Music Theory - Scales - Warbeats Tutorial

[DjRoRoification]

You're video are great man. Very informative and CLEAR. Thank you for putting the time into these videos for beginners like myself.

[StarQuakeMusic]

Best fl tutorials on the web, check out my channel for some music i made in fl studio! let me know how to improve! thankksssssssssssss

[SechahMusic]

lol At the start he says go to the notes and tones video yet it was posted 2 years later 0.o

[sinbeats11]

thanks alot!

[MVTN]

Definetly doesn't... make you wanna... you know... go to war...

hahahahah LOL

[DOWORKoCOM]

@MVTN I laughed my ass off when he said that haha

[jaula420]

this helped a lot! thanks!

[Bamhtm]

Checkout my videos

[ghettodrimz]

@UncommonCreativity lol nice1

[hero3bash]

awesome basic lesson but i hope you make a tutorial on making a scale and transposing thos kind of stuff.

[NeoWargun]

I knew i needed some theory before my FL-Melodies really work and fit. :P

Thx mate. :D

[ilonaolga]

Wow! I never understood this stuff at school and thought it was so difficult! Now I know how important that stuff is! Thank you so much!!

[berranden]

Thank you so much for this tutorial

[Larrygallis]

Thanks as usual

[irka271981]

For some reason, i like A major and minor



[1Dashman1]

no man, your tutorial is great! thanks a lot!

[diggzyq8]

Can I Play Diffrent Scales In One Beat ..?

Like The Melody In C Major

And The Bassline in A Major ..?

[tee3250]

@diggzyq8 well you "can" do whatever you like, but usually scales are not mixed up like that... it'll most likely sound weird/"wrong"... try it and you'll hear :)

[KuzuProduction]

Thankx for these tutorials man!! Respect.

[istTS]

Probably most people don´t ask themselves "why scales?", they just use them. For some reason i did, so thanks for this video.

[TreeKixx1]

@UncommonCreativity HAHAHA LMFAO ROTFL LOL!!!! XD

[Inphanity]

This is a great tutorial, thank you so much.

[alibhatti1]

How is this possible ?? this video was made 2 years before the notes and tones tutorial???

[pachuco646]

damn! i hate northamerican accent but i really want to learn a lot of fl studio stuff, and you teach very well

[kingod615]

this is way better than that a-hole king david

[RedCurlyHead]

Please Check out my profile and hear the "Learn,teach and die" song and please tell me is it observed with the music theory you talkin' about!!! I'll be glad to get some new knowledge. =] thank you for the lesson! =]]]

[bboyfabolous1994]

this may be a stupid question,but let me get this straight, if i i'm doing a c major scale melody for example in a piano, if i pick another instrument like a guitar, do i have to play in the same "octave" (cuz i have a midi keyboard)?

I don't really understand scales man, help me.

[amazeHannover]

@bboyfabolous1994 no you dont have to play it in the same octave. not every instrument sounds good in every octave.

its important that you play everything in the same scales, nothing more.

[bboyfabolous1994]

@amazeHannover Thanks a lot brotha :D

[amazeHannover]

@bboyfabolous1994

no problem;)

[Bongheadification]

@bboyfabolous1994 U dont have to play in the same octave, u just have to play in the same scale.

[bboyfabolous1994]

u're helping me dude! and i'm portuguese! thanks a lot!

[dj4lif3]

this is an amazing tutorial thank you so much

[Firdaush0]

So If i were to start of Db/C# then i would be playing a Db/C# scale? 

[PresidentTrixx]

LOOL ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

[DjMattTheGreat]

god bless u. ur fucken amazing!

[devilkino]

@buminbeer2 music is defined by how it sounds not how it's made don't hate on talented people who can't get their parents to pay for there private lessons

[devilkino]

@goodoldjam lol I'm always making aggressive homocidal music too does that happen to everyone at first 

[markgray109]

how do i switch my grid from track 1, track 2, track 3, etc.. to how u hav iut in the background therewith it lined up like pat 1, pat 2, pat 3

[rashaine]

@markgray109

go to the playlist then drag the pattern blocks section up

[DjFXsal]

"definitely doesn't make you go to war" XD

thnx for the tutorial, definitely helpful

[RuDeBwOyJaY19]

nice tutorial thumbs up

[buminbeer2]

To help for non-muscians, the following: Learn to play music to start with and not cheat on software as anyone can do that, peroid and sick. Then proceed to sound like everyone else as you will. Play 3-4 hours a day for say the next year and you will start to get there. I hate all these Guitar hero, rap star, producer wanna be's and can't play a fucking thing. I have played Real instruments, guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, clarinet, and so on for 25 years plus. Not waited to cheat with software.

