MUSIC THEORY 101 FOR BEGINNERS! (Pop Music Theory Basics) | Make Pop Music & Christopher Siu

In today's video, Christopher Siu comes onto the channel to teach music theory basics! Christopher dives into major and minor scales, the circle of fifths, intervals, and more. Learn the most basic functions of music theory to instantly enhance your songwriting and production!
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Timestamps:
Intro 0:00
Chris Intro and free gift 0:50
Notes and keyboard layout 2:20
Sharps and flats 3:30
Major scales 5:57
Minor scales 9:38
Chord basics 11:23
Chord functions 15:33
Scale degrees 17:18
Creating our own chord progressions and melodies! 18:15
Circle of 5ths 21:08
A practice plan 25:45
Thank you! And your free gift 30:00

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks as always for having me on Austin! If anyone has any questions, fire away!

[@alexcgarciag]

What a great content!!

[@playmakersmusic]

I've already know music theory but videos like these are really great to refresh what I've learned! Thank you so much Austin and Christopher!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Our pleasure!

[@dannyg8032]

Great collab guys, you are awesome!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks so much!

[@SunnyLicious]

I have not seen another video explain theory as well as this. Thank you!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks so much!

[@variegata9938]

This video is extremely helpful! I have always wanted to learn more about music theory, and I would love to see more videos like this on your channel. The teaching was very well organized, understandable, and presented perfectly!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@ex_animo]

So helpful thank you for this!

[@ChristopherSiu]

So welcome!

[@andreacuccu2575]

Great video

[@DorothyOzmaLover]

Niiiice, I love music theory since I find it helps really understand one's instrument range and the way to cover music or compose quickly if I personally am having trouble come up w/ things on my own, theory like what you have given here is such useful fallback and can help make good sounding music. Thanks!

[@ChristopherSiu]

100%!

[@LYN4X]

Are you kidding me?! I was going to make a video covering all this :(. Jokes aside, GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS THOUGH!!

[@ChristopherSiu]

There's always room for more my friend!

[@PoopieLukie]

Gotta say you should still post it, different views or ways to describe things can make it easier for others to understand. You never know who will prefer your vid over others 🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️🤷🏼‍♂️

[@tessah2972]

Thank you so much, I finally understand!

[@ChristopherSiu]

So glad!!

[@juanx4986]

Nice video

[@RishabhChouhan]

Thankyou Christopher, You really cleared my basic which were kinda confusing me.😇

[@ChristopherSiu]

You’re so welcome!

[@user-pb6lg8qg3o]

Cool tutorial tnx

[@ChristopherSiu]

Pleasure!

[@THE-qo1ir]

This is very helpful, thank you so much. Can I also know how to figure out a note that can be stuck throughout the scale, like for example the A major scale, the A note can be played throughout the entire chord progression of the A major scale.

[@dafingaz]

Chris is dope! So is Austin! LOL. Let's go!

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks dude!

[@dafingaz]

@@ChristopherSiu You're welcome!

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@@ChristopherSiu Thank you too!

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[@ChristopherSiu]

Thank God someone noticed 😂

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@@ChristopherSiu 😂💪🏻

[@thelifeofliav]

part 2 please, covering more chord theory

[@ChristopherSiu]

Will do my best!

[@thanidu]

Thank you Austin and Christopher. I am very familiar starting from C without memorising "WWHWWWH" and struggling to memorize others that include the black keys. What does it take to familiarize yourself with sharps and minors(mixing black and white keys)?

[@ChristopherSiu]

Hey Thabo, good question! The circle of 5ths really comes into play here. So if you can remember that each time you go around the circle, you're adding 1 sharp or flat to the next scale, and you can refer to the bottom of the chart to remember which sharps or flats belong in the scale. The sharp order is FCGDAEB The flat order if BEADGCF (sharp order reversed) So F major would have 1 flat (Bb), Bb major has 2 flats (Bb and Eb), and so on!

[@thelifeofliav]

part 2 please

[@ChristopherSiu]

Any particular topics you want to see covered?

[@thelifeofliav]

@@ChristopherSiu more of the circle of 5th, and topics from beginner to intermedium

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[@funnybutnotfunny8887]

why do you have to go down 3 half tone's to find another scale of the each key?

[@ChristopherSiu]

It's a very simple way to find the relative minor of the major key. Alternatively, you can just find the 6th note of the major scale, which is the same tonic note of the relative minor!

[@SjarMenace]

This was interstellar

[@ChristopherSiu]

Thanks man!

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[@PASHKULI]

this is old music "theory"... it is based on 1000 years old awful notation a modern alternative has been born: Plain Music Notation system