This is a complete tutorial on songwriting, composition, production, mastering and everything in between that goes on behind making a great song. Absolute gold!
This is like watching Bob Ross paint: exceptionally entertaining and seemingly very easy, but actually very sophisticated and pretty challenging when you try this yourself. Overall an outstanding video, big respect!
I what stuff like this to demystify music. In stead it confuses me more. How come he is not a member of a successful band. Yet people with limited knowledge of music theory hit it big?
@@perryjude1230 it's because these techniques are now overused and you won't get anywhere using them. When the big artists became big, they creatively used these techniques to an extent most possibilities are explored. To make it big, he (and we) would need to add some more revolutionary unheard-of items to this, eg: fusing other genres, uncommon progressions, unconventional instruments, unorthodox harmonies, etc.. etc. its tough
@@perryjude1230 The guys an excellent musician and producer. I don't think his focus is on hitting it big. Some people are happy to do what they love and make a living from it. That's the problem today with music, social media, etc., everybody wants to be a fucking star as opposed to simply doing great work. Fuck celebrity. Jake is a Big talent. He doesn't need celebrity.
Everyone: "Yeah, man, Tool put so much thought and work into every single song, OF COURSE it takes them ten years to write an album!" Jake: "Hey, look, I've got some leftover funk here, just gonna write a Tool song real quick!"
i think the actual music part just comes with getting more years of tech under everyones belt and give the writer plenty of life experience to whine/get angry about.
Well I will point out that Imo both the Tool and funk songs he made were quite boring and bland. Good video but the actual meat of the songs was just not very good. Also I will say that he still does a great job making a song composition and the drummer he had do the parts was fantastic.
@@oneiros5686 although i agree with you i feel the point of these videos are clearly educational. The song for the mixloydian video was astounding and at the end of the day this is entirely free content. It takes time and a lot of effort to create content.
This is the wrong lesson to take from this. He used music theory to create fast, generic example. This theory first perspective that you are trying to take from this is the prison that leads to bad jazz.
How to sound like tool: Drop D Aolian (also borrow phrygians flat 2 occasionally ) 5/8 7/8 9/8 and polyrhythms Use dynamics (really soft parts and heavy riffs) Lyrics about reality and about how people suck Sing like a god!
I'll post a video on my other channel (titled Jake Lizzio) on how I got my cringey vocals to sound good. It took a lot of work, that's three tracks you're seeing/hearing. I won't delete the original tracks and you'll agree 100% that I do NOT sound like Maynard lol. It's just lots of "studio magic".
@@SignalsMusicStudio - came back to this page SPECIFICALLY because I promised our singer I'd check the comments to find out how you pulled the Maynard/Tool sound off. Brilliant work on all the tracks!
Exactly I’ve watched his content before even getting a guitar and my first one is coming in I’ve played the keyboard for a year and he’s helped inspire me and his channel is mostly revolving around the guitar so I’m probably going to learn a lot more
I'm a guitar teacher, you are my guitar teacher. Style, content, and delivery. I love your laid back inquisitive style, your content is meaty and boundary pushing, and I can hear you clearly and read the diagrams at the same time. A+++
I envy anybody with this guy's level of talent when it comes to producing/song writing. He made it seem so easy and effortless and used some cheesy ass lyrics 3 times and made actual hits every time
I came here for the theory, now I have a comprehensive composition and arrangement guide. This channel is just gold... Edit: we have the same bass and I'm kind of triggered cause you tuned to drop D on a 5 string.
“Now we know EVERYTHING has been in B flat minor, but a good lead player doesn’t care what key YOU’RE in.” That’s so great 😂😂 awesome video as always you seriously have one of the best channels of any kind of content out, thank you!
Happy Teachers day to You Mr Jake...in India this day of 5th September is celebrated as a day to honour all the Teachers. And in guitar lessons and recording ideas...no one has ever been a greater teacher to me than you...thanks again and HAPPY TEACHERS DAY TO YOU!!!
Absolutely incredible. You took the same basic riff idea and cheesy lyrics and turned them into 3 absolutely KILLER songs from totally different genres. Just for a music tutorial video. You’re amazing.
@@nandans2506 tool and daft punk are both my favourite bands, I don't think the dude was trying to diss daft punk at all. Just isn't often a tool fan would really listen to daft punk or vice versa. Not to say they can't though.
The clean guitar intro for rock part at the end somewhat reminded me of Cemetery Gates' intro. Truly awesome video / content that is both enjoyable to watch and informative too!
It sounds SO MUCH like something I would've written when I was a teenager - which, I'm so old nowadays that I actually was a teenager when all the stuff he showed was actually being played on MTV. Now, make me feel really old and ask me, "What's MTV?" Seriously, though, I wrote a song in my early 20s that sounds eerily like that.
