Try this cool HARMONY technique
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- Try this harmony technique to make your score or song sound more interesting. Its really popular in film and games scores - but why should they have all the fun? Why not use it in your song writing as well. Join composer Guy Michelmore as he shows you the technique and then writes a short piece.
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I'm so happy to be able to live in a world where someone like you creates videos and shares information so generously. Thank you, mr Michelmore!
Seconded
The beginning of this video is the most Guy Michelmore's beginning one can imagine. Amazing! :)
Have you seen the one where he gets a new keyboard and jumps into the pool with it👀👀👀
@@thevoidanswerswithjazz2215 no, but sounds intriguing and pretty realistic for Guy
Thanks, I have to watch this :)
Absolutely true even if there was no relevant training content, it would be so fantastic to watch Guys videos!!!!!!! 😊
Alternative title: crazy composer scares little children in the play area where he's supposed NOT to be ;)
@@thevoidanswerswithjazz2215 That's still unbeatable to me. I know he can surprise us, though...
love to watch this stuff uncut, seeing every decision that goes into it
I love that too, I feel less lonely.
same here. a gift for us
I love guy but he damn near buss himself up on that slide
Watching you is the most fun I've ever had with my pants still on. I am and have been a Rock/metal Guitarist all of my adult life. Now at the ripe old age of 68 I am getting interested in Orchestral sounds to play my guitar against. I have no formal training of any kind, but with the Kontakt libraries you suggest and with a fairly inexpensive keyboard, I have learned so much from you and watching your workflow that I am reasonably confident I will be able to make music that I never dreamed I would be able to do. Thank you so very much for your videos. They have been very helpful.
Exactly the same, at 68! I recommend you look at The Orchestra Complete, its fantastic, I've written some orchestra stuff, following Guy's teachings, and I also signed up for his How To Write Music, which I also recommend. Good luck!
@@martynroach182 Thanks for the reply, nice to know that there's another old rocker out there doing the same stuff. I have The Orchestra and Horns of Hell as well that makes some great sounds. I'll look into the course.
Listen 👂 to Robi Draco Rosa Ricky Martin producer. Listen to this two English CDS Songbirds & Roosters, Mad Love. Plus songs like Brujería, Delirios, Vértigo & Madre Tierra. Or his old band called "Maggie's Dream".
Check out Spitfire Audio sounds.. they have amazing libraries!
Have you tried watching these videos with your pants off? Highly recommend.
Not boring. The figuring it out part (uncut) is the coolest part. No one else lets us into. And it makes it make more sense in a sense.
It’s crazy though. Cause a year ago. Everything I though was basic strait up. And then you start watching movie score stuff. Modal vids. And it can be second nature after a bit. You learn the slide thing. But then the (almost like key switches) your ear will just pull you to the switch. And slide there. Just months ago non of this would of made sense. Then like (boom) a second world is opened to you. That you thought was, “no I’d never go there.” But it’s not as crazy hard as you thought. If that makes sense.
As the brass began to come in towards the end I heard Sir Ian McKellen: “ We must keep this course west of the mountains for forty days…”
These kind of chord progressions are where I live. I try to write more upbeat songs and it always ends up like this.
Probably from growing up loving film scores before anything else.
What I wonder is, once you have decided to go firmly outside the diatonic territory, what do you use to guide you to decide which will be the third chord after e.g. Cm - B?
This is great. Neo Riemannian Harmony - had a professor state that harmony is a result of counterpoint. At a deep level this is true.
33 minutes. I feel as though I've just been plugged into the matrix and force fed all the good stuff. Wonderful, Sir. So very much appreciated here.
There's so much wonder and mystery in this piece! Hearing it conjures so many images and storylines! Love this piece and all your videos. I'm not a musician, but work in film, and seeing the magic that music brings to a piece puts a smile in my face every time!
I agree, it's beautiful!!
I loved discovering this chord stuff as a kid just by sitting on the floor at my grandma's house playing with a casio
We share the same memorys, it could be a yamaha but I think it was a casio as well
I love your choice of words to describe the harmonic slide: emotional indeterminacy. It's atrociously difficult to describe theory concepts with words. When I hear "emotional indeterminacy," I feel adequately displaced. It summons accuracy. Very nice.
Você usa as palavras muito bem, counterpoint1014
The wonderful thing about this sort of post is that takes me a few hours to get through them, in a good way. This is because I stop watching to play for a couple of hours with each idea as it's revealed and that's just too much fun.
Thanks Guy.
Or as we say in Bangkok ขอบคุณมาก.
0:06 "nervous glance to the left at concerned bystanders" 😂 ... thanks for all the down to earth tutorials, appreciated, with Sunny Saturday greets back to the Homelands ✌️
Guy, let me give it to you straight.
You're so good at writing music and being entertaining and informative all at once that I think I just might die.
Good DAY sir!
Got instant "Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence" vibe from the Cm -> B slide. Two last chords in the chorus. Beautiful. Same key even. (And yes, I'm quite a bit of a DM fan :P )
I thought exactly the same!
