Emotional Chord Patterns (Easiest Method)
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MY GEAR:
DAW (Music making software): Logic Pro and Ableton Live
Studio monitors (speakers): Yamaha HS8's
Headphones: Audeze LCD X (open back)
Camera: Canon 80d
Computer: Mac Studio with M2 Ultra chip and 2 TB hardrive
Midi controller (keyboard): Komplete Kontrol 61
Interface: Scarlett Clarett 2 pre
Desk: a cheap one from ikea
Chair: also a cheap one from ikea
My favorite plugins that I use the most:
XFER Serum
Sylenth 1
Nexus 3
Kontakt
RC 20
Valhalla Shimmer
Valhalla Vintage Verb
Shaperbox 3
XFER OTT
Fab Filter Saturn 2
Fab Filter Pro C 2
Arturia Pigments
Baby Audio Comeback Kid
Output Thermal and Portal
LABS Soft Piano
Hardware that I use behind the scenes but not in videos:
Elektron Octatrack (my fav)
Elektron Digitakt
Korg Minilogue XD
the man is sweating from all that emotion
i am deceased
Pretty sure it’s just hot. Studio lights and PCs put off a lot of heat and also the lights make him look shiny lol
@@ImmortalJeremy or he just made some fire and it was too hot to handle
You can see it glistening off of his ocean sized forehead.
HAHAHAHAHA
The “comfortable note” he is referring to is the dominant note or simply the 5th in a key.
The root and the 5th should almost always sound "good." There's also the "supertonic," which is the 2nd scale degree. That also tends to go with anything, so I'd recommend at least trying it.
@@djhiffwe1413 yeah Andrew Huang did a video abt it, very cool and eye opening video
@@rioriorio17 yup, watched that video and it helped me a lot! I only know basic music theory from playing guitar as a kid so these kinda vids really help me elevate my craft! 🤘🏾
Yeah, but the dominant is more of a “tension note”
Yea that 1 4 5 cant go wrong with that approach.
As a music teacher, It's actually quite charming to watch someone with no conventional understanding of music theory approach composition with their own methodology; and I'm glad that tools like FL piano roll exist to facilitate precisely this.
There's too much snobbery in the comments. If you want to facepalm, that's fine - but keep it to yourself.
I realized that as well, since I started from nothing and learned by doing a lot of research and all, I'm delighted to see people like him with PASSION giving others tools to create and build emotion. That's what music is about.
@kungfucolin agreed completely. we put our hands on our instruments, and then we learned to make sound, and then, we learned how to make them sound good. These are things an instructor can never teach -- that is how one develops ones own sound and learns to make their instrument speak from their heart when lecture and practice hall time is done and the concert hall lights and curtains have been raised. Even then with formal training, there comes a point where we are taking the notes from the page, and making them speak from us. Theory can never teach this.
One who learns to do it from the start is far more gifted then those with years of school and nothing to show for it.
Theory is only a guide. Bookworms are useless with no work experience. Adaptability and development of methodology are personal skills one of THOSE theorists will never learn without putting their hands on their fret , fingerboards, strings, pads, bows, sticks, or keys. To them I say, pretending to play will get you no where. What is being done here is art, and being shared with us as he walks that path of learning, and its beautiful.
Oh his highness, the REAL teacher allows us musicmorons to continue... thanks boomer!
it reminds me of those people who say they hate maths but do those social media maths puzzles. it's all in the approach, and I can see how someone could take this tutorial and start making music. The only critique I have is not knowing the key of the vocal sample, but I feel like that's very minor for what most people would take away from this.
@@alexmammoth2916 Its only 12 keys away to get to know it. No one needs your key science bra
“I like writing in D” -legend
Sadly this is in Db
“It’s the saddest of all chords”
Yea but D is in italics
Hans zimmer exists
I like it too. I always go for D, Bb, or F depending on what I want
Aye happy you felt the emotional in the song my guy!
Hey man I really wanna hear the whole song, where can I find it?
Is the song out yet?
Drop that song ASAP man
I already saw you somewhere but I can't remember
Full song?
5:55 so Emotional that he cried out 😭
Hi🙂
@@chrishamaseb5443 hi 🖖
Ooooh, nice people🌚
@@chrishamaseb5443 Hi :)
What’s up guys
I found a sudden interest in music production the other day. I’m someone who know little to nothing about music and chords, melodies, etc. so seeing this, inspires me more. Just seeing in the beginning how he makes the chord progression, already taught me a lot I need to know. I write songs with my cousin sometimes, so this inspires me to keep learning and potentially make beets for her one day.
Beats*
Did you succeed?
@@shadowdemonaer Hehe, what a nice surprise seeing you here! ...and Juno, I hope you've kept at my dear!!
*wipes tears*
These chords are just so emotional.
