Hey loving the EDM Bootcamp it's helping me to create sounds and particularly styles that I never believed I could do! Big shout out to Alex Rome for this! 10 out of 10 for help with the creative ideas and ultra-catchy methods & the sound design! It was the free UA-cam videos that were so good that got me into the course
@Kurex__ Oh, how nice of you to qualify that I'm allowed an opinion. Let me explain why this is FACT, and not "opinion"... I'll guarantee that MOST have not heard of this guy. Legends typically are known worldwide and often are a household name and boast a profound resume, such as John WIlliams; Not some kid sitting in his apartment or his mother's basement, fiddling around with equipment. Learn what a term actually means (& what it represents) instead of being part of the current crop of young idiots who too often randomly throw around words and terms both inappropriately and incorrectly.
I like doing the first progression, but making the last chord F#, C#, A, it gives it a nice tonal shift to a deeper mood. Also, major props to Alex, I've never seen someone so excited to teach us things and vibe to what he's doing at the same, I've learned so much from this guy! 💚
Quick tip: Highlight note/s in piano roll and press “shift + ⬆️/⬇️” to raise/lower by semitone. Press ctrl instead of shift to go by octave. Blew my mind when I first learned this and since then I’ve been trying to find more and more key commands to speed up workflow. Great video btw! Very informative and helpful!
Biggest take away are pedal chords and a great explanation of tonics. I love how those just come up on the side as a quick reminder. World class content.
@@cmanthetank144 I should have said MY biggest take away. Both of these are good learnings. I definitely liked the moving of the 3rd. For me I was already doing that with inversions so Pedal chords were a bigger deal to me. Regardless of the takeaway Alex does a great job explaining many techniques.
Noticing a trend. Take four notes from any scale but not the 2nd or 3rd. Choose a random order with the tonic at the end, make it a chord in the scale. Move the third up. Add a pedal tone of the tonic or thirds depending on vibe of chosen progression. I'm actually amazed at how versatile the 6th and seventh are in pop and edm music. Amazing video.
It was confusing for me at first to see so many 7 chords being used until I realised that they were 7 chords in relation to minor keys. Chords built on the 7th degree of the major scale are typically diminished chords and are much less likely to show up in pop and edm.
He got me cracking up!! Its like the tik tok where the guy is like “where do we put the semi circle, thats right sqaure hole” but hes like “how are ganna make it more emotional, thats right were gonna take the 3 note and raise it an octave.”
@@Unlockingparadoxes It's trial and error. Try to replicate cool things that other producers do, step outside your comfort zone. Watch production videos. Pirate Fl Studio. Use free online daws (they suck) Read about music theory. Trial and error. Nobody's ever fully sated with their capabilities musically but you should keep trying.
@@RS-kc8ge Your voice, auto-tune, reverb, distortion, surgical EQ, and compression. I tried this with bandlab, everything is for free, you don't need to buy expensive sht ALSO, ALMOST FORGOT I'M PRETTY SURE HE ALSO USED AN EFFECT PLUGIN CALLED "LITTLE ALTERBOY"
Not gonna lie, that chill and relaxed with the soft piano sounded like a song that would be used to change the mood of a movie scene to somber really fast. Beautifully made! Love every one you have made in this video!
You’ve got my skills going from Beethoven’s tone deaf cousin Linus to the big man himself. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Alex. Appreciated by many 🙏🏻
God loves you all! The Father sent the Son to die for you and your sins so that you could experience freedom to the fullest! Believe in Christ's death and resurrection (which sealed the work done on the cross) for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins! Amen! God loves you all! The Father sent the Son to die for you and your sins so that you could experience freedom to the fullest! Believe in Christ's death and resurrection (which sealed the work done on the cross) for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins! Amen! God bless you all, I will keep you in my prayers!!!!!!
As a person who composes music on a mobile device, these chord progressions, and your methods of alternating basic chords into advanced ones have helped me improved I would love to try these progressions and emotional chords one day.
I'm not entirely sure I'll be composing EDM, but I have fallen in love with what you do with third notes! I've heard this chord-voicing in songs a billion times but couldn't decipher how they did that until watching this video. Thanks! Have a like!