@@metalboy5150 I suppose it’s some kind of television, have heard it a lot, but I’m not from America or England and I don’t watch TV, I prefer reading or learning new things 😉
That was my saving grace- I take the first syllable of each line put it on a new track, and then reverse it and add reverb. Bounce that to a new track, reverse it, and then line it up to where it sounds good!
@@SignalsMusicStudio Very easy to do in FL too. Sum up vocal tracks, load this wav into edison, reverse track, add convolution reverb, reverse track. Chop off the pieces you want to use and add back into your lead vocal track.
@@SignalsMusicStudio hey Jake! I don't know if you have seen my comment on this or not, but again, you may look the verse of Björk's "Army of Me" for a model. Anyways, good luck and have fun!
Absolute brilliance shout out and inclusion of some Chemical Plant Zone into that funk soul brotha! What a amazing video to see the music come to life like this. Ive zero theory but I love seeing how it all comes together like this, utilizing the modes and scales to construct something. Overall too- the funky piece of music reminds me of something from a Sega Megadrive game. A driving game, perhaps, like Outrun. Loved it.
My guy... been on this journey since you released your Ride the Lightning arpeggio piece a hot minute ago! So great to see you blossom into such a great teacher and creator! Kudos my guy! Congrats, and love all the new stuff.
Every time I watch one of these videos, I'm like, "oh, holy shit, I am going to do this." I really need to. There's no one out there to jam with. Love your stuff, man. You are an amazing voice to all of those folks out there with a head full of knowledge that don't know what to do with it.
Regarding the 3+3+3+3+4 rhythm, 12tone refers to it as "double tresillo" in his analysis of Chop Suey, a name coined by Nicole Biamonte in an article for the Society of Music Theory. Technically it specifically refers to 3+3+3+3+2+2, but that's how you're using it in this context anyway.
Thank you for the info! They're essentially the same thing IMO (4 at the end vs 2+2), but it's good to know a well-defined name besides "a mode of the son clave rhythm". I still love the name Tresillo Grande though =P
As a keyboard player I have not expected much (Aeolian 🎸) before I started watching, but got to admit it suprised me to the bones. 9:30 that's some Bill Wurtz! 11:2012:45 and then you add great synth! From Sonic! pog 13:00 and finish with sick dancing vr video! With different vocalists! In sync! Got to appreciate time & editing efforts. How is this not million views already? I would have the full version of music video in my favs. ...But you are unstoppable and gifting us additional Tool song... 14:30 ooo .. can we have NIИ synth tutorial from you? Your TOOL song like a happy ending eargasm 🥰 And then some Seether/Puddle of Mudd ... 👽 from outer space & planets want you to know they enjoy your music theory lessons! 🎵
I started watching this as a a preview sinced I added it to my "Watch Later" playlist, and legitimately watched it straight through without a thought. Brilliant.
Wow, it is really evident on those implied chords on the Tool section how the simplest things can sound huge when put together with other tracks. Well done sir!
What makes you such a great teacher is your ability to simplify complex ideas into digestible nuggets, demonstrate their application and keep us smiling (or guffawing) while we're learning. Fell off my chair during the rock video. Learning from you is so much fun. Regards and respect from 8,000 feet in the Bhutanese Himalayas.
I laughed so hard at your lyrics. Great video by the way, you're always so inspiring. I discovered your videos just over a year ago and they have me the final push to write my own music. Now I have almost 10 songs released on Spotify (mostly progressive rock), thank you for inspiring me!
You're great dude. Entertainment at it's best. Sure I come to learn a thing or two and I surely do but I come here now mostly for the entertainment value. You sounded like a south park track in the nickle back rendition. You kick ass sir
@@SignalsMusicStudio call it a variation on a theme. Now you're composing with style (And chemical plant zone is my favorite track from Sonic 2, no it has nothing to do with kid me not being able to get past the zone so I heard it the most, of course not)
A song about falling in love with someone from another planet?? Now the dude from Blink -182 is gonna have to do a punk version of this while he’s out chasing UFO’s
I've been secretly taking music theory from you on and off for about 3 years. I now don't sound completely dumb when I'm talking with other guitarist. Thanks
Also with Tool being one of my fave bands, it was fascinating to see a Tool sounding track getting fixxxed up like that. It sounded great. Superb stuff.
Dude you're a hero, i played guitar for 12 years before i found your channel, and it was the key to connecting music theory to guitar playing for. Thank you.
Just stumbled upon your channel at 1:30 in the morning because I can’t sleep. I’ve been playing guitar for a couple of years and have limited experience with music theory but never have been able to link those two together and apply the theory to what I play but you make it so simple. I’ve watched three or four videos now and have had multiple moments where it’s just clicked and I now understand why the songs I play are played that way. I really want to pick up my guitar and start playing but I don’t think my roommates would appreciate it at 3 am. You’re a great musician and a brilliant teacher.
its crazy good how you take a simple concept and thrash it around in different ways to get a completely fresh approach and result. I really liked it Jake, great lesson. A bit of an eye opener for me, keep it coming. Maybe you could do a similar concept with the guitar solo, like 3 different ways to go about it, would be cool.
