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i'd find it funny and really quite surreal if i heard a Swedish person talking with a Geordie accent :)

This is great! Your examples of how to flow between different riffs or ideas or the explanation of a dead stop and how to best use it are all amazing. I would enjoy seeing more videos like this. Subbed too!

Or why it's so annoying to be told you can't make music without taking Music Theory as your major in a top tier university (I have yet to take a class in music theory, or to even want to take a class in it, and yet I created over 4 albums of my own music)

Kings are Great, you are mediocre.6

thanks for the term "tonic hammering" didnt know how this is called and was looking for sth to explain for AGES realy thx a lot

Absolutely awesome. 👍👍👍

Why learn advanced music theory when you can't read sheet music? Just solfee. Solfee now. When you know how to read a score you will be able to learn how the musical materials work as a whole, and when you learn this you will be able to analyse them in order to know the intentions of their authors. Music learning has been perfected over centuries, and its highest expression to begin with is pure and simple solfège.

You can be literate and not copy stuff... Its just your rules are your own, you follow rules, theyre going to be the same as the ones everyone else uses, but they dont become formulaic.

All that matters in music is if it is interesting. Being interesting isn't about the notes and chords. It's about the way the sounds are delivered together. A great song can be uninteresting if it's arranged and produced wrong. A boring song can be brilliant if it has certain elements.

Nice video.

Compared to J.S. Bach, every last one of us is, at the very least, musically challenged. Keep at it!

Since the topic of the video is the Hungarian minor scale, how about start with the scale itself, and then explore what you can do with it.

Sounds like intellectual black metal

This comment section is inspiring!

The Beatles (and most rock/pop groups) are relatively musically illiterate. Perhaps this was part of their secret?

I didn’t realize how bad my singing voice was until I started recording myself. And, given that I was writing and recording music 100% myself (on 4-track, in the 90s), that led me towards music I can make 100% myself: instrumental music. I’ve never looked back.

I've never heard anyone describe my approach to music. Fascinating.

It starts making more sense with Hungarian vocals. That's the key. It doesn't really work without it.

This was a great video. I don't understand how TH-cam algorithm does not give you more visibility! I related to a lot in this video. We all have different "creative filters". And that's fine. It's your taste and things you're interested in that led you to your particular way of listening or seeing something. And that's value in that. It's what makes you unique! The 30 min per day thing made me question again my time management skills 😅

I totally agree with and have similar "issues". Being a drummer, I'm even more musically challenged than other instrumentalists. By now, I've kinda come to terms with my being challenged and try to embrace it. I tried to force theory onto my music, and that worked to a certain extend, but I also found that the more I know, the more boring my music became. So, I'm in the middle somewhere, I know enough to know what fits into what key/mode but I know not enough to fully play with it and get the excitement back. I've kind mastered the patterns on a keyboard but thankfully not yet on my guitar. So, for writing I grab my guitar more often than my synth.

Awesomeness!

As an anarchist, I also tend to have a problem with rules. However, there's a big difference between rules passed down from some tyrannical nobility and rules passed along by our predecessors. "Don't stick your finger in an electrical socket" is a rule. You are certainly free to break it as you wish. But doing so won't make you an avant-garde pioneer. On a more artistic note, I certainly hope the chef abides certain rules when preparing my meal so that I get an edible lasagna instead of whatever experiment speaks to him. The "rules" of music aren't dogma handed down by some long-dead bureaucracy. They are guidelines as to what works and why it works. They are the result of literal centuries of experimentation. And I have found that the more I come to understand the theory, the more I understand what "my sound" is and how I can better refine it.

i completely agree, ive been told my music is a bit weird, that is only because i play what i like, and like you, i can go from Phantom Of The Opera to Slipknot and then even listen to the first Boyz To Men album, i am not restrained by too much musical knowledge, so what seems wrong to some sounds great to me

I'm 43, an office worker on the surface. All of a sudden I started learning music composition. People are a bit baffled why that all of a sudden out of all things. I just say, why not? I do it for myself first and foremost to learn how to do that because I'm interested in it and because music is such a big part of our lives... Yet, I had no clue how it's done. It's so very interesting and rewarding to learn and grow little by little. I genuinely suck at the moment, but I can see and hear myself that there's potential if I just keep on pushing through the beginner hurdles. But I do know better already than to torment my family and friends with my proud productions. :D

If you compare yourself to someone else, you'll never stop finding someone better. To my ears, you clearly do know your stuff well, and the compositions you play in your videos are top notch. So, you're actually very good. You maybe just don't think you're on the level you yourself want to be = bad for you. Anyway, you're qualified to make teaching videos if you can make the subject digestible for your target audience. And that's what you do perfectly! You clearly don't make these videos for pros but someone who's starting their musical journey = me. And, from a beginner's perspective your videos are some of the best I've seen approaching this topic. Miles ahead of anything I've seen even in many paid courses. Why? Because you've clearly gone through the struggle yourself and know exactly what a beginner or even an intermediate needs to know. Please, continue!

Well, well. It seems I've found my new favorite channel to get ideas and learn.

Great video, so many mushrooms still!

You are not musically challenged, you are what followers of Jung would call an 'intuitive introvert', a person who instinctively creates an inner world built upon their own impressions of their experiences. That is why I have been following your channel, since I am one too, and I like your methods and philosophy. Most people are 'extrovert sensors' who gain most of their world model by amalgamating it from the people around them. They are the ones that try to copy known songs and enjoy playing music with and for others, such as in jam sessions. Don't be harsh on yourself. You are an independent soul, not a musical illiterate.

Just listened to The Hollow on Qobuz, really good I like the way you use musical textures, and how clean your mastering is. Even when the music gets busy you keep a lot of space and ambiance between the instruments.

That environment is amazing! Great video, I appreciate your philosophical approach.

Good Video \m/

btw there's also the Romani scale which has a minor seventh instead of regular seventh and I find it more useful. But in the end, these are just color scales, one should not hang up on them too much

I once dated a Hungarian minor. But her parents were furious

vielen Dank

Interesting musically, and you have a talent for presentation.

After you got the chords and the song structure, I thought you were going for a melody, which to me is what distinguishes good film scores (and good metal): not just setting a mood, but giving me something that sings inside my head. I also wonder if we could have more than three chords... stepping out of Hungarian Minor briefly, if necessary. Good video, though - thanks!

cool song

Good for horror movies.

Clicked on your video, not disappointed with how you developed your thing, watched till the end, subscribed, liked, now off to look for more from you. Thanks for sharing !!

I'm sorry but I'm new to your channel and... but um how should i say this but no this doesn't really stick nor is it very catchy.... it's actually kinda boring. Is there any way you can make it more cat like and seductive sounding?

Satie’s Gnossiennes have that distinct sound and their hook seems to come from leaning on the unique notes, and keep it simple (then complicate it by changing the scales all the time)

Thank you for this

Where did that scale cone from it sounds actually middle eastern. of Gypsy perhaps?

I love this, and it's the kind of music I play without knowing it, but you can't resolve these patterns. You will need to go outside of the scale just for that. If you don't, it will play against the popular ear. It doesn't have to be a major chord or anything like that, but there has to be phrasing that ends in a resolution.