As I understand it, spread triads - with one of the notes (not necessarily the actual third, because you can raise the middle note of any inversion, like 351 becomes 315) raised up an octave - was popularised by film soundtrack composers when they first used DAWs. In the early days of sequencers, programmers were advised to write patterns that "a real pianist would play". You'd keep the three or four notes of a chord all within the reach of the fingers of one hand. But the cinematic sound of spread triads eventually crossed over to EDM and pop, as modern producers aren't making "humanly possible" piano music. The technology (piano rolls in DAWs) encouraged experimentation and whole new chord voicings. For younger audiences (people born after 1995, say) spread voicings sound "normal", but for older people who grew up on music played by hand (on guitars, pianos and early synths), these sort of voicings are part of the reason why modern pop and EDM tunes sound weird or bad. When an average person says "I don't like modern music", it's often because it's literally written differently to older stuff, with the same basic chords, but unfamiliar voicings.
This man will turn me into an artist, thanks bro, making music is really calming me down a lot in my life, and you’ve helped me keep going, thanks bro!
Alex, as a relative beginner my chord progressions tend to be fairly mundane. However, I occasionally surprise myself. Recently I made something beautiful and honestly, my first thought was "Yeah.... Alex would be proud of me for that". So thank you for sharing your passion.
Hey Alex, hust a tip. In Ableton you can select a note en press: Shift+Arrow Up. This command does the octave up thing.(or octave down) So you don't have to drag them up. Just a little hack that is so nice once you know about it. Idk if it works in others DAWs.
Confusingly, in FLS, I think it's CTRL+up for an octave jump. SHIFT+up only moves up a semitone. I think Alex is using Logic now and that presumably uses a similar shortcut. Weirdo Apple users probably use the OPTION key or something, like the committed mentalists they are.
2:52 tense and suspenseful 3:46 sad, like real sad 4:45 feel good and euphoric 6:11 feel good, but also kinda sad 7:15 pump up 8:44 pump up, but kinda happy
Alex , your video is awesome. You show me visually how music gives me different feels. I am a musician and play Bluegrass by ear and never learned music theory, so your video SHOWS me on your computer screen how this happens to me. Movie music scores can instantly make my eyes well up or extremely happy, and then if you add it to corresponding video of a scene on screen it magnifies the emotions made by the accompanying music. Thank you for this video. I love your scientific take on it!
Holy shit I've been attending music classes as a kid and I hated it because for me it never seemed like we did anything interesting, this video is so freaking helpful that it's actually unreal
My guyyyyyy! I feel so inspired to write music after watching this video. I had never thought to take the third up an octave or to repeat the pedal tone on the tonic.
Thank you man, first time seeing your vid and instantly subbed.. No added bs, direct application, clear examples and most of all humble.. You inspire me to write songs.. Again, thank you so much Alex 🙏🙏🙏
You know you've hit peak vibes in life when Rocky is teaching you chord progressions!👊 Your voice is beautiful brother, oooooh yeeeaah shamone...Rihanna eat your heart out! ❤
Man I dont think I've ever commented on a UA-cam channel before. But you are just so f'in good like I honestly am not sure why you arent famous and millionaire. Your music deserves that man. You have been my pop music hero, showing me so many cool writing elements which ultimately got me into Berklee Songwriting major. Such an inspiration man. You have A LOT to be proud of.
@@davidortega6054 humming and recording melodies beforehand is often the easiest and most natural way if you cannot play an instrument. Just record it and translate it via ear into your midi sampler. Given you already got chords it's pretty easy once your ear can translate the notes
Not sure why some of your chord progressions, all in key, have both sharps and flats? 1) should be Bbm/Cb/Db/Ebm. 4) should be Gm/F/Cm/Eb 7) should be Gm/Eb/Cm (which has an Eb in it too). The scale for 4) and 7) is the Gm scale: G A Bb C D Eb F G (also the Bb major scale.
He also said a 7 chord is just a regular major I was pretty confused. I mean that’s some Jeff tweedy kinda mixing and matching lol. If anything you’re going G A B I would say you’re in D with a major 6 (Jeff tweedy central)
I have never seen music theory so so easy explained and how you verbalize all the chords so easy with perfect examples. Better then every music teacher ever Great video 💯💯💯
I wouldn't define 'minor more serious' 'major more uplifting', as music theory. Nor would I define pedal tones or simple pads as revelatory. This problem with copy and paste music isn't that anyone can do it, the problem is that people start thinking they're musicians when they don't even know how to play an instrument.
The most somber and melancholy sounding chord progression I’ve ever heard was the battlestar sonatica by bear mccreary. I actually fell in love with the song so much I forced myself to learn it on piano having no knowledge in the piano whatsoever. It was very difficult to learn that as my first song.
