A Radical Way to New Chord Progressions!

[@aylbdrmadison1051]

That last piece was especially cool ! Clearly that's not an easy progression to write for.🥰😊 The way it tricks you into thinking there's a resolution just around the corner (the two diminished chords), but even the Am sounds like something else needs to happen, not fully resolved. I could see using that in a piece, then changing modes again to resolve it to something unexpected.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@aylbdrmadison1051 Good to see you again! And I'm happy you enjoyed the last one, because that means you watched all the way to the end! Haha no but it was indeed a challenge. I just went for what sounded cool to my ears in the end and tried not to overthink.

[@DEADLINETV]

That, again, is a really nice concept! I'm learning so much about how to possibly deal with different modes and the vibes they have! No Rick Beato has ever been able to do that for me!.I really appreciate your production too. Very well put together and done in a cool and humorous way.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@DEADLINETV Thank you so much! Means a lot. And now you're officially off the hook. You can unsubscribe again if you so please! Hahah

[@DEADLINETV]

@@heitstrengningmusic I will do no such thing! I'm staying! Enjoying the content too much!

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@DEADLINETV What a relief! It's great to have you!

[@Pikachu-o2j]

Such a fun video! Felt so frustrated today, helped me a lot :D

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@Pikachu-o2j That's fantastic! Makes me very happy to hear that, and thanks a lot for sharing. Have a great day!

[@lamondsutherland4581]

Thanks for asking me to do this man! You even managed to make my crappy phone footage look kind of intentional haha. You should really look into doing music videos man, because some of the visuals you put to the musical excerpts work really well.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@lamondsutherland4581 Thanks for agreeing to help out! I wouldn't have been able to write/play that! Thanks, I'm happy you think so. I love doing that kind of stuff, but it's hard to find fitting stuff and it's insanely time consuming to make my own. But I would love to! If my songs weren't so darn long I would have loved to make a video. Maybe for the next release! I have shorters songs in mind for that one (for the most part).

[@ecerenu]

In instances where you 'lost' a note and then chose another note a half step away from it, couldn't you also have tried the same pattern but with the half step note going the other way away from the note you 'lost'? I think everything you tried worked on some level, but there are still more options on the table that would've been nice to hear too.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

I tried to follow the "rules" as much as I could, so I did my best to stick to the same root note for each chord, and have the intervals follow in a way that made the most sense for the chord with that root note. But you are right, there are tons more options, and definitely better musical choices than the ones I made during this experiment. If I didn't have to follow some arbitrary set of rules, that is. Did you have any other chord choices in mind that would have worked better that I missed? Assuming they are within the postulated boundaries of course. And thanks for the comment btw, it's much appreciated.

[@ecerenu]

@@heitstrengningmusic I didn't have any specific ideas in mind, I'm a pretty casual musician and it just occurred to me as I was watching the video. If you keep making content like this I'm sure your channel will grow, good luck.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@ecerenu Thank you! And I appreciate the interaction. Have a nice day!

[@andymellor9056]

There is no difference between this and borrowing chords.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@andymellor9056 I'm basically in the school of "it's all just notes" but I would say there's a difference depending on the level of analysis. But whether or not you think that difference offers any meaningful insights or not is of course up to you. Either way, thanks for the comment!

[@andymellor9056]

@@heitstrengningmusic You're welcome. I do realise we're all different. I've never shied away from music theory, finding it a spur to creativity just trying things as I learn about them. I confess to being suspicious of "This one easy trick to spice up your chord progressions" type of approach. If one is even half serious about one's music, why wouldn't one dive in and just learn? I think once people really understand that theory is just a way to describe what sounds good so musicians and composers can communicate more easily, rather than a set of rules, then a lot of the fear some people seem to have should evaporate.

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@andymellor9056 I couldn't agree more! Except with the caveat that we could replace "what sounds good" with "what we're used to hearing", sometimes.

[@gary_vidal]

Isn't that just modal changes?

[@heitstrengningmusic]

Yes?

[@ablackconception5589]

Im in the beginning phases of trying to understand scales and whatnot. I think im just gonna abandon the whole thing. . If i need to spice things up i just incorporate a digital randomizer . . Yall scale professors hold it down for yourselfz. .

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@ablackconception5589 Hi! Don't abandon it, but don't let yourself be overwhelmed by it all either. Just take it in small chunks, and small steps and build from there over time. This stuff can get real overwhelming real fast. If we start from the beginning.. why do you want to understand scales? What is your goal? To improvise better, to write chord progressions/songs, to write solos over chord progressions? To write riffs? Do you have a certain sound in mind that you're going for but can't quite find? This will help guide your search for relevant information. I'm happy to try to point you in some direction if you're comfortable sharing it here.

[@ablackconception5589]

@heitstrengningmusic long story short just went from a full band just singing to pretty much solo. This page is for all the freshman attempts at . Everything. . So yano from video editing to tone quests and understanding daws etc. Scales just fell short on the to learn list. Just like for all the shits . You never know when one thing you learn will help you with something else. So If I start skimming it now It might be noticeable in a year or something. But so far I'm not disappointed in the results at all not knowing scales. So weelC

[@heitstrengningmusic]

@@ablackconception5589 I get it. I'm in the same boat of doing it all myself. Both the video aspect and learning all the musical stuff, from daws to production to composing and recording. It's a lot. Best of luck to you though, and stick with it, it's very rewarding once the pieces start coming together.

[@ablackconception5589]

The quite noticeable difference was when I contemplated trying to do a live performance like what am I gonna do just get up there with a bunch of computers and hit play. It's ironic. It's the most I've ever been satisfied by the quality of the music I'm doing. But with no real way to spread it organically. The best album I've ever made without the feedback to sift through. I mean everyone I've showed it to dug it. But where does one go from here? Thoughts?

[@heitstrengningmusic]

​@@ablackconception5589 Honestly, I think we all struggle with this question. I probably can't offer anything you haven't thought of already. But yes, to some extent I think that is what you would have to do (get up there with a computer and just hit play), if you want to promote the music live that is. Or figure out how a rearrange the songs for an instrument you would be comfortable playing live.