In this video, I take you through the basic chords of the diatonic scale; “based on tonal gravity”. If you haven’t seen Lesson 1 on tonality, or the video on intervals (Lesson 4), they’re essential to understanding the concepts in this video. The producer Ratatat would be an excellent use-case for diatonic chord progressions, […]
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Lesson 4: Harmony 101 – Create a Cheat Sheet of MIDI Clips
Hey everyone! In this episode I hope to pass along some helpful starting points involving harmony. This is just the basics of harmony. All the intervals of the diatonic major scale (which, if you start on the 6th are the intervals for the diatonic minor scale). And all of the basic chords can be made […]
Lesson 3: Keys and Tonality
This video should provide an overall understanding of what keys and scales are and how they determine a song’s “tonality”; as well as how you can manipulate them to fit your song’s mood. Once you learn the fundamental tonic scales, I recommend saving MIDI clips based on specific keys that you can quickly grab later […]