Rick Beato uses the term "Aeolian" for sounds with really accentuating the minor sixth interval or the minor sixth note resolving to the perfect fifth. For reference - verse from "I Burn For You" by Sting, it really utilizes that Aeolian feature for haunting effect. Or "Laura Palmer" motif from Twin Peaks soundtrack
(edit: I'm sorry this ended up so long. I hope it explains enough, and hopefully in a clear enough manner) No, when you say something is in aeolian it's just more *specific* than saying the key. Saying something is in the minor key is different from saying it is aeolian, because the mode and the key are different. Aeolian is a mode and minor is a key. I can have a song be in C major, but be playing notes from a mode that's from an entirely different mode from a different key over it and make it work, and this is common practice in jazz because they improvise with specific modes that happen to work over the specific chords in a song rather than try to play notes that only correlate to the songs overall key. To say something is in Aeolian rather than minor just gets a different point across. It's really hard to explain over a text based message, but trust me, Rick isn't just trying to just sound smart. I am really confused as to why Jake said that whole bit about people referring to something as being aeolian, because I'm sure he understands the purpose of the modes completely. I could see someone arguing that it's a little *unnecessary* to say it's in aeolian in certain contexts, but Rick uses the name of the mode in order to get a specific point across because his background is in modal jazz theory and so he looks at a song differently. Each diatonic scale has 7 modes, one mode for each note if it is used as it's own tonal center, and they are used a lot in improvising -especially in jazz. So, basically, if we have c major, the first mode is the same exact notes as C major, it's called C ionian. When we say someone is using C ionian though, we usually aren't referring to what key the song is in, we are more specifically stating which of the 7 possible modes they are using over the given key/chord. If we want to get technical, the minor scale also comes from the major scale, it is a subset of notes within it. A minor is technically the same exact thing as C major, every major scale has its relative minor and it's always 6 scale degrees above the root note, and when we play in the A minor key we just play C major with a focus on A as a tonal center, so in a way the minor scale is already a "mode" arguably. The modes are more specific "colors" or "flavors" you can add to a given chord in a key, and when Rick refers to something as being aeolian he is strictly referring to the mode that song is in at that given time, and NOT to what key it is in. Aeolian is the 6th mode of the major scale, it's the same notes as the minor scale, but when we refer to something as being aeolian it's not saying the key is major or minor, it could be in either. I can have a song be in the key of C major but be playing a solo that's in A aeolian. This is probably confusing, but I'll give an analogy and see if it helps at all. Overall, I have literally typed up like 3 different comments because I want to give a full explanation without going overboard or going on a huge rant, because I don't even know if you are familiar with any of the information I'm putting in this comment, you may know ALL of what I'm saying, and I don't want to come off as som dude that just wants to type long messages for nothing, so I'm just going to add before I end this comment: say that the scale or key is like "the whole meal/dish" in a generalized sense, if I say it's in a minor key, that is the general dish in a broad sense, but when we want to learn how to COOK that meal/dish, we have to decide *which recipe* to go off of. One dish will have dozens and dozens of different recipes that call for different Ingredients. We have to figure out what the ingredients *can be* in a given dish while still being referred to as that specific dish. Say we want to cook spaghetti? We could use so many different Ingredients and still call it spaghetti. Do we want it to have oregano as the main spice? Or do we not want any oregano at all, and instead we want it to be heavily based around the spice basil? Do we want it to have meatballs? Or maybe we want a meatless spaghetti sauce? Each of these different choices are all *still* spaghetti even though they are VERY different, and those *different choices* are like the modes, and the key is the generalized dish of spaghetti (or whatever meal you want to think of), and we all know the differences between spaghetti and chicken Alfredo right? Obviously there are limits to the choices, and aeolian would be the *universal* or *most generic version* of what the minor key can be, as in it may overall be the same note choice as the minor scale, but when someone refers to it as aeolian, the purpose is to be seen as one specific recipe for the dish and not to interchangeable with the broad generalized dish itself. Aeolian is the first mode of the minor scale (and the 6th mode of the major scale) and it may be so generic to the scale that people begin to refer to it interchangeably with the broad scale itself, but it's original purpose is still there as a specific subset of the scale itself. When we refer to the key of a song, like the minor key, we aren't going in depth enough yet to know which recipe people are using, and the modes of the scale refer to all the different things we could hypothetically add to that minor scale while still making sure it still is that same minor key. Yes the different possible modes end up forming that whole key/scale, so we can refer to it as just "minor key" or whatever key the song utilizes more broadly, but when we end up talking about the more specific recipes we can go off off we will bring in the modes to understand it more fully.
I don't comment all that often. But dude... I actually put my guitar away and just enjoyed. And then that lip- sync section at the end! You're a genius.
