Music Theory For Music Producers And Beatmakers

Learn what you really need to compose music: easy and fast

What you'll learn

How to create simple and complex rhythms

The origin of musical notes and their relationship

Create and identify musical scales

Intervals, chords, inversions and progressions

Extended chords and nomenclatures

Create different types of interesting melodies

How to start a composition from scratch

Requirements

Basic knowledge of a music production software (DAW)

Description

Forget about sheet music, complicated names, and confusing theory.In this course, you'll focus on learning what you really need from music theory to produce music easily and quickly.No detours, no unnecessary theory, no convoluted or extremely complex concepts that you'll never use.You don't need prior knowledge, the ability to play an instrument, or even have one. All you need is your favorite music production software and a strong desire to learn.You will learn the truly important fundamentals you need to compose all types of modern music, like Hip-Hop, Reggaeton, Trap, Dancehall, House, Tech House, Deep House, Tropical House, Techno, Minimal Techno, Melodic Techno, Trance, Psytrance, Dubstep, Future Bass, Drum & Bass, Chillout, Lofi Hip Hop, Pop, K-Pop, Rock, Metal, other electronic music styles, and much more.Even if your goal is to produce classic styles like cumbia, salsa, merengue, and others, this course will be extremely useful for you as well.You will start by understanding rhythm, how it's constructed, the basic properties of sound, and musical notes. Then you'll move on to musical scales and chord creation. Next, chord progressions, extended chords, modal and exotic scales, and melody creation. There are various practical exercises with real-life cases and quizzes to help reinforce everything you've learned throughout the course.From the very first episodes, you'll be able to create your first rhythms, beats, and melodies.

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introducción

Section 2: Rhythm

Lecture 2 BPM, Bars, Beats and Steps

Lecture 3 Time signature

Lecture 4 Practice 1: Creating Urban Rhythm

Lecture 5 Practice 2: Creating an EDM Beat

Lecture 6 Double Tempo Composition

Lecture 7 Artificial and exotic divisions

Lecture 8 Polyrhythm

Section 3: Properties of Sound

Lecture 9 Amplitude and Velocity

Lecture 10 Frequency

Lecture 11 Timbre

Section 4: Musical Notes and Scales

Lecture 12 Musical notes

Lecture 13 Semitones

Lecture 14 Musical Scales

Lecture 15 Major Scale

Lecture 16 Minor Scale

Section 5: Degrees, Intervals and Chords

Lecture 17 Degrees and Intervals

Lecture 18 Basic Chords

Lecture 19 Chord Inversions

Lecture 20 Chord Names

Lecture 21 Extended Chords 1

Lecture 22 Extended Chords 2

Lecture 23 Modal Scales or Modes

Lecture 24 Exotic or alternative scales

Lecture 25 Dissonances

Lecture 26 Practice 3: Chord Progressions

Lecture 27 Practice 4: Bass Lines

Lecture 28 Arpeggios and Arpeggiators

Lecture 29 Swing or Groove

Lecture 30 Call and Response

Lecture 31 Practice 5: Creating Melodies

Beginner Musicians,Music Producers,Beatmakers,DJs,Music enthusiasts