Learn Scales & Chords Device Play - Reason - LearnReason.com

[@kloboklonz9589]

Thank you, Matt, for your great tutorials!!! I am from Germany and so I really appreciate your clear and distinct pronouncation of your words.

[@PASTACATProductions]

Love the Scales & Chords in conjunction with the Dual Arpeggiator. Endless hours of fun!

[@jmeditation]

I know a good deal of music theory and this is still quite helpful. I’m also happy for how a tool like this will help others who do not have much music theory be more creative. I strongly suggest that anyone interested in this tool google about music modes and emotions, this will give you more information on how to use modes to create emotional responses in your music. Not all minor keys are the same quality of sad, for example Phrygian is quite dark, sand thing for Major scales

[@letsplayharmonica]

Awsome! That's the best tutorial about Chords and Scales I've ever seen on KZbin. Thanks, man. It was very helpful. Keep doing more great tutorials like that. Bye.

[@N2DaMusic1]

Its so simple, but perfect! This will be my best friend in reason! lol Thank you so much and keep up the good work!

[@jerry77028]

THAT'S AMAZING lol, I can first cheat, but then learn the different types of scales with this thing. I downloaded the trial version, and hope to fully upgrade from Reason 4 before the middle of August.

[@LaurinaHawks]

Thank you for this wonderful tutorial. I can literally feel your enthusiasm about this powerful tool. And you let us share in the discovery. This way I absolutely understood how it works. Also, your mention of the write block, and how to use it to break through it, was an incredible help to me! I was already tempted to buy Cubase because it has chord tracks already built into the sequencer, but now I know I can save myself that expense. I just need Reason, nothing more. Thanks for this!

[@LearnReason]

Glad it was a help. Make sure to stop by our website much more there. www.learnreason.com

[@reverester317]

Aww man thanks I honestly did not know this existed in reason maan thanks

[@Pippy_Pappy]

Hey man really glad you're back!!

[@katmanfoo2710]

Thanks for the vid. I learned several things about this awesome new feature!

[@salamandersm]

This has been a big help- many thanks for posting

[@ACNH_streamer]

Legend says he's still only playing one note

[@JOEMCKINLEY3]

Definitely upgrading from 8. I'm getting ideas already.

[@joemcdope8930]

Oh man!!! This is so freakin' awesome!!! Thanks for the tip !

[@glynnisjohns]

Thank you, this video was extremely helpful.

[@lordshiva83]

Matt you rock, dude!!

[@obibosong2175]

Great ! Thanks !

[@kymbo72]

your enthusiasm is infectious......love it!

[@VTOLKits]

Is it possible to make sus2 and sus4 chords with "scales & chords" ?

[@wizeminds799]

Mind blown cant wait to upgrade

[@VTOLKits]

Nice tutorial....

[@Anlien1]

Thanks for this tutorials!

[@phatdrums]

Great Video!

[@Pnkfloid49]

Hehe I felt the same way you did when I discovered this player. It's insane

[@tumzarelaxing]

This is REVOLUTION of Music Right there. This is Amzing. for people like us who have not study music theory, this is Magna Carta

[@odayevassell1441]

great service

[@stevejanowski2352]

Right one time!!! Thanks for these reason 9 vids! Btw...will you be doing a vid on the Arpg.Player too?

[@LearnReason]

Coming this week...... It's a beast!

[@JimmiG84]

It's basically God Mode for chord progressions

[@kinjo2169]

Great vid!!!!!

[@frederikvanschagen]

Thanks!

[@vasetskyrock]

Thanks for this video!

[@AlexJohn2us]

Nice One ....

[@sacardorg]

thanks for the help!!!

[@RydenEden]

can you use it for neptune autotune synth voice to make harmonies

[@LearnReason]

Yes remember it is a play, it makes no sound it just plays midi data.

[@marvin1574]

AWESOME,THANKS!

[@polyphonics557]

What I would wish for is that you can lay down some chords in "track 1" and then you have something like Scales & Chords that can interpret what the chords are being played in track one to keep your notes in chord as you play to the other tracks. You could the let an ARP play to this device and the ARP would adjust to the chords being played so you then get movement in the ARP. Scaler sort of does this but the Reason MIDI issues limit it.

[@reverester317]

I have reason 9 I wanna hook up my turntables and take a sample using my midi also mpk and add stuff etc how can I sample can you do video on sampling with turn table I have interface hooked up and all it's reading and everything I just wanna learn to sample and cut up better in 9 thanks

[@LearnReason]

Here you go. www.learnreason.com/learn-sampling-in-reason/

[@mnash3]

Cool vid... Thanks for the in depth tutorial. I just upgraded to Reason 9 today. I am excited! The funny thing about Scales and Chords is that... I was like...how do you play with 2 hands with this instrument? Then I thought about it... Well... the left hand is essentially the chord progression and the right hand is....wait for it... wait for it... typically the melody...lol... I felt so not smart... Meaning that I can use this tool for chord progression and my vocals for the melody....smh....lol... In either case, I hope you found that as funny as I did...In either case, cool vid and thanks for sharing your experience.

