SonicSmash Honestly, I can't write a comment that encapsulates my thoughts better than this. So I'm just gonna piggyback off this comment and say that I agree.
While this is certainly a much simpler video than the others, I wouldn't call it one for babies, being one myself and only understanding about half of this. You'd still need to know some basic things, like, what chords, harmony, scales, major, minor, flat notes, sharp notes and keys are. Of course, it makes sense that this channel maybe shouldn't cater to that kind of absolute beginners, but calling it a video for babies is still simply incorrect.
As someone with absolutely no music education, very interesting video. My only suggestions would be, if you really want to target people without prior music knowledge, to play the notes and chords you talk about as you're talking to give a better idea to someone who only really listens to music and to make sure to explain even fundamental concepts of music (i.e. what is a chord).
But he demonstrated what it was with a visual. When the single notes all turned into 3 set notes and he said "this is a chord," I could figure out enough from there.
I for one need to hear the sounds. Visualisation doesn't help me much, plus i sux at calculus so i agree, adding example sounds to the visual numbery thingies would be welcome :)
me too tbh like "they're usually slower beat, using a motif of a later level but without so many complex passages to intimidate the player, so it's a gentle lead in" but with more actual musical terminology
Unfortunately this is still way over my head. I appreciate you trying though. Even though I don't understand what you're talking about most of the time, your videos are still interesting.
I know i'm a bit late, but you should take a look at Michael New's yt channel if you're interested in learning basics of music theory. He has some good tutorials, from the start to more advanced stuff.
Did you graduate with a music degree? I'm starting freshman college music courses next semester and hopefully if I get through my 4 years with graduate with a degree in Composition!
As someone who's taken a bit of music theory, this was helpful for getting me back into the mindset. Wouldn't mind seeing another video or two like this. Otherwise great stuff.
This a godsend. Your videos are incredibly entertaining but I'm basically illiterate when it comes to anything past 8th grade Concert band. I can get the rhythm by looking at sheet music, that skill's still intact, but everything else has pretty much either completely atrophied or was never there to begin with. This series of videos is seriously pushing me to start learning this stuff for real. Basically what I'm saying is, this might be a turning point in my life. I may have found a calling. So thanks in advance.
As someone who's 99% self taught, I don't know where the hell I fit in with all this. Half of your stuff is complicated, the other half of it I perfectly understand. None of it ever feels completely over my head, but rather as if I've forgotten something and can't recall it. In any case, I strongly appreciate your efforts here. I love that your channel are for those who already know how to read music. And love even more your break down of video game music! Some touch on it, but never have I seen such an embrace and appreciation such as yours. Truly remarkable. Thank you!
This is a great entry level video! One problem with making music theory videos on TH-cam is that people's knowledges of it vary so much, so having intro level videos is fantastic. Suggestion: next tutorial video, I'd go over chord functions and voice leading. Being able to recognize a ii-V7-I cadence doesn't help understand WHY the progression works (going from a subdominant chord, to a dominant with a 7 for tension, to a resolution in a tonic). Explaining voice leading also helps show why diminished chords are so damn useful, despite sounding dissonant and clunky in isolation.
I have been watching some of your newer videos and I was thinking: “this is so awesome!, such a shame I can not understand it 100% since I don‘t have proper musical education...“. Then I found this video. Thank you!
Honestly thank you a lot for doing these videos (and especially this one!) I've grown up learning music theory and been trying to analyze vg ost's myself and talking about them to my friends, this video really helps explain a lot of terms WAY better than I ever could, and your videos just enthuse me beyond words !! I'm really glad to have found your channel and am always looking forward to your next video !!!
your videos have gotten me more interested in music theory--i have a small background in music, so I could follow along a little, but now I have a better grasp on your terminology, and I think that's what this video was going for, so thank you!
It was great. I knew a few scattered bits of how chords are named, and what you have explained will give me enough to understand the rest of your videos a little better.
I had wondered for such a long time if the “4-3 Suspension” had a name because I heard it all the time, but I never knew enough music theory or terminology to describe it. Thank you so much for solving this mystery for me!
