Do You REALLY Need Music Theory?

Do you need to know music theory to produce music / make music or beats? Can you be a music producer without knowing music theory? Can you play the guitar without Music theory? Can you play piano without Music theory? This video will attempt to answer these questions. I will explain what music theory is, and how it can be helpful to you as a music producer or musician. It doesn't matter if you play the guitar, piano or if you produce Music in fl studio. Music theory can still be very helpful to you as a producer and musician. But do you really NEED to know music theory? Or can you make it without it? That's the big question.
If you are a music producer you might have asked yourself the following question: Do you have to know music theory in order to make music and succeed as a music producer? In this video, I'll try to explain this. I'll explain what music theory is, and how it can be helpful to you as a producer. Some people will say that you don't need it, while others will say that you definitely do need it. The thing is, people are different, so you'll have to decide for yourself. Hopefully, this video will help you do just that.

Note: The chords shown in the video does not show an actual ninth chord. It's just some random footage of chords being created. :)

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[samuelbeltrami]

Many of my classmates admire me for my "beatmaking skills"... I actually just know music theory quite well (I study jazz piano) and apply it to beats and i've already sold some of them in my school

[elbuhdai]

I recently took the plunge and finally decided to start learning music theory beyond keys, scales, and chords. While I agree it's not a requirement to make great music if you have an ear for what works and what doesn't, it sure does speed things up! Great video.

[TetoArusu]

From my experience, it is to take theories into practice (like composing great chord progressions) that is essentially difficult, not understanding the theories :(

I understand a bit of advanced chord progression theories but can’t really utilize them in my composition 😅

[MG-fr]

If you have a music ear you don't need music theory but it is worth to learn music theory ❤😊

[AzureSymbiote]

Yes, music theory is very important. And thanks for the recommendation of 'Dance Music Manual'.

[coolmenthol]

The background music is so wrong lol. Made my day. Anyway, music theory really makes everything clearer and make sense. I never know about blues scale before, blame to Swing EDM :). Thanks, Firewalk. Cheers!

[andysaavedra]

Love the Dance Music Manual! Highly recommend.

[DjClimamusic]

Thank you FireWalk, great information, thumbs up! :)

[Gloomer]

Thank you for this great tut. I dunno anything about music theory for sure, but I use my ears and brain to create my music, but after all, I should learn something about notes and chords. Cheers Eirik, another great tutorial!

[Dog-i]

I made almost 200 songs on soundcloud and I've never learned music theory. I say the most important thing is to study music and listen to a lot of it.

[HouseJunke]

rick snomans books are game changers. i bought all the editions. hes a really cool dude too

[gnudez]

3:14 hahaha he just cut the screen and put it in the video xD

[Altyros]

Hey @FireWalk, can you do a tutorial on how to extract melodies from songs so you can rearrange or build off of? I heard you can do that with melodyne. You’re videos are awesome!!

[Ekalavya_]

I'm trying to learn Music theory as much as I can. But in the end, i always end up ignoring the advanced ones, cuz it just doesn't get along with my understanding. But I still can figure out melodies and harmonies without "the theory"

[djcomputerlove]

Music theory is like mathematics, I think some people just naturally have a learning skill for it.

[iamvukasinn]

For more technical stuff, you definitely want to buy both books by Marteen Vorwerk (most famous ghost producer out there).
And again, amazing video bro! Keep it up!

[syx]

some people are gifted with good ears even martin garrix doesn't know about music theory much
i just see what note fits in my music and it works

[AJtheprogrammer]

I make music without any music theory knowledge. Is that bad? I know that Music Theory helps composers and music producers to create strategically but... am I an inferior/bad composer for not knowing anything about music theory?

(oh wait, I know about the harmonic key scales...)

(but I still don't know anything about chords)

[MSSX]

Im nearing the end of a track in Which I want to send all my midi to .WAV Should i make all my mixxer channels dry before doing so and reapply after i convert or will this not really matter?