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How to learn music theory in 12 minutes!
Music Theory is spaghetti code made over the course of thousands of years and I'm going to be honest, anyone who has tried to explain it feels like they're trying to explain their dreams more than an actual musical concept. At this point we should probably just do a clean slate and make it actually easy to understand, because it is easy, but alas we're here. There's a couple videos out there that are alright. Guy Michelmore is good. But I wanted a video of music theory that I felt would be the most comprehensible and no bull way to explain it.

If you already know music theory you might have some questions
What about augmented chords? I forgot about those but they're simple to understand once you understand other fundamentals. It's a chord made up of two major thirds (the spacing between your first and third will be the same between your third and fifth). Kind of scary to use but they have a use. But you also have to go our of your way to learn about them, not really worth knowing unless you're actively seeking them out. They should not have the same weight as major, minor, or even diminished chords.

What about rhythm? I had that explained but I opted to not talk about it just because I think I made it took boring in this video, and because I intended this video for people who use DAW's, rhythm is pretty easy to understand on applications, only thing you should really care about is BPM (or tempo) and time signatures like 4/4 and 3/4. Sometimes someone will tell you a song is in 6/8 which to me speaks more to the spaghetti code part of music. Like what do you mean you don't use the greatest common denominator? But 99% of the time you're going to make a song in 4/4 and you will never really change that so I don't think you should worry about it unless you actively want to pursue other signatures.

What about tonics and diatonics and all the vernacular you missed? Because there are too many names for notes already and I think its useless unless you are an actual professor, and at that point you're not making music, you're teaching it, and I made this for people who want to make music, not people who watch me wanting my knowledge of theory to be perfect.

ITS CALLED A Gb MAJOR NOT AN F# MAJOR. If I was writing sheet music, yeah, you could hurt me real bad but I'm using ableton so it affects literally nothing and B is easier to understand as a note instead of Cb. This video is not academic and flats exist to complicate DAWs and your mind when you start out. I think after some practice of understanding scales you can properly define them with the correct sharps and flats, if you only use sharps to label notes its not going to harden in your brain like cement.

The only thing I would say I glossed over are specifically defining intervals, just because I didn't focus on giving things names in this video (like a major third and a minor third, or how the distance between a I and V is actually a PERFECT fifth. But I think you should know what they actually are before you give them their name just like the people who discovered them)

Does this guy suck at piano? Probably. I need to practice more.

ok that's all the garbage spewed out. Enjoy music theory!

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The empty bottle of alcohol on the shelf really says a lot about a musicians mind.

yamagooba
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Most profitable use of music theory degree

ghostchris
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"ahah, this guy is good at explaining"
"hmm, cool, i didnt know it was that easy"
"whole step, whole step, half step"
"wait, wait, wait"
"what????"
"save to watch later"

Bujang-ys
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I'd like to think he drank that whole bottle of Hennessey before making this video

jakeandbake
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“Music theory is easy, ” proceeds to explain music theory, like a keyboardist with a keyboard.

zeropointstar
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I am now an accomplished musician and I’m going to perform at Live Aid tomorrow. Thank you NoMad.

MeowZRO
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The title is true for about 40 seconds.

tilhon
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Trying to learn guitar, bass, and music theory for a band. This video, along with many others, is a great introduction. Thank you for making this.

redoofstro
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I’ve been watching your stuff for a couple months and had no idea this great video was yours until I looked at my screen.
Great stuff man, really impressive.

TotalDeadCenter
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at 14 i dropped out of music theory classes and never rlly encountered an accessible entry point for me to pick it up again on my own. i am so so grateful for you reopening up this world for me in this lighthearted yet substantial way. thank you 🌷

lashymyse
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that escalated from elementary school level to way above my head quicker than I ever imagined (and am comfortable to admit, lol.)

To.Ma.To_
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I love how you broke down everything as a teacher of piano myself. Really great pacing and would very helpful to those going through Youtube University for the first time. I wanna see sequels on seventh chords and harmony.

chaggle
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no, it starts with
one thing I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme to explain in due time
All I know, time is a valuable thing
Watch it fly by as the pendulum swings
Watch it count down to the end of the day, the clock ticks life away
It's so unreal, didn't look out below
Watch the time go right out the window
Tryna hold on, did-didn't even know
I wasted it all just to watch you go
I kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
One thing, I don't know why
It doesn't even matter how hard you try
Keep that in mind, I designed this rhyme
To remind myself how I tried so hard
In spite of the way you were mockin' me
Actin' like I was part of your property
Rememberin' all the times you fought with me
I'm surprised it got so far
Things aren't the way they were before
You wouldn't even recognize me anymore
Not that you knew me back then, but it all comes back to me in the end
You kept everything inside and even though I tried, it all fell apart
What it meant to me will eventually be a memory of a time when
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this, there's only one thing you should know
I've put my trust in you
Pushed as far as I can go
For all this, there's only one thing you should know
I tried so hard and got so far
But in the end, it doesn't even matter
I had to fall to lose it all
But in the end, it doesn't even matter

allingameplayita
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Genuinely haven’t touched my keyboard in months because I haven’t been able to make sense of it. This video has motivated me to try again. Great work!!

justsomejoker
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"music theory is easy"
proceeds to speak gibberish for 12 minutes

jbyeet
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When he said *"This C right here, has half the frequency of this c but, it has double the frquency of this c", * I knew that this man was cooking

ExtLebo
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I’ve been teaching my student about pentatonics on the guitar. It absolutely rocked his world when I told him that you can play it in whatever order however you want to, and it will still sound good. I use pentatonics when I play live all the time cause it’s easier to improvise different keys faster with it

TheGman
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I already understood a small bit about music theory but this helped me a whole lot. I’m a thirteen year old bass player who’s wanting to get really good with music, and this will definitely help me with songwriting. Thank you so much!!

ColtonAusborn
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That cord progression from Cmaj7 to C7 at 7:50 scratches my brain good. Awesome vid bro

TriVisionTriesAgain
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this is the most easy to understand video on music theory ive seen

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