Music Theory for music production

 

Music Theory for music production 

 Hello everyone. Phenomenal singh here from india And today's lesson will be about the basic music theory Because for last couple of months I was getting requests to teach some songs on violin and guitar So the thing is that if you know the music theory, and if you understand it Then you can actually figure out how to play any song on any string or key instrument that you like by your own self Even on flute You will get the idea And I can play and teach any song on your request The reason is that I understand how music theory works And obviously there is a lot of practice also So the thing is that If you are able to understand music theory Then 

you can actually be able to figure out and play any of your favorite song And remember that music theory is not only limited to any particular instrument but it applies to all i.e. Violin, keyboard, harp, sitar, guitar, rubab, flute, etc 

So if you want to understand how melody works then you have to understand the music theory, at least the basic one So lets start Now if you look at this piano diagram You will see the continuous repetitive pattern Like after C note, there are two black keys, then three black keys, then two and three and so on So there is a continuous repetitive pattern you can see And in piano this is the middle C note, if you look the whole diagram from left to right And this is the middle C Now if we start looking forward from middle C note After C comes C# Then D and D# And then E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B Then again comes C note Fine Now moving forward It is the same pattern i.e. C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G#, A, A#, B And then again C note Right Same is the case with every key If you start from the key D, then after twelve steps D note will come again Right Like if we count from C note 1 is C, then 2 is C#, 3 is D, 4 is D#, 5.... 12 And then again after twelve steps comes C, which will be counted as one Right So after twelve half steps the same note will come again So by this we learned that there are twelve notes in music which are repeated And the one set of twelve semitones is called an Octave And then comes second octave, third octave, fourth and so on Now lets write down the notes from A After A comes A# Right Then B Then will next be B#? No B and E note have no sharp Right So after A comes, A#, then B and then C Right Then comes C# D D# E And after E comes E#? As I've told you before that B and E note have no sharp So after this comes F Then F# Then G And then G# Right Sorry for my bad handwriting :p actually I'm not a good writer So these are the twelve notes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ... 11 & 12 

These are the twelve notes And from these twelve notes you can actually make a set of seven notes with the formula, which are called scales Like major and minor scales, which are the basic one Now for major scale there is a formula, I'm gonna write it down Major scale Root note: From where any scale will be started Right After root note comes whole step Whole step Half step Whole step Whole step Whole step Half step This is the formula of major scale Now lets see how we gonna apply it and then how it works Root note is the note from where the scale will start 

For example if you want to play B major scale, so then B will be the root note Right You will start from B And if you want to play D major scale then you will start from D note, which is the root note Same is the case with every scale To play A major the root will be A note, for B major the root will be B note and so on After this lets see what is whole step two half steps is equal to one whole step Like if I want to play C major scale then from C note the whole step will be two jumps in ascending order that is D note Right There will be two jumps Right So for C major scale we will start from the root note C And then two half steps that is D note After D again whole note is written so again two jumps, that will be E note Then comes half note means one step so then comes F note Half step is equal to one jump Then again whole step, and that will be G note The whole step, so one jump is G# and the second jump will again go to A note Right Ii just moves on in ascending order and repeats itself i.e. A, A#, B ... G, G#, A, A#, B ... As you have seen in the piano So from G note the whole step will be A note Right After A again comes whole step so it will be B Right And then comes half step which will be C note If you know about C major scale, which is the most common scale We will write it down according to the major scale formula So So we will start from the root note C Right After this I will mark the steps as we move forward So after C come whole step So two jumps will be D note Right So we got the first two notes of C major scale And after D comes whole step which is E note Then comes half step, so from E comes F note After this After F note is whole step so it will be G note Understood? After this Now again comes whole step after G, so it will be A note Right A is also done After this comes whole step,  so after A will be B note B is also done And then half step, so after B the half step will be C note So these are the notes of C major scale If you want to play C major scale then you have to play in these notes OK now let us see D# major scale which is on the seventh number (my lucky number) :p So lets do that D# major scale So To write down D# major scale the root will be? D#, right And from D# note comes whole step, so it will be? E? Nooo... After D# the whole step will be F note After F again whole step means G note This is also done Moving forward Half step after G will be G# This is also done Then comes whole step so where it will be? A? No It will be A# because half step from G# is A and the whole step will be A# Fine And then Again comes whole step after A# so it will be C note Understood? Again the whole step from C, so it will be D note Then half step from D will be D# note Fine So this is how major scale works If you know the formula of any scale then you can actually find and play any scale from the root note Right So up till now we applied the formula of C and D# root And you can find any major scale by applying this formula starting from a particular note you want Just apply the formula and then you can find the notes in that particular major scale and then you can play it And if you found the notes of the scale and match it with the notes on the frets on your instrument then you can play the major scale on any instrument There is another very easy way to find the melody or scale on any instrument which I will tell you in my next upcoming video But for now if you want to find and practice major scale, then this is the best way Right You can do it by it Well this was major scale Now come to minor scale OK First I will write down the twelve notes aka Chromatic scale A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G, G# So So these are the notes in one octave And I will write down the Minor scale formula Minor scale formula Well, now what is minor scale formula Root, the starting of the scale Every scale formula has a root note After this Whole step Half step Whole step Whole step Half step Whole step Whole step Fine R, W, H, W, W, H, W, W Right Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti, Do So it is like that Means there are seven notes in the basic major and minor scale Now lets make C minor scale, starting from C root note 

Because C is the most common root So lets start from C root note Root note, which is C note Right And then comes whole step So it will be? One jump is C# second jump is D Right Now root and first whole step is done Right And then next is the Half step Right So the half step will be D# note D#, right Then comes whole step, so from D# the whole step will be F note This is also done Now the next whole step will lead to G note Done After this again comes half step means from G we will jump to G# Done, after this Again comes whole step which means from G# we have to move two half step means A# And then whole step means C note So These are the notes of C minor scale, I you want to find C minor scale then apply this formula and you are good to play After this lets us find E minor scale as it is the most easiest and common scale for guitarists So lets do E minor scale OK for E minor scale, starting from root note E After root comes whole step, so it will be F# Done Then there is half step after F so is it G or G#? G note G is the half step and then comes whole step So from G the whole step will be A note Will be the whole So A note Now again there is whole note Right So it will be B note Then half note, so it will be C note And then whole note, so it will be D note Then again whole so it will be E note Fine So this is E minor scale So for now I will tell you a very good practice to do Write down all the major and minor scales from A to G# note. Practice them and try to memorize as much as you can. And apply it to your instruments and understand how this stuff works This is the most basic theory, at least you must know this So you must practice this stuff And in the next video, I will tell you about how to figure out your favorite songs on any instrument And for that at least you must know this theory Only then you will be able to find the notes of the melody on your instrument, actually on any tonal instrument That is why I'm again telling you to practice and understand this basic theory And you know what Let me show you one thing This is my file in which I practiced all the stuff that I know today, as you can see This is my whole bunch that I practiced So that is why I'm able to play all kind of melodies and instruments So the thing is if you want to be expert in any instrument playing, whether its violin, guitar, piano or whatever Then at least you must know the theory, so that if someone says you to play any song then you would be at least able to find out how to play that particular song With this comes practice also, but at least you will be able to find out and play the melody of the song So do practice it I hope you understood the music theory And the thing is that on my next tutorial, I will tell you how to find the melody of any song that you want to play Before that tutorial, you have to install a tuner in your mobile i.e. for android, download Da Tuner and for Iphone, download Pano Tuner So download the tuner as we will be using it in the next tutorial So until then, keep practicing Have a nice day Good bye everyone