Advanced Music Theory & Songwriting : Chords & Emotions: Advanced Music Theory & Songwriting

[MattR109]

Advanced Theory?......

"Prettier"?

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[216KDub]

In defense of the expert village instructor, he did elaborate on the different inflections you can utilize when selecting a chord for a specific measure of a song. Which are good things to take into consideration when composing and micro-managing your arrangements, and for comping and substituting aswell.

[XoXLeviathanXoX]

This has absolutely nothing to do with theory, this super mairo/steven segal hybrid creature will just waste your time.

[Warsel]

I love how he talks with the back to the audience...

[erockrazor]

Is there a way to block expert village videos from my search results?

[GhostGuitars]

I have a music degree. Why did I waste £20,000 when I could have just logged on to youtube to learn that "Changign the chord makes it sound different." Could have learned in 2m16 what actually took me 4 years. D'oh!

[beautaillefer]

is it just me or are all the expert village videos terrible?

[mrvlhs]

i didnt get it, in wich part of the world is this advanced music theory?

[Vanjal]

Expert Village RULES in CRAPY videos.

[Yimmery]

Well the bah bit is the 7th leading tone anyway

[Yimmery]

A good demonstraton of a Major 7 chord is its use in the "bah...bah dah dah" bit in the song "You and me always" by the Wannadies.

[Tiptonsm]

no shit. anyone could have told us what you said in this video.

what most of us are looking for is exactly what notes/cords correspond to specific emotions. and how chord progressions affect emotional response. as well as the reasons this is so. how is this linked to our psyche and/or evolution.

[TheRandomDestruction]

@Tiptonsm i don't think anyone's figured that out yet. Everyone's different as well remember, so different chords will cause different emotions.

[Tiptonsm]

im pretty sure it has been done actually and is used by all the top recording studios and companies. this can relate to subliminal and subversive influence. people are different on surface issues no doubt, however the whole of humanity shares the same underlying emotional wiring, this is undeniable and irrefutable. all logic and reason point to the conclusion that cords/notes/frequencies and the combinations that can result, have been mapped to a precise, scientific degree... out of characters..

[Wes19100]

"step out of the pretty realm..." wtf?

[RyanAMELLIT45]

he looks at music as more of a science. I dont think he remembers how people who know no theory hear music.

[leeea7x]

yeah but if your passion for music is big some people like it..dont critize people for things if you dont understand it.

[RyanAMELLIT45]

it was more of an observation. I myself like the theory side of it. i was just pointing it out

[Barefoot67]

now I'm talkin bout butterflys and eh.....aaahahahhahahhaah!!! Riiight, real advanced man

[Velvet4U]

Oh my Goodness !!! Exactly !!! Butterflys, yeah that really describes the chord spelling and advanced theory.

[iandeansilk]

I think he should correctly refer to his C2 chord as an add 9.

[Velvet4U]

You are correct !!! Never in all my years of studying music, have I heard the phrase C2, it's called C major Add 9 .

[kingkingking111]

This is pretty simple stuff here, quite disappointed

[musicprodave]

Advanced Theory?...With respect man...How is this advanced?

[Velvet4U]

It was advanced in the way, it fooled you into watching this video. So, yes he lied to you, or maybe this IS advanced stuff to this guy.

[77Saphires77]

HE IS a bit of a jockstrap he needs a new fanny pack cuz his cock fell off well he forgot how to plaay chords

[Blacklogic203]

LOL......damn ya'll goin hard on him

[somerandomassguy]

That was a Cadd9 you played there not a c2 as you called it. A Csus2 what you might of meant is when you substitute the 3rd for the major 2nd. You played the the third and put the d (the 2nd) higher in the register ergo a Cadd9. This is hardly advanced theory and songwriting. I expected more from EXPERT village to be honest

[fuckgodfuckyou]

Yeah i had to go back and watch that again, hes supposed to be a fucking pro, and gets a simple chord wrong!!

[somerandomassguy]

Check out his other videos they are hilarious! The basic one talks about frets making notes lol.... What a toool!

[stufffromstuff]

*GASP* different chords sound different!?? Well sir, i have been eternally enlightened. You are truly a master of music theory :P.

[Uberloinvongenchler]

bit dissappointed with this vid. not really advanced theory. he keeps restating the obvious which is that different chords sound...different...

[sjsharksrock3391]

lmao almost everyones comments are like a paragraph long

[aLexander4o8]

cause 1 sentance comments are weak

[xotni]

I think the difference between C and Cmaj7 is better demonstrated not by playing one chord after another, but instead use it as a resolution of a progression i.e. V-I.

[YouSpamTard]

xotni, Yes. You are correct, because by playing them one after another, he is starting to create a melody that takes over and makes the plain C a root and there by takes away from the true seperate "feel" of the other C chords. Its interesting that you noticed this. Good job! :) hehe

[oregonskateok]

This is all completely subjective. Chords arent emotional, the musician and interpreter are. I think maj7 chords sound mellow, not pretty. I dont think I have heard a pretty chord before on its own.

