Writing Transitions Is Fun! (no really)

Transitions can be one of the hardest things to write in music, let's make it easier!

Instead of thinking of transitions as being a necessary evil in music composition, if we approach them methodically it can be more like solving a puzzle or even playing a game to see just how smooth we can go from one musical idea to another.

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[jjrussell]

If only I had a dollar for every 8 bar idea I have sketched out with no idea what to do next. Transitions are the worst but also the best. This video was great for transitioning to the same theme and I know many of the concepts are the same but it's love to see one where you handle transitions to another melody or theme entirely. Amazing channel. Thank you so much.

[PelleKuipers]

Even though I mainly write rock songs I love these videos because they give me ideas to get all the instruments together. And I can't say it often enough; your style of editing is perfect. Short, succinct, and informative.

[prestonrcasey]

And honestly, the transition which already exists in the Mipha training Sidon music is another great example

[casperdewith]

Cool, concise video! As a _Breath of the Wild_ fan, however, I couldn’t help but notice the Mipha from the thumbnail is from _Age of Calamity_ instead. This made me think of the fact that Mipha has a different theme in _Age of Calamity_ based on the original from _Breath of the Wild._ Maybe you can compose a transition between those?

[richardbarcaricchio]

So good. Ryan you are off the charts good. Thank you for your channel, man. Its fantastic.

[paulmdevenney]

oh yeah. Transitions, transitions, transitions. Bring em. Fast to slow, dark to light, minor to major, slick key changes. I'd love to see them all talked through.

[simongross]

Very good. I've been unconsciously doing some of this but it's good to see the techniques laid out so neatly. Thank you.

[ianmcarthur]

Hey just found your channel. This is very helpful and nicely laid out. Thank you! :)

[HowlingUlf]

Keeewl! Composing a crossfade! :D That was smooth!

[prestonrcasey]

You tickled my fancy by talking about Zelda music

[mouhiazeck]

For someone who knows zero music theory, this channel is like watching (or rather hearing) magic. Like HOW does it just WORK like that???

[Solstici_]

i stumbled on your last video looking up tips on how to write string sections, then today this one showed up in my recommended and after watching some more i really have to say you are amazing at transmitting useful and concise information in an easy to understand manner and with brilliant examples. i really hope your content gets to lots more of people soon as i think you completely deserve it. Congratulations man!

[pericomposer]

So, I've just watched 2 videos from this channel thanks to the algorythm and I think it's the best channel for me in my whole youtube life. Thanks so much for these videos, they have been so helpful that I'll be wathcing em more than twice for sure <3

[sincostan]

youtube recommended never fails, subbed!

[MichaelBarnathan]

I feel like this video is more useful towards extending your music than the one on the REPS method. That one will buy you a few extra seconds. Learning to develop a theme or shift to another will give you minutes more of the listener's engagement

[rickrosfeld]

Fantastic. This is probably my greatest weakness. Haven't seen anybody address this problem this succinctly. Can't wait to try these ideas on some of my transitions.

[twitch.]

I love how short your videos are, very hyper focused on one topic to get you back to writing and application as fast as possible.

[listeningcolors]

Great video Ryan!! Looking forward to video on transition between different themes or moods🙌🙌😃

[audielavalos]

Aside from the great explanation of comppsing technique this is also a good intro to what a transition is.

[Unelith]

I've always hated transitions, and I like completely changing the track quite a lot, so I really appreciate this video. I've never thought to list out all changes and categorize them like that.

Now I just hope it doesn't turn out there are 63 changes between my sections