Changing Speed without Changing Tempo | Hack Music Theory

Watch this Hack Music Theory video to learn the magic songwriting & producing trick of speeding up and slowing down your songs without changing the BPM (i.e. tempo). Here's a clue: it involves time signatures! The real world example in this video uses 3/4 and 6/8 to reveal this trick. But first... tea!

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VIDEO SEGMENTS
1:39 Creating the Pulse
3:09 Changing the Pulse
5:15 3/4 vs 6/8
6:03 Drums vs Other Instruments
6:21 Option #1
7:22 Option #2
8:56 Option #3
10:31 Real World Example
10:48 Bass
13:44 Synths
14:38 Drums
18:32 The Final Playthrough

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Hi, we are Kate Harmony and Ray Harmony, AKA Revolution Harmony. Every Monday you’ll find us here, sharing our top-secret songwriting hacks with you, for free. So whether you’re a beginner or a professional, a songwriter or a producer, these hacks will have you writing great songs in no time.

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Ray is an award-winning music lecturer and the author of the critically-acclaimed book series, Hack Music Theory. After decades of teaching ‘popular’ and ‘classical’ music theory, Ray created a unique crossover method for songwriting, which we call Hack Music Theory. We use this method to write all our music. Ray’s songs have even featured Serj Tankian (System of a Down), Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine), Kool Keith, and many more.

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[Joe-zrbv]

Hey man,
I stumbled upon this video because I did not know how to approach the change in time signature on my piano sheet music. I would like to tell you this is one of the best lecture formats I have seen on YouTube, and you are an amazing teacher. The lesson is segmented and laid out in clear, easy-to-digest bits, you are straight to the point, very energetic, and you provide examples as you go.

I do not usually comment or give feedback on videos, but the production quality of your video is very impressive. Thank you so much man. Keep making YouTube vids! Subscribed

[martinbielke]

Thanks! I would love to see an example strarting from 4/4...

[XiaoLongGungFu]

If I could SUPER LIKE, I would. The music teacher I never had! Will be watching more!

[flarz]

this was definetly not what i was looking for when i did my search but it'll definetly be useful

[arthurmee]

I always enjoy the way you dig the music at the end with all the body movement. This is a great tutorial too. Thank you so much.

[KnkyDsco]

You make learning music theory very fun, thank you for your work :)

[BrennaAOlson]

i forgot I had the playback speed at 1.25 so I was like "wow, he's done extra coke today" (I mean that in the most loving way lol, your enthusiasm is very lovely)

[chambre]

thanks a lot man, I m finally at that point where I get to understand what you are saying, I must say that it took me a while, thanks again and keep up with the good work

[andrewizz]

A cool effect I like to use is changing between 6/4 using quarter notes and 4/4 using triplets. This way you can change the speed of a melody or rhythm keeping the same amount of notes and the same bpm

[karthikrock]

great lesson! I understood this concept in 3/4 and changing to a compound time signature of 6/8. If I had a song in 4/4 what compound time signatures would I be able to use to slow down/speed up my track?

[graeham]

Fascinating, inspiring and opening a a door to a new world of creativity and fun.

[sss.]

That track is dope, definitely going to be using this hack

[rory]

The problem is with me, my bpm is 216, while I was making the melody I didn't realise and now it's extremely hard to keep it's original speed but I have to change the bpm of 132 (what it was supposed to be)

[mrpeanut]

I know this isn't directly theory related: but could you do a demo video of what VST instruments you are using for Keys/Bass/Drums and how you got them in Reaper? BTW I also use Reaper =)

[dimeterchevaeros]

I noticed that some intro's to rock song often start out with a chord progression on guitar that is on a different tempo before the drums come in. Or Is this just me having bad rhythm?
Some examples:
Deftones-change (house of flies) starts out slower and then speeds up
Chris Cornell - nothing compares to you (Prince cover) starts out faster and then slows down

[MrBlunt]

Thank you man!!!! I've been looking for the answer to this question for so long.

[MrRobody]

But how do I slow down just the drums (trap part) without slowing the piano cos the piano is perfect speed, but the trap is too fast? I just need to use a beat as a 'prop' to rap my poem to a beat. I'm not claiming the beat as my own. I just need the beat and very quick and I got no idea what I'm doing. And it's live, not recorded or anything, so no copyright infringement issues.

[chadjones]

Your videos and ebooks are REALLY helpful. Thank you so much for your effort!
On another note, could you guys make a video on various ways to produce tension while building up to a chorus?
Thanks again!

[wumwhedrewum]

Hi your didactics are wonderful
I have tried to download the free pdf book mentioned in the video to no avail
I have also tried to contact you but I get no response.
I will really like to be your student so please kindly help me out.
how do I get registered?
Thanks

[LouisSerieusement]

I love you both you are so cute and generous :D cheers guys :):):)