[dralenvan]

@buminbeer2 Fruityloops isnt cheating, you have to work just as on a real instrument to make music

[DKzgd]

@buminbeer2 You are confusing the "art of playing" the music with the "art of making" a music. People who watch these tutorials want to make music (mainly electronic/hip hop, which must be made on comp). In the "art of making" the music all that maters is the end product, "the sound that makes you move", and thats the TRUE value of a music. Playing instrument makes YOU look more awesome, but not your music . And btw, any instrument is piece of technology , comp is just more advanced ; )

[123snargy]

@buminbeer2 stfu why watch these videos wanka

[samorost000]

Noob.

[freshygangster]

man i did what you said but it didn't match

and i found these and i don't know what they means

here they are (half-steps: 2-2-1-2-2-2-1)

like ... what is the half-steps

and how i can play it just like you ... because i want to play different scales man

please help me :(

[weirhere]

@freshygangster ok, short and simple: in any scale, you have 7 notes, plus the octave. The only thing differentiating any scale is in what pattern the notes are spaced (=intervals). MOVING FROM ONE NOTE TO THE NEXT CLOSEST NOTE IS A 1/2 STEP. What you're looking at (half-steps: 2-2-1-2-2-2-1) is the pattern for a Major scale. C (+ two 1/2 steps) D (+ two 1/2 steps) E (+ one 1/2 step) F (+ two 1/2 steps) G (+ two 1/2 steps) A (+ two 1/2 steps) B (+ one 1/2 step) the octave at C.

[lxbjerre]

You should make these tutorials as a playlist so you get the link for the other tutorial you are refering to at the beginning at this tutorial. :)

Dont ask me how, dont know how to do it haha.

Otherwise Great tuts..

[feraligatr8]

@lxbjerre yeah nice tuts. X)

[Y3KBeats]

How did you play a melody? Is your keyboard connected to that thing?

[grunntalll]

I really have to say that i love the way you make these tutorials. The most tutorials on scales are technical only and it's hard to get the idea, for some people this might be better but not for me. Your tutorials are explaining this in a way that is so appealing and understandable. I am very happy and grateful for these. KEEP IT UP!

[illfullyreal]

big-ups to nfx.. keep it up, son!!

[jjohnson3030]

Great! Thank you so much!!

[half2me]

Awesome tutorial thank you very much

[eltonsmith1977]

Really excellent tutorial, thanks

[THELIVINGJOKE]

I've been trying to learn this and everything I read is confusing as hell. Always convoluted. Thanks for putting things into place.

[cripnocide]

Awesome Tutorial

[NFSMWcrazy]

Ahhh...Now that I've seen notes and tones... and scales... What should I watch next o.O?

[grunntalll]

@NFSMWcrazy Chords

[SRBSOHEILIAN]

Love your tutorials. . . .You speak my language!! THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS U!

[lifeatlast26]

hey i dont know if there is a tutorial out there, but all i'm trying to do is build my sound library so i can access my sounds easily and get to making beats. how do you do it? i have a shitload of samples in folders and i need to make them easy access in the library.

[23Enigmas]

@lifeatlast26 drop the samples in imageline; flstudio; data; patches then click patches on the flstudio browser and all your folders will be there

[RockXero77]

C major...

[Piliskner]

dude sorry I am watching it on youtube XD

[kc33blue]

Your great man!

[MonoSubstance]

Awesome tutorials man! Thanks a lot!

[canavaro100]

make an example in fl studio :D

[blaste]

Great tutorials dude

[zimmer429]

So, am I right to say that if I want to compose music in FL studio, I should choose a SCALE first??

And then I compose my music by playing around with the NOTES JUST WITHIN the same SCALE???

What if I use 2 or more SCALES? Will that be okay or it is a wrong thing??

[bsquardent]

only if you use the two different scales at different times throughout the song... never at the same time...

[meskalinmaskin]

@bsquardent

you can mix scales however you want. as long as it sounds good

[killabeez108]

keep making videos, your amazing at explaining things in simplest form!

[niggasingh]

hey man ur tutorials r Osum...but can also start sum tut...on reason 4.0...

[zimmer429]

Hey,,, what is the lastest version of REASON?

What's the unique thing about REASON?

[MetalBassjunkie420]

CDEFGABC = C major scale. Can you please give me the rest of them?

[zimmer429]

Now i know that i have to know what scales that i'm using ... but

How do i choose the best intruments to combine with other instruments?

[Zwickel]

C MAJOR MAKES ME WANT TO GO TO WAR

[cemmastajay]

hahaha

[zimmer429]

what do u mean?

[Djfarg]

@Zwickel ke mal rollo

[tamiro1992]

nice, the website is real helpful too. thx again. i watch so many of your videos

[dddavidshadowp]

So THAT is what scales are!!

sweet!!

[rifire1]

my beats are better cause of this guy.

