому

      Same here. It's very well presented, and in the right order.

  • @Mushasi_
    @Mushasi_ Рік тому +101

    This video is a rare jem.
    Its been like years, i just got on making music, i looked out for every video to learn music basic but still couldn't get that basic but here right in this video confusion about scale, melody, background was cleared.
    Hats off to you sir, Thank you for this jem ❤

    • @weevee
      @weevee Рік тому +5

      gem

    • @finixmoon127
      @finixmoon127 8 місяців тому +1

      You’re totally right but “jem” 😭

    • @BillyJohnson-js4kd
      @BillyJohnson-js4kd 6 місяців тому +3

      @@finixmoon127 thats my brothers name do it threw me off so hard

    • @finixmoon127
      @finixmoon127 6 місяців тому

      @@BillyJohnson-js4kd Makes sense lol

    • @Mushasi_
      @Mushasi_ 3 місяці тому

      ​@@finixmoon127 ​​ okay, so what should i do with your information make a kar, goitar, pianuo, mosic, droum... Phoenixmoun

  • @DaniloInderWildi
    @DaniloInderWildi 11 місяців тому +19

    The chord progression from section B is the same which Porcupine Tree uses in "Collapse The Light Into Earth". You might compare it with the version from the video above to hear how not only melody can change a chord progression, but also the other way round. Also, Porcupine Tree uses a peculiar progression with 5 instead of 4 bars which one would expect. iii, IV, I are one bar each but V is stretched to the length of 2 bars, probably to give more weight to the suspended fourth (not belonging to the harmony) dissolving to the third of the chord. (belonging to the harmony)

  • @HenshinHead
    @HenshinHead 7 місяців тому +20

    Honestly, the way you breakdown the three music forces makes way more sense to me than anything else I've ever read on music theory or production. I've been studying music on and off since the 5th grade over various instruments, but I've always been far more of a visual thinker. I've never considered seeing melody and harmony in terms of the subject and background of visual art; I always got lost trying to deal with music as its own thing and always got tripped up on the more advanced theory stuff. That stuff might be fun for hardcore musicians, but most of the time I'm just trying not to sound like an amateur when playing my own little section of music. And I think that's held me back from being able to get in deeper, because I could see the individual parts and the final composition but couldn't figure out how it all fit together. But now I'm starting to...

  • @badonshrimp6851
    @badonshrimp6851 9 місяців тому +23

    This feels like a paid musical course..like wow..Thank you sir very much! I'm an animation student but relies more on my musical skill, this really helpful!

  • @MusikaNiHakay
    @MusikaNiHakay 4 місяці тому +5

    Sir, I wanna say you are so great in what you do..i am washing dishes while listening to you and even i am not watching you i am learning…. I will watch and watch again… thank you and take care.

  • @craia25
    @craia25 10 місяців тому +1

    great content it provides the essential components for a solid foundation.

  • @daddyanthony-d1p
    @daddyanthony-d1p Місяць тому +3

    i only know how to play piano but nothing like this i know. you make me feel like i have to try this.
    thank you very much for your patience.

  • @kevinpeixes3735
    @kevinpeixes3735 Рік тому +12

    Thank you so much, Marc! This is the most fun I've had interacting with music in a long while! This is perfect and its exactly what I was looking for.

  • @FredForestArt
    @FredForestArt 8 місяців тому +12

    Sweet Jesus. This guy is more than a technical expert, he clearly breathes music. Mind and soul among history's top composers.

  • @obenohnebohne
    @obenohnebohne Рік тому +5

    I am a complete beginner and the 3 forces of music are a great basic to work with. Thanks for making it so easy to understand.

