I like to watch these even though I'm further in the music theory. There are 3 reasons why: 1. The format is excellent as you build from ground up brick by brick. 2. You encourage experimentation by example (you don't talk about it but it's implied from the point where you start using the theory). 3. There are always a few notes (pun intended) that are worth of reminding myself.
I showed this video to my 10 year old daughter, now she is in ableton playing with chords..... This video, as with so many you have done are really great, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us Noobs...... Have a coffee... 🎉🎉
I have the greatest appreciation for all of your knowledge, that you so graciously share with all of us in this wonderfully crafted format of yours. Thank you, really. And to see you reference another great teacher and wisdom sharer, Zizaran. Who I have been following for a decade now, really warms my heart. You two are exemplary mentors. Big love.
I loved this, as someone that mainly messes around with music but wants to learn more these tips are incredibly useful not just for learning but also keeping interest without feeling like I'm hitting a wall. Would love more of these thanks!
Even though I know some things, I just love the way you explain things and the things I know now make even more sense 😊, thank you. Always a school day, never stop learning, knowledge is key , evolution is the goal. 😊
Brilliant again bethelick.... as "most" people (not all) watching these tutorials probably don't know what they need or should know...if that makes sense....and that's where you come in.. a great teacher, teaching the must knows to make a great track....keep doing what your doing. But if you need an idea.... A tut on automation.... How to use & why? And how good automation can bring a track to life....
A really great format that makes me want to go back and watch a lot of your original videos. I’ll be stuck watching you and not on the keyboard 😂. Not all bad, there’s always midnight to fine tune the melody :))) Thanks again brother.
Having spent time learning complicated chords alot of which youve contributed too with your easy to understand and informative videos this video has has highlighted that less is sometimes more you can over try sometimes with complicated chords and progressions .... Nice one
Your channel and content are highly underrated. Super useful tips and really loving it. Every time I try and start from the beginning you refer to an older video. Could you make a playlist of your chord knowledge videos in chronological order so I can learn everything from the beginning? Thanks for what you do!
Great question. I wouldn't know where to start myself at this point! That's why I'm making a course everyone keeps asking for, it's basically going to be all this same info just in order haha
This is absolutely amazing stuff!! Hats off to edm Tips and other platforms but you explain in a way that makes me want to try it out for myself with a bit of confidence. So well explained. Thanks dude.
Great informative video as always. As a beginner myself, seeing the various different ways of creating chords that all work seamlessly in the same track is very interesting. I always feel more inspired after watching your videos! You might already have a video on the subject, but I would love to see a beginner video on how to use synths like Vital to make some commonly used Bass & Lead sounds, and how to tweak the various parameters explaining what they do.
Thanks. I already have a couple of starter synth videos. th-cam.com/video/3jvsNGYzx74/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5d1-mtX65ABkR5j8 And th-cam.com/video/HtAoc4z5N7o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ARkVxGM3KWe4stP1 Which should be great starters for you 👊
enjoying understanding your breakdowns of knowledge, reckon you could do this on say White Rooms from Booka, and explain why that simple melody works so well?
Ooosh classic track. Where to even begin with that one. There's a lot going on in that track. Yes, the bass melody is a simple, thirds harmony kind of trick but the production around it carries it far, that bold square sound, and they got the base groove just right.
8:02 How do you move the midi notes and delete that note that was already there in one action? Your videos are super informative man and your delivery is great in my opinion, you explain things really well. You are without a doubt in my top 3 youtube channels on this topic, so I would say keep doing what you do man 👍
Thanks! Moving those notes automatically overwrites the long one that's just default behaviour in Ableton (and most daws I imagine) It's not like overwriting audio and the in between bits would still be there, midi is an on off trigger instruction, so if you overwrite the first note it disappears.
Loved the part about extended chords. I thought the triads sounded better. The vocals had the 7 covered already. What it sounded like to me 👌🏿👍🏿👍🏿And just using part of the cord for a part 👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿
Solid gold. One topic that would interest me is the rhythmic interplay between melody, bass and chords. You fantastically touched the topic in your rhythm videos but with only two of the three possible layers (chords and lead)? While you can do incredible music with that I find that splitting the groove even further to these three layers can create incredibly bouncy results. Not exactly a house track but Turn off the lights by Ava Max illustrates the point. It also creates interesting variation in the arrangement by changing the rhythmic pattern between the three layers in different sections of the track. Would love to have your take in this!
