Music Theory for Electronic Music COMPLETE: Parts 1, 2, & 3

U1: Welcome & Overview

• Class Overview

U2: Understanding Music Theory from an Electronic Music perspective

• The Piano Roll Editor
• Octaves
• Using Octaves
• The Black Keys (not the band)
• Finding C and Middle C
• Section 1 Summary

U3: The Perfect 5th, and Being "In Key"

• The Perfect Fifth
• Finding Fifths
• Being "In Key"
• The Pattern of a Key
• Fifth Examples

U4: More With Keys, The Third, and The Basic Triad

• Moveable Patterns
• The Major and Minor Third
• Building Triads
• Chord Progressions

U5: Diatonic Chord Progressions

• What is Diatonic?
• Finding All The Chords
• Roman Numerals
• Example Song Analysis No. 1
• Inversions

U6: A 7th Chords

• 7th Chords Overview
• Diatonic 7th Chords
• Maj7 (Major 7) Example
• Dominant 7th Chords
• Blues and the 7th Chord

U7: The Other Intervals

• The Fourth
• The Second
• The Sixth
• Song Analysis No. 2

U8:Part 1 Wrap Up

• Part 1 Wrap Up

U9:Part 2: Welcome & Overview

• Welcome to Part 2

U10: Minor Scales & Keys

• Minor Scales
• Relative Keys
• Minor Diatonic Chord Progressions
• The Case of the Melodic and Harmonic Minor Scales

U11: Analysis: Ghosts N Stuff (Deadmau5)

• Analysis: Ghosts N Stuff (Deadmau5)

U12: A The Circle of Fifths

• Why? What We Know So Far
• Changing Keys in Your Track

U13: Analysis: Get Lucky (Daft Punk)

• Analysis: Get Lucky (Daft Punk)

U14: A Few More Chord Extensions

• 7th Chords in Minor
• 9ths and 13ths
• Suspended Chords
• Reading a Chord Chart
• Cluster and Unnamed Chords

U15: Analysis: Everything You Do is a Balloon (Boards of Canada)

• Analysis: Everything You Do is a Balloon (Boards of Canada)

U16: Melody Writing

• Writing Melodies for Chord Progressions
• Writing Chord Progressions for Melodies
• Counter Melody: Arpeggiation

U17: Analysis: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex)

• Analysis: Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites (Skrillex)

U18: Bass Lines

• Follow the Root Note
• Bass Riffs
• Get Muddy

U19: Analysis: Windowlicker (Aphex Twin)

• Analysis: Windowlicker (Aphex Twin)

U20: Chromaticism

• Chromaticism

U21: Part 2 Wrap Up

• Part 2 Wrap Up

U22: Part 3: Welcome and Overview

• Part 3: Introduction
• Working with the Piano Roll Editor
• Major and minor chords, scales, and keys
• Diatonic Chord Progressions

U23: Modes! New Harmonic Territories

• Introduction to New Harmonic Ideas
• How Modes Work
• History of Modes
• The Ionian Mode
• The Dorian Mode
• The Phrygian Mode
• The Lydian Mode
• The Mixolydian Mode
• The Aeolian Mode
• The Locrian Mode

U24: Using Modes

• A word about analysis projects in this class
• Producing with Modes
• Example Track Using Modes
• Example Track Using Modes

U25: Pentatonic Scales

• What are Pentatonic Scales?
• Uses of the Pentatonic Scales
• The Major Pentatonic Scale
• The Minor Pentatonic Scale

U26: Using Pentatonic Scales

• Example Track with Pentatonic Scales
• Example Track with Pentatonic Scales

U27: Chromatic Mediants

• What are Chromatic Mediants?
• Example Track with Chromatic Mediants
• Example Track with Chromatic Mediants

U28: Creating with Advanced Harmonies

• Ok, We Have Tons of Options Now. What Do I Do?
• Tip 1: Work Backwards
• Example Track Using the "Work Backwards" Technique
• Tip 2: Map out a Mode or Scale and Explore It
• Example Track using "Mapping"
• Tip 3: Find the "Essence" of the scale, mode, or key.

U29: Exotic Scales

• What are Exotic Scales?
• The Algerian Scale
• The Arabian Scale (Diminished Scale)
• The Major Arabian Scale (Major Locrian Scale)
• The Japanese Scale (Hon Kumoi Shiouzhi)
• The Japanese Scale
• The Balinese (Pelog) Scale
• The Egyptian Scale
• The Whole Tone Scale
• The Spanish Gypsy Scale
• The Hungarian Scale
• The Hungarian Gypsy Scale
• The Persian Hungarian Gypsy Scale
• The Persian Scale
• The Chinese Scale
• The Oriental Scale
• The Neapolitan Scale
• The Hindu Scale
• Raga Hanumatodi
• Raga Todi

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