Intervals

The seventh is the top note of your chord before it reaches the octave.

Are you using green noise in your recordings because they’ll sell you anything?

Meet the Amen chord, the plagal cadence.

Now you think you know what this video is about, but I don’t think you do.

How many musical keys are there?

There’s a reasonable chance that the first minor chord you ever learned was an A minor.

Those of you who are making risers in your music are going to want to have a listen to this.

A440. Here’s what we’re talking about. What it means is when I play this note, this string vibrates at 440 times a second. An octave up, 880. An octave down,…

It’s producer malpractice if you don’t do a quick gut check on the key of your song before you record that awesome vocal.

So why can’t you use a guitar tuner on a piano?

Is there a difference between a Bb and an A#?

If you want to put some friction in your chord, let’s have an easy chat about chord extensions.

It doesn’t matter what your jam is, even if you’re in a math rock, what moves you isn’t numbers, it’s music.

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The mighty mighty tritone Let’s get this out of the way in the middle ages It was called the devil’s interval which is kind of fun because it sounded dissonant to them So they discouraged it along with a lot of other stuff that turned out to be really awesome It’s called a tritone because it’s made of one two three whole steps put another way That’s six half steps out of a total of twelve.

please, for the love of God, stop using decimals to rationalize intervals.

If you ever notice that six steps up the scale this is a major sixth but if we invert it this becomes part of a minor chord.

Like most things, fixing a subtle clash in logic is pretty much the same as it was in Ableton.

A clashing note is one that doesn’t fit with your existing harmony.

We think of scales as being linear, but a scale exists within the boundary of an octave, at which point it just repeats.

I’ve discovered a new chord!

Three steps to identifying a chord.

It doesn’t matter what your jam is, even if you’re in a math rock, what moves you isn’t numbers, it’s music.

The topics in this 10-minute video include the harmonic series and the physical nature of sound.

When you play most chords, what you’re getting is a blend.

This viewer raises a really interesting question and I’m gonna do my best to channel a Hank Green moment and answer it informally.

Learn the difference between sharps and flats in music theory. Understand how accidentals work, key signatures, and why A# and Bb are functionally different in musical context.

Quick music theory tip: Why you can omit the fifth from chords. Understanding the harmonic series and how it affects chord voicing in music production.

With the holidays upon us, you may not see us as much over the next few days, but don’t worry, we’re gonna be back in the new year with new content, new instructors, and in case I don’t see you, I wanna leave you with this thought.

This cat has never stepped foot outside.

Human beings hear between about 20 hertz and 20,000 cycles per second.

Three steps to identifying a chord.