Music Theory for Electronic Musicians 2: Minor Keys and More
Lesson 3/26 - Minor Scales
Music Theory for Electronic Musicians 2: Minor Keys and More
Lesson Info
Minor Scales
Class Description
In the first part of Music Theory for Electronic Musicians, we learned how to work with the piano roll editor in a DAW to make harmonies, melodies, and whole tracks. In this second part, we'll expand on those ideas. We'll work with minor keys, focus some time on melody and bassline writing, and we'll talk about how different tracks work.
Extensive Analysis
In this class, we feature an extensive track analysis segment by Daft Punk, Avicii, Skrillex, and many more. In each of these segments, we'll look at their tracks on the piano roll editor. We'll talk about why they sound the way they do, and how you can use similar techniques in your own music. Each of these segments picks apart multiple elements of the song and dissects it in an easily digestiable manner.
Who should take this course?
Anyone interested in producing their own tracks. This will get you up and running and give your tracks a unique sound in no time.
Structure
This course consists of video lectures, which all contain a session in Ableton Live 9. If you are using a different program (or none at all), no worries! This isn't a class on how to use Ableton Live, and the concepts can be applied to any DAW.
Lessons
1Welcome and Overview 2Analysis: Shame on Me (Avicii) 3Minor Scales 4Relative Keys 5Minor Diatonic Chord Progressions 6The Case of the Melodic and Harmonic Minor Scales 7Analysis: Ghosts N Stuff 8The Circle of Fifths 9Changing Keys Within Your Track 10Analysis: Get Lucky (Daft Punk) 117th Chords in Minor 129ths and 13ths 13Suspended Chords 14Reading a Chord Chart 15ster and Unnamed Chords 16Analysis: Everything You Do is a Balloon (Boars of Canada) 17Writing Melodies for Chord Progressions 18Writing Chord Progressions for Melodies 19Counter Melody with Apreggiators 20Analysis: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex) 21Bass lines: Follow the Root Note 22Bass Riffs 23Get Muddy 24Analysis: Windowlicker 25Chromaticism 26Thanks and Bye!Reviews
Nick van Lochem
This course its so good he makes it al sound so easy. that ists easy to remember and use in your creations.
Scott Vincent
Very cool class - learned a lot from this class as well as from the Part 1 class. Highly recommend both classes!
a Creativelive Student
Cool course J allen.