I just wanna say thank you for using FL for the sake of more people being able to follow along.
Same
+1
Yeah.
Especially because FL Studio has a free version to see if you like it and practice using it before you buy it, while Logic Pro requires purchasing a $1000 Mac computer and $300 DAW, without knowing if you'll even like it or not.
Logic Pro is definitely for people already in the Apple ecosystem.
u mean thanks for not using DISableton LUL
@@jonasgrill1155 garage band is a dumbed down logic and also yes logic is for mac users
This EDM bootcamp is sounding more and more like something I should get in on
Just finished one but would be interested in this, how much is it?
I took the class. It is worth every penny
@@kevinenglish6859 how much it cost
@@kevinenglish6859 how much did you pay for it?
IKR!
Thank you for bringing such a positive energy to the music producing community! I have learned a lot from your videos!
Your chords progression breakdown are the best out there…. Doing mine relying on your videos 💯…. Music theory was just putting my brain out 🙌🏼🙏
7:55 the way that vocal opens up😔😍
Part of the untold magic is when making chords outta a scale, you have to use the same chord quality (Maj/min/dim/augm) as in the scale. In the chosen scale, A is minor, G and F are major. You may do the opposite : lay down a couple of chords and then look for matching scales you can use, either using a plugin or a website
Borrowing chords from the relative major/minor can be powerful too, if done gracefully
You don't **have** to, but most often yes. Look up "borrowed chords."
For people new to midi music and don't know much music theory, sticking to diatonic chords is what will always work.
Don't you think he looks confused enough already?
For some reason I always make chords in a harmonic minor scale, probably because I really like the powerful notes behind the key
@Alex Rome As an unashamed noob to the world of creating music, a huge thank you for your presentations. I'm getting a lot from them despite my lack of talent, knowledge, creativity and having to covert the techniques into Cakewalk, which is fine as it makes me get to grips with the software too! Keep them coming, please.
I already knew most of that stuff but changing the key of your chords after they’re done hasn’t been something I ever thought about so thanks 😊
Great video, as someone who already know music theory it felt a bit like i was being taught again but i totally understand why you go through it all for beginners. but the actual techniques to get more emotional seems logical and it turns out great!
There's a reason why they say theory differs from practical. People can pass theory easily but fail the practical from theory. Sometimes you just need to be shown how it's done and I've learned a lot from this.
"Heaven! Heaven!!!" 😂🔥🔥🙌
Lol
That should become a meme
Heaven bro 😂😂😂😂 with angels singing 😂
I got a real rapey vibe when he said that 😂
now I wanna listen to the full version xD
I know a lot of people are making fun of this video, but thanks so much for it! It's helpful to look at things from a different perspective.
Alex you’re such an awesome teacher bro! I get really good vibes from you every video and learn so much
Alex, we all appreciate the time and effort you put into creating and editing your videos and sharing such juicy wonderful information in such a simple way for FREE! So thank you for that, each video I watch of yours I get better and better.. by 20% each time! Thanks bro! you the best!
Such a great vid. I tend to make my chord progressions too out of the box. Thanks for showing me a more simplistic way 😁
Just recently found this channel. There's a quality to these videos. That is the straight to the point talking about what we're doing. Thanks for that.
This is amazing. I'm a producer who started out with conventional/classical training in music theory, and ever since I stepped into the field of production, I realized how interesting and important it could be to free myself from the traditional understanding from time to time and create chord patterns in the way you demonstrated.
Cool video, thanks so much!
3:46 Pro Tip for the next time that you make a video for FL Studio: when you select the notes, to instantly put them an octave higher it's easier to press ctrl and then press the up arrow key, and to put them an octave lower press ctrl and press the down arrow key
Great tip.. can you shed some light on the term that he used. That distrone or disdrone or whatever. Am i even saying it right?
@@malemyensenbam7978 drone?
@@emmanuelmawuliahiekpor2874 no bro listen to what he says at 7:12 he says smthing like distrone or disdrone
@@malemyensenbam7978 "this drone sounds like this"
Ah yes, the distrone
Dude, you are a genius! I will definitely try this in my relaxation music. Thank you so much for the tips! You've just earned yourself another sub!
Dude- you're an amazing teacher.. and the vibe that you captured was just beautiful
Nice work bro!! From the melody to the video editing to everything! Your platform is really well built 🔥
Can we just talk about how insanely beautiful that song at the beginning was?? I need more of that in my life
@@RensoJimenezz same where I can find it
Anyone find out?
Anyone find it?
