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so when I write a song
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I don't really use typical chord changes like 1 4 5 1
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I mean they're great
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and I'll use them sometimes
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but I always dress them up a little bit
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uh with extra notes
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because it makes it
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it just brings my voice out
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I think it brings anybody's voice out
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those extra little dissonant notes
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and those rubby tones
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and then resolving it's
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it's very um
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it reminds me
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like a David Foster
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how he would produce his music
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very very rich
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telling how Quincy Jones produces music
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and it comes from having a jazz background
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playing classical music
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where there's a lot of these chords
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there's like it's all feeling
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it evokes a different feeling like F minor
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C minor d flat
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to be flat it sounds good but if you add like 1/9 to it
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here's it before
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and then here's it after it sounds
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I don't know
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it sounds smoother
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and it's also part of my sound too it some
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if I were making a rock and roll record
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I probably wouldn't use that
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but there's just some beautiful edginess
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that you can add to your tracks
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by doing chords like this
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so I would probably keep the E flat major chord
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nice and simple
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but when I went to the B flat
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instead of doing this I do
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you can do like 2 5 1
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the truth is
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I don't really even know the names
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like the exact names
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of these chords
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I have a very
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very basic um
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interpretation of them all
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but I know how they make me feel
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and I know that if I listen to a Luther Vandross song
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that had to
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whatever this is
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it just makes me happy
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I don't know
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there's like
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no other way to explain it
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um so just adding a little bit more dissonance
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in the insides of your cords
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will bring out the top vocal melody
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because your top vocal melody should be simple
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and then when you have more complicated stuff under it
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it it's the perfect balance of
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not overwhelming for your listener
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and something that's making you happy
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aka me happy
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so my friends at monthly have put together a thesaurus
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of all things music theory for you
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I'm not really the person who's gonna be talking about
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oh the the flat five of the tritone substitution
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like those are the classes I never did well in school
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when I write a song
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it's all coming from just feeling into the
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into the keyboard
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and most of the time
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I forget what I'm doing
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I don't even know the names of the
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half these chords I'm playing
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so if you're like me
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this class is definitely for you
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if you're more of a beginner
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check out this video that monthly put together
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it's everything you need to know about music theory
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in this lesson
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we're gonna cover
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all the fundamentals that you need to know
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about music theory
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to be successful in this class
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now you might be wondering
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why do I need to know music theory
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that sounds technical or theoretical
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I just wanna write some songs
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and in some cases
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you're right
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there are some technical
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theoretical stuff in the music theory category
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but we're not gonna be touching those today
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instead we're just gonna be talking about the few
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practical things that you need to know
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to start writing great songs
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right off the bat
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and if you've been making music for a while
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or playing instrument
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you can probably skip this video
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and start in on day 1 of the class with your instructor
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but if you're new to making music
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and you wanna get up to speed
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starting to write songs as fast as possible
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then this lesson is gonna give you all the basic things
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that you need to know to start writing hit songs
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and then of course
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on day one of the class
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your instructor is gonna
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show you how to take these building blocks
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and actually convert them into great songs
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so we're not gonna be talking about
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making amazing songs here
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we're gonna be covering the building blocks
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and then on day one of the class
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your instructor is gonna take those building blocks
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and help you transform them
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into something really special
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okay so what are we gonna cover
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well we're gonna start all the way at the beginning
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with just the names of the notes
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and then we're gonna take that to chord progressions
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and writing melodies
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and basslines
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and inversions
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and a couple of other things right
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so by the end of this
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you'll be able to sit down at a piano and say
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I wanna write a song
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and then you'll just you know
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right you'll be able to start playing chords
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you'll start being able to sing
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I can't promise you to be a great singer
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after this lesson