[@takim134]

great vid/but can you extend it a little and show how to record the alter button, thanx

[@LearnReason]

All controls can be automated simply by right clicking them and selecting "Edit Automation" this creates a track in the sequencer and from there you can just press Record and the sequencer will record when you use that control.

[@takim134]

thanx!!!!!! that helped me out a great deal!!!!!!

[@LearnReason]

Just know you can do this to any control in Reason.

[@AugustoRobertoSouza]

as you would to program two harmonic fields at the same time?

[@LearnReason]

Augusto Roberto Souza I do not understand your question?

[@cadenzproductions]

QUESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSTION? So i'm using an Axiom Pro 49, and when i'm using scales and chords, it doesn't seem as if the notes on the device match the note being played on my computer. So after watching propellerheads tutorial, I did learn how to actually use this a little bit more. When I'm playing any note, and the key is set to C Maj for instance the key I press on my piano doesn't reflect on the device. If that makes any sense let me know, if not, i'll try and explain a bit more.

[@THEH4VOC]

I don't understand! In the final, on Dorian scale in F, you played ghost notes! But i realized that this dark keys no make part of Dorian, so no must be played! Im right?

[@LearnReason]

I am only playing notes in that scale, but I had the Filter Notes off so I did not screw up, in other words I would play a note in the scale even if I pressed a key that was not in that scale. I did all that in real time and wanted to at least come up with something cool.....

[@THEH4VOC]

Ok, so note filter is only for a learn scale! And, if this is off, no matter if i play a wrong key, i always go be in the scale desired! Right now? Sorry , i have a bad english!

[@LearnReason]

Yes, I explain this in the tutorial. If Filter Notes is OFF this means even if you press a note that is not in the scale the device will correct it for you and play a note that will be in the scale and sound good. Turn Filter Notes on to learn and practice scales, turn off Filter Notes to play a scale, test out a scale and if you are digging it turn Filter Notes on and practice the scale and learn it and write some music.

[@THEH4VOC]

Ok man! Thank a lot! And sorry if u already explain this on this vid! But i have a serious difficult to understand the spoken english! Thanks to answer me! Nice tutorial ;)

[@LearnReason]

No problem, I am here to help you Learn Reason and everything there is to making great music!

[@Bold_Icon]

Can you send the alterations to track?

[@LearnReason]

Yes I show how to do this in the tutorial.

[@RogerLino]

Do you do online private lessons?

[@LearnReason]

Sorry I do not.

[@RogerLino]

@@LearnReason ok. Thanks for the quick response! Hopefully you're still going to be making more great videos!

[@LearnReason]

Yes I am going to. In the coming months I will have time again and I am looking forward to it.

[@RogerLino]

@@LearnReason Awesome!! Thank you!!👍🏻🎶🎹

[@busywl69]

nice video

[@joeymc5272]

I dont know why and maybe this function does not work in the plugin format but when i play notes not in the scale even with filter notes on, it is still playing the notes and not filtering it out? Its not a huge deal but kind of bugs me for practice. Anybody else have this issue and why this could be happening?

[@LearnReason]

It works fine for me and I do not have that problem.

[@joeymc5272]

@@LearnReason i do have this problem and im not sure whats causing it. Do you have to do any special routing with racks or anything or just put an instrument on and the scale chord player and it should work fine? Im not sure why its not working for me.

[@LearnReason]

Contact Reason Studios Support.

[@joeymc5272]

@@LearnReason thank you for getting back right away i figured it out. Only thing is and im not sure if you can but can you apply reason racks besides players to 3rd party vsts? If so if you could please explain otherwise love reason its awesome!

[@LearnReason]

You put the player on top of any RE, VST or AU

[@sacardorg]

hey I got a little issue. whenever I use this player I click the filter notes option in order to learn the scale. BUT the notes I play on my Midi do not correspond with what my player is showing. the notes are completely different. how can I fix this issue? is it a problem with my midi settings?

[@LearnReason]

They wont unless you are playing the right notes, thats the purpose to help you learn the notes.

[@A1phanum3ric69]

Hey Matt when i'm playing with or without cords and scales using any piano when i strike a cord and hold the keys down for sustain it keeps coming out staccato no sustain can you help? or got any ideas?

[@LearnReason]

You must have the device you are using set to staccato..IE your piano/ keyboard device.

[@A1phanum3ric69]

I'm using M-Audio keystation 49es and it has no options for staccato only up and down Octave Mod wheel and pitch bend

[@LearnReason]

A1phanum3ric69 I said the device not controller. IE....NNXT, ID8....ect.