I appreciate that you enjoy really digging into the complexities of pieces, but this more basic video was very much appreciated. I would certainly be in favour of more videos at this level.
i agree. stack a dim7 chord built off of the 7 of a dom7 chord and bam u got a sexy jazz voicing for a dom7b9 chord, with the 5th on the top, 3rd directly below, to really give a nice melodic feel
I find your vids to be completely enjoyable because I've always had a natural affinity for music, ie, the 0.01% with perfect pitch, but I've never known how to read to the same extent that I could play/sing. Your videos, especially this one, are an immense help, and make topics I've always had trouble grasping, like keys, a lot easier to understand.
I'm a little late but I thought it was great! I've seen a few of your videos already and was a little lost during the analysis, but now it's starting to make a tiny bit more sense. I definitely have a long way to go but it makes me appreciate everything that you've talked about. Looking forward to watching more of these types of videos.
This is about exactly what i wanted in a tutorial video as I have played music for a long time, but have no concept of theory, and this dives in right at the edge of my knowledge
Been watching your videos but haven't really been able to completely follow. I just watched this and I do understand a lot more of what I've watched already. This was incredibly helpful, and this is actually making me want to get into music theory. This shit is amazing
This was fantastic! I knew most of this but had some pretty significant gaps in certain areas (this is from playing music since young, but not really having too much in the way of theory training) so this was a 100% spot on explanation to fill those for me. Thank you!
I like videos like this. It's a very easy and accessible way to learn the basics. My music teachers could never help me understand this stuff. It makes a lot more sense when laid out like this.
Thanks for the springboard into what to look for! I understand that people actually pay money to learn all of the knowledge that goes into your videos, but at the very least providing the basics provides much needed accessibility for music theory babies (of which I'm included. I appreciate your work and look forward to listening to your analyses.
Helpful! And also confusing, but as someone with no knowledge of music theory that's just the nature of the beast. Your explanations are very good and thorough, even if it can be a bit confusing, and I think that over time and with other research it will start to make more sense. Keep on doing your thang
this is still a little above what i think a lot of people expect from a beginner/tutorial labelled video. You seem too smart and knowledgeable to even comprehend how to break stuff down back to square one
I appreciate your creating more elementary lessons. I love advanced analysis, but because I'm a music novice, a lot of your other videos go over my head. I'm not ready for them yet, but concise lessons like this will help beginners like me get there faster!
Though I admit ALOT of the technical stuff goes over my head in your other videos, I still think you do great job helping me get the mood and "rhetoric" of pieces all the while educating me on music theory. Still, I'm pretty grateful you posted this.
I've been playing piano and composing on a beginner level for about 9 years. These videos are incredibly helpful and are exactly what I need to progress.
Ooohh... finally I can start understanding your videos... I was avoiding seen them (even after subscribing) because I knew I wasn't going to be able to understand it. Now I can explore as I want. :D
I think I'll learn something every time I watch this. I've been thinking about writing music so it would help to be able to talk about it with my musical friend.
SO HELPFUL THANK YOU. i really love this channel and if i ever pick up a lead instrument like piano or guitar ill be right back here learning this. however for now im about those bass lines. TO THE MEGAMAN VIDEO
I think that you should go a bit slower, like a video about chord building, getting some chords from some game OSTs, then another video about cadences, counterpoint and etc. The video was pretty good but it looked to show too much content in too few ttime.
Tbh there already exists a ton of online resources and tutorial series about this stuff. Can't expect him to stop and explain everything in depth, would be way too time consuming.
Yeap that is true but if he wants to also have a set of tutorial videos he should do it in a format that help the viewers to learn new things. It is fine to be time consuming if it transmits well knowledge for the users.
Hey there! I grew up playing piano for 8 years, and since have been dancing and editing my own music, and while I know a lot more about music than most dancers, this video really helped me. We need more kind of analysis of video game music, and videos like this bridge the gap between learning the basics and how they apply to games!
I think you did a good job on this one, this would definitely help some of my non-musical friends. Maybe a video on chord progressions and how melodies relate to them would be a logical next step.
