This looks incredibly useful, Saad - thanks very much indeed. I'll digest it in chunks (!) and give it a share around. Five and a half hours is a pretty colossal effort and you're probably ready for a long lie-down 🤣
Yours is a very impressive course. It is not devoted to music theory so much as to inculcating good habits and attitudes. There are many online courses that deal with “how to do” theory, which has perhaps led to a widespread notion that advanced techniques and complexity are the ultimate goal of music. Your course is more about practical steps that are applicable to all stages of experience and understanding. Rather than complexity, it is simplicity that one should strive for. One aspect you didn’t really touch on is the bewildering variety of musical approaches taken by contemporary composers, which can make analysing or even appreciating their work extremely difficult. Influences range from early medieval to modern AI generated “non musical” patterns. Each composer seems to set up their own personal set of rules, which has atomised the whole field and made it much more difficult for beginners to transition from first principles to understanding what is being composed today. As a part time musical hobbyist with little to no chance of hearing my work performed (and a strong sense of imposter syndrome) I take comfort in your comments about intrinsic motivation, and an awareness that the process itself being a worthwhile activity.
Something i always are erasable pens for composing looks much cleaner than pencil. I always find it frustrating to be writing something down, and suddenly, the pencil is dull, and everything looks so messy. That is when i use manuscript paper, but i much prefer a daw. It helps me visual time better than in my head. And i am able to instantly record ideas and save them. Thanks for the video! Lots of helpful things, much appreciation.
00:00:00 Prelude
00:35:00 Ideas
01:43:15 Writer's Block
02:12:32 Essentials
02:55:16 Feedback
03:24:58 Score Study
Brother, thank you for taking time out of your busy life to document this for all of us.
I hope it was useful!
Thanks for this masterclass, there are some nuggets of wisdom here that are useful to me, Lots to work on.
Glad it was useful Kevin 🎻
This looks incredibly useful, Saad - thanks very much indeed. I'll digest it in chunks (!) and give it a share around. Five and a half hours is a pretty colossal effort and you're probably ready for a long lie-down 🤣
Thanks Bill! This is the stuff I wish I knew years ago 🫡
What you have accomplished here is heroic!!!
I love to teach. What can say. Glad you liked it!
Yours is a very impressive course. It is not devoted to music theory so much as to inculcating good habits and attitudes. There are many online courses that deal with “how to do” theory, which has perhaps led to a widespread notion that advanced techniques and complexity are the ultimate goal of music. Your course is more about practical steps that are applicable to all stages of experience and understanding. Rather than complexity, it is simplicity that one should strive for.
One aspect you didn’t really touch on is the bewildering variety of musical approaches taken by contemporary composers, which can make analysing or even appreciating their work extremely difficult. Influences range from early medieval to modern AI generated “non musical” patterns. Each composer seems to set up their own personal set of rules, which has atomised the whole field and made it much more difficult for beginners to transition from first principles to understanding what is being composed today.
As a part time musical hobbyist with little to no chance of hearing my work performed (and a strong sense of imposter syndrome) I take comfort in your comments about intrinsic motivation, and an awareness that the process itself being a worthwhile activity.
I can only cover so much material in 5 hours :) -- I'm very glad you found this useful!
Thank you, Saad. Great effort. I will look into it when I have some free time.
Enjoy!
You're a mad man for this!
just a little bit :P
Thank you, im excited to watch :) all the best
Hope you enjoyed it!
That's a great project! Thank you, Dr.Saad
You are welcome!
Thank you for your work
You are very welcome
Thanks!
You're welcome!
Something i always are erasable pens for composing looks much cleaner than pencil. I always find it frustrating to be writing something down, and suddenly, the pencil is dull, and everything looks so messy.
That is when i use manuscript paper, but i much prefer a daw. It helps me visual time better than in my head. And i am able to instantly record ideas and save them.
Thanks for the video! Lots of helpful things, much appreciation.
Awesome :)
Tysm
Of course!
نعيما اخي
Glad to chat with you the other day :)
@@saadhaddadmusic i have started implementing the pre composing process, thanks. Hope to see you soon
@@jamilal-marri579 🤝🫡🤝
I was the first view & comment 🎉🎉.
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If there are no geniuses, then there is nothing to work towards. pure cope.
50 minutes in we start discussing actual music only to study a piece for.... woodblock. Sigh. I'll stick with Alan Belkin