Learning battlestar sonata off the bat without prior knowledge/experience of piano/music? Tell me how long it took you to do it. That's some dedication right there and I respect that
thank you alex, i've been on a three day dry spell of not making tracks but this video inspired me to finish something, didn't end up using the chords tho lol but your enthusiasm for music always gets me into the mood to make something c:
@The Dude wow that was un called for, whatever dude. Trying leave a friendly comment and then you just come out of nowhere with "you need to be more inspired" like think before you comment, you don't know my story and I'm very uninterested in knowing yours, have a nice life my dude.
@@AndreasDelleske It doesn't cover music theory but gives some chords patterns, and although I like to write them, using this pattern is not a bad thing... I mean at the end of the day the progressions are limited, so using premade ones that you already know how they sound it's not the end of the world
Hey quick question, do I take the 3rd up an octave? All in fun, thanks for an awesome video brother definitely will apply this to my future progressions! The tone coming from these chords sound awesome.
Finally, music theory that actually theorizes about music! I have to have more of this! An entire series' worth of increasingly complex chord progressions and relative intervals that can communicate a myriad of different emotions and mindsets! I want to narrate a character's entire life story and characterize their personality through their leitmotif and theme music alone!
this is a stunning,brilliantly presented video. wow. thank you so much. I've been writing songs for 25 years, and never thought of any of these ideas. thank you again. Diamond
Be carefull with the chord cipher... there are different moments when you mention some chords with its enharmonical name, and those chords don't really belong to the scale. For example: in the scale of G minor, you said: Gm Cm Bb and D#, this is a tonality that uses flat notes, in this case the last chord (6th grade) is a Eb, not a D#. The sharp note here can be a F# if you ar in an harmonic minor scale, or different notes that can be use as a chromatical resource.... but you cannot change the basic chords from a tonality, you're killing the musical lenguaje.
Thank you... This was driving me crazy with some of the chord progressions not staying within the scales. The 1st one should have Db and Eb. The 4th one should have Eb, the 7th one should have Eb, the 8th one should have Bb and Eb. This might confuse some people.
it's so crazy to me how a person who barely knows music theory can make a video about a few basic chord progressions and the comments will act like he's some music god
It's not about ego, it's about to have a better comprehension of the function of each chord in a musical tonality, when tou realize that you can go even further away with your compositions and search new colours with different grade alterations. Everybody can make music in the way as they want, I'm just trying to give clarity to people who is learning musical theory, 'cause this chord cypher may confuse themselves if they're trying to get better tools to develop better and complex chords progressions. You don't have to cry, just learn.
man i cant thank u enuf for showing me the way to generate creativity at will... u r an inspiration and my mentor for my home studio efforts started almost 2 years ago... i used to stare at a blank screen... now i cant keep up with the ideas flowing cuz u unblocked my brain... i like your teaching style too... generous, educated. experienced, talented... ur methods are just great and so SIMPLE!!!... i would have paid big bux for what u taught me... but i got it fer nuttin... i hope u r not just giving it away and make a good income cuz u deserve it... um look healthy so i m assuming... dont wanna be a jack but had to let you know that u have a good vibe in the universe and what goes around... thanks for being there!
Hey loving the EDM Bootcamp it's helping me to create sounds and particularly styles that I never believed I could do!
Big shout out to Alex Rome for this!
10 out of 10 for help with the creative ideas and ultra-catchy methods & the sound design!
It was the free UA-cam videos that were so good that got me into the course
Thanks a lot Dan!
@@AlexRome I really loved #8 can I have the instrumental? Pls?
Yes I agree
Alex thanks man
@@AlexRome Tell them not to skip your ads for first 30 sec.
@@AlexRome How many octave higher exactly?
What I learned from this video:
"We need to extract maximum emotion. Lets move these chords up an octive."
Happy extracting to you
"chords".
@@guitarizt68right deffo Payed attention 😂
@@guitarizt68same pronunciation if you think about it
@@phineasjunendimande470
And a cat can have kittens in an oven, but that doesn't make them biscuits, dig?
My man just nonchalantly creating mini bangers to demonstrate us chord progressions.
What a legend..
RIGHT
"Legend"???
Maybe in YOUR mind.
No one has even HEARD of this guy, so calm down.
@nukestormgg
Piss off, man.
@Kurex__
Oh, how nice of you to qualify that I'm allowed an opinion.
Let me explain why this is FACT, and not "opinion"...
I'll guarantee that MOST have not heard of this guy.
Legends typically are known worldwide and often are a household name and boast a profound resume, such as John WIlliams;
Not some kid sitting in his apartment or his mother's basement, fiddling around with equipment.
