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You have a real knack for teaching , very concise and simply explained , im very grateful you take your time to do this for us , ive learned lots from your tutorials and love to compose as a side hobby when im not recording heavy metal or improvising on guitar to random backing tracks , theres something i love about writing for each instrument while composing .love your videos and will continue to watch aslong as you make them , thanks again, your greatly appreciated.
Important point about the instruments. This is one of several videos I've watched recently that are supposed to be about the emotional effects of the chords themselves, but then each example uses different instrumentation. Speaking for myself, when it's presented in that way, I find it hard to tell what the relative contribution of those variables are in creating the emotional effect.
This is very useful. I've already jotted down all the progressions and tried them out. I'm very interested in the film score progressions that we hear all the time and sound great. Love the super hero breakdown, sadness and love. Deep dives into all of them or more examples!
Wow this was the best chord explanation I have every Heard/Seen. In every one I Had straight a movie Scene in my Mind. The Love one was my Favorit. Amazing Content 💯💯💯
I remember my theory teacher telling us that Augmented chords were used in those themes played in old silent films with some villain tying a Damsel in distress to the Rail Road tracks.
No, they would be diminished chords, not augmented. On guitar, I'd play a bar of Ddim (xx0101), slide up to Fdim (003434), then Abdim (006767), cutting between the train and the damsel. To create tension and urgency, I'd then repeat that sequence, but one fret higher in each case (i.e., a one semitone key change). Try it. You can also throw in an augmented chord here and there, to represent the train whistle.
I liked the superhero progression and the magical, i like the combination of the use of piano and oboe melody in the love chord progression. But then again, i like them all. 😊 All progressions give a different feeling. I like the use of seventh chords for romance too.
I can't believe stuff like this is free on TH-cam these days! Thank you so much, I got more out of this video than I did from courses I paid hundreads of dollars for.
I would love to add a iv6 chord in the sadness progression. That chord simply gives the magnitude of sadness imo. C major along with Fm6 or Ddim just gives that emotion. Great video tho!
As always such a fantastic video dear Simon. And amazing timing... I was just about to sit down at the keyboard! Thank you truly for all you share here.
Love these breakdown of progression/emotions, as a suggestion it would be very cool if you did something about the various middle eastern Hollywood type of score from movies and video games.
Well anything goes like Lawrence of Arabia type of soundtrack and i have a channel selection if you are curious with many of the best exemple in the genre, some traditional folks music also but many are Hollywood style of middle eastern compositions. Link to my channel list : th-cam.com/play/PLQ7dJRyNTWUKotufxqES5aJ01_Ch8eSeA.html @@composingacademy8270
The emotions seemed spot on and it seems I remember hearing those in the movie "Lord of the Rings". The given emotion matched what was in the scenes quite well.
This is kind of what I was looking for. I believe this needs to be paired with another lesson about voicings and inversions, and how they affect a chord progression. Think you'd be up for that?
I love your videos, they are very educational. I would like you to make a video on how to go from one emotion to another, or from one progression to another and for that transition to look good. greetings!!!.
on the Love one: seems more like : ||: i - - - | bVI - - - | III | bVII 4 - bVII - | iv - - - | bVI - - - | bVII 4 - bVII - :|| In the minor keys 6 and 7 are flat 6 and b7, kind of important, should you use any parallel minor keys.. These are great, been looking for a demonstration of Cinematic progressions, primarily utilizing the Mediants, Chromatic Mediants (1 note in common) and double Chromatic Mediants (no notes in common).. Thanks man, this is fantastic, opens up a whole new world for me.. oh, btw.. that last one Transcendence.. The reason it sort of works, is that in E melodic minor you have the minor 3rd (G), but you also have C# (raised VI) and the (leading tone (to Em) D# (raised VII).. Great explanation.. kinda helps to have a solid music theory background.. This opens up really cool ideas.. The Chromatic mediants and even negative-harmony work very well.. Do you have some examples of using Negative Harmony?
Music is largely about what people agree sounds good. In the west we agree on a 12-note octave and (mostly) 7-note scales and 7-chord keys. We agree that the dominant 7th chord best resolves to the tonic. We agree that rock is largely Mixolydian. Some call these things cliche and others just recognize the broad agreement about how things should sound. So it’s no big surprise that these nine progressions evoke a certain emotion or support the particular emotion the film is showing us. Great video!
