This is easily one of the best building chord tutorials I have come across. I've watched a lot of your videos now and have really enjoyed them. So much so that I've subbed on two profiles
@@SynthwaveDojo Sorry...been sitting on the beach in Florida for the past week. :) Chordal theory is something I've been trying to learn more and more about the past year. The biggest sticking point for me is key changes...transitioning back and forth. A lot of times I don't like to stay strictly diatonic, but throw in some changes here and there to make it more interesting. Although, sometimes simple straightforward progressions are exactly what is needed for a song too! Thanks for all your effort with this channel!
@@wolfsdenmusic9404 Hey man! To be honest, I'm not a fan of non-diatonic chords in synthwave chord progressions. Modulating key in a different section and coming back to the original is something I find very useful to know. I'll make note of these two topics for future videos. Enjoy your vacation!
@@SynthwaveDojo Thanks Alonso! Transition to a different key for a section (chorus, bridge, or solo) and then back again is a challenge for me. I've been trying to study up on the subject, but any help from you would be awesome, as you have a way of just cutting straight to the information.
- In school: cheat sheets are bad and you should be punished for using them - In real life: you better use cheat sheets if you want to do anything productive
Great stuff. It’s super simple as far as music theory is concerned, but synthwave is a very simple genre when you think of classic 80s chords and melodies. I think this will help me personally a lot as I tend to over-complicate things and sometimes you need to remember that simple just sounds better
Have you done any videos on modulating to a new chord progression? I.e, you have your “verse” chords, then where to go for a “chorus/break/middle 8” etc? The relative minor is used a lot in 80s music e.g. C major verse drops down to A minor chorus, or vice versa, but I’d like to hear your take on that avenue of structuring a piece
That’s a great question. I haven’t done any videos about that but I’ll make note of it and make one soon. Keep up with your comments and suggestions. 👍🏻
@@SynthwaveDojo I think “Boys of summer” by Don Henley is an archetypal 80s track (and one of the best of the decade in my opinion). It’s a classic root minor verse, modulating to the relative major for the chorus. Its an unmistakably 80s chord change, and super powerful in terms of song writing. Works great in any genre, but particularly synthwave, as it’s all about the nostalgia factor. Listen to it now and tell me you couldn’t write a killer synthwave track using those chords!
OMG you won’t believe this but I’m at the mall and have been humming Boys Of Summer for the past 10 minutes thinking what a wonderful song it is. And then I read your comment. Spooky 👻
I don't remember but probably the Arturia Prophet V. You can make a similar patch on the free GR8, watch this tutorial: th-cam.com/video/Vj1GUMYa8gM/w-d-xo.html
@@SynthwaveDojo Вы знаете, я уже не первый раз захожу на ролик и он действительно прокачал мои навыки в гармонии! Сегодня он опять пригодился! Вы потрясающий!)
Go to the downloads page and look for the Synthwave Composer Tools. All that I showed is included in there. I'll be making frequent updates to that document so more cool stuff coming very soon. www.synthwavedojo.com/downloads
That third chord leading chart (minor) appears to lead to the same results as the first one (major) and seems somewhat irrelevant if not actually wrong. It appears to suggest that if you are in A minor, you're constrained by the "rules" of C major, since it stipulates that you can go anywhere from the III chord (C) but you are limited when you are on the i (A minor). I don't think this is quite true, and following that rule would probably make songs you planned to be in A minor sound more like they had the major feel of C. I think it's truer to say that if you are in A minor, you can go to any other chord in A minor. (This may be a moot point, because the keys of A minor and C major contain the exact same notes and chords. I think, however, that the major or minor "feel" of a progression often comes from where you start or end. A progression isn't going to sound much like A minor if you follow the "rules" of C major).
here's a link to the excel sheet in case that's what you were looking for, if not, let me know. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15wnRKPNZn5eqgv9Yx_VF3WELkZPfIuof/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=111520696653235869722&rtpof=true&sd=true
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This video made me realize how chords sound more unique with inversions omg thanks.
Happy to help. Do let me know what other areas of synthwave production I can help you with.
This is easily one of the best building chord tutorials I have come across. I've watched a lot of your videos now and have really enjoyed them. So much so that I've subbed on two profiles
Thanks so much! If you liked that one, you'll love today's "Chord Progressions in Action" and tomorrow's "Progressions Deep Dive #2".
You are the best teacher ever!!!! Thankyou so much Man
Wow, thank you!
Thank you very much for sharing. Happy weekend for you.
Thanks, you too!
Love this lesson! Anything involving theory gets my attention. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it! There's plenty more like this in the pipeline. Anything specific you're eager to know more about?
@@SynthwaveDojo Sorry...been sitting on the beach in Florida for the past week. :) Chordal theory is something I've been trying to learn more and more about the past year. The biggest sticking point for me is key changes...transitioning back and forth. A lot of times I don't like to stay strictly diatonic, but throw in some changes here and there to make it more interesting. Although, sometimes simple straightforward progressions are exactly what is needed for a song too! Thanks for all your effort with this channel!
@@wolfsdenmusic9404 Hey man! To be honest, I'm not a fan of non-diatonic chords in synthwave chord progressions. Modulating key in a different section and coming back to the original is something I find very useful to know. I'll make note of these two topics for future videos. Enjoy your vacation!