Learn what a term actually means (& what it represents) instead of being part of the current crop of young idiots who too often randomly throw around words and terms both inappropriately and incorrectly.
@@guitarizt68bait
1. 0:18 euphoric/uplifting
2. 1:25 serious/deep
3. 2:52 tense/suspenseful
4. 3:47 sad/sorrowful
5. 4:45: feel good/joyful
6. 6:13 feel good/sorrowful
7. 7:15 pump up/dark
8. 8:44 pump up/joyful
9. 9:57 relaxed/chill
10. 11:25 happy/cheerful
Thanks buddy
Thanks
Omg thank you so much
ur a good human
man just ruined bro’s view retention 💀
thanks so much
5:56 singing performance sounded horrible but the result 2 seconds later was stunning... perfect job man!
Does someone know what chain of effects to get this sound on vocals ?
@@Alky697 Probably Distortion & Saturation to boost the harmonics, EQing to cut mids and boost out the highs a bit, and reverb and Compression.
Also chorus
I like doing the first progression, but making the last chord F#, C#, A, it gives it a nice tonal shift to a deeper mood. Also, major props to Alex, I've never seen someone so excited to teach us things and vibe to what he's doing at the same, I've learned so much from this guy! 💚
1. Basic chords 2. Move up thirds 3. Pedal & Tonic 4. Profit ✍
Pop music: WRITE THAT DOWN WRITE THAT DOWN
@@ManuCel_ WRITE THAT SHIET DOWN!!!!
whats pedal and tonic
@@quanathan It's explained in the video
Wow, I thought the comment was funny until I read the replies, then my brain made that XP sound 🤣
Progression 1 (uplifting) / 5, 6, 7, 1
Progression 2 (serious) / 6, 7, 1, 7
Progression 3 (tense) / root chord
Progression 4 (sad) / 1, 7, 4, 6
Progression 5 (feel good) / 6, 3, 7, 1
Progression 6 (sad euphoric) / 6, 1, 7, 5
Progression 7 (pump) / 1, 6, 4
Progression 8 (happy pump) / 1, 3, 6
Progression 9 (chill) / 6,1,7,1
Progression 10 (happy) 4,5,1
Thx for this bro
You a real one
I love u bro
what do the numbers mean??
Chord Progression are specified with Roman Numerals I, II, III, IV and so on.@@sktru89
No sh*t, no unnecessary talking, just a master at work. You are awesome bro👏
Why can't more people realize this??
I actually think he has unnecessary remarks.
Let’s all agree that this guy is straight from heaven. He is meant for this. Not even school can teach you this.
Umm...this is exactlly what you learn at school if you study music. It's relatively basic stuff.
Quick tip: Highlight note/s in piano roll and press “shift + ⬆️/⬇️” to raise/lower by semitone. Press ctrl instead of shift to go by octave. Blew my mind when I first learned this and since then I’ve been trying to find more and more key commands to speed up workflow. Great video btw! Very informative and helpful!
Biggest take away are pedal chords and a great explanation of tonics. I love how those just come up on the side as a quick reminder. World class content.
False, the biggest take away is to put the third up an octave
@@cmanthetank144 I should have said MY biggest take away. Both of these are good learnings. I definitely liked the moving of the 3rd. For me I was already doing that with inversions so Pedal chords were a bigger deal to me. Regardless of the takeaway Alex does a great job explaining many techniques.
@@JleStudios Lmfao i was just making a joke cause he said that like 50 fuking times your good
69 likes congrats
@@SKhan1056 wow I hadn't even noticed.. Thanks
Noticing a trend. Take four notes from any scale but not the 2nd or 3rd. Choose a random order with the tonic at the end, make it a chord in the scale. Move the third up. Add a pedal tone of the tonic or thirds depending on vibe of chosen progression.
I'm actually amazed at how versatile the 6th and seventh are in pop and edm music. Amazing video.
It was confusing for me at first to see so many 7 chords being used until I realised that they were 7 chords in relation to minor keys. Chords built on the 7th degree of the major scale are typically diminished chords and are much less likely to show up in pop and edm.
He got me cracking up!! Its like the tik tok where the guy is like “where do we put the semi circle, thats right sqaure hole” but hes like “how are ganna make it more emotional, thats right were gonna take the 3 note and raise it an octave.”
I've never produced music before but I've always been fascinated by it.
Hopefully someday I can learn how to be a great producer.
@@Unlockingparadoxes It's trial and error.