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but I can promise you
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that you'll be able to sit at the piano
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and write interesting progressions of chords
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that you can sing over
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that you can make songs to
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and it's really not that hard so
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let's jump in from the beginning and talk about notes
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so in western music
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in pop music
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there are only 12 notes
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and they repeat up and down the keyboard
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we have one
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eight nine 10
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11 12 and then we repeat
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obviously this note is higher and this note is lower
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but these are the same note
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and they're called an octave
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and we'll talk about what they're actually called
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like you'll see their names are the same
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when we start giving the notes names
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okay so we only have these 12 notes
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and all music
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is just combinations of these notes put together
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chords are just
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multiple notes played at the same time melodies
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are just you know
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notes that go together played in succession basslines
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again so all we need to know are just
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what are these 12 notes
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and how do we piece them together
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using some basic algorithms and basic formulas
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and then you can start writing some songs
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so let's give these notes names
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and then we'll get on to the sort of fun stuff
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all right so these 12 notes are named a through G
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so let's look at these white keys
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we have a B C d E F G
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and then back to A
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now typically when people are learning music
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they think about notes relative to that note there see
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so we're gonna also think relative to C
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and the way to remember where C is on the keyboard
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is just think okay
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we have these two black notes
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and C is to the left of those two black notes
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so up here that's a C
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that's a C that's a C
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and movie I don't know if you can see
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but that is also a C
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right so we have
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those are all C to the left of those black notes
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and so once you know C
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you can count up the rest right
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so we have D
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E F G a B C
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and repeat d
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E F G a B C
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and those two C's again are called an octave
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wait so those are the white notes
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now we have the black notes
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and the black notes we call either by sharp or flat
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sharp means one higher than
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and flat means one lower than
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so for example
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take that note that is a G
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one higher than G so G sharp
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that's a G sharp right there
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so G G sharp is 1 higher than G
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the G sharp back to G
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okay so flat is 1 lower so
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so that's a G flat
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now you'll notice that some notes
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based on this naming scheme have two names
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and you can use these names interchangeably
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again we just give the notes name
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so it's easier to talk about them
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so you'll notice
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like this note here
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it's one lower than G
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but it's also one higher than F
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so one higher than F makes an F sharp
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one lower than G makes it a G flat
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it's the same note
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it's different names
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if you look up songs that you love
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maybe they'll say
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play an F sharp chord
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or play a G flat chord
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it's the same chord
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and again these notes are just to
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help us refer to the different notes
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in any case
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sharp one higher
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flat one lower
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so let's practice naming some of these notes
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what's that note there
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so we'll start at C
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d E F G a B
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so it is 1 lower than B so it's flat is 1 lower
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so that's a B flat or how this note
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okay so we have C d E
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so that's a E flat
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or we can go C d
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one higher than d is a d sharp
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let's do one more
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how about that note there well
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at the C one higher than C
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C sharp or one lower than d d flat
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so that's all there is to it
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start on C Count up
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sharp 1 higher
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flat 1 lower
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if you're new to giving the notes names
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I would encourage you right now to pause the video
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pick out some random notes on the keyboard
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and try to figure out what the name of that note is
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once you can name all the notes
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we're ready to start combining those notes together
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into chords
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and again chords are what make up
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sort of that backbone of writing song
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so if you can play chords
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you can start singing on top of that
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and you can start making a whole song
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and again chords are just combinations of notes
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now for this class
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or at least for right now
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and to be honest
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in 95% of pop music
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there are only
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two kinds of chords that you need to know
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and you've probably heard these before
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you have major chords and minor chords
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major chord sound happy
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and minor chord sound sad
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so right now
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we're gonna talk about how do we find major chords
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and minor chord for minor chords for every note
