I watch a LOT of music KZfaq channels and this is by far the best one on composing. Very practical -- pretty much all you need to know do to a lot.
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm glad you're finding the content useful!
@alandoyle63132 жыл бұрын
Amazing Simon... you're such a great teacher, and your delivery style is perfectly paced and calm. A joy to watch ! 🙂
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Hi Alan, Thanks for much for your kind words! I've been focusing on the pace over the last few videos, so great to know!
@PapierschnitzelPapercraft2 жыл бұрын
It's like your explaining the grammar of the music language. Love how you find all these patterns, formulas and strategies to break making music into small digestible components.
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you - yes hopefully its helping to break down the various techniques which composers use. Thanks for watching!
@detlefkrystofiak3838Ай бұрын
Hallo Simon, wieder mal ein super Beitrag für mich, der mir sicher helfen wird. Darüber habe ich ehrlich gesagt, gar nicht so drüber nachgedacht. Sehr hilfreich ist auch, dass Du immer gleich Beispiele dazu gebracht hast. Dies hilft enorm, die Sache zu verstehen. Also vielen Dank !! DK
@narresnair11542 жыл бұрын
Pure Gold
@es__music2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad I found your channel. You are a great teacher!
@jeanpierrecarpentier2 жыл бұрын
So interesting and remarkable how using minor seventh interval fills out this basic track with rich harmonics right there :) Again great video
@anupsunar4693 Жыл бұрын
Thankyou sir love from Nepal 🇳🇵❤️
@richardhardiman38962 жыл бұрын
Had Insomnia today and was up at 4.00am - ended up watching the entire 'Music Theory' playlist back to back. Already most of the way through your other videos. They are brilliant and such a good way to learn how to compose music. Thanks for these - you do a great job. Look forward to 'completing' all the videos and seeing more when you relase them :)
@BinhNguyen0748 ай бұрын
Wow, this is really mind-blowing!
@composingacademy82708 ай бұрын
I am so pleased you have found it useful!
@bassbuzzmusic6681 Жыл бұрын
Best teacher ever
@SoraiaLMotta8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the lesson
@composingacademy82708 ай бұрын
You're welcome, thank you for watching!
@bobogus7559 Жыл бұрын
I always find it amazing that the minor sixth and major third have such a different sound despite consisting of the same notes (likewise with the major sixth and minor third).
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Yes that's very true!
@micwarren212 жыл бұрын
Holding a pedal note really adds to the interesting sounds of the intervals. Wonder if the melody would lose its effect if harmonized.
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Quite possibly yes as harmony of course can change the feel of a melody completely. It all helps add to the limitless possibilities available when composing music!
@victornoagbodji2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for putting this together! Hopefully you will cover descending intervals too 🙏 😊
@christopherheckman79572 жыл бұрын
As well as 9ths, 10ths, ...
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Yes I'm definitely planning on revisiting, to look more at descending and intervals over an octave as well. Thanks for watching!
@victornoagbodji2 жыл бұрын
@@composingacademy8270 🙏 👍
@user-oc8jp2bk2y Жыл бұрын
@@composingacademy8270 yep waiting for that too. I didn't find any source stating that ascending and descending ones have different "moods" attached to them.
@stephenbingham9625 Жыл бұрын
Love how you are so intuitive!
@composingacademy827011 ай бұрын
Appreciate the comment, thank you!
@joseferro1432 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Very simple, but informative. Your examples are great!
@LightWingStudios2 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, clear and concise explanations with great examples that are easy to follow. I might suggest channel visitors listen to Hans Zimmer' "Man Of Steel" and you'll get the idea of how powerful and breathtaking Intervals can become. Well done Simon!
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your feedback! Oh yes I should have mentioned Man of Steel as its a great, relatively simple example of intervals, especially the major 7th I find!
@andrewrobson7212 Жыл бұрын
Fantastic vid. Thanks so much.
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@ProfileP246 Жыл бұрын
Brilliant!
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!
