How to use music theory to actually write music!
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- čas přidán 24. 10. 2023
- Grab your guitar! I'll walk you through it! This is a guided lesson showing how to write music, starting with the basics and gradually moving into more advanced approaches to writing music.
If you enjoy this lesson, I've got a lot more over on Patreon! It's not a donation site, it's a whole archive of lessons I've filmed over the past 3 years.
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This guy has to be the best teacher on CZcams. Right. This is coming from a Metal guy. He turns on the light bulbs .
Hey thanks!
facts. his stuff in chords/scales/CAGED made so much more sense to me than anything I’d seen before.
Totally, it's because of his lessons I got a lot better at playing guitar.
Just found him and absolutely agree (I’m a metalhead too btw lol)
Scott's my friend that only stops by once a year but when he does he always brings the best gifts
Hehe. Thats really nice. You know, you could hang out more often if you want to come to my house:
www.patreon.com/scottpauljohnson
I do a weekly stream like this where I tackle all questions from Patrons.
Man I think that software you're using to show the chords and the root notes would be such an amazing learning tool. Thank you for the free lesson, you're awesome!
The worst vice is advice but here's mine to those folks who are new to playing music. Just keep it simple. Thats it really. Especially when you're just starting out. I read a lot of guitar magazines and such when i was in the early stages of playing guitar and there was always someone talking about how awesome some exotic scale was or how some piece of music was breaking some musical "rule". I used to think i had to play something crazily complex to be "good" but the best way to sound like you know what you're doing is to follow the "rules" of the road. If someone is playing a progression that youre having trouble improvising over, for example, take some time to study it. Is it a model progression? In other words is it actually not in the key you think it is but written in a mode? Find out, and use the proper mode. The chords D C and G that are used in so many songs are an example of a model progression. It is not the key of D major. It is actually D mixolydian or another way to think of that is using the G major scale with D as the tonal center. If you have a looper play those chords and then solo in G major over them. Compare this to D major. You'll hear the difference. Know thy instrument. Know thy progression. Keep it simple. Oh and have fun!
never seen anything like this my whole life. like the quality of this channel is unmatched in so many different levels… not just in music theory category; never in my online presence, being connected to internet, I felt an online platform being used this efficiently and professionally. This guy made me comment for the first time in ages and really take a patreon promotion seriously. I am so in awe
I have never watched on YT video longer then 20 min. I even have a problem on Netflix stay to the end, unless oscar winning movie. It is the first time ever , from begging to the end. For me you are the best YT guitar teacher. The way you explain, and the way you are - perfect. Thank you.
👏👏👏 Can we please give this man a round of applause. This was THEE best live stream of any topic ive ever seen. Hands down. I was very much impressed with how smoothly you were able to transition through scenes while juggling instruments, changing camera angles, activating screensharing and magically adding graphics on screen for the audience. With no assistance, all on your own, never batting an eye or missing a beat. Your execution and delivery of the lesson were on point and I was fully engaged the entire time. Plus, your relaxed demeanor made it easier to digest the information you were sharing and I appreciate that you focused on the important key points you wanted us to walk away with and didn't get too hungup or distracted by commenters or perfecting the song too much. Thank you!
5 stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
2 thumbs up 👍👍
Keep up the great work.
Thank you! I’ll do more of these for sure
man, you do the best representations of these ideas. thank you!
I am a programmer, I dont even want to think about the nightmare it probably was to make that software and setup. Really cool and educational 10/10 this is quality content
I have been a patron of Scott for almost two years now and I can tell you I have grown exponentially as a guitar player.
Hi Mark! Thanks again for sharing your latest music writings
The art teaching is not lost with you. This is fascinating!
Absolute light-bulb teacher. You have the gift of teaching and I’ve never seen anybody explain stuff so simply and clearly. Thank you so much for everything and please keep going!
Thanks! I started teaching when I was 14 and never really stopped. I definitely wasn't a good teacher when I started. I had to practice
Ive been learning instruments since i was in middle school, im now in college, but ive never had an in depth explanation like this before. Sometimes its embarrassing to ask basic questions like "whats the difference between a key and a scale" because when it comes to writing, a lot of people just expect you to know some fundamentals. I'm only 20 minutes into the video but i have the biggest smile on my face because you teach these concepts in an incredibly down-to-earth, easy to understand, and nonjudgemental way. I've been trying to learn theory for the past few months, but learning piece by piece from different parts of the internet is so difficult when you dont know how to put it all together. So thank you for this amazing video! You're making me excited about writing, which was always intimidating before! Never lose the fun in music!
The best guitar teacher I’ve ever had. Easily the most digestible way to learn. The Patreon is 100% worth every penny. I can learn a little bit, play around with what I learned for awhile and when I get bored of that, I can then go back and learn more!
Your streaming setup is unbeliveably efficient and well put together. The cameras are all at the perfect angle, you can seamlessly transition between scenes, and the guitar visualizer is amazing as well. Major props!
Thank you!
