#21 LEARN FREE MUSIC THEORY

[ownage554]

Thank you!

[TheArrangment]

basically melody is really a balance of steps and leaps. If you want to learn more about melody writing as well as bass, drums, and harmony purchase the book " composition for computer musicians" . It is really easy to grasp and gets you composing right away.

[josedro]

how do you play when same clef is written in the grand staff ? I mean two bass or two treble clef in the grand staff sometime s small clef in the middle of another clef

[legatolaurel]

I used this lesson to help me compose Orange Champion. Thanks again Andrew. I put it in a video response.

[dantean]

I've heard that the blues has had some impact on the last 120 years or so of Western music & that rock & pop are owe something to the contribution of black people (ever hear of them?) rather than being nothing more than Baroque Classical with a slick album cover. There's precious little be said for any musical period, style, or genre as true "originality" because--if unteathered from ALL context--originality makes no sense to the ear. Rumor has it the blues mattered somewhat. FYI.

[hexfix93]

New music is about sound production, the sound of it and rhythm more so than classical where after a while all that paino and symphony stuff sounds the same. Complexity doesn't match, but i would rather listen to a a good rock tune, or dark goth stuff than a lot of the boring happy classical crap. Its all a taste thing. Not everything excites people the same way. Some cool songs by the legendary pink dots like "just a lifetime" Listen to that.

[tomita90]

hahaha good piece of mind on pop music, fuck the industry

[DragonForce191]

i know u said not to skip between big intervals but lets say we were to work on a longer more complex pieces then we could "question and answer" with octaves of the dominant and tonic we don't have to use the same tonic and it will still sound "right" correct?

[JaredGarthoff11]

Hey andrew, so what your saying in this video is that you want to end on a strong beat. Meaning it doesnt always have to be the tonic, that i could be another strong beath like the subdominant or dominant?

[klenock8]

can you cover some advanced melody writing? pretty pleasee?

[stepminestepminestep]

the baroque reference about pop music was funny :).

Do you like to listen to prog rock at all? Like Emerson lake and palmer or Yes?

you would like their compositional concepts I think. Anyway..

[sleepyarfad]

i really like composing either on piano or guitar...

[unklewink]

Hey Andrew,

This lesson brought to mind the song, "Blowin' In The Wind" by Bob Dylan. Why? Because the lyric follows the question / answer format. Love this series BTW. Thanks!

U.W.

[braemstabraemsta]

please never stop uplopading those vids, lypur

[hustlersinc1]

where would i find something that you have composed? im curious to listen.

[hatatske]

i started getting piano tutored 2 weeks ago and im taking my grade 1 exam in august i think.... and i seriously cant thank you enough for making all these lessons. (: ive watched your sight reading ones too, and they're helping so much!

THANKS! ^_^

[maryjones21]

i love these.. they keep getting better!

[rax7]

well, this looks simple. sometimes i see like 4 dots in one note. it makes my head spin.

[IoannisGPetrakis]

thank you so much for covering this interesting topic....! my favorite video of yours

[sweeteyes55]

Hahah mang.. I really have to catch up on these lectures! I've found a piano that I can practice on at the University! Hopefully I'll be just as good as you one day :P

[fatamorganaa84]

this was very helpful, thanks

[DuskY1991]

That question-answer and rhythm repitition was very useful for me, thank you!

[Lypur]

you're welcome! Glad to help!

[An1MuS]

@Lypur Hey Andrew, on the previous lesson you said the dominant was like a little place in the forest (the tonic would be home) where one could rest, and you gave the hiking example, but here you say the opposite :P which one is it?

[caseyhson]

thanks for the videos man! can't wait for the next level of stuff :)

[Firemasterxx]

Thank for the advice 5/5!

[Jesusfreakbrit]

You should do vocal lessons too!

[abortonii]

My brother and teacher

not much to say, just thanks again

Im at your service

bye

[xianning]

AHaah nice advice clap clap clap best lesson ever

the scribbling part reminds me of me ahah never satisfied XD

[Lypur]

:) glad you liked it man! I know it's super basic of course, I'm sure you already knew this stuff ^_^ PS, sorry i haven't been on MSN much. I've been spending a lot of free time the last while filming, teaching, playing MW2 etc. I hope you're doing good these days ^_^

[CatchTh3Wind]

Lypur can I ask from you advice? Well if you're still reading: Well I chose to take music theory 1 this year at a highschool level but it goes a little slow for just a little bit of info for the year. So would I benifit learning from learning theory from my piano teacher or from a school teacher. Would they know just as much as the other teacher and would I progress faster? Thanks~

[macjsus]

You could go either way, I learn a little bit of theory from three different sources. 1) in band from my band teacher the timbre and keys of different instruments(I played clarinet & sax). 2) From a Piano teacher I had (only did like a ten weeks private lesson session, becuz I just preparing fro music theory, and I had never played piano before; im also still considered a beginner in piano). 3) Music Theory teacher, I took music theory my senior year in high school, so both will benefit you.

[Lypur]

I agree with macjsus you will benefit from both. A piano teacher needs to know theory just as well as a music teacher.

[Asianbag4]

Thanks for another great lesson!

[Splurgendii]

Lawl for my music class our assignment was to bring to class a URL or a site where the rest of the class could learn music theory.

I gave them your youtube channel. Everyone got a kick out of it!

DOn't be surprised if you get some more subs

[ghartsho]

Thanks Alot

[TBarrett12]

I'm glad you're continuing with this project -- it's really helpful! Thanks! :)

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