If you change the playback speed to x.75 it sounds like a friend going on a random music theory tangent after 8 beers. That aside, this is by far my favorite TH-cam channel and I love your work, dude! :)
I think it was great. A touch confusing, but that comes with not having ever learned anything in relation to this before. You should do just what you think is the right thing to do, if you feel its right to make more of these, go for it. If you feel like one of these is plenty, that's fine too. Regardless of what you choose, I'll more than likely be here every week to watch your new videos.
As someone who wants to understand music theory on a simple level, I appreciate these kinds of videos. I know you said you don't like making these in place of the more advanced and interesting videos, but I really like the accessibility these videos give me to enjoy your other videos (like that awesome Mega Man 2 Soundtrack video). I'm looking forward to more content on this channel!
More please! I want to learn more about this kind of stuff, I've played music my whole life but never learned to read music or notation. Also, any good resources for this you know of online?
Honestly Wikipedia is a pretty great resource for music theory terminology. It's a little dry but if you're just looking to consume lots of information that's probably the easiest place to get it
TH-cam is also brimming with basic music theory info. I've learned about 90% of my theory knowledge from the internet. Go to musictheory.net and if you can digest everything there you'll be about intermediate.
I second www.musictheory.net - I’m a self-professed music theory dork with two degrees in music who teaches middle school orchestra and music theory, and I use this site often when teaching theory concepts. It’s good stuff!
actually you have a WONDERFUL RATIO of explained/unexplained stuff in your your analysis, please do not makes them on a lower level, do not give up on partition either, I know some people ask for midi files but they won't be more advanced at knowing the relation between notes (aka harmonic content) by doing so ; I teach music to beginners and advanced musician and so far your teaching/analysis is really really GREAT
as a music theory baby, i'd love more videos like this. but if you dont enjoy doing them, i might just pick up a book on music theory and find out what youre talking about myself :)
Stumbled across your channel recently and have been binge-watching! Love what you’ve been doing. :) I wasn’t sure where I was going to fall in the music literate spectrum in relation to this video, so I decided to watch this anyway. It ended up being very helpful! I’ve studied music mostly for piano and voice (didn’t major in music), and now I regularly accompany groups with the piano or guitar. I used to over-rely on my ability to sight-read everything, so now I’ve been reviewing things like what you’ve covered here to make my life easier when I have limited... resources lol Not sure if my comment is still relevent a year after this was posted but oh well. As for your feedback questions, I guess I’m kind of in the middle in terms of understanding your analyses due to my own experience and knowledge of music and music theory - I understand the main points of your analyses just fine but learn something new every time as well. SO tutorial vids like this are a good review of foundational concepts for people like me, I think, and having a solid foundation means getting more out of your analyses, especially the finer points that you’ve lovingly poured over. Thus, I think your reasoning behind making these videos (what you said in the beginning of this vid) is a step in the right direction. I’m excited to see how your channel grows and evolves either way! Good job!
As someone who has always wanted to learn music theory, but has never found a good jumping off point to keep with it, these videos are a Godsend. The subject matter is engaging, and I've been picking up bits here and there as I watch more of your videos. This video helped tie a lot together, so thanks for this. If you're going to keep the tutorial series up, I'd like to request covering resolution (if it's practical to do so.) It's a concept that comes up a frequently in your videos, and I feel like I know what it "means," but I'm missing a key part of it, and Google doesn't seem to be providing that info.
That's good to know, I'll definitely make a video about that soon. Originally I had planned to do one Tutorial Level a month, but I've been playing it pretty fast and loose with deadlines so who knows how often they'll come out. I do plan to make it a recurring series though!
I basically just learnt all this the other day and when I watched this video it just made my brain click into gear! Also freaking love the bit about the leading tone chord in the major key 😂😂
I would love more videos like this, to be honest. I've only dabbled in music in High School, and I played a trumpet. When I see sheet music for pianos or other instruments that are capable of performing more than one note at a time I get blown away by all the extra marking all over the page with letters and numbers and I've always wondered what was going on there.
This video filled more confusing holes left from my past theory courses than I could have ever wished for ... Bleas .... Continue with steps as baby-ish as possible
I've been composing music for like 15 years (with very limited knowledge of music theory) and I do understand most of what you say in your videos, and I can definitely say, you need to do more videos like this for beginners.