Another sick lesson man, I've learned more from you in two months that I have in ten years from other tutors. That last song would be great with 'Cartman' vocals Thanks mate
Man, change the title of the video. This is definitely the very best WHOLE PRODUCTION WORKFLOW for POP Music. Thanks for all the tips and impressive work ! uh ... and that Sonic reference ❤️❤️❤️
I love how you teach composition skills. This is something I should have worked on over a decade ago instead of just wanking around in minor pentatonic
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"I aint no singer but I do have pitch correction software" sounds like something you'd read on a tshirt
This is a complete tutorial on songwriting, composition, production, mastering and everything in between that goes on behind making a great song. Absolute gold!
This is like watching Bob Ross paint: exceptionally entertaining and seemingly very easy, but actually very sophisticated and pretty challenging when you try this yourself. Overall an outstanding video, big respect!
I what stuff like this to demystify music. In stead it confuses me more. How come he is not a member of a successful band. Yet people with limited knowledge of music theory hit it big?
@@perryjude1230 it's because these techniques are now overused and you won't get anywhere using them. When the big artists became big, they creatively used these techniques to an extent most possibilities are explored. To make it big, he (and we) would need to add some more revolutionary unheard-of items to this, eg: fusing other genres, uncommon progressions, unconventional instruments, unorthodox harmonies, etc.. etc. its tough
@@perryjude1230 The guys an excellent musician and producer. I don't think his focus is on hitting it big. Some people are happy to do what they love and make a living from it. That's the problem today with music, social media, etc., everybody wants to be a fucking star as opposed to simply doing great work. Fuck celebrity. Jake is a Big talent. He doesn't need celebrity.
Nice analogy
I too was reminded of Bob Ross !
Everyone: "Yeah, man, Tool put so much thought and work into every single song, OF COURSE it takes them ten years to write an album!"
Jake: "Hey, look, I've got some leftover funk here, just gonna write a Tool song real quick!"
i think the actual music part just comes with getting more years of tech under everyones belt and give the writer plenty of life experience to whine/get angry about.
."it takes them 10 years to write an album!!😂😂😂
Well I will point out that Imo both the Tool and funk songs he made were quite boring and bland. Good video but the actual meat of the songs was just not very good.
Also I will say that he still does a great job making a song composition and the drummer he had do the parts was fantastic.
@@oneiros5686 although i agree with you i feel the point of these videos are clearly educational. The song for the mixloydian video was astounding and at the end of the day this is entirely free content. It takes time and a lot of effort to create content.
This is the wrong lesson to take from this. He used music theory to create fast, generic example. This theory first perspective that you are trying to take from this is the prison that leads to bad jazz.
How to sound like tool:
Drop D
Aolian (also borrow phrygians flat 2 occasionally )
5/8 7/8 9/8 and polyrhythms
Use dynamics (really soft parts and heavy riffs)
Lyrics about reality and about how people suck
Sing like a god!
you forgot the octopus drummer, but otherwise perfect
You forgot one important detail: MADE THAT BASS CLANCK
And turn off the snare wires on the drums
Sustain that note, make it cry Adam!
Drop D, check
Songs about people sucking , check.
Now got to work on the rest.
Seriously I was left wanting a full length Tool-esque album. You rock, Jake!
Everyone wants a full length Tool album
Maybe in 15 years he will release it
Jake: I can't sing like Maynard...
Several seconds later...
Jake: *sings like Maynard...*
Right? Wtf
It was so good, in 10 years it will be on the next Tool album lol
I'll post a video on my other channel (titled Jake Lizzio) on how I got my cringey vocals to sound good. It took a lot of work, that's three tracks you're seeing/hearing. I won't delete the original tracks and you'll agree 100% that I do NOT sound like Maynard lol. It's just lots of "studio magic".
@@SignalsMusicStudio - came back to this page SPECIFICALLY because I promised our singer I'd check the comments to find out how you pulled the Maynard/Tool sound off. Brilliant work on all the tracks!
@@SignalsMusicStudio what software are you using.
This guy is a hell of a songwriter. That tool riff is a masterpiece already.
to think theyre spending years with experts making stuff in studio and this guy just shits it out of some leftover funk. i'd just quit.
You know he's an awesome teacher when you watch him for entertaining and end up learning tons of new info
Exactly I’ve watched his content before even getting a guitar and my first one is coming in I’ve played the keyboard for a year and he’s helped inspire me and his channel is mostly revolving around the guitar so I’m probably going to learn a lot more
A good lead player doesn't look at what key you're in, they look at what they can possibly get away with.
That's a nugget of gold right there
I'm a guitar teacher, you are my guitar teacher. Style, content, and delivery. I love your laid back inquisitive style, your content is meaty and boundary pushing, and I can hear you clearly and read the diagrams at the same time. A+++
I envy anybody with this guy's level of talent when it comes to producing/song writing. He made it seem so easy and effortless and used some cheesy ass lyrics 3 times and made actual hits every time
it's not so much talent, but a true respect for music theory. This guy understands musical devices and how they function
I came here for the theory, now I have a comprehensive composition and arrangement guide.