Hmmmm, I think I know what you mean, but that ava max track doesn't have much rhythmic interplay really. The key parts are all locked to the hook. Or the vocal rides square. There's still no more than 1 syncopated groove at a time there. The bass part has maybe one 'bounce note' max syncopated from the stab, but it's allowed to as it's not a transient sound, and you won't hear that mess up the other parts, especially on smaller speakers. So the production and arrangement are a big factor here. It's definitely something cool to play with, but it requires restraint, groove understanding, and experience to work. it's certainly not something I would let a newcomer loose with 🤣. New musicians have that problem already, piling on too many elements usually, when you show them a trick like having 3 rhythmic counter parts, they will usually go too wild with it, and having 3 or more rhythms bouncing off each over ends up being the opposite of rhythmic for those trying to dance! even worse in smaller clubs. It's why the "complextro" genre always struggled. Don't get me wrong , that's why I listen to bands like Tool, that's rhythmic interplay at its best and I love interactions like that, but its not dance music. Maybe it's a more advanced video idk, I'll have a think on how to present that 👊
Having only been producing and mixing my own work for around 18 months, I'm still very new it all....my mixes sound good on my headphones or studio monitors....but when I play through my phone or Bluetooth speaker, I seem to lose the bass and the kick, is it possible to do a tutorial on what to look for in a kick sample or how to process the bass to sound present on smaller speakers...?? Many thanks.
The first step is simply much more referencing . A lot more. I explain in my 3 simple steps video . th-cam.com/video/JdVP6RlTlnw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sBCAuhRWoaNxad8R
I always find your videos useful and they were excellent when i first started ~a year ago. I'm not sure if you've done this before but could you make a video on vocal tricks, such as things you could do them in drops etc. Thanks for the great content!
For the Fminor progression, how do you handle the bass notes going “too low” for systems to reproduce. Especially if you just use the bass part without the chord sound to anchor it. Move to the 3rd or 5th as you’ve done for the hook bass?
@@Bthelick exactly yeah that’s what was coming to me - genre dependent. So moody dark tech house stuff typically may not have that level of variance in some keys. Just piecing the info in this and your other theory videos with the ones that are genre dependent. So your tech house vid/Phrygian vid. Thanks for the helpful video. A helpful video even for someone who isn’t a beginner
i like this format! I still check in your noizu vid every once in a while (as that's what genre I'm interested in). Would you have time for feedback? maybe host a livestream event?
I don't usually give feedback, but because I don't want too but most people asking don't qualify their terms of success, they just ask my opinion and that's irrelevant as I'm not part of your audience. So it depends what you need feedback on.
Would love to see a tutorial about synths/stabs sound design in the style of Chris Stussy's latest track Desire! They seem so unique and hard to recreate in all the popular synths!!
You mean that flutey stab on the 5th chord in the first half? Sounds totally doable to me. I would start with a filtered square/triangle wave and add some chorus. Play notes 1 and 5. It's not exactly those waveforms but it's based on that. To find tune it I would just scan through a thousand square-y sounding wavetables or try using similar samples (flute ) as a wavetable bases. I could also be layered with an electric piano, or I'm hearing elements of FM synthesis in there. It's not obvious, but it's certainly not an unachievable in any modern synth imo
Hey Gabriel. It's certainly not easy! I've been wondering how to make that video for a long time. It's something you develop an instinct for after working with about 10,000 vocals 🤣🤣. Many vocals start before the 1, or after the 1 it's very difficult to tell when new. Because vocals aren't a very transient rich instrument, it's hard to tell where a bar starts in general. For example speech patterns in certain languages have different timings, in like how english words that start with certain letters like H or S usually start slightly early and ramp up to the transient proper , making it hard to judge their timing. Language origin also influences typical rhythm patterns too! It's a bloody nightmare! I will get round to it but right now I don't have enough solid quantifiable methods to teach yet, as it's instinctual to me at this point. Thanks for your patience 👊
Love this format. I think these basic, foundational videos are important because very few people do them and it helps explain what is going on in your other videos. I think it would be a great series and something you could reference in other videos so you don't have to re-explain concepts.