Guy, there are so many wonderful comments made below that I can only echo with a hardy "You can say that gain!" Thanks so much for posting!
I can't stop watching his videos, I love him already
Great vid, shows the importance of orchestration, the harmonic idea itself is extremely simple, it’s the orchestration that makes it cool.
There was that rogue note that you scoffed at (10'38"?) and dismissed and moved on. It was the point at which the harmony lit up for me and I would have diverted that way. I have learned so much here. Thank you, Guy.
Thank you so much for this video! I honestly have used this for years, have been aware of it being very popular in the cinematic world but never knew the technique's name!
Love building textures and letting them suggest possible directions.
I'm learning more from you than some of the paid courses I've bought.
In 20 minutes you did what it would take me 2 all days. VERY nice!
For everyone who thinks the term "Neo-Reimanian Theory" is mystical or imposing....He just summed up the guts of it in about 1 minute with a 20 minute practical application of the techniques. Everything else would be formal names for the slides he is discussing and then the elaborations needed for academic analysis.
Great demo as always Guy, the fun you have leaves a big smile on my face.
I think about Philip Glass music by listen to those progressions.
That sounds amazing ! I feel like I'm about to embark on a strange journey to some magical place where anything could happen.
Thanks for the reminder! At about 8 minutes in the video, you reminded me to watch the city of lost children movie again.
A delight as usual, and informative. Thank you!
Guy, your instructive videos like this are very inspiring! Thank you for this as it helps me see how a certain emotional atmosphere is evoked!! Cheers!!!
brilliant, love yer vids, great energy, keep them coming. :-)
Thank you for sharing this little creation of orchestral music. I'm learning by watching and trying to repeat what I see you do.
Pure dreamscape, Guy. Thank you for sharing yet another amazing voyage and lesson into the realms of sound.
Fantastic - thank you Guy
I've enjoyed this magnificently. Thank you for sharing!
Great work!! You're EXTREMELY talented!! Thanks for the inspiration!! Cheers from New Orleans!
Absolutely gorgeous stuff, Guy!! Loving the incredibly bright celeste sound, too. Listening to this whilst doing late night admin has really helped.
Always a pleasure to watch your videos Guy :)
Delightfully fun as ever, Guy! Cheers!
Impressive you fit inside the slide. Respect!
Awesome video, very informative and interesting and love the midi keyboard on screen so I can follow the lesson and what your playing... Very cool feature!
great stuff guy! That initial chord change at the beginning of the video - very Shine On You Crazy Diamond.
Thanks for the introduction to the Slide! Impressive composition.
So many memories evoked from playing 'Tomb Raider' on the PS1. It also explains the creepiness of the 'Nightmare on Elm Street' theme.
It's always a pleasure to see your videos and expand my knowledge.
Inspired once again for a weekend of composing - thanks Guy! The only slight disappointment was the lack of fireworks illuminating the night sky on your final play through! :)
I learn so much from you... You're always so inspiring...Thank you
It´s great! We need more techinques like this! Big small resources for composing, which only provides the experience. Thanks for that.
Educational and entertaining. As usual. Thank you Guy
This piece is just amazing. Felt a tingle in my spine with the bass coming in there. Would be great to hear in a movie theatre. Inspirational
many thanks as always another excellent video something else for me to try out, i am still using VSL opus 1 and 2 brought many years ago still very good look forward to your next video all the best
Please keep making more videos like this to make music theory more fun and interesting at the same time easy to digest . Thanks Guy.
Thanks Guy! Demonstrating these composition techniques is brilliant for us beginners out there! Very kind of you!
Yes you should definitely go for the concortiiiino sustaaaaaaiin! 🤌🤌🤌
I love seeing the process
Nice one! I agree the VSL woodwinds in the special edition are stunning. Especially the clarinet. I can play it for hours.
Great info on sliding chords. Love them! So moody.
Really good explanations and beautiful music, mate!
I mentally can't get tired of coming back to your channel Guy. Thanks for all your wisdom!
This Gave me inspiration and ideas to work on. Thank you
Thanks Guy very nicely done 🎶👍
I always learn something from you Guy. Thanks
it sounds incredible! a little masterpiece!
Love your video's. Keep up the good work.
this mans vibe is infectious
Yupp I’m totally doing this!!! 🔥🙌🔥🔥🙌 it reminds me of the type of tension you feel when you drop the maj4th to a minor 4th. 🔥🙌🔥🙌🔥🔥
yayyy new guy video to watch on my break
Thank you very much for all your teachings
I love when you like you by fitting what you are looking for
thank you for the great and awesome tutorial
This was very interesting and great to watch. I also think it's good to see such a natural performance even though some mistakes where made. Very enjoyable to watch. Thanks
You did your thing w/ that intro mate.
