Music Theory for Electronic Producers - The Complete Course!
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Learning how to write and create music effectively will dramatically improve the quality of your music and the speed you create it
In this course, you will gain a deep understanding of Music Theory as well as techniques and formulas to use when creating your own electronic music. What we learn in this course can help give you more ideas for your songs and can give you options to use in your composition.
You’ll learn the beauty and the power of music theory that’s used by professionals today.
With over 8-hours of videos, this music course is JAM PACKED with information so you can learn you learn music theory to help you improve your songwriting and compositional skills today!
What makes me qualified to teach you?
My name is Tomas, and I have a MMus Masters Degree in Music Production and a BA(Hons) Degree in Music Composition. I’m also the creator of some of the world’s most popular music production courses – with over 300,000 students and thousands of 5-star reviews like these ones:
Really great teacher of music theory, taught exercises into great depth but explained exercises simply, recommend it to anyone who has never studied music theory before – Milo C.
Very useful lectures which provide me a lot of information and improve my skills dramatically. His teaching method also helps me easily to understand. Thank you so much Tomas. – Huy N.
It helps a lot, I recommend it for beginners who have never learn anything about music. The lessons are enjoyable and there’s a lot of examples about composing. – Alessio P.
What is this Music Theory course all about?
This Music Theory course will cover such topics as:
• Major scales,
• Minor scales
• Major chords
• Minor chords
• Diminished chords
• Chord progressions
• Modulation
• Relative majors
• Relative minors
• Modes
• Song analyses
• Deconstructed several tracks
• Writing a song from a drum beat
• How to write a song from a chord progression
• How to write a song from a melody
• How to write melodies
• How to write harmonies
• How to work out keys and scales
• Pentatonic scales
• PDF eBook included in this course too!
• And more
What you’ll learn in this course will improve your music theory skills and can also help improve your songwriting abilities in any Digital Audio Workstation!
Learn to love music theory and create electronic music with these easy-to-learn techniques!
Go ahead and click the enroll button, and we’ll see you in lesson 1!
Cheers,
Tomas.
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IntroductionIn this video, I give you a quick overview of what you are going to learn in this Music Theory for Electronic Producers course.
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Getting the Most from this Course
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, you will learn about how to use Udemy's user interface so that you can get the most out of this course.
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Before we get Started
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Download the GuidebookAttached to this article, is the downloadable PDF Guidebook for this course.
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Basic Music Theory Terms
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain some of the music theory terminology that will be used in this course and what the different music theory terms actually mean.
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Keyboard Layout and Octaves
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about the keyboard layout on your Digital Audio Workstation and how you can work out the different notes on the keyboard.
Knowing the notes of a keyboard is essential for knowing about music theory and for writing your own music.
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Working out Major Scales
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain the techniques used to work out a major scale and how you can easily do this for any musical key.
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Perfect 5ths
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain what Perfect 5ths are and how you can use them for writing harmonies for your own music.
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3rds - Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain what 3rds are and how you can tell the difference between major 3rds and minor 3rds.
I also explain why you should use 3rds for writing your own music.
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3rds - Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain what 3rds are and how you can tell the difference between major 3rds and minor 3rds.
I also explain why you should use 3rds for writing your own music.
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Perfect 4ths
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain what Perfect 4ths are and how you can use them for writing harmonies for your own music.
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Chords and Inversions - Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to write chords and also invert these chords.
Creating chords and using inversions are essential to learn for creating your own electronic music.
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Chords and Inversions - Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to write chords and also invert these chords.
Creating chords and using inversions is an essential to learn for creating your own electronic music.
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Chord Progressions - Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain what chord progressions are and how to write your own.
I also show you some of the most common chord progressions used in music today!
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Chord Progressions - Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain what chords progressions are and how to write your own.
I also show you some of the most common chords progressions used in music today!
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Inversions
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I go into more detail about inversions and how you can use inversions to improve some of your chords for your own electronic music.
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7th Chords
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about 7th chords and explain the different types of 7th chords and how you can use them in your own electronic music.
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Chord Extensions
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about more chord extensions, such as 9th and 11th chords and how you can use them when creating your own electronic music.
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Suspended Chords
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about suspended chords and how you can use them in your own electronic music to create suspension.
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The Circle of 5ths
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I explain the circle of 5ths diagram and how you can use this to work out relative majors, minors and modulation.
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Minor Scales
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about minor scales and the patterns and techniques used so that you can work out any natural minor scale.
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Chords in the Natural Minor scale
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about the chords and how to build chords in the natural minor scale.
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Harmonic and Melodic Minor
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about the other two minor scales, which are the Harmonic and Melodic Minor scales and what they can be used for. I also show you patterns and techniques so that you can work out these scales.
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Write the Chords, then the Melody
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to write a song starting by writing chords and then adding a melody.
This technique is very common and in this lecture, we use some of the patterns and techniques used from the previous lecture for building a song from chords.
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Write the Melody, then the Chords
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to write a song starting by writing a melody and then adding the chords.
This technique is also very common and in this lecture, we use some of the patterns and techniques used from the previous lecture for building a melody.
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Arpeggios
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how you can use arpeggios to add more movement and countermelodies to your songs.
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Writing Bass Parts
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to write bass parts for your own music.
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Writing Bass Riffs and Adapting Melodies
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to write bass riffs and also how you can adapt your melodies.
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Song Analysis - Chords, Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the chords the way I did.
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Song Analysis - Chords, Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the chords like this.
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Song Analysis - Melody
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the melody the way I did.
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Song Analysis - Arrangement
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I arranged the way I did.
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Song 2 Analysis - Arrangement
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I arranged the way I did.
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Song 2 Analysis - Chords
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you another one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the chords like this.
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Song 2 Analysis - Melodies
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you another of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the melody the way I did.
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Song 3 Analysis - Chords
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you another one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the chords like this.
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Song 3 Analysis - Melodies and Arrangement
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you another one of my tracks and I deconstruct and show and show you how and why I wrote the melodies and arranged the track.
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Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a drum beat and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a drum beat and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 3
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a drum beat and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Drum Beat - Part 4
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a drum beat and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a chord progression and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Chord Progression - Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a chord progression and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Melody - Part 1
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a melody and then building a track from there.
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Create a Song from a Melody - Part 2
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I show you how to create a song starting from a melody and then building a track from there.
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Modes Intro
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what modes are and how you can use them for your music.
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Ionian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Ionian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Dorian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Dorian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Phrygian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Phrygian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Lydian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Lydian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Mixolydian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Mixolydian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Aeolian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Aeolian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Locrian
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I talk about what the Locrian mode is and how it is different from a major scale.
I also explain how you can work out how to use this mode for writing your music.
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Dorian Mode Example
In this Music Theory for Electronic Music Producers lecture, I give an on-screen example in Ableton Live and I show you how you can use the Dorian mode to create your own track and also how it's different from a regular major scale.