I am very happy to see you explaining why some Roman numerals were uppercase and others lower, because that was REALLY bothering me. XD Honestly just overall a very informative video. My musical knowledge is limited to my years of playing the clarinet/oboe in the school band, not so much hardcore music theory, so this was a nice explanation of some stuff I simply never got to.
I recently stumbled upon you channel, I love it. While I dont trully understand to a depth what you are saying this makes the things you say a lot less alienese to me and I can get a better idea of what you say. Lol wish I watched this first now I have to go back and rewatch things.
I am a high school percussionist who just started making music in my video game design class. I took piano lessons when I was little but most of my musical experience has been rhythmic and no so much tonal. I understand the basics of chord progressions and such, but videos like this really help. While I enjoy all of your other videos, I can't always follow them all they way. More content like this would be helpful
That was super informative! As someone with minimal music theory knowledge this helped a lot. I've been thoroughly enjoying your videos, looking forward to seeing what's next! Can't wait until you start tackling some Nobuo Uematsu stuff! You'll practically have to make a whole other channel for that!
Never diminish the importance of the 7 chord
I see what you did there
At least he went all in and didn't just half diminish it in an effort to be less offensive.
Give me a low five!
*faint clapping in the background*
*clapping slowly fades away*
OH FUCK I GOT YOUR JOKE THAT MEANS I'M LEARNING
This was an interesting and educational video for babies, which is exactly what I wanted and what you were going for, I think.
SonicSmash Honestly, I can't write a comment that encapsulates my thoughts better than this.
So I'm just gonna piggyback off this comment and say that I agree.
Thanks! You're right haha
l agree. Maybe l'll even understand one of the other videos now! =uD
While this is certainly a much simpler video than the others, I wouldn't call it one for babies, being one myself and only understanding about half of this. You'd still need to know some basic things, like, what chords, harmony, scales, major, minor, flat notes, sharp notes and keys are.
Of course, it makes sense that this channel maybe shouldn't cater to that kind of absolute beginners, but calling it a video for babies is still simply incorrect.
There's nothing wrong with making people smarter, make as many of these as you feel nessicary.
judging by the way you spelled necessary...
woosh @@citrusblast4372
As someone with absolutely no music education, very interesting video. My only suggestions would be, if you really want to target people without prior music knowledge, to play the notes and chords you talk about as you're talking to give a better idea to someone who only really listens to music and to make sure to explain even fundamental concepts of music (i.e. what is a chord).
But he demonstrated what it was with a visual. When the single notes all turned into 3 set notes and he said "this is a chord," I could figure out enough from there.
I for one need to hear the sounds. Visualisation doesn't help me much, plus i sux at calculus so i agree, adding example sounds to the visual numbery thingies would be welcome :)
Um... Am I crazy or....
I thought you were going to explain how music of tutorials/training room levels were made.
This is cool, but I'll admit I kinda wanted to see that instead!
No I did to
ACFH That...is simultaneously understandable and slightly funny.
me too tbh
like "they're usually slower beat, using a motif of a later level but without so many complex passages to intimidate the player, so it's a gentle lead in" but with more actual musical terminology
Same
Unfortunately this is still way over my head. I appreciate you trying though. Even though I don't understand what you're talking about most of the time, your videos are still interesting.
I know i'm a bit late, but you should take a look at Michael New's yt channel if you're interested in learning basics of music theory. He has some good tutorials, from the start to more advanced stuff.
@@kandemJV thanks!
I just started taking courses on theory.
Music Major baby reporting for duty :)
Did you graduate with a music degree? I'm starting freshman college music courses next semester and hopefully if I get through my 4 years with graduate with a degree in Composition!
As someone who's taken a bit of music theory, this was helpful for getting me back into the mindset. Wouldn't mind seeing another video or two like this. Otherwise great stuff.
This a godsend. Your videos are incredibly entertaining but I'm basically illiterate when it comes to anything past 8th grade Concert band. I can get the rhythm by looking at sheet music, that skill's still intact, but everything else has pretty much either completely atrophied or was never there to begin with. This series of videos is seriously pushing me to start learning this stuff for real.