Try to replicate cool things that other producers do, step outside your comfort zone.
Watch production videos.
Pirate Fl Studio.
Use free online daws (they suck)
Read about music theory.
Trial and error.
Nobody's ever fully sated with their capabilities musically but you should keep trying.
1:09 I’ve already learned so much lol thanks for this video
Your use of tools to make those vocals for the "feel good" chords sound so well together is amazing and inspiring.
I was wondering how he did that. Anyone know?
@@RS-kc8ge pitch corrector, reverb, autotune
@@CGJero pretty sure he did more than that but it's a good explaination
@@FranciscoGonzalez-qh5zd I'm sure he did. I'm not very good with effects to be honest, I'm kind of a new producer 😅
@@RS-kc8ge Your voice, auto-tune, reverb, distortion, surgical EQ, and compression. I tried this with bandlab, everything is for free, you don't need to buy expensive sht
ALSO, ALMOST FORGOT
I'M PRETTY SURE HE ALSO USED AN EFFECT PLUGIN CALLED "LITTLE ALTERBOY"
This guy is so under-appreciated. Every video is gold.
Yeah comedy gold
That is TEEEEEENSEEE!!! I love this guy, his content made me at LEAST 20% better :)
I got a fever … and the only thing that can cure it…. Is to put the 3rds up an octave .
How do you put it up a octave like copy them to the next section
@@S.BOfficial786 select the third interval of the chord and drag it up an octave or 12 semitones
@@S.BOfficial786 select the notes and drag them up an octave. If the note you grab is a “ c” select it and drag it up to the next highest “ c”
Not gonna lie, that chill and relaxed with the soft piano sounded like a song that would be used to change the mood of a movie scene to somber really fast. Beautifully made! Love every one you have made in this video!
8:37 That ah ah ah was gold!
You’ve got my skills going from Beethoven’s tone deaf cousin Linus to the big man himself. Thanks for sharing your knowledge Alex. Appreciated by many 🙏🏻
haha! no prob
God loves you all! The Father sent the Son to die for you and your sins so that you could experience freedom to the fullest! Believe in Christ's death and resurrection (which sealed the work done on the cross) for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins! Amen! God loves you all! The Father sent the Son to die for you and your sins so that you could experience freedom to the fullest! Believe in Christ's death and resurrection (which sealed the work done on the cross) for your salvation and the forgiveness of sins! Amen! God bless you all, I will keep you in my prayers!!!!!!
Beethoven is still deaf
@@Horizon_Sounds But not tone deaf. He knew in his head how his compositions sounded.
No @@MRVIDEOMASTER-yw1qw
As a person who composes music on a mobile device, these chord progressions, and your methods of alternating basic chords into advanced ones have helped me improved I would love to try these progressions and emotional chords one day.
What app
@@charlieappleby9236 probably FL mobile, that's what I use
@@charlieappleby9236FL Mobile. Same app I use.
@@prodbykeloWhat piano set is bro using
I'm not entirely sure I'll be composing EDM, but I have fallen in love with what you do with third notes! I've heard this chord-voicing in songs a billion times but couldn't decipher how they did that until watching this video. Thanks! Have a like!
As I understand it, spread triads - with one of the notes (not necessarily the actual third, because you can raise the middle note of any inversion, like 351 becomes 315) raised up an octave - was popularised by film soundtrack composers when they first used DAWs. In the early days of sequencers, programmers were advised to write patterns that "a real pianist would play". You'd keep the three or four notes of a chord all within the reach of the fingers of one hand. But the cinematic sound of spread triads eventually crossed over to EDM and pop, as modern producers aren't making "humanly possible" piano music. The technology (piano rolls in DAWs) encouraged experimentation and whole new chord voicings. For younger audiences (people born after 1995, say) spread voicings sound "normal", but for older people who grew up on music played by hand (on guitars, pianos and early synths), these sort of voicings are part of the reason why modern pop and EDM tunes sound weird or bad. When an average person says "I don't like modern music", it's often because it's literally written differently to older stuff, with the same basic chords, but unfamiliar voicings.
@@AutPen38 really interesting insight into one of the differences of modern and older music, thank you
I must be an anomaly, I actually got into EDM at 52 years old..... @@AutPen38
This man will turn me into an artist, thanks bro, making music is really calming me down a lot in my life, and you’ve helped me keep going, thanks bro!