Good stuff my man. I play many instruments, I'm untrained and do not know the text book on music theory, I just know what my ears have told me for 36 years. I create music on my truck steering wheel, with my guitar, in random buckets laying in my shop while im working on a woodworking project, on fruity loops, in my head, on my midi keyboard, beat boxing with my son. My Dad use to tell me he only likes music played on real instruments. I just want to make music. If I like the way it sounds its music to me. The structure, key, all the technical stuff is important in a way but there is a difference in "Playing Music" and "Creating Music" I got bored of playing cover songs when I was 14 years old. Your ears should be your ultimate guidance. Music is music use whatever tool you have and do not conform to any logic or system. Good music typically is generated through random chaos and the moment must be captured or it could be lost forever.
This is BEAUTIFUL! Wow, I could feel the emotion. Great Work Man❤️🔥🎧💯
Nice video Alex! I really loved how you explained everything and made it simple to understand.
This just gave me the chills! 😭😍
I use Reason 11 and understand these midi cords. Thank you for sharing this and truly inspiring.
the way this dude feels so into his song is the feeling every producer feels when they make something fire and I feel him bruh
Nice and simple, exactly what i needed thanks!
You probably know this, but if you Control+B(Command+B, I presumeon Mac), it'll paste your clipboard at the end of your selection. This way you don't have to drag your pasted notes to the end.
not gonna lie, as an ableton user that have used fl studio before, i didn't even know that existed (plus i currently use a mac so idk if it works yet), but ay thx ima try it out 😅👊
Omg thank you for this
@@RazorrekkerMusic All good
Guy in last part: Heaven, Heaven! *dramatic pause* Wow.
Why was that so funny😂😂
After making the music piece the way you express in the end will motivate us to go ahead and try these things. Thanks for that Alex. You are too good a tutor.
Dude, at first I wasn't sure but as you changed the key and added the vocal sample.. daaamn was so worth it. Awesome!
6 5 4 1 are probably the best chords- you made them sound even better ❤️🔥
Love how simple and easy to follow this method is and I really love the chord progression he came up with. Not sure about the timing he picked for the high part of the vocal sample he used (it seemed like a weird spot to put it and the rhythm throws me tbh) but not really a big deal and the rest of the video was really good
I was sitting in FL Studio after not touching it in forever and had a good base going, ended up hitting a wall and searching the Tubes. I found this video and I just have to say thank you, you've gained another sub!
this is so good !! thank you Alex
Alex Rome, in Italy we love you, especially in Rome.
dude, you broke me with that joke 😂
bruuuuh the pun
Haha will be in Rome next summer!
@@AlexRome Nice! You're welcome!
Amazing how simple things can really be sometimes... I feel like I'm always overcomplicating everything
That was beautiful! Great tips.
Man, Alex Rome, your videos are so inspirational! 💎 Thanks for sharing.
Love how you get straight to the point, keep it simple and don't over complicate, and progressively build the track using the piano roll. Easy to follow, and yes inspiring. AND I am using Ableton, and have absolutely no problem follow you even if you're using Logic or FL. Just cool to see that although DAWs have their differences, they basically all do the same and also have their similarities. (Been trying most of them and ended up with Ableton Live). Keep them coming!
“Hevvin!”
I love the way you feel your music man, it's really awesome
This is the same approach I take when writing orchestral arrangements, Celtic music, metal and synthwave. Great tutorial!
Lmaoo that heaven moment 🤣 we all can relate when you land that heavenly tune 🥰
All white theme 😂😂😂
"lets add some extra bc it sounds nice" *minor second*
That's where 6+9 chords were invented
I fuckin screamed internally
@@CraigKeidel bECauSeIt sOunz gdu
@@galladebutcooler8645 *deep inhale* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
@@CraigKeidel i see a minor second as a minor 9th that just doesn't want to grow and leave his home
The melody was so emotional that drops concentrated on his face.
an actually useful and helpful tutorial for once! amazing!
"It's like a special kind of gorgeous" :D
7:42 i live for this. This kind of music just explain how my life is in the centre of silence. i was told this sort of music is called "future bass" but i rarely find music like this cold yet full of magic.. i can feel the vocal chops and the drone brought the chords to life..Can somebody recommend me song that vibe like this made by Alex?
Tell me if you find out
Check out music by Lane 8 like Just, and also a lot of the artists on his This Never Happened label. Also Sultan + Shepard's new album Something, Everything is amazing and has a similar vibe with nice chords and vocals.
bloody thing was really heaven. great tip cant believe it took me this long to find your channel
This was exactly what I was looking for, thank you.
Thank you. I've been telling young producers for YEARS that they're tracks have no emotion. It's jus bland. Then when I show them usually their response is "well I haven't learned to play keys as well as you".
Funny Thing is I've never taken a music lesson in my life.
I’m 20 always loved producing never was into it heavy made some stuff back then shitty lol but 3 months ago I had no musical gear and no knowledge of the piano. Now I have produced a couple tracks and even one for a rapper (I use that term lightly nowadays smh) all I gotta say it drive and determination. Also I fucking love the piano I am currently learning Ahmad Jamal’s Lament.