Learning Neo-Riemannian harmony in theory in college right now, it is so much more relevant to a lot of the classical music I listened to that I wasn't quite able to understand using tradition harmony (bruckner, wagner etc)
Be careful of the neo riemennian stuff which somehow makes stuff more complicated than it needs to be. I was talking to a friend who is a wonderful wonderful composer and he was disdainful and pointed me at the opening of tristan and isolde which is indeed a work of genius
I just played around with these slides on my vibraphone; I love it! Brilliant vehicle for improvisations....
This is a once in lifetime opportunity to see you producing the ORIGINAL music masterpiece! Great EXPERIENCE! The final PRODUCTION speaks about your obsession to producing the ORIGINAL MUSIC. I have no words to describe this moment. Thank YOU so much!
Suggestion: I am seeing the blurry images of your studio and you in this video. I am using Alienware with RTX 3080. You may use 4K settings instead of 1080P. TH-cam allow you to go up to 2160 p HD. Please watch Color Grading videos by "Darren Mostyn" and check settings. I am talking about the same video settings for your future videos.
great weather for November!
Enchanting sounds!
Guy did a survey asking for our favorite content in the channel and this video has three of my most beloved topics: harmony tips, live composing illustrating them and a sample library review! I've been related to music for a long time and it's been a year and a half since I'm scoring for audiobooks. I've learn trully a lot with these videos and the connection with Guy's channel it's been sort of magical. I'm working on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde right now (we do mostly classics), guess what kind of harmonies I've been working on? Thank you a lot!
I've only just watched up to 10:39, and already I feel like I'm in an imaginary fantasy world. You're a great composer and a great teacher.
Hey Guy. I have no idea what you talk about, but I am amazed by the way your mind works! The way you assemble a piece of music out of thin air is nothing short of brilliant!
I am always amazed at how composers/arrangers can her things in thier head and commit them to a wonderful audible experience.
Your energy & enthusiasm shines!
Thank you for being you!
I got fully invested once I saw him sliding down that little slide
"JUST LIKE ME"🤣🤣❤️
Fun watching you put this together. The Hollies "He ain't heavy, he's my brother" used this device. I heard it as a kid and went, "What was that?" I wish more songs used it.
Great video as always Guy, and also a big thank you for your shout out to Tokyo, my current home.
Have used that a lot and never knew it was called a slide. Thanks Guy! :)
Entertainingly educational, you are probably the best music teacher ever, and Im so old Im not teachable, but Ive learned this
Nice!
Great video Guy..
Definitely will be adding slides into my music
Cheers from HudsonBay 🇨🇦
A really great use of this Slide from Cm to B can be seen( heard) in Mission Impossible Fallout's 'A storm is coming' theme. BTW Lorne Balfe killed it 🔥👌🏻. Really good. In fact it's almost like a secondary Motif in the movie, you hear it throughout the whole theme album.
Hey Guy - Wonderful (as usual)! You will now be responsible for a flurry of YT pieces sliding all over the place 😀 and media composers will have to think of a new device to make them stand out... 😱 Yes, I'm definitely going to use it! More like this please 👍
It's always good to put a proper and serious name on things you use to do instinctively. 😊
Actually I worked with slides since ages, not knowing, that this is an existing "technique". I just did it because it sounds cool. But thank you for this, which is encouraing me to keep it.
Maybe you'll say this (I'm not done watching yet), but one could argue that Cm and B are not actually THAT far apart because B major is the top three notes of a Gaug-maj7 chord, which is an altered V of Cm :)
I call this the "James Newton Howard chord", because his work is where I first came across it. (He uses it a lot in the Signs score)
I think it's the tritone between the two chords that gives it that "hair on the back of the neck standing on end" sound is my personal theory.
Fun fact, Schubert used this a lot. I read an academic paper about it when I was in school. Although, I think he used the up version, major to minor for the most part.
Another fun fact, Martin Gore used this a few time in Depeche Mode's music, mostly in the Black Celebration/Music for the Masses/Violator era. He used this and the chromatic mediant quite a bit. (a minor chord to a minor, roots a minor third apart. Another "movie" chord by the way...)
32:12 Cradle of Filth comes to mind.
Yeah. That sort of rock / metal music.
great score
Thanks Guy, it s interesting.
Peace from France
Again so entertaining and informative - well lets say infotainment!!!! Absolutely fantastic - thanks a lot for your hard work and wonderful inspiration!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! \😊/
I have a Edward ScissorsHands vibe going in my mind. Great work.
Aww, have to watch that film again
Guy in best form, i enjoyed the slide ;)
James Horner also used to do this all the time...i remember when i heard this chord change for the first time i was so confused..
In -Titanic- movie the moment when the two crew ship members were watching jack and rose kissing and they were laughing and saying jokes and then they see the iceberg...Horner did that chord change in that scene.. exactly when they see the iceberg...!!!!
Couldnt understan if it was a -happy- or a -sad- chord ..
i was so confused!!!
also i was 10 years old and knew nothing about music theory but this chord change was so differnet to my ears and i never forgot it!!!
U are the most amazing person I’ see on TH-cam
Appreciated.