[clamydag]

you never explained changing the rootnote

[morrisondw]

All I know is theres A LOT of beginner music theory stuff. What if we want to know more than the major scale. Some one make videos with great sounding tone and/or chord progressions. Or show us how to move from major scale to a minor or vice versa. Now that.... i don't know

[jeepee01]

I learned a lot in your videos ! Thanks a lot.

[skint0n0minted]

are scales really that important?

cos most songs use lots of notes not in the scale as well as chords, why is tht?

[tommodunga]

Thats wot i dont get aswell. For instance day n nite is meant to be in b minor yet you hear the c note in there?????

[skint0n0minted]

yeah, exactly, i doesn't make sense to me either.

most songs have chords and notes that have nothing to do with the key, makes it hard to define which key the songs actually in.

[Skoben2000]

The scales are important. What you're refering to when notes are played out of the scale are called "accidentals". You can slip accidentals into a song in the right places, but you have to know your scales and music theory to know where you can put them that they will sound right.

[PowerRedBull]

Hi. You sound like you know alot about this. I wondered if you (or anyone) could help me out. I happen to throw in more than 8 notes in my chord progressions, like 11 or 12. the progressions sound 'logical' , maye a bit ' classical'. How do i know which scale I'm in?

Do i have it problably either of the following?:

- I'm throwing in alot of accidentals

- I'm using the chromatic scale

- There is/are scale transitions within my progression

I really have no musical knowledge..just a bit of WIKI

[MrDickeBeatz]

is there a scale for hope?

ps. great tutorial

[morrisondw]

When you consider most christmas carols and kids songs are written with the C major scale, I'd say yes

[Cafa55]

That he is a professor rofl

[YoWasGehtLeute]

grate work dude,

i´m from germany but i understand your tutorials. ot helps me a lot.

thank you

[Krisznyo]

i dont get it...you say a C major scale is the one that starts with the C note,than u say a C major scale is actually containing all the white keys on the piano.or am i misunderstanding sth?

[mardrax]

A major scale is a scale built out of these intervals: from whatever ground note:

2 half steps

2 half steps

1 half step

2 half steps

2 half steps

2 half steps

and finally one more half step to end you back on the ground note. These steps are always to higher notes.

For more explanation about half steps and such, see some of his other tutorials, about notes and chords especially.

So yes, a C major scale would be: CDEFGAB, or all white keys from one C to the next.

[goodoldjam]

how do I stop making evil clown music?

[Krisznyo]

maybe you shouldnt!

that might be your own unique style :D

[swietonbeats]

what u mean lmao

[Deathrowhiphop]

@goodoldjam i think evil clown music is awesome :P

[Thardus98]

@goodoldjam 1 year old but still.....win:D

[kjournee]

hahahahha i thought it was just me lol.

[ItsAndyYo]

@goodoldjam maybe you should consider writing evil clown music for a living, i cant quite do that :(

[MrDarkstuff]

@goodoldjam AHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHAHAH

YOU'RE THE GREATEST DUDE!!!

[pashqual]

@goodoldjam I never laughed this hard at a youtube comment

[BigPeteTV]

whats the best scale 4 party type of beats?

[Tatsuyashasan]

Can you give me an example? Like a song that has a party type beat?

[BigPeteTV]

well u know most of the commercial stuff out...like ron brownz....those newer busta rhymes stuf... nd also some of the 50 clubish beat....or best example would be....the party beats from "swizz beats"....u know that New york pary type of stuff.

[SessileNomad]

what kind of party lol

[unrescued]

i am more of a visual learner so this is perfect for me, thank you..

[bigshot0024]

Does anyone know of a different site for the scales? this one has malware on it.

[Plec07]

great lesson, like the war comment.

[stuarticus]

Yeah, AVG says that site is full of malware, what now?

[Tino069]

Whow do NOT go to that site "looknohands"!

As soon as I got there my Anti-Virus reported a trojan and Firefox security shut down the site as well.

[deviantryan]

Thats why you should use a mac ;)

[stevekool19]

Nahhh he's too smart to waste his money on that severely overpriced glossy turd. ;-)

[LizardBonerKING]

yeah thats why almost all producers use MAC... not for its performance but its stability... but of course you woudnt kno that pshhhh.... ROOKIE...

[MasterDarkTemplar]

Mac is crap. They have more security flaws than Windows, its just no hacker cares about Macs because, everyone uses PC

[keezydadon]

nah most people in video games picture edting and musc uses mac mac are less hacker friendly cause it osent run much 3 party stuff way better than pcs

[theZodiacDigital]

here, this is basically the same, no trojans.

/music a thefxcode a com slash magicpiano a html

replace "a" with "."

