Chord Tricks Avicii Used To Hook You
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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DAW (Music making software): Logic Pro and Ableton Live
Studio monitors (speakers): Yamaha HS8's
Headphones: Audeze LCD X (open back)
Camera: Canon 80d
Computer: Mac Studio with M2 Ultra chip and 2 TB hardrive
Midi controller (keyboard): Komplete Kontrol 61
Interface: Scarlett Clarett 2 pre
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Chair: also a cheap one from ikea
My favorite plugins that I use the most:
XFER Serum
Sylenth 1
Nexus 3
Kontakt
RC 20
Valhalla Shimmer
Valhalla Vintage Verb
Shaperbox 3
XFER OTT
Fab Filter Saturn 2
Fab Filter Pro C 2
Arturia Pigments
Baby Audio Comeback Kid
Output Thermal and Portal
LABS Soft Piano
Hardware that I use behind the scenes but not in videos:
Elektron Octatrack (my fav)
Elektron Digitakt
Korg Minilogue XD
Tim was a very creative and gifted song composer in all of edm :)
I'm happy there's still people who remember and appreciate his works,ty for this video and ty for sharing your knowledge ❤️
Excellent breakdown and explanation. Thank you, Alex.
Very informative tutorial! Can you make another one about deadmau5 progressions as well?
Loved it!
Nice!! Loved this video, I greatly appreciate the depth. One minute 3:58, there's a pulse on each beat, how do you do this? I use ableton if that is of any help.
Watched this them immediately made a remix of silhouettes
sounds also like the blaze to me
Hi could you please explain why the chords are called 3rd and 5th harmonic, im trying to understand chords.
Avicii was not only a genius, he also showed that when making music, you don't have to follow 'rules' at all. Do what you like and don't try to imitate someone else. Simple advice, but often producers want to imitate someone else.
I miss him everyday.
???? Open voicings are not new, I didn't make it past that simply because the guy who made this video uses any work he can find to sound like he knows what he's talking about. Calling a 3rd and a 5th "harmonics" is not correct, everything has harmonics. Then he called the top voice a leading tone and I decided to simply stop the video.
I'm not normally negative but this anti learning dumbassery where a producer uses widely known music theory to produce well arranged music and then people who have no interest in learning anything think guys like Avicii reinvented the wheel.
@@profundisconfutatis8093 Happy 7th of December!
@@cyclingbrothers7362 I guess that's the day Japan gave the United States incentive to kick Hitler's ass
@Solal shhh lettem think big-theory is trying to oppress them
@Solal I explore plenty of ideas on my own, but most of what I come up with had already been explored by others and it's just in some book I don't know about.
So I get the idea of just playing and exploring , I'm just not irrationally against any sort of musical intellectualism. By the same coin understanding what makes music successful is part of conveying an emotional message, if these people are so against theory then they should probably stop using lyrics with language and just make grunts and whistles to convey their lyrics otherwise they are just being boring conformists
This just goes to show what a genius he was. Coming up with such chord progressions is not everyones cup of tea
Indeed, in so many songs you just hear the piano and say no one can have the piano to sound like this except Avicii, and it was obvious in songs he co Produced
Do more of this please 😊
Not to be that guy, but this is nowhere close to being a genius, just basic music training.
@@flanderstruck3751 guess you can do the same with basic training
@@flanderstruck3751 yeah, basic theory, the genius comes from his choice of notes
RIP AVICII
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Now I need to acquaint myself with Avicii! Thanks for this video, Alex!
Alex is one of the edm goats
Tip!💡 1:14 Select the notes, then press CTRL+Arrow Up (or CTRL+Arrow Down for an octave down)
Great breakdown btw, very nicely done!
Can we do this on Ableton?
Can we do this on Ableton? Which app is this?
@@nishantsahoo1012 This is FL Studio
Absolutely fantastic.........Avicii was a total innovator of this EDM style.......such a sad loss......please keep up with this sort of video Alex, knowing how these songs were scripted with great chord progressions......fills me with hope, i can use these ideas as well........Keep up the good work.
we need more avicii breakdowns.. like for every song!
Good video, but I'll be honest - I don't think there was any music theory thought behind Aviciis chord decisions here, I think he just tried out what sounded good to him
A leading tone isn't the tone that is on top. Sometimes, it happens to be on top of a chord but not always. The leading tone is a note that leads into another note that is one semitone higher or lower. Thanks for all the content. I appreciate your work.
Thank you so much I was getting confused 😂
I mean, only 1:30 in and you already have insane value. Nice video, as always!!
