🎹 The ABSOLUTE BEST WAY to get Better at Making Melodies & Chord Progressions *from SCRATCH*

In this video, I'll be showing you the best way to get better at making melodies and chord progressions. Learning the major and minor scales of every key, plus the chords that are in each key is essential when it comes to progressing as a music producer. I've found that after one month of practicing these for 5-10 minutes a day, it's been easier to get inspired or get started on tracks.

This video is sponsored by Novation. Novation is a leader in the music production industry, they make hardware that is fully integrated with major DAWs in order to help get your ideas into your projects more efficiently. The product that I am showcasing in this video is the Novation Launchkey 61, a premium midi keyboard with a variety of features and functions.

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⌚️ Timestamps

0:00 – Intro
1:23 – Tutorial overview
3:26 – Exercise overview
4:11 – Putting the exercise into practice
6:29 – Major scale formula
8:12 – Chords in the Major scale
9:25 – How to make chords
11:51 – Basic Launchkey features
14:43 – Where to find chord progressions
17:38 – Making a beat using the Launchkey
20:48 – Recording a melody
22:56 – Drums
23:55 – 808
25:12 – Additional Launchkey features
26:29 – Conclusion
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[itstonyholiday]

Couple things I want to address here team.

I know this was a long one, but these exercises and techniques to make and find chords and melodies are very useful if you’re new to playing keys. Sorry about the lack of piano sound when going through the exercises, I thought my external mic would pick the sound up better than it did.

I know the beat I ended up making in the end was hardly my best work, one portion of the arp was out of key, etc. I was in a bit of a rush due to my camera running low on batteries. The concepts that I explained are the points I wanted to get across. I would like to start doing beatmaking videos on top of tutorials to change up the content on the channel, and for that I will invest in a power adapter for my camera so that I can take the time and properly explain what I’m doing when making music.

As always, I can’t tell you how much I appreciate the support and positive comments you leave regarding the content and channel. They always motivate me to continue to get better in all aspects of creating content.

Thanks for watching, catch you in the next one ✌️

Tony

[Eloho-Inibi]

one can easily tell that this guy is solely interested in educating us, passing on what he has, and seeing us excel. he is so different from many others who, from start to finish, repeatedly tell you to subscribe to their channels. nothing wrong with that but, it's amazing how selfless Tony Holiday is. thank you so much.

[Prod.owen_]

Glad you're back Tony, Great video as always

[christopheryahiruluacbaraj]

I hope this channel gets bigger! it makes everything easier! I grew up playing more guitar than piano and this helps a lot :D sigue con el buen contenido!!

[PScaio]

This channel should be mandatory for every music producer!! Thank you so much for this knowledge man!

[thcbeats_]

Thanks again for the great videos tony, honestly the best music tutorial creator on youtube! Every time i finish a binge session of your videos I feel like a whole new producer. Keep creating brotha!!

[herbhs]

This is good info bro im still trying to get logic to do what I need it to do its nit easy navigating around in logic thanks for what you give us on your channel

[kb]

I enjoyed this video good job.Keep the the content coming learning alot from you.🙏🇹🇹

[poobens]

Wow, you always bring it! Thanks as always, brother.

[zbarsky]

Shift + R in Logic also captures Midi notes without recording.

[johnathanbeats]

I also use same piano and practice playing more than creating atm. thanks for the info!

[its_beth]

Great video can you make a video how you use the Novation launchkey with logic live loops ?😊

[YoureNowOnTV]

Thanks for another useful video! 😀👍 (The Piano sound as you are explaining is somewhat lower in volume, so it's a little tricky to hear what's being played).