I like it! A bit of feedback - I would prefer you to play each phrase twice - once before and then again after your explanation. :) Really enjoyed your work - thank you
i learned a few new technic in love progression also added B Minor to progression and complete the circle by backing to E minor its was beautiful and impressive Journey thanks!❤🙏🎼🎼🎼
An excellent video, thank you very much. Can you answer this please? I am old and have difficulty reading the writing in the inspector in cubase. Is there away I can zoom in on that please?
With the last one I experimented with using the same progression of chord qualities ( mi-maj-maj) and got the similar feel of wonder. I'll try it with the othet progressions and see if I can develop a feel for playing the mood on the fly. Thanks.
Fantastic video. I had no idea musical scores so often stepped outside of the notes within the scale used! Is this fairly normal in music to borrow notes from other scales?
Thank you! Again, I wrote my notes on my music staff notebook. I noticed that 8 of your melodies didn’t end with the root music notes of the chords (melodies end with the 3rd or the 5th of the chords). Any particular reason for ending the melodies with the 3rd or the 5th of the last chord? I would like to learn. Thanks!
Do please come up with a series of progressions for trailers, other than the extended doom-thump they insist of using everywhere, and I hope they take it up.
I absolutely love the “Sadness” progression. The chords and instrumentation remind me of 90’s drama soundtracks, such as or The 90’s were an incredible time in cinematic music history. It felt like the music had time to breathe and develop and touched real emotional depths.
You're welcome - I've written over a 1,000 songs, over a dozen musicals and one opera - which is epic. I've been a musician since I was little and am professionally trained by six opera coaches - I sing in ten languages with a 3 1/2 octave range, but I don't score music. All the melodies to my songs are in my head - some are sung a capella in recordings - the lyrics are typed New songs play in my head night and day - sometimes waking me from a deep sleep ... In the past two years, I've written over 200 songs ... maybe 300 ... I lost track but the lyrics are typed A few hundred of my songs are organized into "albums" - which I haven't yet recorded. I began singing professionally as a teen in NY under contract ... I've sung from England to Hawaii, including Chicago and southern California ... and I've worked as a recording artist in several studios - with several different arrangers and producers. I sing pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, blues, Broadway, country, Christian, gospel, opera ... Through all that, I've learned basic chord structure, basic harmonies and arpeggios ... so thank you for this reminder which I learned from a music professor but promptly forgot.
If you want to learn how to effortlessly compose rich Cinematic Music using my proven 4 Step Composing Framework, check out my free workshop below!
www.composingacademy.com/freetraining
You have a real knack for teaching , very concise and simply explained , im very grateful you take your time to do this for us , ive learned lots from your tutorials and love to compose as a side hobby when im not recording heavy metal or improvising on guitar to random backing tracks , theres something i love about writing for each instrument while composing .love your videos and will continue to watch aslong as you make them , thanks again, your greatly appreciated.
very practical and clearly explained: staff + piano roll+ instrumentation. Perfect.
Well done. Harmony IS a language. It says something.
Thank you!
Fantastic! Not just the chords, but the choice of instruments, which adds to the emotional impact.
So pleased you liked it, thank you for watching!
Important point about the instruments. This is one of several videos I've watched recently that are supposed to be about the emotional effects of the chords themselves, but then each example uses different instrumentation. Speaking for myself, when it's presented in that way, I find it hard to tell what the relative contribution of those variables are in creating the emotional effect.
Ahhh, what good news!!! It's always a joy to receive notifications from your channel, Simon!
Many thanks, sorry it has been so long!
This was so interesting and informative, very good! the unexpected chords in the Awe/Wonder and Magical progressions hit so nicely
I am so pleased you have enjoyed it, I appreciate the comment!
Excellent stuff again, as usual. I really like these rather short and very concise videos with just the stuff you expected.
Thank you so much - I'm glad it was useful!
I agree. Fantastic. Staying subscribed. 👏
I have to say, this is among the most beautiful and brilliant of you tube posts about the technics of music and harmony. BRAVO!
Hi, I really appreciate that, thank you for watching!
This is one of the videos whose link I'll keep forever. Thanks Composing Academy.