[YouSpamTard]

oregon. Good point. The chords are somewhat subjective to interpretation, but the point he is making here is that different chords cause a different feeling. For instance, a minor chord is never going to be a happy sounding chord. It is a sad chord. It has a feeling of a rainy day. Now, sometimes I like rainy days, but I still would not say a minor chord is a happy chord. It could possibly be a happy rainy day chord, possibly? lol. Thanks. :)

[oregonskateok]

Well, in context, a minor chord can sound very happy, its depends on what is surrounding it. I wouldn't call it happy or sad, I would call it ambigious without context. Off topic, I like rainy days when its really hot outside, not when its 40 degrees outside and the wind is blowing =( damn oregon weather.

[YouSpamTard]

oregon, well yes, all chords are ambiguous without context, but all chords do have context to a "tonic note". If i wanted to write a creepy sounding song, the first thing I would start off with is a minor chord. I don't think i could do creepy with a sus 4 chord. Possibly? I may try it, lol I like the way you think. Its quite refreshing to come across those that actually study music and develop a philosophy for it. :)

[oregonskateok]

I bet its possible, sus chords have a very ambiguous sound and I can see one being thrown in to a minor progression to create an eery sense of drifting, or something like that. I would probably use diminished and chromatic movements to write a creepy song though.

[YouSpamTard]

oregon, you right bra, lol, but i would not say sus 4 chords have an ambiguous sound. I mean they do, but so far you have said all chords are ambiguous. That doesn't really give a general nature of different modes that revolve around and come from a certain key. However, a little while ago I was running a minor chord with a sus 4 cord on top through my imagination to hear what it sounds like. It did cause an erie drifting just as you stated. Man, I wish you were a neighbor of mine :) Collaborate

[YouSpamTard]

oregon, and to think? You are only 20 years old. Wow. There is hope for the future of mankind. I was about to give up hope from what I have seen from youth on utube. That being said, I have noticed a change recently. I am hopeful for our future now. I have seen a glimmer of light in the darkness so to speak. You are a 100 watt light bulb. :)

[oregonskateok]

Hey thanks for the compliment btw, I'll add you as a friend on here for being awesome.

[oregonskateok]

Sorry I should have been more specific. I do view most chords as being somewhat ambiguous outside of context. I believe that all happy/sad associations with chords are created by someones personal interpretation of sound. Sus chords are cool because they lack a third, and can be thrown in any key really, major or minor, and can sound really mellow and happy, or eerie and drifty, or just plain weird. What instrument are you writing on?

[heyassmanx]

this guys gotta lose the ponytail

[mdlagreca]

Good lesson. Not such as much a waste of time as other stuff.

[P3313]

This is pretty basic stuff, you probably go into the theory more in the later vids I am hoping.

[gaelicwop]

Are you high?!

[YouSpamTard]

I like butterflies, and I love you too!

[threebobs]

This isn't advanced. It's pre-beginner.

But thanks anyway.

[ptolmey]

I agree. I hardly see how this is "advanced" or how this is even theory. Of course if you change a chord it will sound different.

[luigiperso]

you are right,it's pre-beginner....the guy posting the video should do more research about what advanced theory means. I know the meaning of the term,since I have studied Schoenberg's book 'Theory of Harmony' on keyboards

[DonJuanDeMarco2]

Interesting.

I need to delve deeper into that exact topic of harmony.

I've read many reviews on that book, explaining that its not exactly for the begginer and more history based.

Is there a book you can suggest that will get me on the right foot with building chord phrases etc ?

I've heard something about Piston..

[KillAllHumans52]

Let me reiterate that,it's hard to hear the difference on piano,but he's basically right about the way one note changes everything.

[KillAllHumans52]

Right,i am a wannabe musician who writes for band and orchestra,one day i want to make money from it and i know a thing or 2 about theory,this video is GREAT as an introduction to theory BUT he doesn't let the chords ring for long enough,when he did the "C" and "C7" chords,you could barely hear the difference unless you were musically experienced,other then that great vid!

[bsbllowns26]

ROFL butterflies = C major 7

[SteVeTurchin22]

Haha, brilliant! xD

[freebird51789]

btw...just a little tip. since the middle "C" is in the bass, the "C2" chord would actually be a "Cadd9". might also want to explain that when you change the chord, it must either resolve or modulate...let 'em know about passing chords. just tryin to help! hope i've done so! great video btw!

[mynameisnicholas]

who would've thought that would be on the back of his head

[bazoulay]

its great for beginners like me

[guitaraddict4life]

umm so this is advanced? shit i thought we'd be talking about some formulas and shit

[lvasaxman]

this isnt advanced.this is really simple just because you have a minor chord doesnt mean sad

I vi IV V I

minor chord

dosnt sound sad

[vracan]

It's not just about the chord itself, it depends on what chords follow or what it resolves to. Disco song Boogie oogie oogie is in dminor, definitely not a sad song. But if the whole song was done using one single minor chord, then yes i agree it would lend itself to a "sad" feeling.

[KommodoSK]

Almost every song metallica has ever written is in a minor key.

[joshua655]

That's because the vi in your progression is not the tonal center of the song. Any time the tonal center is minor, you have basically a VI VII I II III IV V progression, in which the song is sad sounding. But no, putting a minor chord in a song does not necessarily make it sad, it depends on how long the minor chord lasts, where it comes in the song, etc...

[Henhouse2005]

stupid, nothing to do with emotion

[ipguitar]

it has alot if you take a real theory class they will say the pretty much same

[felimagic]

was that my funny valentine?

[ipguitar]

no played with jazz band this past year and close but no