I just love how excited he is, makes me pumped for chords ❤❤❤
“BuT wE nEeD to ExTrAcT MaXiMuM eMotIoNs…. sO wErE gOnNa TaKe ThE 3…. uP aN oCtAvE”
Don’t forget your pedal tones!
Bach hated this little trick!
I am no musician but I know that I need to raise those thirds up an octave
5:08 🤣💚
8:36 that's not aggressive wth xD
@@AndreasDelleske You mean johann sebastian bach? Lol
Been producing for about 6 month and I just found this channel. What a goldmine. Loving these videos Alex, keep it up!
In summary, put 3rd up an octave
Don't forget the tonic tone - sometimes
Yes, I know I'm one year late
Fuck you 🩷
Alex, as a relative beginner my chord progressions tend to be fairly mundane.
However, I occasionally surprise myself. Recently I made something beautiful and honestly, my first thought was "Yeah.... Alex would be proud of me for that".
So thank you for sharing your passion.
*Drake's favorite is A-minor*
Underrated comment 😅
Lol
@@ryanlawson925 average npc reply💀
@@stone_tea4623 Got me.
@@stone_tea4623 Got me 😵💫
Hey Alex, hust a tip. In Ableton you can select a note en press: Shift+Arrow Up. This command does the octave up thing.(or octave down) So you don't have to drag them up. Just a little hack that is so nice once you know about it. Idk if it works in others DAWs.
He knows, but he wants you to see when and how he drags the notes
Confusingly, in FLS, I think it's CTRL+up for an octave jump. SHIFT+up only moves up a semitone. I think Alex is using Logic now and that presumably uses a similar shortcut. Weirdo Apple users probably use the OPTION key or something, like the committed mentalists they are.
@@AutPen38option shift arrow 🤪
I’ve been waiting for a solid, simple video like this for years. Thank you 🙏
You make capturing these emotions look so easy. This is seriously impressive.
They all sound the same to me
2:52 tense and suspenseful
3:46 sad, like real sad
4:45 feel good and euphoric
6:11 feel good, but also kinda sad
7:15 pump up
8:44 pump up, but kinda happy
You’re a pro at finding beats to not care at all about throwing away. Not at all a diss. Great advice
How isn’t that a diss
bro casually switched between fl Ableton and logic and thought we wouldn't notice
Alex , your video is awesome. You show me visually how music gives me different feels. I am a musician and play Bluegrass by ear and never learned music theory, so your video SHOWS me on your computer screen how this happens to me. Movie music scores can instantly make my eyes well up or extremely happy, and then if you add it to corresponding video of a scene on screen it magnifies the emotions made by the accompanying music. Thank you for this video. I love your scientific take on it!
I just want to let you know that you’re my favorite UA-camr. Every upload greatly helps me out.
Holy shit I've been attending music classes as a kid and I hated it because for me it never seemed like we did anything interesting, this video is so freaking helpful that it's actually unreal
"This is one of the prettiest progressions to do weird things with." - Alex Rome 🙂 Outstanding work my friend!!!
My guyyyyyy! I feel so inspired to write music after watching this video. I had never thought to take the third up an octave or to repeat the pedal tone on the tonic.
Welcome to Gboard clipboard, any text
Thank you man, first time seeing your vid and instantly subbed..
No added bs, direct application, clear examples and most of all humble.. You inspire me to write songs..
Again, thank you so much Alex 🙏🙏🙏
glad you found this man
same bro
11:10 that was fire dude 🥺🔥😮
You know you've hit peak vibes in life when Rocky is teaching you chord progressions!👊
Your voice is beautiful brother, oooooh yeeeaah shamone...Rihanna eat your heart out! ❤
Ok…there’s a lot to learn here (respect) but the comments are a gift that keeps on giving.
That euphoric beat is amazing
Man I dont think I've ever commented on a UA-cam channel before. But you are just so f'in good like I honestly am not sure why you arent famous and millionaire. Your music deserves that man. You have been my pop music hero, showing me so many cool writing elements which ultimately got me into Berklee Songwriting major. Such an inspiration man. You have A LOT to be proud of.
I like your comments and I'm new here.
can we be friends?
These tracks are amazing quality compared to all other UA-cam music production videos I’ve seen.
bro your the best you just unlocked the feature i didn't have thank you
I love doing melodies, drums, fx and all the stuff but always struggle and end up being stuck while doing chords. This helped a lot, thank you
i can make chord progressions easy but melodies wont come to me for my life
@@davidortega6054 humming and recording melodies beforehand is often the easiest and most natural way if you cannot play an instrument. Just record it and translate it via ear into your midi sampler. Given you already got chords it's pretty easy once your ear can translate the notes
Not sure why some of your chord progressions, all in key, have both sharps and flats? 1) should be Bbm/Cb/Db/Ebm. 4) should be Gm/F/Cm/Eb 7) should be Gm/Eb/Cm (which has an Eb in it too). The scale for 4) and 7) is the Gm scale: G A Bb C D Eb F G (also the Bb major scale.