Alex thank you so much for making this video. The nostalgia was so powerful when you finally played it how we remember. I almost started tearing up knowing we lost this genius. Thank you for continuing his legacy. You’ve inspired me to get back into music production after years of letting FL studio sit uninstalled on my computer. I can’t wait to get back the joy that it brought me. Thank you
Avicii was the force that brought me into music in the first place, so every song is just heavy with nostalgia for me. these days my music taste is a little more rock sentric, but I will never forget what Avicci did for me by bringing me into this wonderful world of music. Fly high buddy, gone but never forgotten....
Damn. RIP Avicii. Depression is such a fucking monster that takes so many people away from us. RIP.
He had depersonalization/de-realization experiences as a result of anxiety. And he chased that anxiety away by using alcohol -- which is like taking a loan from the mafia to pay off the bank. Depression is dwelling on the past. Anxiety is dwelling on the future. So one might think, our job is to just stay in the eternal 'now'. But what is 'now', other than the razor's edge between the past and the future? And if it's a razor's edge, then it's infinitely small. And if it's infinitely small, then where the hell is it?
Hey, in the segment where you discuss the chorus, when you play it there was this rhythmic 4/4 volume change. Is this sidechain compression to a muted track?
Sounds like he added a kick drum and muted it. Also could be adjusting the ADSR on the wavetable plug-in he’s using
free flp please
We come a long way since that day.💯🔥
FL Studio Tip, if you want to cut your notes into 8ths you can press Ctrl+U as a short cut .
How do you edit your voice-overs so that they sound so crisp?
Hello Alex I loved your effort to recall on the best composition by Avicii.
I want to add to this that at the end of second Chords combination, in my opinion, there is the one passing chord he plays at the end of the D# chord, and he plays the F 7 times to compensate that instead of 8.
16x C# + 7x F + 8x D# + 1x C or some lower than D# chord which is passing
LOVE Avicii so much,so does this video.How about doing his folk songs like 'Sunset Jesus' in the next video?
You really see his abilities to write addictive melodies and work them into a whole track, keeping the listener interested with "Heaven"
The main riff does not stop playing at all throughout the whole track...but you don't get bored of it. Brilliant
This is fucking amazing! not only the genius chord architecture but your breakdown explaining everything is perfect!
You lost me at melodic genius, his melodies were okay, listen to some GOOD TRANCE music and you will hear melodies that rival classical music.
The legend Avicii ❤️
Loved that video! I just started out producing and a lot of your content helps me so much. And this video here, showing how much of talent Avicii had, just made my eyes wet
There's nothing genius about this. Just incredibly basic chords progressions and melodies. Anyone can do it.
avicii didnt invent chord inversions
I am a metal guitarist and I must say that this is amazing, great chord progressions.
He did all by ear, son.
Nice video. I loved the jamming out at the end
Cool video, but what you called harmonics are actually chord tones, and what you called a leading tone is just the "lead" (or usually it's just called the top note and doesn't have a specific name). Terminology exists for a reason lol, these words have meanings!
I’ll be honest with you. You’re right. But man I hate the use of those terms. The top note of chords are so significant to the arrangement but aren’t technically named, yet, the stupid 7th degree is what we traditionally refer to as the “leading” tone. I feel like in terms of arrangement, any word including “lead” should refer to notes that lead the harmony or the arrangement. This is one of those thing that I really wish could be changed but who am I to decide this anyway.
Tim was the man. Sure wish he was still with us.
ctrl + up/down arrow for switching octaves faster.
Great video. I am a Psytrance producer so am used to many different synths and sounds.
I wish you would have chosen a different sound to show the chords louder or brighter I could barely hear it on the playback.
harmonic isn't the right word here. interval is what you mean. no worries tho
Alex, to answer your question, YES! Please keep making more videos like this! Short, sweet, straight to the point, and you give great background info that shows you know what you're talking about!
Agree..thanks for posting this
This was amazing, thank you Alex!
Love the vid dude; Ty like always for the inspiration and motivation. Happy Easter!
Yeah Keep this kind of videos! They are awesome! Keep it up!
Thanks Alex, for your always nice and useful Explanations
What's the effect or vst did he used at 3:51 ?
Please continue this series!!! I’ve already improved so much on FL studio just by watching a few of these and I absolutely love them, thank you!
The chords are correct, but are in the wrong key. After a ton of listening and transposing, I found out that the intro is in C Minor while the pre-buildup and drop are in F Minor. Avicii used notes that belong to both scales to transition between keys. By making the intro C Minor which is much lower down than F Minor, he made it sound incredibly dark compared to the rest of the song. Genius.