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so every note that you've given a name
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has a corresponding major chord
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and has a corresponding minor chord
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and you'll notice if you look up let's say
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the chord progression to your favorite song
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to any song
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let's say I'm yours by Jason Mraz
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you'll see the chord
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then I'll say
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you know C major
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so that's a major chord corresponding to C
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G major so that's a major corresponding to G
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a minor so that's a minor chord corresponding to a
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and then F major
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that's a F you know
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major corresponding to F
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now that might sound complicated
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but it's really not
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basically every note
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you can make a major chord and a minor chord
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and then you just put it all together
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and you have a chord progression
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and then you have songs
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so how do we find
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first let's do major chords
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so there's a very simple formula to make a major chord
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and that is four and then three
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so major chord is 4 and then 3
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what does that mean
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well let's say we wanna play a C major chord
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so we first find the note C
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then we count up four notes
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and then we count up three notes
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so four and three
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so not start
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so we don't count this one
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we start here
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so we go 1 2 3
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4 and 3 1 2 3
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so four then three
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and we have a C major chord
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let's try this note here
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so that's a E flat
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make an E flat major chord
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so again 4 and then 3 is major
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so 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
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that's an E flat major chord
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again we're not counting when we start here
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and then we count from here
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one two three four
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one two three
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let's try another one
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how about that note there
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so that's an F sharp
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so let's make an F sharp major chord
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so 1 2 3 4 1
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2 3 4 then 3 is a major chord
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okay so that's how you make major chords
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and you can do this again with every note
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so if you wanna make an a major chord
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go to a then do 4 then 3
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if you wanna make a d major chord
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start on D 1
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2 3 4 1 2 3
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right 1 2 3 4
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1 2 3 there we go
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so you can do this with any note
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and find any major chord across the entire piano
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and then minor chords are just the reverse
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so instead of going 4 and then 3
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we go 3 and then 4
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so let's do a C minor chord
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1 2 3 1 2 3 4 let's just count that one more time
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1 2 3 1 2 3 4
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C minor let's do this
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so that's a B flat
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so let's do a B flat minor
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1 2 3 1 2 3 4
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so again minor is 3 and then 4
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let's do one more
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how about that note there
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so what's that
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that is an E
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so let's do a E minor chords
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we have three and then 4 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
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okay so that's how you find major and minor
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horts 4 and then 3 and then 3 and then four
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that's pretty much it
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you're basically ready to start writing songs
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and we're gonna get into that in just a minute
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before we do
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if you've never made chords before I will
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I challenge you to pause the video
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pick out some random chords in your mind
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so pick a note
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you know F sharp
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and then F sharp minor
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or F sharp major or d flat major
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d flat minor
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and go around different notes
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and try to come up with a major
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in minor chords again
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it's just four and then three
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starting on whatever note you call the chord by
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so if it's a F chord
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you start on F
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4 and three all right
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if you can now make any major or any minor chord
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on any note
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you can play 95
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98 99% of all of your favorite songs
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so let's go back to that example of I'm yours
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by Jason Mraz
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which you know
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we go to Google
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we can type in yours chords
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and let's say that the chords we find are C major
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G major a minor and F
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so how do we find that progression
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what we go C major
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so we start on C
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we count up four
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and then 3 1
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2 3 4 1 2 3
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C major and then G major
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so start on G count 4 then 3 cause it's major 1 2 3 4
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G major a minor is 3 then 4 starting on a
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1 2 3 1 2 3 4
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and then F major starting F 4 then 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
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so now we have
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cool so you can basically play
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any of your favorite songs now
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knowing the names of the notes
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and then 4 then 3
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or 3 then 4 for major and minor
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because almost all your songs
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are just gonna use major chords and minor chords now
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you might be asking okay cool
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I can play my favorite songs
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but I wanna write songs
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I wanna write brand new songs