And no one even made him use those random keys, he could’ve made everything in C major or A minor and bypassed the whole issue
@@iansiegler1036Issue?
He also said a 7 chord is just a regular major I was pretty confused. I mean that’s some Jeff tweedy kinda mixing and matching lol.
If anything you’re going G A B I would say you’re in D with a major 6 (Jeff tweedy central)
Because in b flat the G minor scale is really chalk3d up major C
Alex, you’re inspiring me to write music again. Thank you for all that you have done and will do 🙏🏽
This!
Me to!
5:58 a Tutorial on how that vocal works would be great!
"extract maximal emotion out of these chords" 🔥🔥🔥🔥 great video, man!!
I have never seen music theory so so easy explained and how you verbalize all the chords so easy with perfect examples. Better then every music teacher ever Great video 💯💯💯
He gets the theory very wrong, even as he presents the emotion very well.
I wouldn't define 'minor more serious' 'major more uplifting', as music theory. Nor would I define pedal tones or simple pads as revelatory.
This problem with copy and paste music isn't that anyone can do it, the problem is that people start thinking they're musicians when they don't even know how to play an instrument.
music teachers will explain how intervals work so you can build your own chord progressions instead of copying stuff
Alex, this is absolutely beautiful! As a guitar player and singer I learned so much from your work! So thank you man! Cheers from Brazil!
Much love and respect to you and your channel Alex Rome.
Great stuff! So glad you show us these powerful chords, that we can take and even remix and use to build even newer chord progressions! Amazing
10:12 just a small correction, you mentioned here you would be using the C minor scale but in this case it’s actually the C# minor scale.
The most somber and melancholy sounding chord progression I’ve ever heard was the battlestar sonatica by bear mccreary. I actually fell in love with the song so much I forced myself to learn it on piano having no knowledge in the piano whatsoever. It was very difficult to learn that as my first song.
Learning battlestar sonata off the bat without prior knowledge/experience of piano/music? Tell me how long it took you to do it. That's some dedication right there and I respect that
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thank you alex, i've been on a three day dry spell of not making tracks but this video inspired me to finish something, didn't end up using the chords tho lol but your enthusiasm for music always gets me into the mood to make something c:
You need to be more inspired. Writing while not inspired shows
@The Dude wow that was un called for, whatever dude. Trying leave a friendly comment and then you just come out of nowhere with "you need to be more inspired" like think before you comment, you don't know my story and I'm very uninterested in knowing yours, have a nice life my dude.
Glad I found this dude, he's very musically intelligent.
Loving how I can listen to these patterns and immediately think of a song/artist it sounds like
IM DONE 💀💀💀💀 5:53
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I've always wondered why my chords never sounded right. This video was a major help, I'll make sure to put this stuff to practice.
A major AND a minor help!
@@AndreasDelleske It doesn't cover music theory but gives some chords patterns, and although I like to write them, using this pattern is not a bad thing... I mean at the end of the day the progressions are limited, so using premade ones that you already know how they sound it's not the end of the world
Using 3 DAWS tripped me right out. Legend.
The 1st minute is a knock out.... Amazing video!!!
Why are you wearing a waffle maker on your head?
GOLD
😂😂😂
The best comment
Average band nerd (I’m wearing a microwave on my head)
Oh, I wish I had this waffle maker. The way it sounds totally makes up for the looks
Hey quick question, do I take the 3rd up an octave? All in fun, thanks for an awesome video brother definitely will apply this to my future progressions! The tone coming from these chords sound awesome.
lol - great video but i did laugh at every one having the emotion drawn out by octaving up the third no matter the emotion targeted
6:00 Was Heaven!!!! I wish this was a full song. Nobody can tell me that this part wasn't FIRE! 🔥
What software did you use?
Fax does anyone know similar songs
i think you mean 5:53
@@evlin12 haha yes 👍
@@phlegm5596 fr, I'm dying to find a similar song. I wish I could even download the clip. It is so good🤩
@@phlegm5596 Dreams - Gryffin uses the same 6371 progression in C minor, i believe and also has that same melodic house vibe to it.