This channel is just gold...
Edit: we have the same bass and I'm kind of triggered cause you tuned to drop D on a 5 string.
It just didn't feel right playing the low D on the 5 string :(
@@SignalsMusicStudio I think that stood out to me cause I try to make a conscious effort to not use that string as just a very long thumb rest lol
“Now we know EVERYTHING has been in B flat minor, but a good lead player doesn’t care what key YOU’RE in.” That’s so great 😂😂 awesome video as always you seriously have one of the best channels of any kind of content out, thank you!
Happy Teachers day to You Mr Jake...in India this day of 5th September is celebrated as a day to honour all the Teachers. And in guitar lessons and recording ideas...no one has ever been a greater teacher to me than you...thanks again and HAPPY TEACHERS DAY TO YOU!!!
THANK YOU NAMASTE!
Absolutely incredible. You took the same basic riff idea and cheesy lyrics and turned them into 3 absolutely KILLER songs from totally different genres. Just for a music tutorial video. You’re amazing.
Would you be willing to tackle a "how to sound like King Crimson" someday? ;)
Mellotron. Lots of Mellotron.
Is this a jojo reference ??
@@armanmusic6538 no, check out the band that that stand was named after.
Playing in insane time signatures and polyrhythms
Block ur own awesome af music
"I ain't no singer, but I do have pitch correction software!" I feel that.
I never thought I would see Daft Punk and Tool in the same sentence.
its all just the same 12 notes!
@@SignalsMusicStudio wait so are u saying djent is comparable to mumble rap....? 🤯
@@danishazhar3199 You tryin to diss daft punk here??? Musicians LOVE daft punk.
@@nandans2506 tool and daft punk are both my favourite bands, I don't think the dude was trying to diss daft punk at all. Just isn't often a tool fan would really listen to daft punk or vice versa. Not to say they can't though.
@@jakehyrule7260 bruh he literally said Daft punk is mumble rap.... look at the 2nd reply
The clean guitar intro for rock part at the end somewhat reminded me of Cemetery Gates' intro. Truly awesome video / content that is both enjoyable to watch and informative too!
Caught that vibe as well.
And A tout le monde
A tout le monde and cemetery gates start with the same arpeggiated chord (f#)
Definitely strong pantera vibes, it reminded me more of Hollow than Cemetery Gates
Oh man. I died at "EVERY ROCK SONG" section.
I seriously questioned my life's priorities as I spent day editing that lip-synch thing
He sounds like pearl jam lmaoo
@@dapeep6704 he sounds like Randy Marsh :D
@@Killerspieler 😂👌
Hahahahahha, you nailed the 90's down!! The spaceship got me 🤣
That acoustic part sort of sounded like Pantera 🙌
Honestly man, you're such an inspiration. Only ONLY person I learn theory from on TH-cam. Never ever stop being so great man. Thank you
Dude, i just discoverex this guy yesterday, and im already producing better records!
Literally, no one does what you do. You are the best overall music teacher on the internet, maybe the world.
Tiny Jake @10:05
actually it's my normal voice but I pitch correct things down so my lessons sound good
I’m OBSESSED with that rock song intro 😍
It sounds SO MUCH like something I would've written when I was a teenager - which, I'm so old nowadays that I actually was a teenager when all the stuff he showed was actually being played on MTV. Now, make me feel really old and ask me, "What's MTV?"
Seriously, though, I wrote a song in my early 20s that sounds eerily like that.
@@metalboy5150 I suppose it’s some kind of television, have heard it a lot, but I’m not from America or England and I don’t watch TV, I prefer reading or learning new things 😉
Aeolian is my favorite mode and I expected this video for so long. But instead of one song, we got three. And they are all AWESOME!!!
This guy knows so much. It's impressive how easily he describes all those composing stages!
Ngl you sounded quite a bit like Maynard. How did you get that reverse reverb sounding thing that comes before each vocal line
That was my saving grace- I take the first syllable of each line put it on a new track, and then reverse it and add reverb. Bounce that to a new track, reverse it, and then line it up to where it sounds good!
@@SignalsMusicStudio
Ok cool, thanks! I've always thought that sounded cool. I'll have to try it out.
asking the meaningful stuff. thanks, i was wondering too.
@@SignalsMusicStudio Very easy to do in FL too. Sum up vocal tracks, load this wav into edison, reverse track, add convolution reverb, reverse track. Chop off the pieces you want to use and add back into your lead vocal track.
11:38 It's not stolen because you can't own a motif. "Themes and motifs of songs are not protected because they are too vague to protect."
