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btw- this was hilarious...nowaysj wrote:Don't ask! I'm afraid he will tell us.
Not really mate.... Your only two options are C Major and its natural relative minor A minor... Which use just the white keys!nowaysj wrote:Well you can write in the key of C, but use different scales?
The projects sound really interesting, be sure to post a message in here when it's done too!mad ep wrote:Since there seems to be in a decent amount of interest (and since i have big TeReKeTe's blessing), I definitely will write up some theory lessons...
..It'll take me at least a week or so, cos I am finishing up some projects- coincidentally enough, my "Twenty-four Breakbeats" mpfree release on Acroplane. This project was inspired by Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier & Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues... all collections of pieces written in every major & minor key (ie- 24). Seems to be pertinent timing.. I'll definitely let peeps know when it is available for free download (probably about a week)..
Anyway- my ideas for the first few Theory Lessons, is to cover the basics so we have a foundation to build from. I was thinking:
- Intervals
- the Circle of Fifths
- Scales (all major & minor)
- Chords (major, minor, diminished, augmented, dominant 7)
- Basic Chordal Progressions (Tonic, Dominant, Sub-Dominant)
- Modes
From there, we can dive into deeper waters... What do people think? Anything obvious I am missing out?
It's cool man, all is good. We all have our days like that on here and I've been far more rude on occasionsmad ep wrote:Hey- first of all... sorry if I came across a bit curt yesterday. It was the end of a frustrating day. I didn't mean to be rude, but re-reading, it could have come across as such.WiREZ wrote: Sorry mate, don't mean to take it off context but if that's still basic theory, what's included in advanced theory?
Before we dive into that bowl of jelly, I think its best to get solid on the basics... If you look at the list I provided in the post above, that is all what I consider to be basic theory. It is a lot- and to be honest, if you have a thorough grasp on all of it, you can do & understand A LOT. Trust me.
But to answer your question... once we've spent some time covering those bases, we can go into more chord progressions, music reading (treble & bass clefs - no real need going into alto & tenor clefs), rhythmic notation & voice leading (4 part harmony). There's lots more, but we'll see what the demand is beyond that...
Errr... no?WiREZ wrote:Not really mate.... Your only two options are C Major and its natural relative minor A minor... Which use just the white keys!nowaysj wrote:Well you can write in the key of C, but use different scales?
Yeh I suppose I was talking crap... C Minor is still writing in the key of C...Johnny Beat wrote:Errr... no?WiREZ wrote:Not really mate.... Your only two options are C Major and its natural relative minor A minor... Which use just the white keys!nowaysj wrote:Well you can write in the key of C, but use different scales?
There are at least 50 scales you can use in C... and not only in C.
WiREZ wrote:Suck out bruv, I know my scales... Major and Natural minor anyway. Admittedly I don't know harmonic and melodic minors, but with the [correctCaeraphym wrote:Why's everyone always sniping at FL, especially some poor 'tard who don't know his scales ffs
You're just sour because you have to use your little fruity chords and scales drop down box to compose in key.
I used to use FL but I upgraded
Let me tell you something I've learnt about music... Most people who don't produce, don't recognise production techniques... Yeh, admittedly it's not what DAW you use, it's how you use it... But I'd be STUPIDLY embarrassed taking a professional session musician into my studio to record them on FL, and it's nothing to do with my ego, it's a business tactic... What sort of reference would they give a producer using the cheapest DAW compared to somebody using the most expensive? Any old twat can download it from torrents and claim themselves a producer... I've put in 3 years at college and have two more to follow, as well as the amount of time and money I've put into it, I think I have a bit of a right to claim these sort of producers as slightly annoying.
So I wasn't 'sniping' FL as such, just so called producers who're really spending their Jobseekers money on FL not planning on making it into a real career because they don't have the effort, knowledge or mind capacity to do so.
So fuck you mate, I'm not a tard... I have reasons to back up my comments, I don't just throw them aimlessly.
Also, no offense to producers who do it for a hobby... I'm talking about a certain minority of people here.
You mean other than their world-class pianos of their time they'd be using since as good as birth... And anything else they needed paid for by the lords, aristocrats and royalty who they were 'signed to'.mad ep wrote: Don't even get me started on the lameness of attacking someone for the tools they use (is there anything more lo-fi than a pencil & paper?? yet it was enough for Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Mahler, Strauss, etc etc etc)..
Modulation!Are there any other specific areas in theory people are curious about besides the topics I listed?
Sounds very interesting... The Well Tempered Klavier is what I always turn to when I'm lacking an idea for melody!mad ep wrote:my "Twenty-four Breakbeats" mpfree release on Acroplane. This project was inspired by Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier & Shostakovich's 24 Preludes & Fugues... all collections of pieces written in every major & minor key (ie- 24). Seems to be pertinent timing.. I'll definitely let peeps know when it is available for free download (probably about a week)..
kareniel wrote: Modulation!
samkablaam wrote: chromaticism - chords too