Wow watching for an hour did not bored me. Thanks brother for sharing your gift. 👍🙏👍
That is so nice to hear! I sometimes worry that CZcams videos need to be short and tight, but this is my preferred style of video, too.
I’m a songwriter who has so much trouble grasping the rest of the process. this video is awesome and extremely digestible! thank you
"that sounds nice... that'll be okay.. we're just trying to have fun" - gotta channel me some scott paul johnson next time i'm trying to write a song and unnecessarily stressing myself out.
I absolutely love how you can overlay the D chord notes over the notes of the whole key. I seriously need to know how you do it
I can do any key I want! It's a secret for now.
I STILL CANT BELIEVE THIS IS FREE!
Literally the most helpful music theory video that I have ever seen in the past 5 years of being mostly self taught wanting to learn how to create music rather than playing other people’s music so thank you so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey Thanks!
Whenever someone wants beginner tips and pointers to guitar theory and scales, I recommend your videos. When I started playing guitar about 5 years ago I miraculously stumbled upon your channel. Tremendous help and I owe a decent portion of my guitar success to you. Glad to see you’re still educating.
I’ve played for 18 years and I would say I can play along with some pretty difficult stuff. I never learned theory and always just kind of copied what others did. This video just made so many things make sense that I somehow missed along the way. Thanks man, I would buy you a beer if I could!
I’d love a Scott Paul Johnson tutorial on how he produced this incredible livestream! The camera switching, magic fretboard, instant scale visuals. Mind blown! 🤯
The cool thing with music theory is that once you learn about it, you can learn how to break it. You can do so many different things and still make it have fun, even if the traditional music theory wouldn't think the same
1000% agree
I need to say thankyou. Been 15 yrs and u finally got me back in my studio
I randomly skipped to a part later in the video. Subbed within seconds. That's talent my friend
I've never seen the diagram you used for the D major scale, I've always seen scales written linearly.
The diagram was very helpful. I knew that in a major key the ii & iii are minor chords and the IV & V are majors, but the diagram made it easy to see which notes made up those chords: Start at the root and use every other note.
Thank you for creating this lesson, I learned a lot from it.
I love how chill u are, I'm already ready for watching your videos everyday
Incredible and time well spent. Thanks for putting this together.
Really cool lesson, it's great to see you back!
Hey Scott loving this pls keep creating more
I love how simple you break things down to
Your technical setup is really impressive! 🎉
Your content is amazing, Scott!!! Keep rocking!!!
Thank you thank you thank you! Brilliantly concise lesson and your setup is sooo smooth!👊
This helped me plenty! Thank you so much for giving this lesson out for free! Will definetely join your Patreon.
You explained scale so well I dont think ill forget what it is again, thanks!
Godly setup! Doing this live in one shot and the quality of this video is amazing! Kudos! looking forward to more content :)
Great lesson Scott. Lovely to see you back. Excellent setup, superior visuals and always so informative and useful. Thank you for all your hard work.
you're energy is just so enjoyable. you're awesome!!!
Great lesson. Just stumbled on to your site. Three hours later, I've learned more than I have in months. Keep up the good work.
This is just amazing. The problem with most music theory videos is they have no connection to practice. I love how this ties everything together. If feel like if I want to learn more complicated theory I could use this as a leaping off point while already having enough to mess around with. Thank you so much.
Such an epic broadcast Scott! I’ve watched a lot of these types of videos and your format, presentation and flow keep it so interesting! Great laidback teaching style too.
This is the best format I have seen on a music lesson. Really relax but heavy on teaching what really matters. Good job!
This could be the most informative and enlighting video about guitar music theory put in practice on youtube. I'm very grateful for that, thanks Scott!
Really high quality teaching piece and video production that you do all by yourself. I’m stunned man. Subscribed and liked. Keep it up.
THE BEST SETUP I'VE EVER SEEN
I am AMAZED by the quality of your production setup, you did a great job! And it was very useful and entertaining, as always. Thank you.
Yet another outstanding teaching video. Thank you.
Hands down the best teacher I’ve found. Love your style through and through, amigo. Thanks!
I had to leave comment to tell you how much I appreciate the content you post for us. Your setup is truly amazing. Again, thank you for giving this away!
Dude you are a fantastic music communicator. You've retaught me this in a way that I've never seen before. Great work!
The quality of your videos is truly mesmerizing! It’s so appreciated by all the viewers thanks for creating at such a high level🎉🎉🎉
This is amazing and you are an amazing teacher!
Thank you for making these videos! I recommend your channel to anyone I meet asking about learning guitar. I am so impressed with your whole setup and video style. Rock on!
Best hour I've ever spent on the internet, thank you!
Man this video literally read my mind , I wanted to compose my own solo and then you do a live stream on it , Thank you so much ❤
Man, watched and hour straight didnt even realize till you pointed it out, this was so good!! I learned so much, I'll definitely be hitting up the Patreon course!! Thank YOU!!!
Loved this session Scott .... you are always so concise and accurate with your methods.
Thanks for answering my question on the Akai keyboard, much appreciated.
this is one of the best music chords videos. learned so many hacks for an ongoing recording production session.
thank you!