Basically what I'm saying is, this might be a turning point in my life. I may have found a calling. So thanks in advance.
As someone who's 99% self taught, I don't know where the hell I fit in with all this. Half of your stuff is complicated, the other half of it I perfectly understand. None of it ever feels completely over my head, but rather as if I've forgotten something and can't recall it.
In any case, I strongly appreciate your efforts here. I love that your channel are for those who already know how to read music. And love even more your break down of video game music! Some touch on it, but never have I seen such an embrace and appreciation such as yours. Truly remarkable. Thank you!
0:50 it’s D#/Eb for anyone who was waiting for him to reveal it 😂
I was one semi tone offf!
@@Hyperdonic2 yeah, I thought it was E.
I think the lowest note I can growl out is an E, so I dead-a sang all the way up just to also be a semitone off 😢
Day 1026 of trying to identify the pitch of my tinnitus
We don't even SPEAK of augmented triads
Please make more of these videos, you do an excellent job of explaining these things and I really want to know more about musical analysis!
Thanks! It's good to know people like this format too
This is a great entry level video! One problem with making music theory videos on TH-cam is that people's knowledges of it vary so much, so having intro level videos is fantastic.
Suggestion: next tutorial video, I'd go over chord functions and voice leading. Being able to recognize a ii-V7-I cadence doesn't help understand WHY the progression works (going from a subdominant chord, to a dominant with a 7 for tension, to a resolution in a tonic). Explaining voice leading also helps show why diminished chords are so damn useful, despite sounding dissonant and clunky in isolation.
aw man, I hoped this would been analysis of music in tutorial levels, not even joking ;_;
Same...
I know!
I have been watching some of your newer videos and I was thinking: “this is so awesome!, such a shame I can not understand it 100% since I don‘t have proper musical education...“. Then I found this video. Thank you!
The basics that I have known for years have always scared me away from using theory, watching this just made what I know seem much more accessible
"We don't really, we don't really talk about the seventh..."
I'm tellin' ya, seven is always coo-coo.
I found this to be a helpful perspective on how music can be analysed entirely separately to writing music/knowing the exact notes. Thank you.
Honestly thank you a lot for doing these videos (and especially this one!) I've grown up learning music theory and been trying to analyze vg ost's myself and talking about them to my friends, this video really helps explain a lot of terms WAY better than I ever could, and your videos just enthuse me beyond words !! I'm really glad to have found your channel and am always looking forward to your next video !!!
your videos have gotten me more interested in music theory--i have a small background in music, so I could follow along a little, but now I have a better grasp on your terminology, and I think that's what this video was going for, so thank you!
It was great. I knew a few scattered bits of how chords are named, and what you have explained will give me enough to understand the rest of your videos a little better.
I had wondered for such a long time if the “4-3 Suspension” had a name because I heard it all the time, but I never knew enough music theory or terminology to describe it. Thank you so much for solving this mystery for me!
I appreciate that you enjoy really digging into the complexities of pieces, but this more basic video was very much appreciated. I would certainly be in favour of more videos at this level.
What's your problem with diminished chords?? They're the BEST
uh...uhh...(we don't talk about diminished chords)
Lucrio diminished 7 are great too, i Always use them
Actually I hated that album, I just thought the cover was cool. I'm more of à funk/soul guy
i agree. stack a dim7 chord built off of the 7 of a dom7 chord and bam u got a sexy jazz voicing for a dom7b9 chord, with the 5th on the top, 3rd directly below, to really give a nice melodic feel
Nothing like a dim bb3 with an octave.
“We don’t… We don’t talk about diminished chords…”
I’m dying. 😆
As someone who is just starting music Theory in college these videos are very helpful and entertaining!
I find your vids to be completely enjoyable because I've always had a natural affinity for music, ie, the 0.01% with perfect pitch, but I've never known how to read to the same extent that I could play/sing. Your videos, especially this one, are an immense help, and make topics I've always had trouble grasping, like keys, a lot easier to understand.