Friend, can you explain how Cmaj differs from Amin, they have the same set of notes. I'm sure you can explain it simply. Because it's not clear that if you have two major and two minor chords, then you have an Amin or a Cmaj centre.
Ok there's a couple of options. Quickest way is to sing it into a free app on your phone like "song key finder" and depending how stable your pitch is will determine how reliable the results are. Or the more reliable way is you can use the free online app by Spotify called "basic pitch" and it will record you and convert your melody to midi notes (note data) , you can then download the midi file and put into a DAW program (digital audio workstation) like FL studio, Ableton etc. If you don't have one there is a free one called "waveform" that's good. Or Apple users get the free garage band. Once you have midi into a program, you can play it back with another instrument (piano, synth whatever) if your singing pitch isn't great it will be wonky obviously, but this way you can now play around moving the midi notes up and down until it resembles what you had in your head. Once you have that tidied up, you can identify which parts of your melody seem to 'land' well, or where it sounds 'finished'. Find that note in the midi, and that note is a prime suspect for the key. Then grab an instrumental track you have in that key, and listen whilst playing back your melody over it and see if it sounds right. If it doesn't sound right then try identify another note that's maybe common in the melody and try that. There will only be 7 possible options max, but usually nearer 4. I have a video on putting chords to vocals which involves finding the key from midi. th-cam.com/video/NML1857nUo4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ghkm3m616qiRFtMU
For the root note as bass example, isn’t this implying no chord inversions to work properly? (for those who don’t fully understand chord inversions and how the lowest isn’t necessarily the root). Also it would be interesting to hear the reason why the 1-4-6 work so well as opposed to the others.
No, inversions will work fine. It just wasn't in the scope of the question. Trying to not to overwhelm beginners with unnecessary info. The realm of creativity comes later after the fundamentals are in place.
@@Bthelick hmm interesting. I always thought that the “root” was also the chord letter so root of Cmaj was C. But Cmaj 1st inv has a bottom note of E yet the “root” is still C because it’s still a Cmaj chord. Or is that understanding wrong? Is the root now E? (I’m honestly now confused)
Well I've seen it written both ways. But you're right, the root is usually referring to the note the chord is based on yes. Did I miss something in your original question? How does my answer imply inversions won't work? The question wasn't about inversions.
@@Bthelick You didn't miss anything in my original question. The reason I brought it up was in the video you said to simply use the "bottom" note in the chord as the bass. I was only inquiring whether this "trick" would work fine with inversions where the "bottom" note is no longer the root. And you never mentioned inversions in the video so I was curious. Your first answer about not overwhelming beginners indicated why it wasn't mentioned.
@@MrMarcLaflammeah I see no problem. I'll try to cover that in the next video 👊 And to answer your other question I will be covering why 164 works best because some have already asked about why not the classic 145 so I'm recording that tomorrow 👊
It's bizarre ...the way you talk sounds entertaining even if you explain dry things like chord progressions. You could read a grocery shopping list and I'd probably still keep watching.
I know what you're doing, and it's great to do beginner videos so people might get their start in exploring music and making music... But as a music listener and a musician I HATE and despise the 1-4-6 "trick"... because it's EVERYWHERE and it's very amateurish and frustrating because it's everywhere. Just like that certain Latin drum groove is EVERYWHERE... And the awful thing is, that 1-4-6 is in every top 10 song and in EVERY SONG by million dollar "producers"... Sure, that might pay the bills (what an awful world we live in), but we happen to have more chords, more keys, more ways to express music than just 1-4-6... but it seems it's just gone forever from our musical memory and vocabulary. I hope any beginner out there won't get too stuck to this and we can see the renaissance of music again in my lifetime :( Harmony is awesome, awesome harmony is blissfull... so I hope we can some day again find more than 1-4-6 :/
I like to watch these even though I'm further in the music theory. There are 3 reasons why: 1. The format is excellent as you build from ground up brick by brick. 2. You encourage experimentation by example (you don't talk about it but it's implied from the point where you start using the theory). 3. There are always a few notes (pun intended) that are worth of reminding myself.
I agree with all the above points.
I showed this video to my 10 year old daughter, now she is in ableton playing with chords..... This video, as with so many you have done are really great, thanks so much for sharing your knowledge with all of us Noobs...... Have a coffee...