I wonder how he'll do with the LOCRIAN MODE 🤔
Metalhead use locrian in a "wrong" way, just throw power chords on everything haha
i have a strong feeling its going to be really really really weird
@@SignalsMusicStudio hey Jake! I don't know if you have seen my comment on this or not, but again, you may look the verse of Björk's "Army of Me" for a model.
Anyways, good luck and have fun!
@Mnbvcxz Yeah!
My guess would be quartal chords
Absolute brilliance shout out and inclusion of some Chemical Plant Zone into that funk soul brotha! What a amazing video to see the music come to life like this. Ive zero theory but I love seeing how it all comes together like this, utilizing the modes and scales to construct something. Overall too- the funky piece of music reminds me of something from a Sega Megadrive game. A driving game, perhaps, like Outrun. Loved it.
My guy... been on this journey since you released your Ride the Lightning arpeggio piece a hot minute ago! So great to see you blossom into such a great teacher and creator! Kudos my guy! Congrats, and love all the new stuff.
I remember that lesson! Seems like decades ago lol
Every time I watch one of these videos, I'm like, "oh, holy shit, I am going to do this." I really need to. There's no one out there to jam with. Love your stuff, man. You are an amazing voice to all of those folks out there with a head full of knowledge that don't know what to do with it.
Regarding the 3+3+3+3+4 rhythm, 12tone refers to it as "double tresillo" in his analysis of Chop Suey, a name coined by Nicole Biamonte in an article for the Society of Music Theory. Technically it specifically refers to 3+3+3+3+2+2, but that's how you're using it in this context anyway.
Thank you for the info! They're essentially the same thing IMO (4 at the end vs 2+2), but it's good to know a well-defined name besides "a mode of the son clave rhythm". I still love the name Tresillo Grande though =P
As a keyboard player I have not expected much (Aeolian 🎸) before I started watching, but got to admit it suprised me to the bones.
9:30 that's some Bill Wurtz!
11:20 12:45 and then you add great synth! From Sonic! pog
13:00 and finish with sick dancing vr video! With different vocalists! In sync! Got to appreciate time & editing efforts. How is this not million views already? I would have the full version of music video in my favs.
...But you are unstoppable and gifting us additional Tool song...
14:30 ooo .. can we have NIИ synth tutorial from you?
Your TOOL song like a happy ending eargasm 🥰
And then some Seether/Puddle of Mudd ... 👽 from outer space & planets want you to know they enjoy your music theory lessons! 🎵
The TOOL song reminds me of the Undertow days.
I started watching this as a a preview sinced I added it to my "Watch Later" playlist, and legitimately watched it straight through without a thought. Brilliant.
Wow, it is really evident on those implied chords on the Tool section how the simplest things can sound huge when put together with other tracks. Well done sir!
What makes you such a great teacher is your ability to simplify complex ideas into digestible nuggets, demonstrate their application and keep us smiling (or guffawing) while we're learning. Fell off my chair during the rock video. Learning from you is so much fun. Regards and respect from 8,000 feet in the Bhutanese Himalayas.
I never thought it was possible to turn daft punk sounding song into a tool song.
5 months later and I’m still blown away by this video
I laughed so hard at your lyrics. Great video by the way, you're always so inspiring. I discovered your videos just over a year ago and they have me the final push to write my own music. Now I have almost 10 songs released on Spotify (mostly progressive rock), thank you for inspiring me!
📣 *What an awesome video. Thanks muh man. This is very educational. I love the blues side.*
Forget those!
I just want to know how to sound like Jake.
That fonky chonky!
You're great dude. Entertainment at it's best. Sure I come to learn a thing or two and I surely do but I come here now mostly for the entertainment value. You sounded like a south park track in the nickle back rendition. You kick ass sir
I paused when I heard the chemical plant zone lick and was gonna say "hey that's sonic!" You said it first 😂
Somehow though, in the final track, I left in my original part which is only like a 95% rip off
@@SignalsMusicStudio call it a variation on a theme. Now you're composing with style
(And chemical plant zone is my favorite track from Sonic 2, no it has nothing to do with kid me not being able to get past the zone so I heard it the most, of course not)
Me too. I noticed it right away
You opened a whole new world of song writing for me!
Thankyou!
Great lesson! I definitely hear “Can’t Stop” by the Red Hot Chili Peppers in that minor pentatonic. 👍🏻🤘🏻
You are getting to be " the guy" on all aspects musical.
Your sense of time is epic.
Player, arranger, producer, vocalist and comedian.
Kudos.
I just started listening to DP after a long time today, stoked to watch this!
Dude. The dancing alien 😭😭 I can hear how much fun you're having, this stuff is great! Keep it up
I love you Jake. I haven’t been inspired to play guitar lately, and it makes me sad, but I still love watching your theory videos for fun.
Pick it back up Zakk. In the immortal words of Richie Rich, Don't cheat yourself, treat yourself..
Dude, that Tool-like song, I'd listen on repeat, DAMN. Great video!