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and here's a little bit of a secret
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and we'll talk a little bit more about how to
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come up with new progressions and all of that
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in just a couple minutes
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but the real secret is that most songs
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especially pop songs
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reuse the same few chords over and over again
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the same chord progressions over and over again
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because there's not that many options
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and so almost every musician
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I would dare to say every musician
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that starts writing their own songs
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does it first based on songs that they like
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so they'll take a song like I'm yours
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and they'll take those same chords
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but they'll write their own melody on top
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so instead of doing we don't need to do that
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we can do something totally different we go
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no no no no
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no or whatever we want right
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so you can steal the chords
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from any song that exists that you like
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and you can start writing your own songs on top
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but you might say okay
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I don't wanna seal the chords
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even though your instructor does this
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every musician does this
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songwriters do this
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it is a very normal thing
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but maybe you say
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I wanna still come up with something original and cool
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that's fine
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you can also learn from songs that you like
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what chords go well together
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so maybe you say okay
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we have C major
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G Major a minor F
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I don't wanna play them in that order
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but I know those chords sound good together
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so maybe I'll just take those chords
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and remix them a little bit
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play them in a different order
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so maybe we'll do F major
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G major a minor C
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so let's do
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numb your so again um
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you can just take those chords and then start singing
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and then all of a sudden
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you have an actual song right there
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I mean that's all songwriting is
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it's just taking some chord progressions
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and singing on top
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so that's how you can use just the names of the notes
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and the progressions of your favorite songs
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to start writing songs of your own
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let's just do one more example
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let's say we look up another one
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of our favorite songs
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and we find that the chords are a flat major
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B flat minor
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and d flat major
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so let's find those chords
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that's an a flat
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so let's go major
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so for the 3
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1 2 3 4 3 1 2 3
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then we have d flat minor
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so B flat 3 then fourth is minor 1 2 3 1 2 3 4
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and then d flat
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so major so 4 then 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 so we have
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I'm actually gonna take all this up an octave
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so it's a little bit easier to hear
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so again I'm just moving up up an octave
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all right and then again
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if that let's say that's one of our favorite songs
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the progression
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so we can take that progression
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and start writing our own melodies on top
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or again we can switch up the words
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maybe wanna do E flat minor
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d flat major
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a flat major so we have
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so now it's kind of a different song you
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and and so there you go right
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so you can just take chords from your favorite songs
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use the names of the notes
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4 then 3 three
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then 4 for major minor
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remix the chords if you want
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and your songwriter
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so if you're brand new to music
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and all you know is how to do this
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which is find the chords to your favorite songs
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remix them play around
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you can start writing songs
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this is how almost everybody starts writing songs
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and if this is all
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you know going into day 1 of the class
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you're good
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you'll be able to follow along
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you'll be able to write songs
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this is enough
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now you might be wondering
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I'm kind of curious to know
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why these chords sound good together
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or how do I play melodies on top of these chords
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or maybe basslines
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what's that about well
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let's talk a little bit about one more ingredient
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that if you add it to your quiver of tools
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that you'll be able to take what we just did
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and just move it up one
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one more notch so
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and I'm gonna say it
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and it's gonna sound sort of boring
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and it's gonna bring you back to your piano lessons
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when you're eight year old
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8 8 years old
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but it's the major scale right
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if you can learn how to play the major scale
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and I'm gonna tell you in a second
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just another pattern
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like 4 and 3
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really easy
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no big deal
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you don't have to memorize anything
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except for what I'm about to tell you
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which is whole
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whole half whole
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whole whole half
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we'll get to that in a second
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but if you can learn that
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not only will you be able to play your favorite songs
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but you'll understand
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how to figure out what key they're in
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we'll talk about that