@@SynthwaveDojo Thanks Alonso! Transition to a different key for a section (chorus, bridge, or solo) and then back again is a challenge for me. I've been trying to study up on the subject, but any help from you would be awesome, as you have a way of just cutting straight to the information.
@@wolfsdenmusic9404 I'll definitely make something about this soon. Thanks for the suggestion!
Thank you, it was very informative!
Glad it was helpful! There's quite a few like that in the pipeline. Thanks for watching!
I was learning this concept in music theory but it made SO much more sense when you explained it and gave live examples. THANK YOU!
You're very welcome! Part 2 will be live-streamed later today 😉
Really awesome tutorial, thank you!
You're very welcome!
This video is exactly what I needed. Thanks a ton !
Glad it helped!
- In school: cheat sheets are bad and you should be punished for using them
- In real life: you better use cheat sheets if you want to do anything productive
Exactly! I'm working on a synthwave producer's composition handbook that'll include many tools like this one. Coming soon! Thanks for watching!
I'm learning the omni chord, this video was extremely helpful!
That’s great to hear! Happy to help in any way I can 😊
АК 79- Great video Alonso, thank you so much!
My pleasure!
Very helpful!
Great stuff. It’s super simple as far as music theory is concerned, but synthwave is a very simple genre when you think of classic 80s chords and melodies. I think this will help me personally a lot as I tend to over-complicate things and sometimes you need to remember that simple just sounds better
Yes, simple works well. Next week I’ll show how to make some chord progressions using this tool more in a Synthwave context. Thanks for watching!
Have you done any videos on modulating to a new chord progression? I.e, you have your “verse” chords, then where to go for a “chorus/break/middle 8” etc? The relative minor is used a lot in 80s music e.g. C major verse drops down to A minor chorus, or vice versa, but I’d like to hear your take on that avenue of structuring a piece
That’s a great question. I haven’t done any videos about that but I’ll make note of it and make one soon. Keep up with your comments and suggestions. 👍🏻
@@SynthwaveDojo I think “Boys of summer” by Don Henley is an archetypal 80s track (and one of the best of the decade in my opinion). It’s a classic root minor verse, modulating to the relative major for the chorus. Its an unmistakably 80s chord change, and super powerful in terms of song writing. Works great in any genre, but particularly synthwave, as it’s all about the nostalgia factor. Listen to it now and tell me you couldn’t write a killer synthwave track using those chords!
OMG you won’t believe this but I’m at the mall and have been humming Boys Of Summer for the past 10 minutes thinking what a wonderful song it is. And then I read your comment. Spooky 👻
Looking forward to your questions and comments!
thank you
You're welcome!
Amazing video
I'm glad you found it helpful!
very helpfull ...tnx a lot
Glad it helped!
I love cheat sheets
Hi! What are you using to make those chord sounds?
I don't remember but probably the Arturia Prophet V. You can make a similar patch on the free GR8, watch this tutorial: th-cam.com/video/Vj1GUMYa8gM/w-d-xo.html
Это весьма доступно! Тяготения аккордов это интересно! Спасибо
пожалуйста
@@SynthwaveDojo Вы знаете, я уже не первый раз захожу на ролик и он действительно прокачал мои навыки в гармонии! Сегодня он опять пригодился! Вы потрясающий!)
@@FriendlyFirePromo Я рад помочь, мой друг
thank for the vid, any chance you can share the document
Go to the downloads page and look for the Synthwave Composer Tools. All that I showed is included in there. I'll be making frequent updates to that document so more cool stuff coming very soon. www.synthwavedojo.com/downloads
That third chord leading chart (minor) appears to lead to the same results as the first one (major) and seems somewhat irrelevant if not actually wrong. It appears to suggest that if you are in A minor, you're constrained by the "rules" of C major, since it stipulates that you can go anywhere from the III chord (C) but you are limited when you are on the i (A minor). I don't think this is quite true, and following that rule would probably make songs you planned to be in A minor sound more like they had the major feel of C. I think it's truer to say that if you are in A minor, you can go to any other chord in A minor. (This may be a moot point, because the keys of A minor and C major contain the exact same notes and chords. I think, however, that the major or minor "feel" of a progression often comes from where you start or end. A progression isn't going to sound much like A minor if you follow the "rules" of C major).
Thanks for the comment!
Where can we hear your synthwave tracks?
here you'll find plenty soundcloud.com/kipplefactor
first link doesn't work
get it here drive.google.com/file/d/1pQzw4ztFM7VuAWsWPhm8l52J2kQS7mX7/view?usp=drive_link
thax :P
@@SynthwaveDojo
Are you for real ? 😂
I learned in 10 min more than I did for years
My pleasure! Welcome to the Dojo 🥋💪🏻
Hey my guy, your website's certificate expired
The whole website is down for the next few days. I’ll bring it back online soon. Thanks for reaching out!
here's a link to the excel sheet in case that's what you were looking for, if not, let me know. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15wnRKPNZn5eqgv9Yx_VF3WELkZPfIuof/edit?usp=drive_link&ouid=111520696653235869722&rtpof=true&sd=true