I'm a little late but I thought it was great! I've seen a few of your videos already and was a little lost during the analysis, but now it's starting to make a tiny bit more sense. I definitely have a long way to go but it makes me appreciate everything that you've talked about. Looking forward to watching more of these types of videos.
This is about exactly what i wanted in a tutorial video as I have played music for a long time, but have no concept of theory, and this dives in right at the edge of my knowledge
Been watching your videos but haven't really been able to completely follow. I just watched this and I do understand a lot more of what I've watched already. This was incredibly helpful, and this is actually making me want to get into music theory. This shit is amazing
Your deliver a lot of information i wanted very well. It’s a lot to think about for someone new to theory, so very useful. Keep it up.
Please do more of those videos. Your way of teaching is very good to understand. I really like your humor XD.
This is awesome! I've been searching for a fresh way to teach my students about music composition and you blew it out of the park!
This was fantastic! I knew most of this but had some pretty significant gaps in certain areas (this is from playing music since young, but not really having too much in the way of theory training) so this was a 100% spot on explanation to fill those for me. Thank you!
I like videos like this. It's a very easy and accessible way to learn the basics. My music teachers could never help me understand this stuff. It makes a lot more sense when laid out like this.
Thanks for the springboard into what to look for! I understand that people actually pay money to learn all of the knowledge that goes into your videos, but at the very least providing the basics provides much needed accessibility for music theory babies (of which I'm included. I appreciate your work and look forward to listening to your analyses.
I have very little formal education in music, but I wouldn't call myself a novice. Even so, this actually really helped clear some things up for me.
I got bloody distracted by LoZ:Wind Waker when it came up, I freaking love that game XD
I am glad you made this. Making music accesible is important.
More like this! It helps put your other videos in context for people like me who are musically inclined, but not music theory inclined.
i felt this was really well made, and very relevant.
This was very educational to me, thanks for taking the time to make videos like these! It’s well received!
Helpful! And also confusing, but as someone with no knowledge of music theory that's just the nature of the beast. Your explanations are very good and thorough, even if it can be a bit confusing, and I think that over time and with other research it will start to make more sense. Keep on doing your thang
this is still a little above what i think a lot of people expect from a beginner/tutorial labelled video. You seem too smart and knowledgeable to even comprehend how to break stuff down back to square one
Perfect. Thank you. As a digital musician of over 10 years who has only just started to try and crack the world of music theory, this is what I need.
I appreciate your creating more elementary lessons. I love advanced analysis, but because I'm a music novice, a lot of your other videos go over my head. I'm not ready for them yet, but concise lessons like this will help beginners like me get there faster!
Though I admit ALOT of the technical stuff goes over my head in your other videos, I still think you do great job helping me get the mood and "rhetoric" of pieces all the while educating me on music theory.
Still, I'm pretty grateful you posted this.
I've been playing piano and composing on a beginner level for about 9 years. These videos are incredibly helpful and are exactly what I need to progress.
I am incorporating your videos into the AS Level Music classes I'm teaching and this is an excellent starting point for them. Thank you!
Ooohh... finally I can start understanding your videos... I was avoiding seen them (even after subscribing) because I knew I wasn't going to be able to understand it. Now I can explore as I want. :D
I think I'll learn something every time I watch this. I've been thinking about writing music so it would help to be able to talk about it with my musical friend.
I've always wanted to learn how to compose music. These videos are really helpful. Thank you so much for making them.
SO HELPFUL THANK YOU. i really love this channel and if i ever pick up a lead instrument like piano or guitar ill be right back here learning this. however for now im about those bass lines. TO THE MEGAMAN VIDEO
Please make more of these! I'm just starting to learn music theory and I found this very helpful! Love your videos.
I think that you should go a bit slower, like a video about chord building, getting some chords from some game OSTs, then another video about cadences, counterpoint and etc. The video was pretty good but it looked to show too much content in too few ttime.
Tbh there already exists a ton of online resources and tutorial series about this stuff. Can't expect him to stop and explain everything in depth, would be way too time consuming.
Yeap that is true but if he wants to also have a set of tutorial videos he should do it in a format that help the viewers to learn new things. It is fine to be time consuming if it transmits well knowledge for the users.