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you'll understand how to write your own core
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progressions from scratch
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you'll understand how to take chords and
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write some melodies on top
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some bass lines
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if you can do major chords plus what we just did
560
00:20:39,200 --> 00:20:42,866
that's way more than enough to be a hit songwriter
561
00:20:42,866 --> 00:20:44,433
that's the genuine truth
562
00:20:44,566 --> 00:20:46,699
so let's talk about major scales and again
563
00:20:46,700 --> 00:20:49,166
this is not about playing the scales perfectly
564
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,866
like we're in piano class
565
00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:52,566
it's not what we care about
566
00:20:52,566 --> 00:20:53,499
what we care about
567
00:20:53,500 --> 00:20:56,533
it's just understanding what notes go well together
568
00:20:56,533 --> 00:20:58,866
and the major scale is sort of a cheat code that says
569
00:20:58,866 --> 00:21:00,266
hey look at me
570
00:21:00,266 --> 00:21:02,399
these notes are the notes that sound nice together
571
00:21:02,400 --> 00:21:04,100
and some of these other notes like
572
00:21:06,066 --> 00:21:08,699
or some of these other notes
573
00:21:08,700 --> 00:21:10,600
don't sound as good with this grouping of notes
574
00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:11,666
so don't play those
575
00:21:11,666 --> 00:21:13,766
so a major scale basically just tells us
576
00:21:13,800 --> 00:21:16,133
play these notes together and don't play these ones
577
00:21:16,133 --> 00:21:17,599
and obviously
578
00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,400
there's always times you can break the rules
579
00:21:19,400 --> 00:21:22,500
but again 95% of songs stick to these rules
580
00:21:22,500 --> 00:21:23,666
they sound great
581
00:21:23,666 --> 00:21:24,699
you can use these rules
582
00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,300
and you'll also sound great
583
00:21:26,300 --> 00:21:28,566
so just trust me when I say
584
00:21:28,566 --> 00:21:30,933
this major scale stuff is really easy
585
00:21:30,933 --> 00:21:31,966
it's not boring
586
00:21:31,966 --> 00:21:34,333
and it's gonna help you unlock some brand new
587
00:21:34,333 --> 00:21:35,666
skills as a songwriter
588
00:21:35,666 --> 00:21:39,499
so let's figure out how to play a major scale
589
00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:41,233
I teased it before
590
00:21:41,500 --> 00:21:44,133
and what I teased was this new formula
591
00:21:44,133 --> 00:21:45,199
that we need to know
592
00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:46,700
which is whole
593
00:21:46,700 --> 00:21:48,666
whole half whole
594
00:21:48,666 --> 00:21:49,599
whole whole
595
00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:50,900
half so whole
596
00:21:50,900 --> 00:21:52,166
whole half whole
597
00:21:52,166 --> 00:21:53,766
whole whole half
598
00:21:54,066 --> 00:21:54,766
what does that mean
599
00:21:54,766 --> 00:21:56,633
what's whole and what's half
600
00:21:56,766 --> 00:21:58,066
well in music
601
00:21:58,400 --> 00:21:59,566
as you saw with a major
602
00:21:59,566 --> 00:22:00,599
minor chords
603
00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:03,566
it's all about the relationships between notes
604
00:22:03,566 --> 00:22:07,066
and the smallest units of relationships between notes
605
00:22:07,066 --> 00:22:09,499
are called half steps or whole steps
606
00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:12,933
half step is just the separation of two keys
607
00:22:12,933 --> 00:22:14,466
so this one to this one
608
00:22:14,466 --> 00:22:15,866
so a C to a C shirt
609
00:22:16,866 --> 00:22:18,233
that's a half step
610
00:22:18,933 --> 00:22:20,466
C to d C sharp to D
611
00:22:20,500 --> 00:22:21,333
that's a half step
612
00:22:21,333 --> 00:22:22,499
half step half step half
613
00:22:22,500 --> 00:22:24,033
so that's just one key away
614
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:26,400
one key away is a half step
615
00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,466
then we have a whole step
616
00:22:27,466 --> 00:22:29,399
which is just two half steps put together
617
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:30,500
so two keys away
618
00:22:30,500 --> 00:22:33,866
so one two whole step
619
00:22:34,766 --> 00:22:35,866
that's a whole step
620
00:22:37,000 --> 00:22:37,766
that's a whole step
621
00:22:37,766 --> 00:22:39,466
so half steps are just one key away
622
00:22:39,466 --> 00:22:40,933
whole steps are two keys away
623
00:22:40,933 --> 00:22:44,366
so if the formula for a major scale is whole step
624
00:22:44,366 --> 00:22:45,866
whole step half step or whole
625
00:22:45,866 --> 00:22:47,066
whole half whole
626
00:22:47,066 --> 00:22:47,966
whole whole half
627
00:22:47,966 --> 00:22:50,166
it's really just 2 2 1
628
00:22:50,166 --> 00:22:52,266
2 2 2 1 okay
629
00:22:52,266 --> 00:22:52,933
so let's try that
630
00:22:52,933 --> 00:22:55,266
so let's take the C major scale
631
00:22:56,366 --> 00:22:57,499
let's start on C
632
00:22:57,500 --> 00:22:58,700
and let's do hole
633
00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:00,133
hole half hole
634
00:23:00,133 --> 00:23:01,199
hole hole half
635
00:23:01,200 --> 00:23:02,400
so we have hole
636
00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:04,300
so that's two one hole
637
00:23:04,366 --> 00:23:05,266
another hole
638
00:23:06,333 --> 00:23:09,199
half is one hole
639
00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,133
hole 1 2 another hole and a half
640
00:23:13,133 --> 00:23:15,866
so hole hole
641
00:23:15,866 --> 00:23:18,366
half hole hole
642
00:23:18,366 --> 00:23:20,199
hole half right
643
00:23:20,200 --> 00:23:23,800
so 2 2 1 2 2 2 1
644
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:25,300
and that's a major
645
00:23:25,300 --> 00:23:26,766
scale the C major scale
646
00:23:26,766 --> 00:23:29,466
let's try one on E flat
647
00:23:29,466 --> 00:23:30,566
so whole whole
648
00:23:30,566 --> 00:23:31,533
half so it's 2
649
00:23:31,533 --> 00:23:34,499
2 1 hole to
650
00:23:35,966 --> 00:23:39,799
half hole hole
651
00:23:39,933 --> 00:23:44,033
hole half hole hole half hole hole hole half do it
652
00:23:45,966 --> 00:23:49,466
that's the E flat major scale let's do one more
653
00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:55,166
we have an F sharp so we have hole hole half
654
00:23:55,733 --> 00:23:58,766
hole hole hole half
655
00:24:03,066 --> 00:24:03,933
and that's it
656
00:24:03,933 --> 00:24:05,566
that's how to find major scales
657
00:24:05,566 --> 00:24:07,266
now once you know a major scale
658
00:24:07,266 --> 00:24:09,133
there's a lot of good stuff that you can do
659
00:24:09,133 --> 00:24:10,333
before we get to that though
660
00:24:10,333 --> 00:24:12,799
if you've never played a major scale before
661
00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:13,800
pause the video
662
00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,033
I challenge you to pick some random notes
663
00:24:16,166 --> 00:24:18,499
and again just use the formula whole
664
00:24:18,533 --> 00:24:19,899
whole half so two
665
00:24:19,900 --> 00:24:21,133
two one whole
666
00:24:21,133 --> 00:24:22,399
whole whole half
667
00:24:22,400 --> 00:24:23,300
whole whole half
668
00:24:23,300 --> 00:24:24,800
whole whole whole half
669
00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:26,533
apply that formula again
670
00:24:26,533 --> 00:24:27,533
a whole step is two
671
00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:28,599
a half step is one
672
00:24:28,600 --> 00:24:31,066
and see if you can find major scales right so
673
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,000
or
674
00:24:37,133 --> 00:24:38,233
pause the video
675
00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:39,733
find some major scales and
676
00:24:39,733 --> 00:24:42,466
once you feel confident about finding your major scales
677
00:24:42,700 --> 00:24:43,400
let's talk about
678
00:24:43,400 --> 00:24:45,300
what we can actually do with major scales
679
00:24:45,300 --> 00:24:46,633
cause it's really powerful
680
00:24:47,700 --> 00:24:50,300
okay so we know how to find our major scales now
681
00:24:50,300 --> 00:24:51,300
and so now the question is
682
00:24:51,300 --> 00:24:53,700
what can we do with these major scales
683
00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,466
well the first thing we can do
684
00:24:55,566 --> 00:24:58,766
is we can actually find original chord progressions
685
00:24:58,766 --> 00:25:00,499
just based on these major scales
686
00:25:00,500 --> 00:25:02,966
so before we Learned how to find chord progressions
687
00:25:02,966 --> 00:25:06,466
by borrowing or stealing chords from our favorite songs
688
00:25:06,466 --> 00:25:09,499
and now we can actually find our own chord progressions
689
00:25:09,500 --> 00:25:10,966
using the major scale
690
00:25:11,266 --> 00:25:12,766
and the way to do that
691
00:25:12,766 --> 00:25:16,166
is to recognize that every note in the major scale
692
00:25:16,166 --> 00:25:19,466
has a corresponding chord in that scale
693
00:25:19,466 --> 00:25:22,799
so that might sound like a sort of complicated sentence
694
00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:23,966
but all it really means is
695
00:25:23,966 --> 00:25:25,299
take the C major scale
696
00:25:30,333 --> 00:25:32,966
each of these notes C d E F G a B C
697
00:25:32,966 --> 00:25:35,833
they all have a corresponding three note chord
698
00:25:40,766 --> 00:25:42,399
and the way to find the chords
699
00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:44,033
for each of the notes in the scale
700
00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:47,299
is to combine those notes of the scale
701
00:25:47,300 --> 00:25:49,366
using this one final formula
702
00:25:49,366 --> 00:25:51,766
which is play a note
703
00:25:52,133 --> 00:25:53,099
skip a note
704
00:25:53,466 --> 00:25:54,566
play a note
705
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:55,400
skip a note
706
00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:55,933
play a note
707
00:25:55,933 --> 00:25:56,666
so play a note
708
00:25:56,666 --> 00:25:57,166
skip a note
709
00:25:57,166 --> 00:25:57,666
play a note
710
00:25:57,666 --> 00:25:58,466
skip a note
711
00:25:59,066 --> 00:26:03,133
so that's a C major chords as a C chord in the key of C
712
00:26:03,133 --> 00:26:04,766
using the C major scale
713
00:26:04,800 --> 00:26:05,900
we started on C
714
00:26:06,000 --> 00:26:06,800
let's go to d
715
00:26:06,800 --> 00:26:08,700
so d is in the C major scale
716
00:26:09,166 --> 00:26:11,933
so using the note again just from the major chord
717
00:26:11,933 --> 00:26:14,999
let's find the d chord in the C major scale
718
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,033
so we have play a note
719
00:26:17,133 --> 00:26:18,066
skip a note
720
00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:18,733
play a note
721
00:26:18,733 --> 00:26:19,199
