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just found a link to this video on the grid on dogsonacid and had to share it on here. Wish I had seen this a couple of years ago. It's basically for ppl with no music theory knowledge to make melodies etc that are in key.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CpRjGvn1fc

Can Cubase do that thing he does with the gray chords?

I don't think so...

Just search on google for chords and chord progressions.

Future Producer wrote:Can Cubase do that thing he does with the gray chords?

Make two parts on separate tracks in the arrange, put your scales or whatever in one and use the other for notes. To edit highlight both and then double-click on the notes one - you should see the scales in background of the editor. Hope that makes sense. The answer is yes anyway.

I thought that was an interesting vid the way you know a note will be outta key when there is no matching note in the chord progression.

I have forgot almost all theory I once learned, so now I use tools like this:

http://www.8notes.com/piano_chord_chart/

While we're on the topic of music theory, if you don't know any at the very least read and understand Raven Spiral's guide, it has helped me soooooooo much.

http://www.ravenspiral.com/ravenspiralguide.pdf

that ravenspiralguide looks very interesting, cheers for that. Saved straight away.

cheers for that video link, interesting vid especially as i use fruity. ive tried this but i dont get the ghost notes thing.

lil-dice wrote:While we're on the topic of music theory, if you don't know any at the very least read and understand Raven Spiral's guide, it has helped me soooooooo much.

http://www.ravenspiral.com/ravenspiralguide.pdf

very useful.

AdDICT wrote:cheers for that video link, interesting vid especially as i use fruity. ive tried this but i dont get the ghost notes thing.

with piano roll window selected push alt-V (show ghost channels)

My classical music training is useless unless it comes to making pads.

just get some lessons in music theory. Learn why certain tones fit together and how chord progressions are build

tone distance in a ladder ( i dont know if you call it a ladder in english thou )


Major : 1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1, 1, 1/2 standerd pattern to get a major toneladder. Doesnt matter matter where you start. If you keep that pattern youll always get a major ladder.

take a look at your keyboard.. C - > D is a whole tone distance. B - > C is a half tone distance.

1 = whole tone distance, 1/2 = a half tone distance


Minor :

1, 1/2, 1, 1, 1/2, 1, 1


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names of certain tone distances :



Schedule of Chord progressions :








Just some basics. I dont always use the official words of it but itll help you i think.

The Aristocats had it down. It's all about the scales and the arpeggios.