🎉🎉
Incredible! Thanks 🙏
Good format, was great to have a refresher of an older video with the bonus of more clarity from peoples questions
unbeatable music theory video! such no-nonsense goodness
I have watched over +10 plus videos on music theory, this one let me understood it finally! Thank u for your clear explanation
I have the greatest appreciation for all of your knowledge, that you so graciously share with all of us in this wonderfully crafted format of yours. Thank you, really.
And to see you reference another great teacher and wisdom sharer, Zizaran. Who I have been following for a decade now, really warms my heart. You two are exemplary mentors. Big love.
Amazing explanation 100/100 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
I loved this, as someone that mainly messes around with music but wants to learn more these tips are incredibly useful not just for learning but also keeping interest without feeling like I'm hitting a wall.
Would love more of these thanks!
Even though I know some things, I just love the way you explain things and the things I know now make even more sense 😊, thank you. Always a school day, never stop learning, knowledge is key , evolution is the goal. 😊
man, i love this guy!
Thanks for sharing these lessons with us, your way of teaching is amazing! 🙏🏼
Brilliant again bethelick.... as "most" people (not all) watching these tutorials probably don't know what they need or should know...if that makes sense....and that's where you come in.. a great teacher, teaching the must knows to make a great track....keep doing what your doing. But if you need an idea.... A tut on automation.... How to use & why? And how good automation can bring a track to life....
Excellent.
Best tutorials out there 👌
Super! Your Tutorials are best you can find on YT......
Thank you for the lessons ❤️
Very helpful.
Very useful, thanks!
dude, you're one of the best fr
A really great format that makes me want to go back and watch a lot of your original videos. I’ll be stuck watching you and not on the keyboard 😂. Not all bad, there’s always midnight to fine tune the melody :)))
Thanks again brother.
Great stuff, and I always get an extra lesson in your videos just watching your workflow.
Very helpful even for an old head like me. Very clear explanation which also got me remembering not to over complicate.
Having spent time learning complicated chords alot of which youve contributed too with your easy to understand and informative videos this video has has highlighted that less is sometimes more you can over try sometimes with complicated chords and progressions .... Nice one
so usefull. thank you!
Very helpfull. A Series would be great.
There are never enough chord videos :D
Amazing and thank you :)
Thank you for continuing to make such interesting, worthwhile and honest content.
Your channel and content are highly underrated. Super useful tips and really loving it. Every time I try and start from the beginning you refer to an older video. Could you make a playlist of your chord knowledge videos in chronological order so I can learn everything from the beginning? Thanks for what you do!
Also. How do you get the 1-7 numbers to the left of your piano roll?
Great question. I wouldn't know where to start myself at this point!
That's why I'm making a course everyone keeps asking for, it's basically going to be all this same info just in order haha
This was a fantastic video. More like this would be great!
For the past few days, I've been binging your video. BingingTheLick
absolute master.
B is a path player? Sick!
very helpfull!
This is absolutely amazing stuff!! Hats off to edm Tips and other platforms but you explain in a way that makes me want to try it out for myself with a bit of confidence. So well explained. Thanks dude.
Yes, very helpful !
mesmerizingly informational video as always, thanks
Crazy to think it seems like you had 11k subs not that long ago. Keep up the great work! We really appreciate all your efforts 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
dont feel any format changes to be fair. Just a usual Bthelick great video =)
Very helpful format, thanks!
As usual, super helpful.
Thanks! This is brilliant!!!
Great informative video as always. As a beginner myself, seeing the various different ways of creating chords that all work seamlessly in the same track is very interesting. I always feel more inspired after watching your videos! You might already have a video on the subject, but I would love to see a beginner video on how to use synths like Vital to make some commonly used Bass & Lead sounds, and how to tweak the various parameters explaining what they do.
Thanks.
I already have a couple of starter synth videos.
th-cam.com/video/3jvsNGYzx74/w-d-xo.htmlsi=5d1-mtX65ABkR5j8
And
th-cam.com/video/HtAoc4z5N7o/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ARkVxGM3KWe4stP1
Which should be great starters for you 👊
@@Bthelick Thanks for the reply, I'll definitely check them out!
Excellent :) Thanks!
enjoying understanding your breakdowns of knowledge, reckon you could do this on say White Rooms from Booka, and explain why that simple melody works so well?
