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Music Theory for Electronic Musicians

Lesson 29 of 31

The Sixth

 

Music Theory for Electronic Musicians

Lesson 29 of 31

The Sixth

 

Lesson Info

The Sixth

Okay, let's keep pressing on. And now let's talk about the sixth. So the six we count up. 123456 The six above sea is gonna be a now again, Same deal happens here. We have the inversion that we've already been using the evil twin. So, uh, the sixth can also be major minor. So the sixth in the key of C is major. So this is a major sixth interval. If I wanted to make it a minor six interval, I could go out of the key and take it down there. But the sea today is a major sixth interval. So if I invert it by pushing the a down inactive and go a up to see, I now have 1/3 and in fact, I have a minor third because it was a major six. So it's gonna be a minor third because third, the third is the inversion of the sixth and major becomes minor. Minor becomes major, so a major sixth becomes a minor third, a minor sixth becomes a major third. So this is a major third. So that's what the inversion is of 1/6. And that's how you've already been using six is because we've been using thirds like crazy,...

right? So you already know what thirds are there? Just six is spread out a little bit more.

Class Description


This is a class designed for the electronic musician who wants to bring new energy and compositional strength to their tracks. In this class, we'll focus on learning how to organize pitches and rhythms to make dynamic, interesting melodies and harmonies. Experience with music therory, the ability to play an instrument, or read music is not necessary! We will focus on how to use your DAW as your instrument of creation.

Topics include:

  • Using the Piano Roll Editor
  • Octaves
  • Finding C and Middle C
  • The Perfect 5th
  • What it means to be "in key"
  • Moveable Patterns
  • Major and Minor Intervals
  • Building Triads
  • Chord Progressions
  • 7th Chords
... And much more!

Lessons

  1. Class Overview
  2. The Piano Roll Editor
  3. Octaves
  4. Using Octaves
  5. The Black Keys (not the band)
  6. Finding C and Middle C
  7. Section 1 Summary
  8. The Perfect Fifth
  9. Finding Fifths
  10. Being "In Key"
  11. The Pattern of a Key
  12. Fifth Examples
  13. Moveable Patterns
  14. The Major and Minor Third
  15. Building Triads
  16. Chord Progressions
  17. What is Diatonic?
  18. Finding All The Chords
  19. Roman Numerals
  20. Example Song Analysis No. 1
  21. Inversions
  22. 7th Chords - Overview
  23. Diatonic 7th Chords
  24. Maj7 (Major 7) Example
  25. Dominant 7th Chords
  26. Blues and the 7th Chord
  27. The Fourth
  28. The Second
  29. The Sixth
  30. Song Analysis No. 2
  31. Wrap Up

Reviews

exoslime
 

this is great and very helpfull class, i make and wirte music for more than 2 decades and never gave much about theory, i trusted my feelings to what sound good and what not. Bu t recently i became interested but it all seemed very difficult to me and i didnt got the points behind music theory and how everyhing works together. This class was a game changer for me.. music theory is so simple if you have somebody to explain it in words so that you finally can understand it, and thats Anthony, he is a brilliant guy and he explains it in a simple way that you can easily understand whats going on. This is perfectly the case with this course, the sections are short and to the point, not much talking around and leaving the path, you can make fast progress end learn how music theory works, this is a 5 Star ***** course and hopefully there is more to come

Emane Filali
 

Fabulous course. As a person with dyslexia, trying to remember the notes and chords as letters only is impossible. I love the visual way the chords are demonstrated and explained. I was originally put off by the "electronic" aspect, thinking it was only for learning how to use piano edit roller. However, as a beginner in playing the piano, this course is applicable to all who want to learn and understand music theory in an interesting visual way. Looking forward to next lesson. Will definately be purchasing the course after. Fantastic tutor and course.

Giulio Lazaretti
 

Very good class!! Makes it much easier to understand and apply the rules of theory. Anthony is also very wise to suggest to trust your ears, even if what you've written doesn't fit into those same rules. I am so very grateful for you putting this together, Anthony, and for making it available for the general public, Creative Live. I am also very glad I was given the opportunity to learn english in my home country (Brazil), in which many barely know how to read and write in our own native language (portuguese) due to our public education being so bad (which, by its turn, has to do with the myriad of vile creatures that inhabit our representative chambers). Tks XoXo!