Thank you Scott! I've been working on modes and triads and its been fantastic... but I wanted to get to composition and this will get me going! I really appreciate your teaching style :)
You have a gift and talent to teach the language of music that is fun and exciting! Thank you!
i havent watched this yet but you are one of the best instructors out here. Thank you for taking the time to put out another one. I hope it has great success.
You’re easy to understand, thoughtful, organized, and helpful! Thank you!
Your video "playing with chords" gave me so much delight. I am able to construct the scale, jam and bam i have as well the chords. So much fun now, recording strummed chords and plays on it. Thanks so much. 😊
What a great lesson, you are great at teaching and it shows that you care, thanks, this was inspiring!
Scott you are unreal. Some of this is still a bit out of my realm but you editting and explanations are second to none.
Exactly. Noodling with instructions made simple. I like it. Thanks man.
Man you’re at the top of your game. Great job!
Subscribed. First time I’ve seen one of your videos. Been playing guitar for 40 years and this is the best video on using the major scales to make music I’ve ever seen. Thanks.
Thank you so much for the clear demonstration! That was great for me at this very moment; I've been experimenting with my looper quite a bit lately and this is a perfect structured way for me to get better at literally everything on guitar while making actual enjoyable music!
Starting watching Scott during the pandemic and took my time to learn the major scale.
i had lots of teachers and i gotta say youre an amazing one! thank you for making these videos for free
Wow, lots of goodies on this lesson. Thanks very much for your generosity
Dude... how is it that I accidently land on this video and learned more from this then any instructor I have had in the past. Thanks man this is amazing!
dude, I've seen a lot of these and you are hands down top three of the best at it.
He's so cool about people cracking lame jokes in his chat room. I would have gone wild on those fools but he handled it like chile.
its really cool to see musical theory in action, for whatever reason i couldnt imagine how exactly to apply that knowledge in the real world and you helped me with that, thank you so much
Bro I gotta tell ya this was one of the BEST CZcams videos i've watched all year. Been playing guitar for 18 years, self taught mind you but I left off in the rabbit hole of music theory and this done re blew my mind! Fretboard software is dope btw and you showed me how cool 3rd to 5th bass slides sound! Thanks!!
this was crazy helpful! you have great way of teaching in the perfect pace.
Heyy bro, your lessons are really amazing!! I'm learning things i would have liked to learn when I started playing guitar at 9 years old, but never found the way or maybe the right teacher until these days! Grettings from Argentina 🇦🇷
I've never seen this channel and I've never seen anyone explain how to make music like this. Dude you rock. Keep up the good work. You explain everything very well amd make it fun 🎉
the BEST teacher on CZcams!!!! I've finally progressed after decades of floundering, thanks Scott!!
I can't believe this video is free. Incredible stuff. I'm trying to learn guitar at home and this video definitely tied up some loose ends from what I had read on basic theory. Top-notch teaching presented in a kind, patient, and digestible manner. Thank you.
Thank you for taking your time to teach us❤
Well hey, it's my job! My Patreon school is my main gig! I take all my time doing it on Patreon.
www.scottpauljohnson.com/patreon to learn more
This was great. Thank you. I enjoyed all of it.
I passed grade 3 and grade 4 classical guitar this year of 2023 and blimey you really have helped me massively. You have explained things in such a simple manner.😮
Nice lesson Scott! I like your approach. Thanks
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, since I watched one of your videos (CAGED method) my mind map was like an explosion of expansion, I play in a covers band, that knowledge gave me the self trust to jam or expand any solo. I really like your way to teach and explain everything. Thanks again, you are the best❤️
Hey thanks brother for making this video. I've played for like 28 or so years but I never understood theory and only had two lessons. I just taught myself and never knew why things worked but after watching this it makes sense now. And now it opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for me. Thanks a million
Ahhh I learn so much from your videos! Thank you for the content!
Awesome! What did you learn from this one? I might want to do more “writing” lessons like this
extremely well made ! graphics are super helpful, great job explaining things , this helped a ton
I love you man, what a lesson. What a geniune person, was a pleasure to watch. Feel like u were sitting right next to me and giving this lession. Bravo
Thank you!
Nice course. Your audivisual tools are awesome ! Thanks a lot for this.
Im about 20min in and this was the coolest!! I dont know my chords but whatever it is that you're using is a really good visual representation of different possibilities of what can be played.
Love you so much Scott! You're a game changer, life changer.
THANK YOU!
Hi, Scott! You are just a pleasure to watch, listen to and learn from!!! You have a terrific and eloquent personality and pass on your love of music and guitar effortlessly and wittily. In my vocabulary, you are a 'Mensch' - kudos to your parents, as well!. Thanks so much, and all the best in 2024!!!
Perfect video! Thanks for posting!
Great video. I love your style of teaching.
i wrote a bunch of lyrics but didn't know how to add music to them and it's videos like this and other theory/practice videos and definitely lots and lots of tinkering that helped me add some! still working on others but i think i've got like half of them down which is exciting!
Awesome! I’m planning to do a lot more writing sessions like this in 2024!