Ooosh classic track. Where to even begin with that one. There's a lot going on in that track. Yes, the bass melody is a simple, thirds harmony kind of trick but the production around it carries it far, that bold square sound, and they got the base groove just right.
He’s the best
Your videos are amazing!!
8:02 How do you move the midi notes and delete that note that was already there in one action?
Your videos are super informative man and your delivery is great in my opinion, you explain things really well.
You are without a doubt in my top 3 youtube channels on this topic, so I would say keep doing what you do man 👍
Thanks!
Moving those notes automatically overwrites the long one that's just default behaviour in Ableton (and most daws I imagine)
It's not like overwriting audio and the in between bits would still be there, midi is an on off trigger instruction, so if you overwrite the first note it disappears.
@@Bthelick Oh 🤣 *face palm*
Loved the part about extended chords. I thought the triads sounded better. The vocals had the 7 covered already. What it sounded like to me 👌🏿👍🏿👍🏿And just using part of the cord for a part 👏🏿👏🏿👍🏿
Solid gold. One topic that would interest me is the rhythmic interplay between melody, bass and chords. You fantastically touched the topic in your rhythm videos but with only two of the three possible layers (chords and lead)? While you can do incredible music with that I find that splitting the groove even further to these three layers can create incredibly bouncy results. Not exactly a house track but Turn off the lights by Ava Max illustrates the point. It also creates interesting variation in the arrangement by changing the rhythmic pattern between the three layers in different sections of the track. Would love to have your take in this!
Hmmmm, I think I know what you mean, but that ava max track doesn't have much rhythmic interplay really. The key parts are all locked to the hook. Or the vocal rides square. There's still no more than 1 syncopated groove at a time there. The bass part has maybe one 'bounce note' max syncopated from the stab, but it's allowed to as it's not a transient sound, and you won't hear that mess up the other parts, especially on smaller speakers. So the production and arrangement are a big factor here.
It's definitely something cool to play with, but it requires restraint, groove understanding, and experience to work. it's certainly not something I would let a newcomer loose with 🤣. New musicians have that problem already, piling on too many elements usually, when you show them a trick like having 3 rhythmic counter parts, they will usually go too wild with it, and having 3 or more rhythms bouncing off each over ends up being the opposite of rhythmic for those trying to dance! even worse in smaller clubs.
It's why the "complextro" genre always struggled.
Don't get me wrong , that's why I listen to bands like Tool, that's rhythmic interplay at its best and I love interactions like that, but its not dance music.
Maybe it's a more advanced video idk, I'll have a think on how to present that 👊
Agreed! I also noticed I had skipped your bass line video. An eye opener one again! Cant wait for you next tut.
I BEEN NEEDING THIS but any tips for arp lead melody making ? ❤
I have done an arp video on prydz opus, but plan to do more
Great content as always.
Good format! Like this lessons.
Amazing once again you have delivered sir love the content
Super helpful! Are there other progressions that work in this way?
Not really, well not as consistently anyway. I explain why in next weeks video as some have asked similar questions
Amazing stuff! Thanks!
Having only been producing and mixing my own work for around 18 months, I'm still very new it all....my mixes sound good on my headphones or studio monitors....but when I play through my phone or Bluetooth speaker, I seem to lose the bass and the kick, is it possible to do a tutorial on what to look for in a kick sample or how to process the bass to sound present on smaller speakers...??
Many thanks.
The first step is simply much more referencing . A lot more. I explain in my 3 simple steps video .
th-cam.com/video/JdVP6RlTlnw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=sBCAuhRWoaNxad8R
You should make the example at 8:07 into a full tune, it’s fire 🔥 😁
Hello Mr Lick..Where do you get good vocals/acapellas at?
I use Splice
Danke!
Wow, thank you Cinthie 🙏
@@Bthelick pleasure. You cleared my chord mess in my head 🫣😁
Great!
I always find your videos useful and they were excellent when i first started ~a year ago. I'm not sure if you've done this before but could you make a video on vocal tricks, such as things you could do them in drops etc. Thanks for the great content!
Sure, any genres in particular?
Anything Dance/House really, Thanks!
wow love it ❤
Series please 🙏
For the Fminor progression, how do you handle the bass notes going “too low” for systems to reproduce. Especially if you just use the bass part without the chord sound to anchor it. Move to the 3rd or 5th as you’ve done for the hook bass?