  • @ducky5277
    @ducky5277 3 дні тому

    I wish I had a parent with a skill like this that I could’ve grown up learning

  • @herzogwaydelich328
    @herzogwaydelich328 7 місяців тому +3

    Wow, what a complete and qualified tutorial to compose music. I saw a lot of instruction videos the last years but yours is the masterclass! You really understand what you want to teach to us. And you are a perfect trainer! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!❤

  • @altariaethar
    @altariaethar 2 місяці тому

    what i love about these videos for beginners is how broad range they are despite it being blatantly directed towards brand new composers, i want to relearn fundamentals and stuff like this helps a ton

  • @TheSeeking2know
    @TheSeeking2know Рік тому +5

    BEAUTIFUL! I’ve been seeing you adverts on Facebook for months. This was so straightforward and understandable!
    You’re an excellent teacher and communicator!
    I’m subscribed and will definitely be coming back and sharing!

  • @darzik
    @darzik 9 місяців тому +3

    Where has this UA-cam channel been all my life? I really enjoy your instructional videos and find them super helpful for my constant desire to keep learning. Thanks a lot!

  • @lionelhobden8294
    @lionelhobden8294 9 місяців тому +3

    One of the most useful videos on composition on UA-cam! Thank you Marc, your videos are always great but this one really helped me understand orchestral music in layers opposed to using the layers of the orchestra to stumble through a composition and hope it sounds good.
    ❤❤

  • @0x44Monad
    @0x44Monad 9 місяців тому +5

    Hey man, I make techno and this video made more sense than all the other shit I've come across the years I've been practicing the art of making music. Thank you, you provided what I was always seeking: mental models and structure applicable in the general case with examples of various cases. You rock! Thanks!

  • @Rici-Mz
    @Rici-Mz 6 місяців тому +3

    What a great video. Thank you so much for spending the time and effort to show us how things work. And the first melody even without the direction sounds beautiful. I definitely will re-watch several times to get a deeper "understanding".
    And last but not least… your real world examples like walking through a town looking at the ground or at the sky helped me really understand better…. Thanks SO MUCH!

  • @hershelwilkerson4230
    @hershelwilkerson4230 11 місяців тому +2

    Like everybody else here I watch a lot of UA-cam videos on music theory music production for this by far has got to be one of the most best videos I've seen😊 I will subscribe

  • @ud1402
    @ud1402 Рік тому +8

    Fabulous content Marc! Your teaching and analogies are great. People like you help us to learn music for free. Lots of love from my heart!
    Never stop this...

  • @TihomRecords
    @TihomRecords 4 місяці тому

    Thank you so much sir for your efforts, Love from India.

  • @SG-hy8fi
    @SG-hy8fi Рік тому +6

    This was super helpful. Thanks God bless you and anyone watching this.❤

  • @kwameagyaregyasi-hq6du
    @kwameagyaregyasi-hq6du 3 місяці тому

    the best ever UA-cam music teacher ever known so far. i dont think i will need further classes. thank you

  • @brianmcnulty6129
    @brianmcnulty6129 10 місяців тому +1

    I really like your method of teaching music! It has been a while since I played, but how you explain compositions is terrific!

  • @PavelSemin
    @PavelSemin Рік тому +6

    I always amazed by how much useful information you can fit in such small time

  • @musicbydemarcus
    @musicbydemarcus Місяць тому

    Such a great video and what a great way to break down these concepts! Thank you

  • @jackthedullboy4482
    @jackthedullboy4482 6 місяців тому +1

    Wow, what passion and knowledge is transported here!

  • @makingmusicfun
    @makingmusicfun 2 місяці тому +1

    Dynamite lesson! So clear.

  • @alexgerlach5630
    @alexgerlach5630 Рік тому +2

    This is a good video even i am not a beginner anymore but some things are good to refresh and train the knowledge :)

  •  7 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @rachid-dos
    @rachid-dos Рік тому +2

    Vous êtes incroyable, votre manière d'expliquer est originale, vous révolutionner la pédagogie d'assimilation, merci beaucoup

  • @pascalbriere9014
    @pascalbriere9014 Рік тому +3

    You are definitely an excellent pedagogue, Marc!