[wavenp]

chord house do not work :'( but this is a great tutorial (y)

[AlexEJ4reel]

music lessons in the 11th form in germany :)

[wigheadrules03]

sorted now : ) in regards to the scales when u fl studio where do a normal keyboards start on the piano roll?? for c6 etc

[wigheadrules03]

my norton 360 said an attack was attempted on looknothands anyone know any other places to get on it

[mordsgaudimachen]

Which scale makes me want to go to war? :)

[chanjackiesuey]

take a britney spears song and take the scale then it will be easy

[foreverviet]

lol thxxx alotttt

[estadoalpha]

excellent!

thanks.

[Wiertlo]

what is the name of that program or plugin??

[DEFkon001]

I'm gonna take a stab at Fruit Loops.

[marccent]

nfx I love you

[CopyrightSarge]

Thanks so much. Helping loads.

[AntonioRepiso]

Thank you

[rem0moogle]

These tutorials are teaching me so much about music! Thank You!

[juancarrillo001]

wat scale is good for like a crunk and aggresive song???

[ANOTHERWORLDKREATION]

does any body,no why every time i try to load into an mp3, and i play it on itunes it doesnt play any sound

[modnarandom]

Well, you see, sometimes, you need, to specify, what you mean, by "load into", an MP3, for instance, you may want to specify, whether you are, importing an MP3 into FL Studio, or trying to, export your FL Studio, project, an as MP3, and then play it, in iTunes.

I'm such an asshole. :(

[BigMilan]

that's why women love u. or am i delusional because i haven't slept. women DO love assholes, right?

i'm sure of it

[ANOTHERWORLDKREATION]

oohh nvm

i meant import but it was just having glitch so what i did is i reset the settings and everything works fine now..thanks any way..

[MYTHofREALITY666]

Holy shit dude this exactly what I've been looking for. thanks for the web address I've been looking for a good site that teaches chords scales. Thanks again.

[rwp80]

i second that! i've been desperate to understand this stuff. thanks again nfx

[hyperlexic2]

I program a scale in my Korg Padkontrol which makes it 100% easier to always hit the right key. Every pad is a part of a scale so i can just riff on the padkontrol without worrying about hitting an off note.

[nativeskuxx]

Why do people take everything he says so literally... GOD... Take it in context. He means relative to the freaking scale of a piano etc.

[jacksonbaugh]

Drums absolutely DO have note values.

[M2314]

no they dont... not in the sense he is speaking, meaning you cant play an A,B,C on a snare drum, you can play halves quarters and what not, but thats about it

[giuseppe114]

drums do have note values

[aidzskater]

THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!

[ScaredCrows]

good tutorial!!! thx NFX!! i actually found a great use for that site on scales...

[NABALCHI]

yeah yeah !!!!! nice one another great one. where can i watch the tutorial on notes and tones??? anyhow thanks

[ScaredCrows]

on warbeatsdotcom...

[xlalacranxl]

i love your tutorial videos

thank you very much!!!

[bomb4040]

I love your tutorials

[Dannie92]

Good tutorial! Thank you very much!

[GRYDE2000]

FPC Tutorial!!!!

[Onmusicboy]

THANK YOU!!

Onmusicboy

[StruggleEnt]

yo man can u make a tutorial on using the FPC to switch between sequence to record in live mode recording..??

[rza2k4]

any1 know how to insert a bassline using the mixer.i saw how to do it but forgot lol

[sammone1990]

I appreciate your work.I think your tutorials will help many people.

[MsJudith]

Wow- I can teach my 10 and 12 grandsons how to play. Thanks for this tutorial. It's much appreciated. Can any keyboard or like Casio organ be used for this? Thanks for teaching. :):)

[JAMESJW2006]

yo m8 u could be a produer and make money m8 ur sick bruv carry on what u doing m8

[shutd0wn]

thanks man for all your tutorials!

[hoezmagnet]

yeah man ur the best tutorial poster here lol... nice man i have learned a lot from thins one in particular and i the samplig tutorial too man thanx a lot

[mshazri]

...why can't other ppl put it the way you put it !!!!

[nfxbeats]

...or sharps if you want to get technical. The context of this tutorial was in reference to the keyboard keys being black.

You can view my tutorial on "Notes and Tones" at my website for more information about sharps/flats.

[Exhume2Consume]

thanks sorry

and why the fuck did it take you so long to put up the slicer thing i just got tired of waiting and finally just tried it

and failed horribly

[Exhume2Consume]

they arent black notes they are flat

[DarkEpiphone]

how are you gonna take this good tutorial and pick out the fact he called it a black note. I'm 110% sure that he knows what a flat note is and the only reason he called it a black note is so that more people will understand.

Great job NFX with this tutorial i like what you do and i'm sure its helpful to many people.

[wilIis]

they aren't only flats, but also sharps... so black notes work best.

[erwindc]

hey you know how to make bends from fl