skip a note
722
00:26:19,200 --> 00:26:20,000
play a note
723
00:26:22,100 --> 00:26:23,900
e play note skip note
724
00:26:23,900 --> 00:26:24,700
play note skip note
725
00:26:24,700 --> 00:26:26,800
play note F
726
00:26:26,800 --> 00:26:29,633
G a B and C
727
00:26:30,533 --> 00:26:32,399
and when we work in the major scale
728
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:34,100
we find chords in this way
729
00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:37,600
we usually use their number names
730
00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:38,966
not their letter names
731
00:26:39,500 --> 00:26:41,166
so for example
732
00:26:41,500 --> 00:26:43,933
in C C we called the one note
733
00:26:43,933 --> 00:26:45,666
cause the first note of the scale
734
00:26:45,666 --> 00:26:46,399
not surprisingly
735
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:49,100
d is 2 and then E is 3
736
00:26:49,100 --> 00:26:52,333
4 5 6 7 and back to 1
737
00:26:52,333 --> 00:26:55,499
so the C major chord is just the one chord
738
00:26:57,866 --> 00:27:00,833
the d chord is the 2 chord
739
00:27:01,300 --> 00:27:02,866
3 chord 4 chord
740
00:27:02,866 --> 00:27:04,266
5 chord 6 chord
741
00:27:04,266 --> 00:27:06,633
7 chord and back to one
742
00:27:07,133 --> 00:27:09,733
and you've probably heard this terminology used before
743
00:27:09,733 --> 00:27:10,933
even if you don't realize it
744
00:27:10,933 --> 00:27:12,499
if you know the song Hallelujah
745
00:27:12,500 --> 00:27:13,833
there's a part that goes
746
00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:15,399
and it goes like this
747
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:18,433
the fourth the fifth
748
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,300
the minor fall and the major lift
749
00:27:21,300 --> 00:27:23,566
and the cool thing about that
750
00:27:23,766 --> 00:27:24,466
those lyrics
751
00:27:24,466 --> 00:27:26,533
this is literally describing the chords
752
00:27:26,533 --> 00:27:27,333
that aren't being played
753
00:27:27,333 --> 00:27:29,099
so in the case of C major
754
00:27:29,366 --> 00:27:30,499
the fourth chord
755
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:31,700
one two three
756
00:27:31,700 --> 00:27:34,700
four is an F major
757
00:27:34,900 --> 00:27:36,466
the fifth is a G
758
00:27:37,333 --> 00:27:40,266
so under when it says the fourth the fifth
759
00:27:40,300 --> 00:27:43,266
we're actually playing the fourth and fifth chords
760
00:27:43,266 --> 00:27:44,566
which is which is pretty cool
761
00:27:44,666 --> 00:27:46,166
so anyway we can refer to these as 1
762
00:27:46,166 --> 00:27:48,266
2 3 4 5 6 7
763
00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:49,433
and back to one
764
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:51,366
and there's something you have to know
765
00:27:51,366 --> 00:27:53,966
which is in any major scale
766
00:27:53,966 --> 00:27:55,433
so if we did E flat
767
00:27:56,866 --> 00:27:59,733
and we found those chords by going play a note
768
00:27:59,733 --> 00:28:02,899
skip a note play a note skip a note play a note
769
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:08,666
right same same process
770
00:28:08,666 --> 00:28:11,066
using just the notes from that scale
771
00:28:11,100 --> 00:28:12,100
playing skipping playing
772
00:28:12,100 --> 00:28:13,033
skipping playing
773
00:28:13,566 --> 00:28:17,766
what you need to know is that in every major scale
774
00:28:17,766 --> 00:28:19,466
which is also in every key
775
00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:22,899
the 1 chord
776
00:28:24,266 --> 00:28:25,266
the 4 chord
777
00:28:25,733 --> 00:28:27,399
the 5 chord or the case of C
778
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:27,966
the 1 chord
779
00:28:27,966 --> 00:28:28,399
the 4 chord
780
00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:28,900
the 5 chord
781
00:28:28,900 --> 00:28:30,366
they're always major
782
00:28:30,533 --> 00:28:31,533
and the 2 chord
783
00:28:31,533 --> 00:28:34,966
the 3 chord and a 6 chord are always minor
784
00:28:36,666 --> 00:28:38,299
so in the case of C
785
00:28:38,766 --> 00:28:39,999
the one chord is major
786
00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:41,400
and we can check that using our formula
787
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:45,466
we have C 1 2 3 4 1 2 3
788
00:28:45,666 --> 00:28:47,299
so for the three is major
789
00:28:47,300 --> 00:28:49,033
we said the two chord is minor
790
00:28:50,100 --> 00:28:50,966
let's check it
791
00:28:50,966 --> 00:28:53,066
1 2 3 1 2 3 4
792
00:28:53,266 --> 00:28:55,466
so that's a d minor chord
793
00:28:55,866 --> 00:28:56,966
E minor chord
794
00:28:57,100 --> 00:28:59,433
1 2 3 1 2 3 4
795
00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:01,366
F major G major
796
00:29:01,366 --> 00:29:03,833
a minor so the one
797
00:29:04,166 --> 00:29:08,499
the 4 and the 5 are always major and the 2
798
00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,133
the 3 and the 6 are always minor
799
00:29:12,133 --> 00:29:14,966
the 7 is diminished
800
00:29:14,966 --> 00:29:15,533
if you look
801
00:29:15,533 --> 00:29:17,533
it's 1 2 3 1 2 3
802
00:29:17,533 --> 00:29:18,899
but we almost never use that chord
803
00:29:18,900 --> 00:29:20,300
so let's not worry about that
804
00:29:20,300 --> 00:29:23,300
we just have 1 4 5 major
805
00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:24,833
2 3 6 minor
806
00:29:25,466 --> 00:29:26,799
so now here's a whole
807
00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:28,566
new way to come up with chord progressions
808
00:29:28,566 --> 00:29:30,899
instead of taking chords from your favorite song
809
00:29:30,933 --> 00:29:33,099
you can instead come up with chord progressions
810
00:29:33,100 --> 00:29:34,666
based on the major scale
811
00:29:34,666 --> 00:29:37,066
so pick any note say F
812
00:29:37,300 --> 00:29:38,566
find the f major scale
813
00:29:38,566 --> 00:29:39,933
hole hole half
814
00:29:39,933 --> 00:29:41,099
hole hole hole half
815
00:29:41,100 --> 00:29:42,800
so we have hole
816
00:29:42,966 --> 00:29:45,433
hole half hole
817
00:29:45,766 --> 00:29:48,566
hole hole half
818
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,966
and let's find the chords
819
00:29:52,966 --> 00:29:53,966
so it's play a note
820
00:29:53,966 --> 00:29:54,499
skip a note
821
00:29:54,500 --> 00:29:55,000
play a note
822
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:55,500
skip a note
823
00:29:55,500 --> 00:29:56,400
play a note
824
00:29:57,100 --> 00:29:57,600
play a note
825
00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:58,100
skip a note
826
00:29:58,100 --> 00:29:58,600
play a note
827
00:29:58,600 --> 00:29:59,000
skip a note
828
00:29:59,000 --> 00:29:59,800
play a note
829
00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:03,866
play same thing same thing
830
00:30:05,566 --> 00:30:10,266
and again we could we know that the 1 chord
831
00:30:10,766 --> 00:30:13,099
the 4 chord and the 5 chord are gonna be major
832
00:30:14,533 --> 00:30:18,066
the two the 3 and the 6 are gonna be minor
833
00:30:18,166 --> 00:30:19,666
and so now we can do something interesting
834
00:30:19,666 --> 00:30:24,466
where we just take random numbers from 1 to 6 and just
835
00:30:25,166 --> 00:30:26,066
but let's make something up
836
00:30:26,066 --> 00:30:30,666
let's do 6 5 4 3
837
00:30:30,800 --> 00:30:31,966
nothing to inspire
838
00:30:31,966 --> 00:30:33,766
not a super common core progression
839
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:34,666
but you can
840
00:30:34,666 --> 00:30:36,566
you just take random numbers and then find
841
00:30:36,566 --> 00:30:37,299
in the key of f
842
00:30:37,300 --> 00:30:40,000
let's say 1 2 3 4 5
843
00:30:40,133 --> 00:30:41,866
sorry 1 2 3 4
844
00:30:41,866 --> 00:30:47,699
5 6 then 5 4 3
845
00:30:48,766 --> 00:30:50,466
and now we have a song
846
00:30:50,466 --> 00:30:52,999
sort of sounds like maybe a Phineas song
847
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,033
or something like that we have
848
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,233
so we just pick random numbers
849
00:31:11,533 --> 00:31:17,933
let's try something else let's do 1 2 5 4
850
00:31:17,933 --> 00:31:27,366
so again an F 1 2 which is minor then what we say 5 4
851
00:31:34,166 --> 00:31:36,833
I can tell you may you never know
852
00:31:36,966 --> 00:31:38,899
I can tell you oh no
853
00:31:40,066 --> 00:31:42,099
all right let's try something in a different key
854
00:31:42,100 --> 00:31:44,866
let's do something kind of different
855
00:31:44,866 --> 00:31:47,233
let's do d flat or C sharp
856
00:31:47,766 --> 00:31:49,733
and let's try again random numbers
857
00:31:49,733 --> 00:31:53,233
let's do 4 5
858
00:31:54,766 --> 00:31:58,399
4 5 3 4 let's say
859
00:31:59,566 --> 00:32:02,799
so let's first find the notes in the major scale
860
00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,100
so we got a whole whole half whole whole half
861
00:32:05,133 --> 00:32:09,233
so whole whole half whole whole whole half so
862
00:32:15,866 --> 00:32:17,433
right so that's one through six
863
00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:19,966
and then what do we say we said 4
864
00:32:21,300 --> 00:32:24,200
five three
865
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,000
don't know I can be
866
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:33,233
I can be the way I know
867
00:32:33,366 --> 00:32:34,999
so there's another progression
868
00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:36,600
or maybe we don't start on one
869
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:37,766
maybe we do
870
00:32:38,133 --> 00:32:40,933
uh well let's try something else
871
00:32:40,933 --> 00:32:44,033
you 4 1 6 5
872
00:32:44,066 --> 00:32:46,299
and we'll do it in the key of E this time
873
00:32:46,300 --> 00:32:51,900
so 4 is 1 2 3 so if a
874
00:32:53,166 --> 00:32:53,966
to E
875
00:32:55,866 --> 00:32:56,666
6
876
00:32:57,966 --> 00:33:01,633
there we go six is six is minor five
877
00:33:10,700 --> 00:33:12,600
whoops let's try that again so
878
00:33:19,166 --> 00:33:23,666
so again we can take our major scale in any key
879
00:33:23,666 --> 00:33:24,699
any major scale
880
00:33:24,700 --> 00:33:25,533
find the chords
881
00:33:25,533 --> 00:33:26,866
pick random numbers
882
00:33:27,133 --> 00:33:28,299
and see what sounds good to us
883
00:33:28,300 --> 00:33:31,033
and there's another method for writing
884
00:33:31,066 --> 00:33:32,299
chord progressions
885
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,766
but there's actually more we can do
886
00:33:35,300 --> 00:33:37,266
with the major scale now that we have it
887
00:33:37,266 --> 00:33:38,499
before we get to that though
888
00:33:38,500 --> 00:33:40,000
I challenge you once again
889
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:41,266
pause the video
890
00:33:41,533 --> 00:33:42,833
pick a random key
891
00:33:43,600 --> 00:33:44,933
make the major scale
892
00:33:44,933 --> 00:33:45,866
find the chords
893
00:33:45,866 --> 00:33:46,899
pick some random numbers
894
00:33:46,900 --> 00:33:48,500
and see if you can make some new
895