[@A1phanum3ric69]

Thank you Matt now if you could tell me how to switch that to perform normally I appreciate it and I subscribed to your channel :)

[@LearnReason]

A1phanum3ric69 I do not know what device you are using? Goto our website and scold the Device widget, find the device you are using, if it is not in it search for it on youtube and learn how it works.

[@ScottPaddock]

Your four bar lick in F dorian is actually in C minor.

[@LearnReason]

That's interesting as the notes that are played are in the Key of F in the Dorian scale per the Scales & Chords device, Filter Notes is off which means the wrong notes I am hitting are being corrected to the right note so they fall into the F/Dorian, I am not schooled into all these scales and only know that the key and Scale has been selected and Scales & Chords will only play those notes and in order to play it correct on a piano you would have to hit the right keys.

[@SS-zs5ru]

I wish they would of added the strum option like in Auto Theory

[@crasheffort]

Shane Spangler you can get a strum using the midi delay with a short timing.

[@basscasey1]

You can also use the dual arpeggio player to get a strum

[@user-cx2rf3ky2r]

so guys this scales and chords device is only available in reason 9 FULL and not Reason Essentials?

[@LearnReason]

You know Propellerheads has not updated their website as of this post. The Compare on their site does not have the new Players on it yet. So how are we to know? Download the newest Essentials and see if they are in it, you can demo it for free for 30 days.

[@user-cx2rf3ky2r]

+LearnReason I just bought reason 9 essentials and it does not have a "Players" option sadly :(

[@regeta2003]

I have a big challenge with this maybe you can help me? I write a progression but some chords are maybe out of scale but still I want them to be there but the device corrects it :( Like I want Bm > A > G > F# but F# is automatically changed to F#m! Why is that have no ideas!

[@LearnReason]

You have "Filter Notes" on, turn it off and then it will not correct the note to the Key/Scale you have selected.

[@regeta2003]

I did it and still I do some chords in a new track!

[@steveashley7150]

I wish it also arpeggiated chords and did rolls on chords too.

[@LearnReason]

You do know you can just stack players on top of each other so you then can have go into the other.

[@jahquaijohnson39]

I just wish it had a rolling feature

[@LearnReason]

What do you mean by rolling feature?

[@jahquaijohnson39]

@@LearnReason like instead of hitting a key and all keys forming the chord hit at once I wish there was a knob or something where you can manipulate the speed of the keys like a strum effect.....zero they will all hit together and let's say turn the knob to 7 and you'll start getting that strum effect....higher ya go the more delay.

[@LearnReason]

Try putting a Note Echo on top of the Scales & Chords

[@jahquaijohnson39]

@@LearnReason wouldn't that just make all of the notes echo? I don't think that will have you hear one note hit before the other as in strumming.

[@jahquaijohnson39]

@@LearnReason im going to try it but maybe it will echo the whole chord

[@d.michaelmcbridedc1082]

Alles klar!

[@LORDSofCHAOS333]

cool

[@soundsfromYYBY]

thats crazy!!!!

[@Eleton]

So it can help learn music theory :)

[@jesusalvarez4435]

how do I zoom in that close to my players and instruments? cause I am blind asa a bat haha.

[@LearnReason]

That is the video editing software I use. You would have to change the aspect ratio of your video card on your computer to help make them bigger.

[@Hamiltron]

You sound like George Clooney.

[@RandomVelocity]

Good tool for non piano players who just want to add keyboards to there mix. But not really a great learning tool if it silences out your wrong notes. That's not how we learn really.

[@LearnReason]

It's really a tool to help people write music because it shows you scales and chords that work together, it more a music theory helper that is there if you need it.

[@Lanearndt]

The musical illiteracy is so painful!!

[@LearnReason]

It can help you learn new chords and thats a good thing.

[@deepwells9990]

you know on a real i love reason but im kinda tired of them making us by a rack extension that will be given to us pretty must free in the next upgrade. this is the same shit as auto theory (a rack extension i paid 50 bucks for) and to be honest auto theory may be better because you can do more than just chords you can do strums and things like that at different speeds and and note lengths etc. you are talking like this is the best thing since slice bread when reason already soaked money out of their users from auto theory which is better. now to people who never experienced auto theory gonna go wowee but i think they should at least sample it its the best.Reason is my favorite program but i really wish they stop making us buy shit twice

[@LearnReason]

You also get Note Echo, make strums easily, Dual Arpeggio along with Pitch Edit, tons of new sounds and more. Also Scales & Chords IMHO is way easier to use and understand than Auto Theory. Don't get caught up in the politics of a DAW it just leads you away from the music.

[@deepwells9990]

oh ok but i wished they had said thst they were goin to do all that before they pushed out auto theory last year. and i love reason. to me it's def the software of the future