A song about falling in love with someone from another planet?? Now the dude from Blink -182 is gonna have to do a punk version of this while he’s out chasing UFO’s
I've been secretly taking music theory from you on and off for about 3 years. I now don't sound completely dumb when I'm talking with other guitarist. Thanks
This channel is pure goodness. Thank you for yet another informative lesson, Jake. Much love from Australia.
2 minutes in, and already making music, not talking about music theory but applying it
Subscribed!!!
Also with Tool being one of my fave bands, it was fascinating to see a Tool sounding track getting fixxxed up like that. It sounded great. Superb stuff.
The best scale/mode ever and you CANNOT change my mind
Happy Teacher’s Day from India Jake.
Bro you are amazing man. Love the videos. Thanks so much !!!
The whole time I was listening to his track I was getting Sonic The Hedgehog vibes then bam he confirmed it. Love the harmonies and vibe.
Your genius is your ability to impart deep knowledge with personality and talent. One of the most important music channels on youtube. Thank you!
I am absolutely loving the Da Share Z0ne shirt! Clearly a musical “genious”!
incredibly calm too!
Thanks for the Father's day present Jake! Your content just gets better. Cheers from down under
Me: *trying to concentrate on the test*
My brain: 12:58
Or: 10:05
lmao
Lmaooooooo
For me it's 11:32
This tutorial was FIRE. Normally I only watch hiphop/trap & house-tutorials, so this was really refreshing. Subscribed
I always called that rhythm a “double tresillo” but I really like “tresillo grande” too
Dude you're a hero, i played guitar for 12 years before i found your channel, and it was the key to connecting music theory to guitar playing for. Thank you.
This is straight up such a good songwriting and production lesson. Thanks for the video1
Just stumbled upon your channel at 1:30 in the morning because I can’t sleep. I’ve been playing guitar for a couple of years and have limited experience with music theory but never have been able to link those two together and apply the theory to what I play but you make it so simple. I’ve watched three or four videos now and have had multiple moments where it’s just clicked and I now understand why the songs I play are played that way. I really want to pick up my guitar and start playing but I don’t think my roommates would appreciate it at 3 am. You’re a great musician and a brilliant teacher.
Uh oh. Locrian's next. Will you make a song about 2020?
its crazy good how you take a simple concept and thrash it around in different ways to get a completely fresh approach and result. I really liked it Jake, great lesson. A bit of an eye opener for me, keep it coming. Maybe you could do a similar concept with the guitar solo, like 3 different ways to go about it, would be cool.
Oh you like rock? play every song ever.
Jake: hold my bass
I can't stop watching. You got close with the funk riff, but the tool riff is incredible! And the classic rock one I'm jamming out to! AMAZING work
Mans really out here making a MV in VRChat 😂 amazing
i had to think of something!
@@SignalsMusicStudio I have to say, it's a heck of a lot smarter than making a MV in person!
Rick Beato uses the term "Aeolian" for sounds with really accentuating the minor sixth interval or the minor sixth note resolving to the perfect fifth. For reference - verse from "I Burn For You" by Sting, it really utilizes that Aeolian feature for haunting effect. Or "Laura Palmer" motif from Twin Peaks soundtrack
So this has confirmed to me Rick Beato just says everything is in Aeolian to sound smart
Or it’s just the language he learned or is used to using
(edit: I'm sorry this ended up so long. I hope it explains enough, and hopefully in a clear enough manner)
No, when you say something is in aeolian it's just more *specific* than saying the key. Saying something is in the minor key is different from saying it is aeolian, because the mode and the key are different. Aeolian is a mode and minor is a key. I can have a song be in C major, but be playing notes from a mode that's from an entirely different mode from a different key over it and make it work, and this is common practice in jazz because they improvise with specific modes that happen to work over the specific chords in a song rather than try to play notes that only correlate to the songs overall key.
To say something is in Aeolian rather than minor just gets a different point across. It's really hard to explain over a text based message, but trust me, Rick isn't just trying to just sound smart. I am really confused as to why Jake said that whole bit about people referring to something as being aeolian, because I'm sure he understands the purpose of the modes completely. I could see someone arguing that it's a little *unnecessary* to say it's in aeolian in certain contexts, but Rick uses the name of the mode in order to get a specific point across because his background is in modal jazz theory and so he looks at a song differently. Each diatonic scale has 7 modes, one mode for each note if it is used as it's own tonal center, and they are used a lot in improvising -especially in jazz. So, basically, if we have c major, the first mode is the same exact notes as C major, it's called C ionian. When we say someone is using C ionian though, we usually aren't referring to what key the song is in, we are more specifically stating which of the 7 possible modes they are using over the given key/chord. If we want to get technical, the minor scale also comes from the major scale, it is a subset of notes within it. A minor is technically the same exact thing as C major, every major scale has its relative minor and it's always 6 scale degrees above the root note, and when we play in the A minor key we just play C major with a focus on A as a tonal center, so in a way the minor scale is already a "mode" arguably.
