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Music Theory for Electronic Music COMPLETE: Parts 1, 2, & 3 by Udemy

Electronic music theory, digital music theory, and dance music theory. Learn music theory with ableton live and more!

       
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Course Highlights
  • By the end of this course, you will have improved your tracks by understanding how to build chords and melodies that work together.
  • Understand and apply minor chords
  • Use the circle of fifths to generate new ideas for your own tracks
  • Work within minor keys to write compelling melodies and basslines
  • The Piano Roll editor
  • Octaves
  • Using Octaves in Bass Lines
  • The Black Keys (not the band!)
  • Finding C and Middle C
  • The Perfect 5th
  • Finding Fifths
  • Being "in key"
  • The pattern of a key
  • Moveable Patterns
  • The major and minor third
  • Building triads
  • Chord progressions
  • What is diatonic?
  • Finding all the chords in a key
  • Using roman numerals
  • Inversions
  • 7th chords
  • Maj7 and minor 7th chords
  • Dominant 7th chords
  • Blues and the 7th chord
  • Analysis: Shame On Me (Avicii)
  • Minor scales
  • Relative keys
  • Minor diatonic chord progressions
  • Analysis: Ghosts N Stuff (Deadmau5)
  • Changing keys in your track
  • Analysis: Get Luck (Daft Punk)
  • 9th and 13th chords
  • Suspended Chords
  • Writing melodies for chord progressions
  • Writing chord progressions for melodies
  • Bass lines
  • Analysis: Windowlicker (Aphex Twin)
  • Modes
  • How modes work
  • Producing with Modes
  • Pentatonic Scales
  • Chromatic Mediants
  • Creating music with music theory
  • Exotic scales
Curriculum
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2 Topics
Class Overview
Asking Questions

6 Topics
The Piano Roll Editor
Octaves
Using Octaves
The Black Keys (not the band)
Finding C and Middle C
Section 1 Summary

5 Topics
The Perfect Fifth
Finding Fifths
Being "In Key"
The Pattern of a Key
Fifth Examples

4 Topics
Moveable Patterns
The Major and Minor Third
Building Triads
Chord Progressions

5 Topics
What is Diatonic?
Finding All The Chords
Roman Numerals
Example Song Analysis No. 1
Inversions

5 Topics
7th Chords Overview
Diatonic 7th Chords
Maj7 (Major 7) Example
Dominant 7th Chords
Blues and the 7th Chord

4 Topics
The Fourth
The Second
The Sixth
Song Analysis No. 2

1 Topic
Part 1 Wrap Up

1 Topic
Welcome to Part 2

4 Topics
Minor Scales
Relative Keys
Minor Diatonic Chord Progressions
The Case of the Melodic and Harmonic Minor Scales

1 Topic
Analysis: Ghosts N Stuff (Deadmau5)

2 Topics
Why? What We Know So Far
Changing Keys in Your Track

1 Topic
Analysis: Get Lucky (Daft Punk)

6 Topics
7th Chords in Minor
9ths and 13ths
Suspended Chords
Wait! Suspended Chords Vs. Add Chords
Reading a Chord Chart
Cluster and Unnamed Chords

1 Topic
Analysis: Everything You Do is a Balloon (Boards of Canada)

3 Topics
Writing Melodies for Chord Progressions
Writing Chord Progressions for Melodies
Counter Melody: Arpeggiation

1 Topic
Analysis: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex)

3 Topics
Follow the Root Note
Bass Riffs
Get Muddy

1 Topic
Analysis: Windowlicker (Aphex Twin)

1 Topic
Chromaticism

1 Topic
Part 2 Wrap Up

4 Topics
Part 3: Introduction
Working with the Piano Roll Editor
Major and minor chords scales and keys
Diatonic Chord Progressions

10 Topics
Introduction to New Harmonic Ideas
How Modes Work
History of Modes
The Ionian Mode
The Dorian Mode
The Phrygian Mode
The Lydian Mode
The Mixolydian Mode
The Aeolian Mode
The Locrian Mode

6 Topics
A word about analysis projects in this class
Producing with Modes
Example Track Using Modes
[DOWNLOAD] Full Session
Example Track Using Modes
[DOWNLOAD] Full Session

4 Topics
What are Pentatonic Scales?
Uses of the Pentatonic Scales
The Major Pentatonic Scale
The Minor Pentatonic Scale

4 Topics
Example Track with Pentatonic Scales
[DOWNLOAD] Full Session
Example Track with Pentatonic Scales
[DOWNLOAD] Full Session

5 Topics
What are Chromatic Mediants?
Example Track with Chromatic Mediants
[DOWNLOAD] Full Session
Example Track with Chromatic Mediants
[DOWNLOAD] Full Session

6 Topics
Ok We Have Tons of Options Now. What Do I Do?
Tip 1: Work Backwards
Example Track Using the "Work Backwards" Technique
Tip 2: Map out a Mode or Scale and Explore It
Example Track using "Mapping"
Tip 3: Find the "Essence" of the scale mode or key.

21 Topics
What are Exotic Scales?
The Algerian Scale
The Arabian Scale (Diminished Scale)
The Major Arabian Scale (Major Locrian Scale)
The Japanese Scale (Hon Kumoi Shiouzhi)
The Japanese Scale
The Balinese (Pelog) Scale
The Egyptian Scale
The Whole Tone Scale
The Spanish Gypsy Scale
The Hungarian Scale
The Hungarian Gypsy Scale
The Persian Hungarian Gypsy Scale
The Persian Scale
The Chinese Scale
The Oriental Scale
The Neapolitan Scale
The Hindu Scale
Raga Hanumatodi
Raga Todi
[DOWNLOAD] Ableton Live Set with All Scales Mapped Out

1 Topic
Stems to Remix!

2 Topics
A Few Parting Words...
Bonus Lecture: Discount Offers & Mailing List

5 Topics
Question 1: Making the F# and C# chords in D Major
Question 2: Inversions
Question 3: Changing Keys
Question 4: Can I use the Ableton Trial Version?
Question 5: Using MuseScore

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