[EDITED!] Music Theory for Dubsteppers [Production Bible v2]

[Disco Nutter]

C to D is a tone interval, but they have are semitone apart. Something like this.

[ninjadog]

I have also been looking for something like this for ever. Thank you so much. I find it really easy to understand, it's straight to the point.
Now it's just a matter of remembering what notes are what and training my fingers.
I wish I had the time to practice this stuff, so I might just put a few stickers or something on my keyboard.
At least I can always just throw the notes into a matrix in reason and randomize it.

[futures_untold]

Big, big big, big ,big, big thread!

Excellent addition of the pics, everything is really easy to understand.

Reading back through, I've noticed you've taken onboard some of the comments & feedback too.

Sticky or Production Bible x10

[Steve AC23]

OMG THANK YOU

[Steve AC23]

again BIG UP

ive been looking for something like this for ever

i dont understand music theory at all

[.klimaxx]

cheers guys, great to see that you like it and that i could help you all.

now i reckon we need to get all the other sections of the Production Bible v2 underway; and possibly ask the mods if they can make some sort of wiki for it.. : )

ez, bruno.

[hugh]

really useful stuff here mate, wish I had access to something like as soon as I started trying to make music cos im sure it wouldve made the whole process a lot more pleasant to my ears

[ascend]

Very easy to read and understand, I take my hat off to you.

[greenseed]

Very easy to read and understand, I take my hat off to you.

ya this read just sky rocketed me to the next level!! thanx sooooooooooooo much....

i have been reading some theory stuff but this was super easy to understand and then apply...
GREAT WORK

[kindofblue272]

And since there's enough stuff in music theory to take up a decent length university course, the stuff you pick up in half an hour on the web will probably only describe a fairly limited set of the most commonly used options."

A decent length university course? One can get a graduate degree in the subject ... Schenker's analysis of Beethoven's Ninth is like 700 pages long ...

[your mum]

Top tip is to use either the 1st note or the 5th as the bass note under your chords. Can obviously use other notes of the scale in passing but those two are the ones that should be focused on as a general rule

[hugh]

quick question - what are the general rules about going from one scale to the next? Would I be able to move from a C major scale to any other major scale, and are there any rules about moving from a minor to a major scale?
cheers bro ur help is much appreciated

[your mum]

quick question - what are the general rules about going from one scale to the next? Would I be able to move from a C major scale to any other major scale, and are there any rules about moving from a minor to a major scale?
cheers bro ur help is much appreciated

Starting in C major there are a few scales you're more likely to move to:

The Parallel Minor - C Minor
The Dominant - G Major (5th note of scale)
The Relative Minor - A Minor (6th note of scale)

The Relative Minor consists of all the same notes as the Tonic key just starting on A this time instead of C.


Oh and if you're starting in a minor key, let's say B minor, the relative major would be D Major (the 3rd note of the scale). This is obvious as B is the 6th note in D Major.

[drwurst]

And since there's enough stuff in music theory to take up a decent length university course, the stuff you pick up in half an hour on the web will probably only describe a fairly limited set of the most commonly used options."

A decent length university course? One can get a graduate degree in the subject ... Schenker's analysis of Beethoven's Ninth is like 700 pages long ...

schenkers analysises suck....

[futures_untold]

quick question - what are the general rules about going from one scale to the next? Would I be able to move from a C major scale to any other major scale, and are there any rules about moving from a minor to a major scale?
cheers bro ur help is much appreciated

Try learning about harmonic mixing here ---> http://www.mixedinkey.com/HowTo.aspx

My guess is that one can apply the same theory to progressive scales within a tune...?

[hugh]

nice exactly what i was looking for

[slothrop]

It's good info (from your mum), although keep in mind the word "likely" - if you've already got an idea in mind and it doesn't fit into one of those categories then there's probably a more obscure category that it does fit into so go with it and worry about keys and scales later.

[your mum]

It's good info (from your mum), although keep in mind the word "likely" - if you've already got an idea in mind and it doesn't fit into one of those categories then there's probably a more obscure category that it does fit into so go with it and worry about keys and scales later.

Oh yeah this can't be said enough.

[Disco Nutter]

If you don't have note frequency charts (or anything to do) you can always multiply/divide the frequency of A (... 22.5, 55, 110, 220, 440, 880, 1760, 3520...) by 1,0595 (which is the twelfth root of two).

A great thing to do if you're lying at the beach with nothing to do. It's fun... at least for a while

[ikeaboy]

Super cool post