    • @CinematicComposing
      @CinematicComposing  Рік тому +1

      Wow, thank you, Pascal! I don't take your words for granted. It truly means a lot to me 🙏❤️

  • @michaelschneider3446
    @michaelschneider3446 Рік тому +4

    Brillant masterclass.

  • @fusionmayafilms
    @fusionmayafilms Місяць тому

    Ive learned more in 30 minutes of your video than years of videos, teachers and in such an easy way! G-SUS why i didnt found you earlier!

  • @SM-kp8cx
    @SM-kp8cx 19 днів тому

    Great video! I wonder if anyone else thought that the example melody and chord progression played around 19:10 nearly sounds like the bicycle theme from Pokémon Gold and Silver?! Am I mistaken?

  • @kaggilloselijah5569
    @kaggilloselijah5569 11 місяців тому

    I've gone to bed very late because of watching this wonderful tutor, I've really acquired a lot of knowledge and skills and motivation in music composition thanks so much Sir.

  • @LORENNACORRAL
    @LORENNACORRAL 2 місяці тому +1

    Wow amazing teacher! 🙏🏽✨

  • @GustavoMQ
    @GustavoMQ 7 місяців тому +1

    So much knowledge and great value in this video. Thank you!

  • @rallitas11q
    @rallitas11q Місяць тому

    Thank you for making it easy to understand. I subscribed because of that. 👍

  • @davidrakoto7488
    @davidrakoto7488 11 місяців тому

    Wow I've learned so much

  • @jnaramusic
    @jnaramusic Рік тому +6

    Thank you Marc for this. Ive been trying to switch from being a ambient cinematic artist to more orchestral cinematic works. And its been quite challenging. But this really helped to see how film music is structured. Thanks again!

  • @Cheese_Ham_Sandwich
    @Cheese_Ham_Sandwich Місяць тому

    i had my first inspiration while watching this❤❤ I saw the music in my mind

  • @SHIKSHAPOWER
    @SHIKSHAPOWER 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you for creating such wonderful videos and the great explanation

  • @Doc2rjae07
    @Doc2rjae07 6 місяців тому +1

    Great lesson Mr. Jovani💯🙏🏾

  • @carlgrainger2669
    @carlgrainger2669 Рік тому +3

    Loved this. Top work & great insights. Being cinematic composition, icing on the cake would have been marrying the final piece to one of the video clips. Cheers Marc. Subbed.

  • @Chimer24-qs5wo
    @Chimer24-qs5wo 17 годин тому

    A fabulous video, thank you

  • @CarlosSanchezcsbphoto
    @CarlosSanchezcsbphoto Рік тому +3

    Excellent video. It has helped me to understand some very important concepts. Very well explained. Thank you!!!!!!

  • @pujan9231
    @pujan9231 Місяць тому

    love you, you help to gain my confidence

  • @darcymusicpy4274
    @darcymusicpy4274 Місяць тому

    This is so good! Thank you, learning from zero here!

  • @sato4462
    @sato4462 9 місяців тому

    Thank you for giving me this what i have been looking for so long. Everything I needed to know quickly to the point.

  • @enjoyer903
    @enjoyer903 8 місяців тому +3

    LOVE TO THIS GUY ❤

  • @paulcole1171
    @paulcole1171 Рік тому +1

    Hi Marc, As a beginner this has been the best explained video I have ever seen it has now made me to understand the theory to write music.

  • @presenzadigesu3615
    @presenzadigesu3615 Рік тому

    You know Man I have to congratulate you, I do not comment usually but you are so direct and good. Continue as you teach, may life teach other things to you 🎉

  • @hortenciopaulinoaquimo
    @hortenciopaulinoaquimo 2 місяці тому

    This video we need to put our likes more and more. Because it's amazing

  • @user-jd6ld7od6m
    @user-jd6ld7od6m 11 місяців тому

    I have learned a lot about how to tweak and create sounds with synthesizers but THIS makes it all CLICK for me.