I am so pleased, thank you for watching, I appreciate it!
it was made using chord progressions for: Magical, Mysterious Tension, Superhero and Transcendence. In that order! great stuff
This is very useful. I've already jotted down all the progressions and tried them out. I'm very interested in the film score progressions that we hear all the time and sound great. Love the super hero breakdown, sadness and love. Deep dives into all of them or more examples!
Glad to have you back, Simon! My favorite is the love progression.
Thank you! I think that is one of my favourites as well :-)
Wow this was the best chord explanation I have every Heard/Seen. In every one I Had straight a movie Scene in my Mind. The Love one was my Favorit.
Amazing Content 💯💯💯
Hi, I am so pleased they resonated with you. Thank you for the comment!
It was really useful information, thank you very much.
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
This was an amazing display of chord examples for emotions. With that knowledge alone now I feel like writing a score haha. Instant subscribtion!
I really appreciate the comments, thank you!
I remember my theory teacher telling us that Augmented chords were used in those themes played in old silent films with some villain tying a Damsel in distress to the Rail Road tracks.
No, they would be diminished chords, not augmented. On guitar, I'd play a bar of Ddim (xx0101), slide up to Fdim (003434), then Abdim (006767), cutting between the train and the damsel. To create tension and urgency, I'd then repeat that sequence, but one fret higher in each case (i.e., a one semitone key change). Try it. You can also throw in an augmented chord here and there, to represent the train whistle.
I liked the superhero progression and the magical, i like the combination of the use of piano and oboe melody in the love chord progression. But then again, i like them all. 😊 All progressions give a different feeling. I like the use of seventh chords for romance too.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
I can't believe stuff like this is free on TH-cam these days! Thank you so much, I got more out of this video than I did from courses I paid hundreads of dollars for.
Thank you for the comment, I really appreciate it! I am so pleased you have found it useful, thank you for watching!
I would love to add a iv6 chord in the sadness progression. That chord simply gives the magnitude of sadness imo. C major along with Fm6 or Ddim just gives that emotion. Great video tho!
Great suggestion, one to have a play around with! Thanks for watching!
As always such a fantastic video dear Simon. And amazing timing... I was just about to sit down at the keyboard! Thank you truly for all you share here.
Thank you Tanmayo, so pleased you have enjoyed it & for your unwavering support!
Love these breakdown of progression/emotions, as a suggestion it would be very cool if you did something about the various middle eastern Hollywood type of score from movies and video games.
Hi Peter, oh that would be an interesting topic. Are there any scores you have in mind? I love the Prince of Persia score by Harry Gregson Williams
Well anything goes like Lawrence of Arabia type of soundtrack and i have a channel selection if you are curious with many of the best exemple in the genre, some traditional folks music also but many are Hollywood style of middle eastern compositions. Link to my channel list : th-cam.com/play/PLQ7dJRyNTWUKotufxqES5aJ01_Ch8eSeA.html
@@composingacademy8270
DUNE Soundtrack by Hans Zimmer would be amazing! Prince of Persia as well!@@composingacademy8270
The emotions seemed spot on and it seems I remember hearing those in the movie "Lord of the Rings". The given emotion matched what was in the scenes quite well.
Thank you for the comment, glad you got the same emotions as well!
Love this! It would be a fun way to create songs for Sunday School for kids.
This is kind of what I was looking for. I believe this needs to be paired with another lesson about voicings and inversions, and how they affect a chord progression. Think you'd be up for that?
Great video ! A lot of useful information in 11 minutes ! Thanks !
As a typical guitarist it's nice to play around with these sorts of unusual sounds and get into the voice leading, orchestration, etc. THANKS...!
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
I love your videos, they are very educational. I would like you to make a video on how to go from one emotion to another, or from one progression to another and for that transition to look good.
greetings!!!.
Thanks for the suggestion, one to add to the list for future content!
Thank you for your research and hard work in putting this informative video together.
Amazing video! You might be on favorites list wit this!