Kaze_Senshi Just take a music theory course then.
Hey there! I grew up playing piano for 8 years, and since have been dancing and editing my own music, and while I know a lot more about music than most dancers, this video really helped me. We need more kind of analysis of video game music, and videos like this bridge the gap between learning the basics and how they apply to games!
Incredible. Educational. Fun. As a budding musician who finally understands the need for theory as I grow, I request more please lol
yes we want more of these non-boring tutorials filled with game music examples!
awesome channel man, new subscriber here!
I think you did a good job on this one, this would definitely help some of my non-musical friends. Maybe a video on chord progressions and how melodies relate to them would be a logical next step.
mistermanrocks2 Yes, this.
Nope, modes apparently.
Really digging your videos. I signed on to a hobby project doing game music and these are so helpful.
Definitely you have to go on with this video (in series probably). Like a Tutorial Class 0, Class 1 etc. :-)
Very helpful and useful. THANKS.
If you change the playback speed to x.75 it sounds like a friend going on a random music theory tangent after 8 beers. That aside, this is by far my favorite TH-cam channel and I love your work, dude! :)
More of these please! It would help lower the barrier to entry.
I think it was great. A touch confusing, but that comes with not having ever learned anything in relation to this before.
You should do just what you think is the right thing to do, if you feel its right to make more of these, go for it.
If you feel like one of these is plenty, that's fine too.
Regardless of what you choose, I'll more than likely be here every week to watch your new videos.
This was so incredibly helpful for a beginning student of Music Theory. Thank you so much! Please make more of these videos!!
We don't.... We don't talk about the 'Seven"
That cracked me up :)
As someone who wants to understand music theory on a simple level, I appreciate these kinds of videos. I know you said you don't like making these in place of the more advanced and interesting videos, but I really like the accessibility these videos give me to enjoy your other videos (like that awesome Mega Man 2 Soundtrack video). I'm looking forward to more content on this channel!
Instructions unclear; made a musical score that murders its listeners with Custard.
Very helpful to give myself and others a better grasp of some more basic level concepts!
this was very good thank you, i definitely needed this refresher, its been years since i properly studied music theory
More please! I want to learn more about this kind of stuff, I've played music my whole life but never learned to read music or notation. Also, any good resources for this you know of online?
Honestly Wikipedia is a pretty great resource for music theory terminology. It's a little dry but if you're just looking to consume lots of information that's probably the easiest place to get it
TH-cam is also brimming with basic music theory info. I've learned about 90% of my theory knowledge from the internet.
Go to musictheory.net and if you can digest everything there you'll be about intermediate.
8-bit Music Theory
That's the place I first realized chords had more to them than just notes a set distance away.
Kimberly Rodriquez well, that is all chords are. It’s just how wide the range of uses and depth these “notes with distances” have. :)
I second www.musictheory.net - I’m a self-professed music theory dork with two degrees in music who teaches middle school orchestra and music theory, and I use this site often when teaching theory concepts. It’s good stuff!
actually you have a WONDERFUL RATIO of explained/unexplained stuff in your your analysis,
please do not makes them on a lower level, do not give up on partition either, I know some people ask for midi files but they won't be more advanced at knowing the relation between notes (aka harmonic content) by doing so ;
I teach music to beginners and advanced musician and so far your teaching/analysis is really really GREAT
Keep doing tutorials like this one, its súper easy to follow and understand!!!
as a music theory baby, i'd love more videos like this. but if you dont enjoy doing them, i might just pick up a book on music theory and find out what youre talking about myself :)
Stumbled across your channel recently and have been binge-watching! Love what you’ve been doing. :)
I wasn’t sure where I was going to fall in the music literate spectrum in relation to this video, so I decided to watch this anyway. It ended up being very helpful! I’ve studied music mostly for piano and voice (didn’t major in music), and now I regularly accompany groups with the piano or guitar. I used to over-rely on my ability to sight-read everything, so now I’ve been reviewing things like what you’ve covered here to make my life easier when I have limited... resources lol
Not sure if my comment is still relevent a year after this was posted but oh well. As for your feedback questions, I guess I’m kind of in the middle in terms of understanding your analyses due to my own experience and knowledge of music and music theory - I understand the main points of your analyses just fine but learn something new every time as well. SO tutorial vids like this are a good review of foundational concepts for people like me, I think, and having a solid foundation means getting more out of your analyses, especially the finer points that you’ve lovingly poured over. Thus, I think your reasoning behind making these videos (what you said in the beginning of this vid) is a step in the right direction.