@jayantjrathod Жыл бұрын
Thank You So Much Sirjee
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Most welcome, thank you for watching!
@eiredes6662 ай бұрын
I just love your vids, Man!
@composingacademy82702 ай бұрын
Appreciate it, thank you for watching!
@marvinodhiambo83628 ай бұрын
I just love this. All I've been looking for ❤❤❤
@composingacademy82708 ай бұрын
Hi, I am so pleased you have found it useful! Thank you for watching!
@vspatmx74582 жыл бұрын
this was priceless. if it's Convenient for you then we would like the interval distance for bout 10 to 20 notes ( 1st 3 bars) of every popular riff. after I heard the likes of Schindlers list Mia Sebastian Lala land forest Gump Amelie Married life - Up I realised that it's just not the 1st interval.. but the successive ones collectively which truly create the impact and mood needed to touch the hearts and minds and seduce the day lights out of ppl ( like me) I am 45 and just started teaching myself the piano during the last lockdown in my country. But for the last 100 years or so I have always wondered bout the secret sauce that goes into playing these initial notes which make the most jaw dropping theme riffs
@user-kd1kz1ri3i2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!!
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@sudhanva-bhat Жыл бұрын
Your channel is one of the best ones to teach in simple steps. I wish I could learn more from you by some course :)
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
I have a course, 'Cinematic Music Made Easy' re-launching in September, if you are signed up to my newsletter more details will follow soon. Watch this space!
@JamesNoteology5 ай бұрын
very informative, how do you decide if a melody is going to be ascending or descending?
@PatooOfficial2 жыл бұрын
I really really appreciate this channel, such a legendary channel
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your kind words!
@ricardohernandez27712 жыл бұрын
Gracias!
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@desoconnor74452 жыл бұрын
Very useful knowledge 🙏🙏🏿👍🎩✨
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@BrettILevine Жыл бұрын
So glad I stumbled onto your channel
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Welcome! Thanks for watching!
@chj.schwarz2 жыл бұрын
very helpful and to the point! great work with all the animations and visuals, everything's nice and readable. will definitely check our other videos
@bogotta2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@raulbondarev1160 Жыл бұрын
Thank you Simon. This one has always been topical. I currently explore intervals am chords progressions that Two Steps From Hell used to create some compositions I love
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I love Two Steps from Hell and always find it useful experience to transcribe and analyse their chord progressions. Thank you for watching!
@yudipitre57202 жыл бұрын
Subscribed
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@muddycube-theboringytchann90362 жыл бұрын
Great one!
@tedklampett1737 Жыл бұрын
totally enjoyed this - thank you so much ! :)
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@diegonascente92892 жыл бұрын
Very informative! Many thanks!
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching - I'm glad it was useful!
@yvanroustan44262 жыл бұрын
Very well explained ! thank you !
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you for watching!
@mortengu1385 Жыл бұрын
this is really useful :-)
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@sunderdasika2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding video
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@tahasepehri90492 жыл бұрын
thanks for this helpful video🙏
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@juanrojas7505 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the content. Great channel. Subscribing. Shout out from chile🇨🇱🍷
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you, really appreciate the comment!
@AngryPeopleStudios Жыл бұрын
I'm trying to learn starting from scratch, and this is so incredibly helpful! Sub'd!
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for reaching out - I'm glad it was helpful. Thanks for the Sub!
@benmontey343811 ай бұрын
Just for that, I'm going create a piece full of unresolved Major 7ths. They don't always have to resolve. And if anything, sometimes you end up birthing an even better song by allowing the Major 7 to just be.
@michellamontagne2 жыл бұрын
Thank you Simon I’m new to your channel I just subscribed. I enjoyed this video although I just play by ear I can learn something for sure.
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Hi Michel, many thanks for the sub. I'm glad you enjoyed the video - thanks for watching!
@dpsoulofmusic2 жыл бұрын
I hope you make more quality videos, have fun.
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Yes, lots more planned! Thanks for watching!