Thank you, really appreciate it! So glad you found it useful!
on the Love one: seems more like : ||: i - - - | bVI - - - | III | bVII 4 - bVII - | iv - - - | bVI - - - | bVII 4 - bVII - :|| In the minor keys 6 and 7 are flat 6 and b7, kind of important, should you use any parallel minor keys.. These are great, been looking for a demonstration of Cinematic progressions, primarily utilizing the Mediants, Chromatic Mediants (1 note in common) and double Chromatic Mediants (no notes in common).. Thanks man, this is fantastic, opens up a whole new world for me.. oh, btw.. that last one Transcendence.. The reason it sort of works, is that in E melodic minor you have the minor 3rd (G), but you also have C# (raised VI) and the (leading tone (to Em) D# (raised VII).. Great explanation.. kinda helps to have a solid music theory background.. This opens up really cool ideas.. The Chromatic mediants and even negative-harmony work very well.. Do you have some examples of using Negative Harmony?
This is Great! I hope you canMake more of these videos about emotion in music!
Many thanks - yes I will endeavour to make more about emotions etc. Thanks for watching!
Always nailing it. Thank you
Appreciate that, thank you!
Very very thanks, can you please make a video on customising the chord progression for a perticular feel/vibe,
Great suggestion! Thanks, will look into this!
Great Tutorial... At the Superhero Part I like to play 2 beats of GSus4 and than make it G Major. I love that Sound
Thank you for the comment, good tip!
Fantastic! This is a really useful guide, thanks
So pleased, thank you for watching!
Great Stuff - I really appreciate the Quality and Content of your Videos.
Thank you, it really does mean a lot!
Thank you for the great videos!
Impressive! Excellent angle to understand emotions in a non referencial art. Cool for composition too. Thank you.
Appreciate the comment, thank you. So pleased you enjoyed it!
Music is largely about what people agree sounds good. In the west we agree on a 12-note octave and (mostly) 7-note scales and 7-chord keys. We agree that the dominant 7th chord best resolves to the tonic. We agree that rock is largely Mixolydian. Some call these things cliche and others just recognize the broad agreement about how things should sound. So it’s no big surprise that these nine progressions evoke a certain emotion or support the particular emotion the film is showing us. Great video!
Appreciate the comment and explanation thank you!
I like it!
A bit of feedback - I would prefer you to play each phrase twice - once before and then again after your explanation. :)
Really enjoyed your work - thank you
Hi, thanks for the suggestion! Appreciate the feedback and will try and implement this in future videos!
Great - Thanks for your response and good luck :)@@composingacademy8270
i learned a few new technic in love progression also added B Minor to progression and complete the circle by backing to E minor its was beautiful and impressive Journey thanks!❤🙏🎼🎼🎼
Sounds great! Thank you for watching and glad it has been useful!
I loved the mystery tension one. Will try these out for myself. Great lesson thank you Simon
You're welcome, thank you for watching and Happy Composing!
Very well explained, thank you very much indeed.
Do you use Halion 7?
Excellent video! Really helpful. The love theme was my favourite and reminded me of a hero's return!
Haha, thank you! Was it this? th-cam.com/video/AAAWjoIf5NM/w-d-xo.html
Great video, like always
Thank you for watching :-)
Very instructive and useful. Thank you very much for sharing. Greetings
My pleasure - thank you for watching!
Thank you
Excellent video. very many thanks
Many thanks!
This is ridicilously amazing!!!! Thank you very much!
This was a great video. Cant wait to utilize some of these techniques
So pleased you found it useful! Thank you for watching!
Very helpful video. Thank you so much 🙏
My pleasure 😊, thank you for watching!
What I've been looking for. Finally 😊
I am so pleased, thank you!
Muito ilustrativo. Um verdadeiro catálogo. Obrigado. Espero o próximo.
So glad you have found it useful! Thank you for watching!
Amazing video from Composing Academy as always ...
Appreciate that so much, thank you!
Wonderful work! Congratulations!
An excellent video, thank you very much. Can you answer this please?
I am old and have difficulty reading the writing in the inspector in cubase.
Is there away I can zoom in on that please?
Glad you are back. Nice tutorial.
Thank you so much!
Wow man. It looks and sounds so great. Major props. These are amazing examples😢
Thank you so much! I appreciate it!
Fun to watch. Thank you!
Thank you!
I like Thriller & Suspense and Danger progression.
Thank you for the feedback and for watching!
Such a great discover your chanel. Make my day!
Thank you for watching, I am so pleased you have found it useful!
Excellent. Thank you!
You're very welcome! Thank you for watching!
Incredibly useful, thanks !