  • @eliyahhaddads5778
    @eliyahhaddads5778 3 місяці тому

    love this!!! Thanks!!!!

  • @jonjoro2061
    @jonjoro2061 Місяць тому

    Excellent, great video 👍

  • @ohmygod3390
    @ohmygod3390 Місяць тому

    i love you Marc!!!

  • @jaisamyakjayaraman5953
    @jaisamyakjayaraman5953 5 місяців тому

    Really you are a good Teacher❤

  • @AndresWalsh
    @AndresWalsh 4 місяці тому

    I watched and I feel enlightened.

  • @GODANMEDIA
    @GODANMEDIA Рік тому

    This is a side bar. Not relevant to this video but to a film score.
    Just watched the Batman.
    Towards the end the main theme left me thinking and humming the March of Darth Vader. I realize with only 7 keys and modes. All music will over lap. But man was that almost and exact pull from John Williams.
    Wish you had an X account. Would have commented there.
    Love you Mark. Thank you for all you do!
    GODAN

  • @ChristopherQ75
    @ChristopherQ75 Місяць тому

    This is an awesome video for someone like me just starting out. The question I have is how do you dress up the background chord progressions? Have you addressed this in a previous video? Could you tell me the video title? Thank you!!

  • @izikshtemer
    @izikshtemer Місяць тому

    Great video !!!

  • @marcyueda49
    @marcyueda49 7 місяців тому

    Thanks. You are a great teacher.

  • @digitaleara5520
    @digitaleara5520 3 місяці тому

    Great info!

  • @beenay18
    @beenay18 3 місяці тому

    Thanks brother!

  • @devawebstudio
    @devawebstudio 25 днів тому

    good tutorial for beginner nice

  • @akashkumarsahoosibun8191
    @akashkumarsahoosibun8191 9 місяців тому

    One of the best video. Work on this video can be felt easily thank you.

  • @nnadivictorc
    @nnadivictorc 15 днів тому

    This is beautiful

  • @michaeltablet8577
    @michaeltablet8577 8 місяців тому

    Amazing Teacher!

  • @Keshiaaa
    @Keshiaaa 4 місяці тому

    Very amazing 🤩

  • @TeilorJoe
    @TeilorJoe 4 місяці тому

    I have got a valuable knowledge, thank you so much.

  • @TuhinTulsyan
    @TuhinTulsyan Рік тому +2

    Hi.... I am highly inspired by your music... I started learning piano but then eventually my interest in multi instrumental music evolved a lot... And hence right now i am working on my transcribing capabilities... Also i am wondering if i must sell off my digital piano and buy a midi controller because i feel the keys on a digital piano are not suitable to play everything... Would you help me with some suggestions/advice?

  • @deepakdk8008
    @deepakdk8008 Рік тому

    It really helped and gave us a confidence.
    Thank you so much
    Please make a full video of how to compose from start to end with plugins. Mixing and Mastering.

  • @САКАРТВЕЛО-и5ф
    @САКАРТВЕЛО-и5ф Рік тому +1

    Bravo master !

  • @martiglesias60
    @martiglesias60 Рік тому +1

    Very good and interesting video!

  • @artsciencetechnologylife
    @artsciencetechnologylife 4 місяці тому

    Hello Marc, you are well educated and a perfect teacher, a good composer.. But my problem is not in composing, producing melodies!... What I cannot do is the substructure for my own melodies that I have developed; chord, aprg.. bass etc. How can I write chords to the melodies that I produce!.. What are your simplest methods in this regard!... Thank you.

  • @ii425
    @ii425 9 місяців тому

    one of the best lessons i've leaned.. its simple and very effective.. Thank you MJ.. its awsome!

  • @soheilpfa5138
    @soheilpfa5138 3 місяці тому

    What a great video , but i have question , what about fifth parallel? is it ok or needs to change plz guid me

  • @SD-ff1je
    @SD-ff1je 28 днів тому

    Brilliant.