@StefanoCasavecchia2 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@nchangcute25392 жыл бұрын
7:42 it reminds me to Man of steel theme
@JosiahFickinger Жыл бұрын
The minor 6th reminds me of the altered version of the main Star Wars theme, but minor.
@22singhisking10 ай бұрын
If you don't mind me asking, what is voice you have used for background.... Pad... BTW this tutorial was very informative.. Thank you.
@pauloluisdemoraespereirape9484 Жыл бұрын
Sensacional!!!
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@cesar_m.p.2 жыл бұрын
Please do this with modal scales/intervals!
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Great idea!
@andrewgreat67892 жыл бұрын
Very helpful sir Sir please I'll be glad if you can make a video on how to choose a perfect time signature when trying to compose a piece or if you already have a video like that you can refer me to it,thank you 🙏🙏. Love from Nigeria🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
I'm glad it was useful! Thank you for the video suggestion - I will make a note now to include a video on time signatures in the future!
@darlenemiley Жыл бұрын
Can you make a video on Intervals and the emotion, but descending intervals Please!
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Hi, thank you for the suggestion, I will add this to my ideas for future videos!
@camelCased Жыл бұрын
This is exactly what I needed, thank you so much. I often come up with melodies sounding in my mind for months but I'm afraid to create music out of them because when I try, I struggle to achieve the same mood that I imagined in my mind, or the mood gets cheesy and does not progress at all. One thing that's still a mystery for me is how a single note added to a major triad can suddenly make it sound sad and not major at all. I keep scratching my head and thinking - hm, is there any rule of thumb to know when adding a note will completely transform a triad to the opposite mood, and when the initial triad will still win and won't let the additional note have such a serious transformative effect? Not even sure how to express this transformation in correct musical terms. Maybe it's worth a separate video.
@twoscoops22 жыл бұрын
Intervals are like my favorite thing in a melody, but you're often told not to use "leaps" in a melody. Maybe that's more for singing and not for instrumentals?
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Yes make sure that you don't have lots of big leaps. Moving by step (minor or most likely a major 2nd) will help to give you the most cohesive melody (throw in a few jumps for good measure). Try to avoid lots of leaps by anything over a 5th though
@thierryschuepbach58492 жыл бұрын
how you do the baclground sound ? behind the piano sound i search this so long cant find it
@digikaininja52 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this wonderful insight how the notes relate to one another. I am trying to come up with Meshuggah type riffs using the 1/2 whole diminished scale but i am getting stuck at the morse code/binary/rhythms they use...can u help me in coming up with something simple that sounds like basic meshuggah with all the elements.
@composingacademy82702 жыл бұрын
Hi, thanks for reaching out. I'm afraid I've never come across Meshuggah before (I've just googled them after your suggestion) so I'm not sure if I'm the best person to go through their harmonic traits :-)
@EternalF4ll Жыл бұрын
Explained the concepts so well! Thank you!
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
You are welcome, thank you.
@saefeldein3402 Жыл бұрын
We play note inside intervals only or we play intervals after that we can play notes high or any note interval Please reply
@paulsochinfan2 жыл бұрын
Hi Simon, very good video. May I ask what is the music composing software that you are using on this video? it seems to have all the things I want (both Paino Roll and Notation Editor together)
@mortengu1385 Жыл бұрын
the black GUI looks like Cubase...
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Hi Paul, Apologies for the delayed reply. It is indeed Cubase, but I then recreate the notation separately in another program called Finale. I then combine the two together in my video editing software. I hope that helps
@alexiacerwinskipierce8114 Жыл бұрын
I have a question, or two, not related to inervals... what program are you using? Many of the DAW programs look so intimidating to a beginner like myself, but the program you are using looks fairly straightforward... also, and this is probably a dumb question. But the sound playing in the background of each example. What was that?
@janicewinston8696 Жыл бұрын
What program (DAW) are you using to input keyboard notes?
@composingacademy8270 Жыл бұрын
Hi, apologies for delay. I use Cubase Pro 11. Hope that helps!