I’m excited to see how your channel grows and evolves either way! Good job!
As someone who has always wanted to learn music theory, but has never found a good jumping off point to keep with it, these videos are a Godsend. The subject matter is engaging, and I've been picking up bits here and there as I watch more of your videos. This video helped tie a lot together, so thanks for this.
If you're going to keep the tutorial series up, I'd like to request covering resolution (if it's practical to do so.) It's a concept that comes up a frequently in your videos, and I feel like I know what it "means," but I'm missing a key part of it, and Google doesn't seem to be providing that info.
That's good to know, I'll definitely make a video about that soon. Originally I had planned to do one Tutorial Level a month, but I've been playing it pretty fast and loose with deadlines so who knows how often they'll come out. I do plan to make it a recurring series though!
you should check out ongaku concept too :p
I completely agree with SonicSmash and I think more videos like this would be good, but with some more advanced content.
I basically just learnt all this the other day and when I watched this video it just made my brain click into gear! Also freaking love the bit about the leading tone chord in the major key 😂😂
Thanks for these tutorial uploads, they were very enlightening for me.
This video was great ! Very helpful for the intermediate artist trying to get his expand his knowledge and technical ability
Thanks! I enjoy all your videos, but could def go for more of these.
What I didn’t know these existed ! This stuff helps a lot thanks 🙏🏽
I’ve been watching these videos and only understanding about half of it until now. How have I not seen this?
This was one of the greatest things ever. Thank you.
Still waiting for more videos for babies like this one, these rock!
I would love more videos like this, to be honest. I've only dabbled in music in High School, and I played a trumpet. When I see sheet music for pianos or other instruments that are capable of performing more than one note at a time I get blown away by all the extra marking all over the page with letters and numbers and I've always wondered what was going on there.
Moar! Make moar! You explain the things I need to know in terms I understand, please continue this series!
It was FAN-TA-STIC. A bit of clearness in my head, finally
More for sure! Another tutorial on how to apply all that when you're composing would be awesome.
That was amazing, kupo!! I'm going to recommend this video to my Music Younglings 😊😊😊😊
This video filled more confusing holes left from my past theory courses than I could have ever wished for ... Bleas .... Continue with steps as baby-ish as possible
oh god I need more of these. I love your videos.
I've been composing music for like 15 years (with very limited knowledge of music theory) and I do understand most of what you say in your videos, and I can definitely say, you need to do more videos like this for beginners.
I am very happy to see you explaining why some Roman numerals were uppercase and others lower, because that was REALLY bothering me. XD Honestly just overall a very informative video. My musical knowledge is limited to my years of playing the clarinet/oboe in the school band, not so much hardcore music theory, so this was a nice explanation of some stuff I simply never got to.
I recently stumbled upon you channel, I love it. While I dont trully understand to a depth what you are saying this makes the things you say a lot less alienese to me and I can get a better idea of what you say. Lol wish I watched this first now I have to go back and rewatch things.
I am a high school percussionist who just started making music in my video game design class. I took piano lessons when I was little but most of my musical experience has been rhythmic and no so much tonal. I understand the basics of chord progressions and such, but videos like this really help. While I enjoy all of your other videos, I can't always follow them all they way. More content like this would be helpful
That was super informative! As someone with minimal music theory knowledge this helped a lot. I've been thoroughly enjoying your videos, looking forward to seeing what's next! Can't wait until you start tackling some Nobuo Uematsu stuff! You'll practically have to make a whole other channel for that!
Thanks man! Appreciate it! Uematsu is the man, can't wait to do more on his work.
I personally would like to see more breakdowns of the concepts touched upon here, meaning more tutorial level videos plz
It was a little simple but it still offered some refreshment. I'm sure plenty of your fans are excited.