Just swap the octave for the lower notes. I would put A# up an octave and possibly the C# too depending on the bass sound, genre, and destination.
@@Bthelick exactly yeah that’s what was coming to me - genre dependent. So moody dark tech house stuff typically may not have that level of variance in some keys. Just piecing the info in this and your other theory videos with the ones that are genre dependent. So your tech house vid/Phrygian vid.
Thanks for the helpful video. A helpful video even for someone who isn’t a beginner
i like this format! I still check in your noizu vid every once in a while (as that's what genre I'm interested in). Would you have time for feedback? maybe host a livestream event?
I don't usually give feedback, but because I don't want too but most people asking don't qualify their terms of success, they just ask my opinion and that's irrelevant as I'm not part of your audience.
So it depends what you need feedback on.
Would love to see a tutorial about synths/stabs sound design in the style of Chris Stussy's latest track Desire! They seem so unique and hard to recreate in all the popular synths!!
You mean that flutey stab on the 5th chord in the first half?
Sounds totally doable to me.
I would start with a filtered square/triangle wave and add some chorus. Play notes 1 and 5.
It's not exactly those waveforms but it's based on that. To find tune it I would just scan through a thousand square-y sounding wavetables or try using similar samples (flute ) as a wavetable bases.
I could also be layered with an electric piano, or I'm hearing elements of FM synthesis in there.
It's not obvious, but it's certainly not an unachievable in any modern synth imo
Will give it a shot! Thanks for the tips! Love the stuff on your channel
Do you have some tips/video for understanding how to add house rhytm to chords? Finding that quite hard right now
Yes, have a look at this one let me know if it helps
th-cam.com/video/s__7_98eLAU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=9kQkNogA8ovgdKqG
Hi teacher, can you make a video to help How warp vocals perfectly , find the one beat 1.1.1 of the vocal 🎤 Thanks ❤
Hey Gabriel. It's certainly not easy! I've been wondering how to make that video for a long time. It's something you develop an instinct for after working with about 10,000 vocals 🤣🤣.
Many vocals start before the 1, or after the 1 it's very difficult to tell when new.
Because vocals aren't a very transient rich instrument, it's hard to tell where a bar starts in general. For example speech patterns in certain languages have different timings, in like how english words that start with certain letters like H or S usually start slightly early and ramp up to the transient proper , making it hard to judge their timing.
Language origin also influences typical rhythm patterns too!
It's a bloody nightmare! I will get round to it but right now I don't have enough solid quantifiable methods to teach yet, as it's instinctual to me at this point.
Thanks for your patience 👊
Thanks
Thanks Matthew 🙏
Love this format. I think these basic, foundational videos are important because very few people do them and it helps explain what is going on in your other videos. I think it would be a great series and something you could reference in other videos so you don't have to re-explain concepts.
🙌🙌
Series please
great video but one thing you didn't explain is why do 1,4,6 always work? why not any other arbitrary combination of chords like 1,2,5?
I explain in the next video as some have already asked similar don't worry 👊
Can we then use the "A" minor trick to move to any key in minor and then change the notes to fit "phrygian" :)
Absolutely yes. All the white notes from E will give you the phrygian scale, make it in E and shift from there 👊
@@Bthelick my lord you are a beautiful person x
@@Bthelick i would love to see a pro break down call and response
Nice format - other than that long dramatic intro, premiere. Haha
Haha ikr. I should read the screen next time, was too hungry by the end of the edit I just wanted it up haha
@@Bthelick 1,6,4 in minor right? 1,5,4 in major?
@@VentureNW either, I have a part 2 coming where I discuss 145
Friend, can you explain how Cmaj differs from Amin, they have the same set of notes. I'm sure you can explain it simply. Because it's not clear that if you have two major and two minor chords, then you have an Amin or a Cmaj centre.
Yes I explain that best in this video I think.
th-cam.com/video/mPYjRdHx84c/w-d-xo.htmlsi=OVdK6Z7e3QRq9AMf
I'm just starting down this music production road. I have written the lyrics for a song, how do I know what scale it is in?
Well, from the lyrics alone , you can't get the scale.
The scale comes from the melody.
So first let's clarify is it a rap or is it sung?