00:33:48,700 --> 00:33:50,566
chord progressions of your very own
896
00:33:50,566 --> 00:33:52,199
okay so if you can make the chord progressions
897
00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:54,166
then let's talk about melodies
898
00:33:54,166 --> 00:33:55,833
so if you can write the chords
899
00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,100
you might also wanna play some melodies on top
900
00:34:09,366 --> 00:34:11,033
so how do we play melodies
901
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:11,866
and you know
902
00:34:11,866 --> 00:34:12,566
when you're running songs
903
00:34:12,566 --> 00:34:14,233
sometimes it's gonna be with your voice
904
00:34:14,300 --> 00:34:15,800
you're gonna sing the melodies
905
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,533
and sometimes you're gonna be playing them
906
00:34:17,533 --> 00:34:18,533
with a different instrument
907
00:34:18,533 --> 00:34:19,299
a lead instrument
908
00:34:19,300 --> 00:34:20,566
a guitar or piano
909
00:34:20,566 --> 00:34:21,733
or who knows
910
00:34:21,733 --> 00:34:22,866
some sort of synth
911
00:34:24,100 --> 00:34:25,966
the way to write melodies is really easy once
912
00:34:25,966 --> 00:34:27,399
you know right
913
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:29,366
so let's say we come over the chord progression in
914
00:34:29,366 --> 00:34:31,166
in the key of G
915
00:34:31,166 --> 00:34:34,166
which is again using the G major scale
916
00:34:36,900 --> 00:34:38,800
then over that chord progression
917
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,300
we know that all those notes in G
918
00:34:41,700 --> 00:34:43,500
are gonna sound great so
919
00:34:55,466 --> 00:34:58,666
so you can start writing melodies using the major scale
920
00:34:58,666 --> 00:34:59,799
over the chord progressions
921
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:01,433
you write in that major scale
922
00:35:01,866 --> 00:35:02,999
sometimes though
923
00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,133
there are notes in the major scale that might not sound
924
00:35:06,133 --> 00:35:08,066
quite as good as some of the other notes
925
00:35:08,066 --> 00:35:09,833
let's take this chord progression again
926
00:35:14,700 --> 00:35:16,900
I play that very intentionally so it sounds nice
927
00:35:16,900 --> 00:35:19,033
but there are sometimes maybe like
928
00:35:25,466 --> 00:35:26,266
or
929
00:35:29,133 --> 00:35:32,333
so there's actually a way to simplify
930
00:35:32,333 --> 00:35:33,933
the major scale even further
931
00:35:33,933 --> 00:35:36,933
to make sure that every note you play sounds great
932
00:35:36,933 --> 00:35:38,866
over the chord directions you're playing and
933
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:41,066
we're gonna use something called the pentatonic scale
934
00:35:41,066 --> 00:35:42,833
so penta means five
935
00:35:42,866 --> 00:35:44,733
which means we take our major scale
936
00:35:44,733 --> 00:35:46,099
which is seven notes
937
00:35:46,166 --> 00:35:47,099
one two three
938
00:35:47,100 --> 00:35:48,300
four five six
939
00:35:48,300 --> 00:35:50,000
seven back to G
940
00:35:50,100 --> 00:35:50,966
so seven notes
941
00:35:50,966 --> 00:35:52,399
and we're gonna reduce it to five
942
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:55,700
and the way we do that is we take away the fourth note
943
00:35:55,900 --> 00:35:57,333
and we take away the seventh note
944
00:35:57,333 --> 00:35:58,133
so in the case of
945
00:35:58,133 --> 00:35:59,033
let's start with C
946
00:35:59,200 --> 00:35:59,766
the case of C
947
00:35:59,766 --> 00:36:01,599
we have the C major scale
948
00:36:03,166 --> 00:36:06,799
take away the fourth note 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
949
00:36:07,166 --> 00:36:08,399
and we're left with these
950
00:36:14,600 --> 00:36:16,766
and those notes are gonna sound really good
951
00:36:17,133 --> 00:36:18,766
over all the chordancy
952
00:36:45,133 --> 00:36:47,999
so you can see that if you're just playing the 1
953
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,633
2 3 5 and 6
954
00:36:50,500 --> 00:36:52,400
that's gonna make some really nice melodies
955
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:53,300
over the chords you're playing
956
00:36:53,300 --> 00:36:55,000
so let's try something in a key
957
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,600
maybe we're less familiar with
958
00:36:58,000 --> 00:36:59,566
let's go to a flat major
959
00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:01,833
and then play that chord progression we're playing
960
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:03,300
handful of minutes ago
961
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:04,500
a flat major
962
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,200
B flat minor
963
00:37:06,900 --> 00:37:08,066
d flat major
964
00:37:08,066 --> 00:37:10,599
so let's find the pentatonic scale
965
00:37:10,966 --> 00:37:11,999
using the major scale
966
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:13,566
so with the major scale goes
967
00:37:16,533 --> 00:37:18,699
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
968
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:24,866
take away the 4 and 7 1 2 3 5 6 so let's try that
969
00:37:46,900 --> 00:37:49,700
so we don't need to be the best piano players
970
00:37:49,866 --> 00:37:51,199
um you know
971
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:52,766
we'll talk about your instructor
972
00:37:52,766 --> 00:37:53,766
we'll talk later in the class
973
00:37:53,766 --> 00:37:55,466
about using music software
974
00:37:55,466 --> 00:37:57,266
to fix mistakes and all of that
975
00:37:57,266 --> 00:37:57,966
what's important right now
976
00:37:57,966 --> 00:37:59,799
is understanding what the notes are
977
00:37:59,800 --> 00:38:02,166
and maybe you don't yet have the coordination
978
00:38:02,166 --> 00:38:03,766
even to play the chords in one hand
979
00:38:03,766 --> 00:38:05,299
and play the melodies in another hand
980
00:38:05,300 --> 00:38:06,766
and you don't need that coordination
981
00:38:06,766 --> 00:38:10,533
you can record the chords into your music software
982
00:38:10,533 --> 00:38:11,166
into your doll
983
00:38:11,166 --> 00:38:12,499
play the chords on top
984
00:38:12,500 --> 00:38:13,700
take it piece by piece
985
00:38:13,700 --> 00:38:14,200
so it's not
986
00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:15,300
this is not about being able
987
00:38:15,300 --> 00:38:16,533
this is not a performance class
988
00:38:16,533 --> 00:38:18,099
not being a classical piano
989
00:38:18,100 --> 00:38:19,666
being able to do all these fancy things
990
00:38:19,666 --> 00:38:21,466
with both your hands at the same time
991
00:38:21,466 --> 00:38:23,999
this is just about knowing which notes sounds nice
992
00:38:24,900 --> 00:38:26,366
over which chords
993
00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:30,500
and then on the flip side
994
00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:32,333
we have bass notes bass lines
995
00:38:32,333 --> 00:38:33,566
when you're composing
996
00:38:33,666 --> 00:38:34,966
arranging songs
997
00:38:34,966 --> 00:38:36,466
you might want to have bass parts
998
00:38:36,466 --> 00:38:38,166
it's pretty common to have bass parts
999
00:38:38,166 --> 00:38:42,166
and writing baseboards is really easy in fact
1000
00:38:42,266 --> 00:38:43,999
the most common way of doing it
1001
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,700
is just taking that root note of the chord
1002
00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:48,666
so again the root note is just the name of the chord
1003
00:38:48,666 --> 00:38:49,533
the note in the name
1004
00:38:49,533 --> 00:38:50,999
so a C major chord
1005
00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:52,300
the root note is a C
1006
00:38:52,466 --> 00:38:53,366
and an F major chord
1007
00:38:53,366 --> 00:38:54,499
the root note is an F
1008
00:38:54,500 --> 00:38:57,600
and just playing those root notes lower
1009
00:38:57,600 --> 00:38:58,333
underneath the chord
1010
00:38:58,333 --> 00:39:00,033
so if you have C
1011
00:39:00,866 --> 00:39:03,799
F a minor G
1012
00:39:03,800 --> 00:39:07,066
just play the roots underneath as a baseline
1013
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:19,366
where there's your baseline
1014
00:39:19,766 --> 00:39:22,599
just the root notes and I did this little one
1015
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:24,933
a nice little flourish
1016
00:39:24,933 --> 00:39:26,699
where are those notes coming from well
1017
00:39:26,700 --> 00:39:29,366
they're actually coming right from the pentatonic scale
1018
00:39:29,366 --> 00:39:30,966
again right so in C
1019
00:39:33,066 --> 00:39:36,799
that's 1 2 3 5 6 so we can add a little bit of color
1020
00:39:36,800 --> 00:39:37,566
a little bit of flavor
1021
00:39:37,566 --> 00:39:40,699
by using some of those notes between those root notes
1022
00:39:58,566 --> 00:40:01,533
right so you can see that we can start spicing it up
1023
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:03,166
but for the most part
1024
00:40:03,166 --> 00:40:04,533
we don't even need to get that spicy
1025
00:40:04,533 --> 00:40:06,266
we can just play those root notes
1026
00:40:12,133 --> 00:40:13,399
and we have a baseline
1027
00:40:13,700 --> 00:40:15,933
so again using the major scale
1028
00:40:15,933 --> 00:40:16,799
take away the fourth
1029
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:17,500
take away the seventh
1030
00:40:17,500 --> 00:40:18,500
you have the pentatonic scale
1031
00:40:18,500 --> 00:40:19,766
play some nice melodies
1032
00:40:19,966 --> 00:40:22,099
take the root notes from the chords
1033
00:40:22,100 --> 00:40:24,500
and maybe some pentatonic notes as well
1034
00:40:24,500 --> 00:40:26,000
and you play some basslines
1035
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:28,366
and again from the major scale
1036
00:40:28,366 --> 00:40:29,266
we can find chords
1037
00:40:29,266 --> 00:40:31,666
we can come up with our own progressions
1038
00:40:32,333 --> 00:40:36,466
and that's a real full tool kit in terms of playing
1039
00:40:36,533 --> 00:40:37,733
making music
1040
00:40:37,733 --> 00:40:40,766
so I think it's a good place to stop
1041
00:40:41,100 --> 00:40:42,500
especially if you're brand new
1042
00:40:42,500 --> 00:40:46,300
I would say this is plenty
1043
00:40:46,300 --> 00:40:46,866
more than plenty
1044
00:40:46,866 --> 00:40:48,799
we've already gone way past what you need
1045
00:40:49,166 --> 00:40:50,333
for those that are more advanced
1046
00:40:50,333 --> 00:40:52,133
I just wanna show one more thing
1047
00:40:52,133 --> 00:40:53,799
and it's called inversions
1048
00:40:54,733 --> 00:40:56,366
and again if you're a beginner
1049
00:40:56,366 --> 00:40:58,133
this might be one extra piece of information
1050
00:40:58,133 --> 00:40:59,299
that you probably don't need
1051
00:40:59,300 --> 00:41:00,166
but if you're more advanced
1052
00:41:00,166 --> 00:41:02,066
and you want your chord progressions to sound
1053
00:41:02,066 --> 00:41:03,533
a tiny bit smoother
1054
00:41:03,533 --> 00:41:05,099
knowing how to play inversions
1055
00:41:05,100 --> 00:41:07,800