Man I believe you have the perfect rapper voice timbre
The details of how you create a song off simple chords was very impressive and helpful
why did we switch daws every other progression hahaha
2:37 so basically every chainsmoker song
1:35 basic lyidan
THAT SECOND ONE
“I can’t heelllpppp (and then the correct melody stops but) fallliinggg in loveee withhh youuuu”
Finally, music theory that actually theorizes about music! I have to have more of this! An entire series' worth of increasingly complex chord progressions and relative intervals that can communicate a myriad of different emotions and mindsets! I want to narrate a character's entire life story and characterize their personality through their leitmotif and theme music alone!
6:05 sounds like a youtube intro
Generic edm
I was thinking the same thing hahah ha
5:54 bro what the f, my volume was max
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@@mattthegenericor/suddenlycaralho. Quer o que no print?
*MAXIMUM EMOTIONAL EXTRACTION*
That feel good and euphoric one was wild
one of the best music production videos I've watched, I have no musical training but love chords and melodies, thank you!
How to make music: Bring the third up an octave 😂
3:01 Bro switched to another daw with no respect
Что за песня 8:39 ?
aAh
Lose controll
What I've gathered is, "When in doubt, drag the third up an octave."
Got it!
this is a stunning,brilliantly presented video. wow. thank you so much. I've been writing songs for 25 years, and never thought of any of these ideas. thank you again. Diamond
Be carefull with the chord cipher... there are different moments when you mention some chords with its enharmonical name, and those chords don't really belong to the scale. For example: in the scale of G minor, you said: Gm Cm Bb and D#, this is a tonality that uses flat notes, in this case the last chord (6th grade) is a Eb, not a D#.
The sharp note here can be a F# if you ar in an harmonic minor scale, or different notes that can be use as a chromatical resource.... but you cannot change the basic chords from a tonality, you're killing the musical lenguaje.
Thank you... This was driving me crazy with some of the chord progressions not staying within the scales. The 1st one should have Db and Eb. The 4th one should have Eb, the 7th one should have Eb, the 8th one should have Bb and Eb. This might confuse some people.
it's so crazy to me how a person who barely knows music theory can make a video about a few basic chord progressions and the comments will act like he's some music god
And who cares? They're the same chord regardless if what you call them, so as long as you're not teaching music theory, it doesn't matter.
It's not about ego, it's about to have a better comprehension of the function of each chord in a musical tonality, when tou realize that you can go even further away with your compositions and search new colours with different grade alterations. Everybody can make music in the way as they want, I'm just trying to give clarity to people who is learning musical theory, 'cause this chord cypher may confuse themselves if they're trying to get better tools to develop better and complex chords progressions. You don't have to cry, just learn.
Dude it was hard to listen to your tutorial. I was too focused and mesmerized by that gigantic headset on your head.
😂😂😂😂 ya funny as hell bra👍
When you were adjusting the 3rds at 4:20 the last one sounded really cool when you accidentally moved it down, up, down
When you used all the top DAWs. I knew you are a real one. Respect G
The little tip explaining the terminology is really nice and helpful. I don't see that enough in tutorial videos.
man i cant thank u enuf for showing me the way to generate creativity at will... u r an inspiration and my mentor for my home studio efforts started almost 2 years ago... i used to stare at a blank screen... now i cant keep up with the ideas flowing cuz u unblocked my brain... i like your teaching style too... generous, educated. experienced, talented... ur methods are just great and so SIMPLE!!!... i would have paid big bux for what u taught me... but i got it fer nuttin... i hope u r not just giving it away and make a good income cuz u deserve it... um look healthy so i m assuming... dont wanna be a jack but had to let you know that u have a good vibe in the universe and what goes around... thanks for being there!
i taught my friends how to make these chords thanks to u
1. 0:18 euphoric/uplifting
2. 1:25 serious/deep
3. 2:52 tense/suspenseful
4. 3:47 sad/sorrowful
5. 4:45: feel good/joyful
6. 6:13 feel good/sorrowful
7. 7:15 pump up/dark
8. 8:44 pump up/joyful
9. 9:57 relaxed/chill
10. 11:25 happy/cheerful
That moving the 3rd is brilliant. Thanks😁👍🎹🎸
가르치는게 배우는거보다 더 어려운데 이 사람은 잘하네🤩
thank u man
i had no clue that chord patters had this much impact on ur songs
At 6 minutes you did a treatment on your voice that was incredible. Could you record a video teaching these techniques? Thanks man 👏🏼👏🏼👊🏼