@@Bthelick The lyrics will be sung.
Ok, so you've written a melody? Is the melody written down in some way? Or it's just in your head / voice notes on your phone maybe?
@@Bthelick The melody is in my head I suppose. I can sing and record it to a wav on my DJ gear. (Im not a pro singer). Then what?
Ok there's a couple of options. Quickest way is to sing it into a free app on your phone like "song key finder" and depending how stable your pitch is will determine how reliable the results are.
Or the more reliable way is you can use the free online app by Spotify called "basic pitch" and it will record you and convert your melody to midi notes (note data) , you can then download the midi file and put into a DAW program (digital audio workstation) like FL studio, Ableton etc. If you don't have one there is a free one called "waveform" that's good. Or Apple users get the free garage band.
Once you have midi into a program, you can play it back with another instrument (piano, synth whatever)
if your singing pitch isn't great it will be wonky obviously, but this way you can now play around moving the midi notes up and down until it resembles what you had in your head.
Once you have that tidied up, you can identify which parts of your melody seem to 'land' well, or where it sounds 'finished'. Find that note in the midi, and that note is a prime suspect for the key.
Then grab an instrumental track you have in that key, and listen whilst playing back your melody over it and see if it sounds right.
If it doesn't sound right then try identify another note that's maybe common in the melody and try that.
There will only be 7 possible options max, but usually nearer 4.
I have a video on putting chords to vocals which involves finding the key from midi.
th-cam.com/video/NML1857nUo4/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ghkm3m616qiRFtMU
🙏🏼
For the root note as bass example, isn’t this implying no chord inversions to work properly? (for those who don’t fully understand chord inversions and how the lowest isn’t necessarily the root).
Also it would be interesting to hear the reason why the 1-4-6 work so well as opposed to the others.
No, inversions will work fine. It just wasn't in the scope of the question. Trying to not to overwhelm beginners with unnecessary info.
The realm of creativity comes later after the fundamentals are in place.
@@Bthelick hmm interesting. I always thought that the “root” was also the chord letter so root of Cmaj was C. But Cmaj 1st inv has a bottom note of E yet the “root” is still C because it’s still a Cmaj chord. Or is that understanding wrong? Is the root now E? (I’m honestly now confused)
Well I've seen it written both ways. But you're right, the root is usually referring to the note the chord is based on yes.
Did I miss something in your original question? How does my answer imply inversions won't work?
The question wasn't about inversions.
@@Bthelick You didn't miss anything in my original question. The reason I brought it up was in the video you said to simply use the "bottom" note in the chord as the bass. I was only inquiring whether this "trick" would work fine with inversions where the "bottom" note is no longer the root. And you never mentioned inversions in the video so I was curious. Your first answer about not overwhelming beginners indicated why it wasn't mentioned.
@@MrMarcLaflammeah I see no problem.
I'll try to cover that in the next video 👊
And to answer your other question I will be covering why 164 works best because some have already asked about why not the classic 145 so I'm recording that tomorrow 👊
Where did you get these vocals from??
By looking at the filenames it's Dropgun Samples Vocal Deep House 2 pack
Good source of vocals?
I just get everything from splice
Yooo
What’s the bass sound?
i've just put the link in the description for you.
Appreciated, thank you.
It's bizarre ...the way you talk sounds entertaining even if you explain dry things like chord progressions. You could read a grocery shopping list and I'd probably still keep watching.
Xxx
Dang, this feels like cheating
I know what you're doing, and it's great to do beginner videos so people might get their start in exploring music and making music...
But as a music listener and a musician I HATE and despise the 1-4-6 "trick"... because it's EVERYWHERE and it's very amateurish and frustrating because it's everywhere.
Just like that certain Latin drum groove is EVERYWHERE...
And the awful thing is, that 1-4-6 is in every top 10 song and in EVERY SONG by million dollar "producers"... Sure, that might pay the bills (what an awful world we live in), but we happen to have more chords, more keys, more ways to express music than just 1-4-6... but it seems it's just gone forever from our musical memory and vocabulary.
I hope any beginner out there won't get too stuck to this and we can see the renaissance of music again in my lifetime :(
Harmony is awesome, awesome harmony is blissfull... so I hope we can some day again find more than 1-4-6 :/
Amazing video!
Series pls