I have no idea on how to produce... But I agree that Silhouettes is one of his most beautiful songs produced... Nice hearing btw keep doing your thing 👍
Thank you homie, that was beautiful
Of course AVICII likes arepeggiated 8ths in 1st inversion add7, brings more dynamic wholesomeness and fullness to the chord. If you're still working with four chord melodies and you use root note triads, it's gunna sound boring.
You are awesome , thank you
Hi Alex How are you? Can you please tell wich VST or pluging you use in your video . Thank you very much and happy new year 2023 🔥
I'd love to see more videos like this one, especially about Avicii's songs
Good stuff Alex, always enjoy your vids!
@ALEX ROME Awsome video!!!! thank you !! I want to give double like but I can't...
Avicii was such a genius. Shame he couldn't give us more beautiful music...
Good breakdown Alex. Your videos have helped me learn a lot. Thanks man.
I don't understand the genius comments. Avicii (RIP) was not some musical genius like Mozart or Beethoven. His music was boring and derivative and basically composed like the pop culture equivalents of the time. I'm not saying his music was bad, but it was not unique or inspiring at all. He's already been forgotten in the annals of prog / trance music and replaced by other similar players. He's just bleah.
Please more breakdowns. Amazing work Alex!
#aviciiforever, please break down tough love by Avicii...! Love and respect to you ❤️🧿🌹🙏🏻
Intresting analysis. Yes, make some more.
just a tip for you to provide contextual evidence to beginners, show your full DAW, The BPM, the contextual numbers relating to how many bars could be helpful, you make it really confusing for a beginner when I have no idea what BPM or bar numbers are which would be at the top of the DAW that we cant see because you're zoomed in
Fire Alex. Thanks man! Breaking down the once in a lifetime legends is very intriguing; to me anyways.
At 3:52 - can somebody tell me what effect or whatever you need to make the piano do dumdumdumdumdumdumdumdum instead of dum-dum-dum-dum-dum?
It's so fluent without breaks, I don't know how to describe it bruh
You should do a similar breakdown of Blessed. It, with silhouettes, is one of his greatest melodic masterpieces
I like this video and I'd like the same description of Polyphia's "Playing God".
Great content man ! Just a minor thing but at 0:50 it's just called thirds and fifths not harmonics which refers to something else
decode please Bob Sinclar - new new new (avicii remix) - that's a legendary thing
Loved it. Silhouettes is also my favorite :) I'm amazed that you manange to identify those tiny changes in the harmonics
I'm completely new into music production, how can I make a sound like 4:40? What is the effect called? A Phaser?
Thanks for the video !! I'm wondering which software are you using ?
R.I.P Avicii
Legends never die
You're So Amazing, So can't wait to produce like you...
in my honest opinion, that could have been described much easier, not all producers are brilliant theorists, what you said was pretty simple, but to the average producer, it was a load of fancy words and keys etc. not hating but if i watched this two year ago i wouldnt understand.
Крутое видео. Познавательное. Спасибо за интересное исследование! Ваш видеоролик выдало в рекомендациях.
At 2:18 you added some passing notes to resolve the cord pattern but I'm pretty sure the original does not have this. Please correct me if I'm wrong though.
Bro all of this music theory hurts my brain, and im going to be taking a class on it. time to be confused everyday!
all of this is very interesting but i do not understand what all of these numbers mean? the 3rd? the 7th? the 5th? am i taking calculus?
He didn’t use any tricks. He had an idea of a sound in his head and was talented enough to bring it alive. Music isn’t rocket science. Some people get it, and some don’t.
"Avicii made millions using FL Studio ❤"
Loved this! So precise, nostalgic and informative! You should do more of these!
thanks for insight . Super cool! this will addsome spice to music :D
the tips for alex rome if you want to change some note to higher or lower octave:
just click ctrl + up/down
I think I might have subconsciously adopted this style.
Welcome in the audeze lcd-x hood bro. I have the 2022 version. Mix on see ya
Please deconstruct don’t you worry child by SHM
Do you have advice for a producer that can’t settle on “a style”? I’m all over the place.
"Press play, fast forward" - so much nostalgia ❤️😍
Duuude what the fuck :D That's a fucking great video!!
Avicii father of EDM music
Press play, fast forward. Non-stop, we have the beaten path before us...
At 3:51, the piano starts doing some reverb but you don't explain how to do it.
How did you go from 3:12 to 3:51? How did you change the settings to sound like that?
Love your channel but they are not harmonics, they are root, third and fifth of the chords.
Most songs are pretty except for Muja and Record Breaker.