might be that one thing to take you to the next level
1056
00:41:08,533 --> 00:41:10,166
so let's talk about inversions
1057
00:41:11,000 --> 00:41:13,333
an inversion is just a fancy name for saying
1058
00:41:13,333 --> 00:41:15,199
play that chord a little bit differently
1059
00:41:15,200 --> 00:41:17,233
so here's the secret
1060
00:41:18,500 --> 00:41:20,500
that's a C major chord
1061
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:22,700
it uses the note C
1062
00:41:22,866 --> 00:41:27,299
uses the note E and uses the note G C E G C major
1063
00:41:27,533 --> 00:41:30,733
the secret is that you don't have to play C
1064
00:41:30,733 --> 00:41:33,399
E and G in this order for to be a C major chord
1065
00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:36,600
so if you played EGC
1066
00:41:37,466 --> 00:41:38,933
that's a C major chord
1067
00:41:38,933 --> 00:41:40,599
you played G C E
1068
00:41:40,900 --> 00:41:42,100
that's a C major
1069
00:41:45,366 --> 00:41:46,899
those are all C major chords
1070
00:41:46,900 --> 00:41:48,433
so you can think about it as like
1071
00:41:48,500 --> 00:41:49,333
here's our C major
1072
00:41:49,333 --> 00:41:50,266
take this C
1073
00:41:50,700 --> 00:41:52,333
pop it up and octave
1074
00:41:52,333 --> 00:41:54,533
now we have that to C major
1075
00:41:54,533 --> 00:41:55,299
take this E
1076
00:41:55,300 --> 00:41:56,500
pop it up and octave here
1077
00:41:56,500 --> 00:41:59,666
so we have another C major
1078
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:03,466
so you can play major chords or even minor chords too
1079
00:42:03,466 --> 00:42:05,566
as long as the same three notes are being played
1080
00:42:05,566 --> 00:42:06,899
you can play them in any way
1081
00:42:06,900 --> 00:42:08,000
this is a C major chord
1082
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000
who played G
1083
00:42:11,333 --> 00:42:13,633
E and C so we really spread them out
1084
00:42:15,666 --> 00:42:16,999
has a different feel to it
1085
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,900
but it's also a C major chord so
1086
00:42:21,300 --> 00:42:22,733
why should you care
1087
00:42:22,733 --> 00:42:24,833
why why do inversions matter why
1088
00:42:25,066 --> 00:42:26,699
why would I wanna flip around the notes
1089
00:42:26,700 --> 00:42:28,000
and I think a big part of it is
1090
00:42:28,000 --> 00:42:30,300
making your core progression sound a bit smoother
1091
00:42:30,466 --> 00:42:31,933
so let's take a corporation
1092
00:42:31,933 --> 00:42:33,599
we looked at a little while ago
1093
00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:37,900
C major a minor
1094
00:42:38,366 --> 00:42:41,699
F and G is like the duo chord progression
1095
00:42:44,166 --> 00:42:44,999
or hard and soul
1096
00:42:45,000 --> 00:42:46,200
if you've heard that right
1097
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:48,466
common chord progression and
1098
00:42:49,466 --> 00:42:51,133
you'll notice that when we're playing this progression
1099
00:42:51,133 --> 00:42:52,966
so C and we wanna go to a minor
1100
00:42:52,966 --> 00:42:55,366
we move our entire hand all the way down
1101
00:42:55,533 --> 00:42:56,899
and we wanna play F major
1102
00:42:56,900 --> 00:42:59,300
we move our hand all the way down and then G
1103
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,933
but there are different ways to play this
1104
00:43:01,933 --> 00:43:03,199
smoother ways to play this
1105
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:05,933
and so let's see what that might look like
1106
00:43:05,933 --> 00:43:07,799
so let's start back at C
1107
00:43:08,366 --> 00:43:09,566
and let's do what inversion
1108
00:43:09,566 --> 00:43:11,799
so let's take this C and bring it up here
1109
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:13,566
so maybe we have this C to start
1110
00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:17,366
and now we wanna move to an a minor
1111
00:43:17,366 --> 00:43:19,533
which again is a C and E
1112
00:43:19,533 --> 00:43:22,766
so we need to note a C and E from our C chord
1113
00:43:22,766 --> 00:43:23,699
what we notice in C
1114
00:43:23,700 --> 00:43:26,233
we already have our E and we already have our C
1115
00:43:26,333 --> 00:43:27,366
here's the a
1116
00:43:27,533 --> 00:43:28,733
and we're just one away
1117
00:43:28,733 --> 00:43:32,799
so to get from C to a minor using inversions
1118
00:43:32,800 --> 00:43:35,066
we just have to move this G up to an A
1119
00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:37,066
so now we go
1120
00:43:39,066 --> 00:43:40,199
so we went from here
1121
00:43:40,500 --> 00:43:43,500
C E G a C E
1122
00:43:43,533 --> 00:43:44,866
they share C and E
1123
00:43:44,866 --> 00:43:46,499
so we can just keep those notes the same
1124
00:43:46,500 --> 00:43:47,966
and just move that middle note
1125
00:43:51,933 --> 00:43:54,066
okay now in our chord progression
1126
00:43:54,700 --> 00:43:56,166
we had an F
1127
00:43:56,166 --> 00:43:57,166
right so we went
1128
00:43:58,100 --> 00:44:01,533
an F uses F a and C
1129
00:44:01,533 --> 00:44:03,666
so we need F a and C
1130
00:44:03,666 --> 00:44:04,933
we see we have an A already
1131
00:44:04,933 --> 00:44:05,699
we already have a C
1132
00:44:05,700 --> 00:44:07,333
so we just gonna go from E to F
1133
00:44:07,333 --> 00:44:08,999
so look at this smooth transition
1134
00:44:10,466 --> 00:44:12,433
so now our core progression goes
1135
00:44:16,700 --> 00:44:17,533
and then to get the G
1136
00:44:17,533 --> 00:44:20,733
we either have to move everything up or some down
1137
00:44:20,733 --> 00:44:23,566
like that so we went from this
1138
00:44:26,933 --> 00:44:28,633
to something a little bit smoother
1139
00:44:33,766 --> 00:44:35,466
and you'll hear it better without the bass ready
1140
00:44:35,466 --> 00:44:36,699
so we went from this
1141
00:44:39,100 --> 00:44:40,000
to this
1142
00:44:52,900 --> 00:44:54,900
so if that was confusing
1143
00:44:54,933 --> 00:44:57,799
then completely forget about inversions
1144
00:44:57,800 --> 00:44:59,300
practice everything else
1145
00:44:59,400 --> 00:45:00,866
if you are a little bit further along
1146
00:45:00,866 --> 00:45:01,666
and you wanna practice
1147
00:45:01,666 --> 00:45:03,299
making your core progressions a little bit smoother
1148
00:45:03,300 --> 00:45:06,333
remember that as long as the notes are the same
1149
00:45:06,333 --> 00:45:08,299
you can play them in any order
1150
00:45:08,366 --> 00:45:10,199
and that can give you some different sounds
1151
00:45:10,200 --> 00:45:12,500
and different feels for your chord progressions
1152
00:45:12,500 --> 00:45:14,166
because like we said
1153
00:45:14,166 --> 00:45:15,699
there are only so many chords
1154
00:45:15,700 --> 00:45:16,733
1 through 6 really
1155
00:45:16,733 --> 00:45:17,733
and there's only so many
1156
00:45:17,733 --> 00:45:19,166
chord progressions that people use
1157
00:45:19,166 --> 00:45:22,399
and so one way of making your chord progression
1158
00:45:22,400 --> 00:45:24,066
sound different in other people's chord progressions
1159
00:45:24,066 --> 00:45:26,133
is by trying to use inversions
1160
00:45:26,133 --> 00:45:28,766
to make your chords and your changes
1161
00:45:28,766 --> 00:45:29,966
sound a little bit different
1162
00:45:29,966 --> 00:45:31,533
so if you are more experienced
1163
00:45:31,533 --> 00:45:32,599
play around with that
1164
00:45:32,600 --> 00:45:34,966
see if you can make your chord progressions
1165
00:45:34,966 --> 00:45:36,299
that might be common
1166
00:45:36,400 --> 00:45:39,466
sound a little bit special for your particular song
1167
00:45:39,966 --> 00:45:40,899
and that's it
1168
00:45:40,933 --> 00:45:43,766
that is legitimately everything you need to know
1169
00:45:43,766 --> 00:45:45,866
and probably way more than you need to know
1170
00:45:45,866 --> 00:45:47,899
to start writing great songs
1171
00:45:47,900 --> 00:45:50,000
and you're gonna start doing that on Day 1 of the class
1172
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:51,266
so again to recap
1173
00:45:51,933 --> 00:45:53,433
we know the names of the notes
1174
00:45:54,466 --> 00:45:56,099
that C d E F G
1175
00:45:56,100 --> 00:45:58,400
a shark 1 higher
1176
00:45:58,400 --> 00:45:59,833
flat 1 lower
1177
00:45:59,966 --> 00:46:02,399
we know how to use four then 3
1178
00:46:02,400 --> 00:46:04,933
3 and 4 to make major chords and minor chords
1179
00:46:04,933 --> 00:46:07,899
had a borrow or steel chords from our favorite songs
1180
00:46:07,900 --> 00:46:09,866
to remix those chords we already have
1181
00:46:09,866 --> 00:46:10,866
we have our songs
1182
00:46:10,866 --> 00:46:11,599
you know songs of our own
1183
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:13,333
we could write our own melodies
1184
00:46:13,333 --> 00:46:14,333
on top of that
1185
00:46:14,333 --> 00:46:17,199
we can use the major scale formula
1186
00:46:17,566 --> 00:46:18,666
whole whole half
1187
00:46:18,666 --> 00:46:20,166
whole whole whole half
1188
00:46:20,166 --> 00:46:22,466
find major scales from the major scales
1189
00:46:22,466 --> 00:46:24,666
we can find the chords in the scale by going
1190
00:46:24,666 --> 00:46:25,133
play a note
1191
00:46:25,133 --> 00:46:25,533
skip a note
1192
00:46:25,533 --> 00:46:25,999
play a note
1193
00:46:26,000 --> 00:46:26,500
skip a note
1194
00:46:26,500 --> 00:46:27,300
play a note
1195
00:46:27,566 --> 00:46:28,366
find all those
1196
00:46:28,366 --> 00:46:29,333
we have 1 2
1197
00:46:29,333 --> 00:46:30,299
we have 1 4
1198
00:46:30,300 --> 00:46:31,300
and 5 that are major
1199
00:46:31,300 --> 00:46:32,766
2 3 and 6 that are minor
1200
00:46:32,766 --> 00:46:33,733
pick random numbers
1201
00:46:33,733 --> 00:46:35,766
make the chords pentatonic scale
1202
00:46:35,766 --> 00:46:36,966
remove the 4 in the seven
1203
00:46:36,966 --> 00:46:38,166
beautiful melodies
1204
00:46:38,166 --> 00:46:39,966
bass notes playing the root note
1205
00:46:39,966 --> 00:46:41,633
or some pentatonic notes maybe
1206
00:46:41,933 --> 00:46:44,066
and inversions to make sort of smoother
1207
00:46:44,066 --> 00:46:45,466
different sounding chords
1208
00:46:45,466 --> 00:46:46,799
using those same notes
1209
00:46:46,800 --> 00:46:47,500
so that's it
1210
00:46:47,500 --> 00:46:49,666
I hope you learn something
1211
00:46:49,666 --> 00:46:52,766
I hope you practice before class starts and try
1212
00:46:52,766 --> 00:46:53,333
try your hand
1213
00:46:53,333 --> 00:46:55,566
maybe you write a few
1214
00:46:55,933 --> 00:46:57,066
little songs
1215
00:46:57,500 --> 00:46:58,800
or at least some core progressions
1216
00:46:58,800 --> 00:47:00,366
that you can hum or mumble over
1217
00:47:00,366 --> 00:47:01,699
as I have been doing
1218
00:47:01,700 --> 00:47:04,333
maybe not so well during this particular lesson
1219
00:47:04,333 --> 00:47:05,833
so practice
1220
00:47:05,866 --> 00:47:06,499
play around
1221
00:47:06,500 --> 00:47:07,600
make sure you have
1222
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:10,333
some method of writing some kind of song
1223
00:47:10,333 --> 00:47:13,333
that you can take with you onto day 1 of the class
1224
00:47:13,333 --> 00:47:16,233
good luck and I'm excited to hear your songs
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