#21 LEARN FREE MUSIC THEORY

In this lesson of learn free music theory I cover very simple melody writing. This is probably something you'd be interested in if you want to write your own songs one day.

I hope you find this helpful!

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Education

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• learn
• free
• music
• theory
• simple
• melody
• writing
• composing
• song
• andrew
• furmanczyk
• lypur

[DuskY1991]

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

[Lypur]

you're welcome! Glad to help!

[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~

[Lypur]

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

[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

[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..

[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?