I am so pleased, thank you!
This was the total business, dude! Thank you! :)
So glad you liked it, thank you for watching!
Super useful and easy to mimic - thanks!
So pleased you found it useful, thank you for watching!
With the last one I experimented with using the same progression of chord qualities ( mi-maj-maj) and got the similar feel of wonder. I'll try it with the othet progressions and see if I can develop a feel for playing the mood on the fly. Thanks.
Great to hear you are also trying out the progressions! Thank you for watching and Happy Composing!
This was very helpful and I enjoyed it a lot!
I am so pleased, thank you for watching!
Very interesting and directly applicable. Thanks!
Appreciate the comment, thank you for watching!
Fantastic video. Is there a music theory behind these, as the chord progressions are mostly not diatonic? Perhaps an interval theory?
Thank you for explaining this!
Glad it was helpful, thank you for watching!
cant wait to make some music with these chords, thank u!
You're welcome, enjoy & Happy Composing!
Fantastic video. I had no idea musical scores so often stepped outside of the notes within the scale used! Is this fairly normal in music to borrow notes from other scales?
Great video, thank you for this one!
You're welcome, so pleased you enjoyed it!
Thank you sir✨😊
Excellent! Excellent! Excellent!
Thank you. Good stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
Phenomenal video !
Thank you so much, I really appreciate this!
Thanks, great Video!
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
Thank you! Again, I wrote my notes on my music staff notebook. I noticed that 8 of your melodies didn’t end with the root music notes of the chords (melodies end with the 3rd or the 5th of the chords). Any particular reason for ending the melodies with the 3rd or the 5th of the last chord? I would like to learn. Thanks!
Thanks ! Very informative
So pleased you have found it useful, thank you for watching!
Thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Great stuff🔥🔥🔥Thank you!!!
My pleasure - thanks for watching!
Do please come up with a series of progressions for trailers, other than the extended doom-thump they insist of using everywhere, and I hope they take it up.
Thank you for the suggestion, one to consider for future content!
Finally after a long time 😩
Ha! Yes it has been a while, I am going to definitely work on that and start posting content more consistently going forward!
Excelente...ganhou mais um inscrito😎😎😎
Have you got those chords by reading books or by analising the scores`?Its amazing!
amazing ty for this
Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching :-)
I love your videos and tips. ❤❤
Thank you so much!
Nice, that thriller/suspense is classic Elfman, "Insanity" by Boingo
This was brilliant
I absolutely love the “Sadness” progression. The chords and instrumentation remind me of 90’s drama soundtracks, such as or The 90’s were an incredible time in cinematic music history. It felt like the music had time to breathe and develop and touched real emotional depths.
Absolutely agree, thank you for watching and your feedback!
A lot of these seem to involve a bass pedal and or mediant relationships. Good stuff, thanks (-:
Appreciate the comment, thank you! Glad you have enjoyed the video!
thank you 🙏
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
You are so fun!
I appreciate that, thank you!
You're welcome - I've written over a 1,000 songs, over a dozen musicals and one opera - which is epic.
I've been a musician since I was little and am professionally trained by six opera coaches - I sing in ten languages with a 3 1/2 octave range, but I don't score music.
All the melodies to my songs are in my head - some are sung a capella in recordings - the lyrics are typed
New songs play in my head night and day - sometimes waking me from a deep sleep ...
In the past two years, I've written over 200 songs ... maybe 300 ... I lost track but the lyrics are typed
A few hundred of my songs are organized into "albums" - which I haven't yet recorded.
I began singing professionally as a teen in NY under contract ... I've sung from England to Hawaii, including Chicago and southern California ... and I've worked as a recording artist in several studios - with several different arrangers and producers.
I sing pop, rock, hip-hop, jazz, blues, Broadway, country, Christian, gospel, opera ...
Through all that, I've learned basic chord structure, basic harmonies and arpeggios ... so thank you for this reminder which I learned from a music professor but promptly forgot.
💥💥 awesome
Thank you, I appreciate it!
Welcome back :)
Thank you so much! I will get better at releasing content going forward!!
Great Video!
Many thanks!
Brilliant. Can't wait to take credit for these progressions!--- Thank you
No problem, glad you found them useful!
very cool.and yes i recognize those progressions ..
Appreciate the comment, thank you!