The modes are more specific "colors" or "flavors" you can add to a given chord in a key, and when Rick refers to something as being aeolian he is strictly referring to the mode that song is in at that given time, and NOT to what key it is in. Aeolian is the 6th mode of the major scale, it's the same notes as the minor scale, but when we refer to something as being aeolian it's not saying the key is major or minor, it could be in either. I can have a song be in the key of C major but be playing a solo that's in A aeolian. This is probably confusing, but I'll give an analogy and see if it helps at all.
Overall, I have literally typed up like 3 different comments because I want to give a full explanation without going overboard or going on a huge rant, because I don't even know if you are familiar with any of the information I'm putting in this comment, you may know ALL of what I'm saying, and I don't want to come off as som dude that just wants to type long messages for nothing, so I'm just going to add before I end this comment:
say that the scale or key is like "the whole meal/dish" in a generalized sense, if I say it's in a minor key, that is the general dish in a broad sense, but when we want to learn how to COOK that meal/dish, we have to decide *which recipe* to go off of. One dish will have dozens and dozens of different recipes that call for different Ingredients. We have to figure out what the ingredients *can be* in a given dish while still being referred to as that specific dish.
Say we want to cook spaghetti? We could use so many different Ingredients and still call it spaghetti. Do we want it to have oregano as the main spice? Or do we not want any oregano at all, and instead we want it to be heavily based around the spice basil? Do we want it to have meatballs? Or maybe we want a meatless spaghetti sauce?
Each of these different choices are all *still* spaghetti even though they are VERY different, and those *different choices* are like the modes, and the key is the generalized dish of spaghetti (or whatever meal you want to think of), and we all know the differences between spaghetti and chicken Alfredo right? Obviously there are limits to the choices, and aeolian would be the *universal* or *most generic version* of what the minor key can be, as in it may overall be the same note choice as the minor scale, but when someone refers to it as aeolian, the purpose is to be seen as one specific recipe for the dish and not to interchangeable with the broad generalized dish itself. Aeolian is the first mode of the minor scale (and the 6th mode of the major scale) and it may be so generic to the scale that people begin to refer to it interchangeably with the broad scale itself, but it's original purpose is still there as a specific subset of the scale itself. When we refer to the key of a song, like the minor key, we aren't going in depth enough yet to know which recipe people are using, and the modes of the scale refer to all the different things we could hypothetically add to that minor scale while still making sure it still is that same minor key. Yes the different possible modes end up forming that whole key/scale, so we can refer to it as just "minor key" or whatever key the song utilizes more broadly, but when we end up talking about the more specific recipes we can go off off we will bring in the modes to understand it more fully.
I cannot avail of this amazing stuff for free with a clear conscience much longer. Time to click on that patreon link!
thanks!
Hmmm I dunno Jake, that funk feels a little rushed...
_Sonic appears_
Ah, alright. I'll allow it.
_Starts vibin_
I don't comment all that often. But dude... I actually put my guitar away and just enjoyed. And then that lip- sync section at the end! You're a genius.
You upgraded your drums! Very cool looking!
It's all beardstanks! I'm not in that studio space anymore but he's sharing it with Moog Lee.
Bro I got so excited as soon as I heard the sonic synth fill! Well done man
no wonder when i want to write something funky i gravitate towards chords with minor seventh.
That funk track killed me. Man the lyrics are just as good as they can get with you.
24:44 sounds like South Park’s Trey Parker
I’m dead 💀
lol, He does! I love when Trey takes the piss outta that genre.
I don't feel like I can explain what I learned from this video, but I feel like I learned a lot of little things in an enjoyable way. Great video!
The minor scale/flatted third is Metallica's secret of success.
Can't forget the flat fifth and flat second too!
Great inspirational and informative video on stuff we use everyday, but do not think of the theory behind it, simply beautiful thank you !
15:30 "alrighty, then......"
Man, that acoustic intro is sick af. You make it looks easy to write such a good thing.
Omg I caught myself singing "oooo I got secret that I think I wanna tell you" for hours haha
I love adding the 6th to add some variety too when doing that kind of one and seven funk groove
"Tresillo grande" is an oxymoron. Just call it "tresillote" to be extra ironic.
Oxymorons are awesome though
Loved the Tool song - really captured the sound of the band and Beardstank's channelling of Danny Carey was superb!
accidentally writes a postgrunge banger.
Another sick lesson man, I've learned more from you in two months that I have in ten years from other tutors. That last song would be great with 'Cartman' vocals
Thanks mate
Man, change the title of the video. This is definitely the very best WHOLE PRODUCTION WORKFLOW for POP Music. Thanks for all the tips and impressive work ! uh ... and that Sonic reference ❤️❤️❤️
I love how you teach composition skills. This is something I should have worked on over a decade ago instead of just wanking around in minor pentatonic