  • @seventearsofhope
    @seventearsofhope Рік тому

    On the point! Watched till the end! There are a lot of hidden tricks and informations, thats very nice :)

  • @Agri_i
    @Agri_i 7 місяців тому

    Thank you so much, this video really helped me!

  • @Xonatron
    @Xonatron Рік тому

    Incredibly helpful. Beautiful work. Thanks for being so sharing.

  • @atzgoblastbotzo
    @atzgoblastbotzo 10 місяців тому

    Thank you for this very interesting and thorough tutorial !

  • @evabc6000
    @evabc6000 Рік тому

    Maraming Salamat, in English Thanks a lot.👍👏

  • @TVMSTUDIOS
    @TVMSTUDIOS 10 місяців тому

    I am so...this was very insightful and helpful but dang I'm a third of the way through and my mind is already malfunctioning but this has shown at least the of what I was missing when it comes to making music so thank you for making this video cause I seriously would have been lost without it. 😊🤯😤😩 I have a very long way to go it seems

  • @Sandi-v9h
    @Sandi-v9h 7 місяців тому

    Hi, I have some awesome news that you'll be thrilled to hear!

  • @raff_violinist
    @raff_violinist Рік тому

    Grande Marc! Gracias por compartir y hacernos mejores en tan hermoso arte 🙌🙌🙌 Thaks a lot maestro!

  • @zipperhead101
    @zipperhead101 Рік тому

    WOW and WOW! Thank you sir this awesome.

  • @chair1694
    @chair1694 4 місяці тому

    Best video ever

  • @Winsler05
    @Winsler05 10 місяців тому

    W😍nderful video brother.. Please keep posting more videos..

  • @animalitos45
    @animalitos45 Рік тому

    thank you Maestro...that got me started

  • @Richard___214t
    @Richard___214t 7 місяців тому

    Pessimistically acknowledging the power of a smile.

  • @bonuebonue
    @bonuebonue Рік тому +1

    Wonderful video!!! Very clear and full of original ideas and concepts. I am a professional pianist and a little composer :-) I found your teaching way and ideas invredible useful and simply marvelous!!! Thank you!!!

  • @Daniel-lc6ol
    @Daniel-lc6ol 9 місяців тому

    omg man at last i found you, thank you a lot

  • @taikanekkula5386
    @taikanekkula5386 3 місяці тому

    Great video! I am completely beginner to composing and know next door nothing about music theory nor how to create music. The three musical forces breakdown made everything much clearer. However, I got very confused towards the end after you finished the background and started working on ostinato. The direction notes seemed to be mostly in C4, background mostly in C3 and lowest parts of it being C2. Then you replaced background with onstinatos that also seemed to be mostly around C3, lowest parts being C2.
    You changed the piano background to strings, how? Then , when you play the complete piece (starting around 32.02 in video) the lowest parts of all notes (which seems to be new piano background since strings has "replaced" the C3-C2 area) are now dropped to C1. It seems that new background is between C1 and A1. Are those indeed piano notes between C1 and A1? How did you compose the new background (I assume it´s not just a matter of grabbing all the notes and moving all of them lower in scale as a group)? Also, in final piece I can see only 1 note per bar in piano background (all below C2), except one bar has clearly C2, G2 and E2. Also the final piece seems to be 18 bars long, not 16. What am I missing? Where are the "new old" piano background chords? Is there more in C2 and C3 than just the strings? I´m confused where are the piano notes "buried" when viewing the final piece , which are the string notes and why/how some of the lowest notes dropped to C1 octave(?).
    Maybe all this is explained in PDF, but FYI the page after signing up does not exist and I have not received anything via email after subscribing on your website. Please shed some light...thank you.
    EDIT: Received PDF with quite a bit of delay, however it does not clear my confusion or explain anything about what I asked. Please let me know if my questions make sense, thanks.

  • @MCShield
    @MCShield 10 місяців тому

    The ‘ah’ is so cute, haha, thanks a lot sir.