For the record, I've been watching you for a while and use nothing but Ableton Live
Same
Dude, so simple and so helpful. Thank you! Hope you make more videos like this.
This was great! Super helpful, thank you!
4:47
You can left shift and drag the selected note (or notes), it'll duplicate it, it's better than copy and paste
or you can simply Ctrl + B
6:28 When they say they did some mining off camera
Second video I've seen from you. Really good content! You earned a sub! Keep up the great work!
awesome video man! thank you for sharing!!
lmao, "heaven, HEAVEN."
1:21 a potential meme material " i am logic guy"
Great stuff ! Thanks for putting this together
lot of helpful stuff thank you man
Thank you for Use FL Studio I have been using FL Studio for years it's easy for me lol 🙏
Same fl studio makes a lot more sense
@@AikiraBeats yeah like making everything unique for a just a single change😂
"this spreads out the chords, which spreads out the emotion". Not sure it works like that big dawg
My favorite part of your video is your emotion and passion. It made this video enjoyable
I felt that, amazing brother
8:00 The meme potential
please make that beat into an actual song and put it on spotify 🙏🏼
Yeah, I would love to hear that 😍
This is the video I've been looking for. Thank you so much.
Thanks for sharing great video nicely delivered and the pace for tutorial brilliant! 😊👍
Thanks for using fl in this video
My chords just got 20% better!
YOUR COMMENT JUST GOT 20% BETTER !
This video is incredible!
Thanks for this video!💜
A future bass track on FL studio please...❤️🙏🏻
"These are just notes that sound good" ahahah They are
love this!!!
Beautiful 😭😭😭 omg IM IN LOVE DUDE 😭😭
Masterclass does not teach this.
Glad you're using fl now.
If masterclasses don't teach chord inversions and sustained notes in progression they're not master classes. This is theory 101 stuff.
4:55 explains how it is important not to have a repetitive chord progression
* proceeds copy and pasting the existing one but with another chord in the end *
It' s emphasis
This is great! Thank you for sharing!
Chord progression is EVERYTHING!
You wanna talk about powerful chord progressions go listen to "Time" by Hans Zimmer
Lol - guy not understanding music theory trying to teach theory is hilarious.
thats amazing
I just hope people are not paying money. Because that is highways robbery. How you gonna teach music without an instrument. It’s all about using software. M. To that end, I STILL don’t know what this “Music Theory” is (and I have been making music since 1974.
I know what music is, but unsure of this theory. Is it just a fancy way of saying using a software, or….?
I’m sure the guy is a nice guy and all but he needs to stop all this “secrets of Bass real EDM artists don’t want you to know” and “Never start an EastSide Underground DubHop beat without this plugin” blah blah. It’s ART. Since when is there a right way and a wrong way?
It’s what people like. I dunno. I wish there was more progressiveness and less theorizing.
@@YourFreeBeats yeah, its like "if it sounds good it sounds good" and you can achieve this feeling with anything
its like a craving for something and you find a solution
@@YourFreeBeats you've been making music for 50 years and never heard of "Music theory"?
Theory has nothing to do with using software, using software is more just an issue of "taste", or easiness.
I'm not really talented at real instruments, I'm trying to get better, but it takes real practice and talent, while in software you can just tell the computer to play the notes.
but no, Theory is about what notes sound nice, in whatever medium it may be, digital, electric or acosutic.
it's about key signatures, and chord progressions, and rhythm
oh, and also, you're over 50 and and your username is "Check-a-Bitch Beats"? dope
@@YourFreeBeats There is a difference between the clickbait you're complaining about and music theory. You trying to talk about music theory is actually laughably stupid. You're one of those idiots that think it's a bunch of "rules" and talk down on it because "I don't wanna limit My Creativity™." Even though it's obvious you've NEVER studied it.
In reality, music theory functions more like guidelines. It's music **theory,** not "music law" for a reason. Plus, are you seriously talking about breaking music theory conventions when making EDM??? That's just stupid. VAST majority of EDM rarely explores outside of major/minor and I DOUBT your music has either even though you have big talk.
So many kids out there talking about how they "don't need music theory," meanwhile all they write is vi - IV - I - V or a rotation of it. If this is you, stfu and learn noob theory.
I’m definitely digging you more now that I actually know somewhat what I’m doing, and I really appreciate the FL Studio teaching. Ty 🙏💙✌️
This one sparks joy! Thank you
I really like how you teach but come on. The thumbnail goes "basic, cheesy, boring" then lists the one you made as "vibrant, emotional, rich" but that was the most basic, cheesy and boring sounding song ive heard lmao
super informative, straight to the point, no farting around and really well explained, top tier tutorial
Love your videos, they help so much!
It was really beautiful