43 Music Theory Concepts That EVERY Modern Composer Should Master [The Music Theory Map]

[@morefluid_thanwater]

Little more specific timestamps (because I might come back to this video later): 1. Musical Alphabet 02:19 - 02:42 2. Musical Staff 02:43 - 02:58 3. Knowing the Fretboard 02:59 - 03:14 4. Scale Shapes and the Major Scale 03:15 - 03:49 5. Rhythm Basics 03:50 - 04:11 6. Triplets, Swing, and Advanced Tuplets 04:12 - 04:38 7. Meter and Time Signature 04:40 - 05:15 8. Audiation and Melody 05:16 - 05:54 9. Key Signatures and Enharmonics 05:55 - 06:47 10. Scale Degrees 06:48 - 07:26 11. Triads 07:27 - 07:51 12. Movable Chords 07:52 - 08:09 13. Diatonic Major Chords + Roman Numerals 08:10 - 08:47 14. Writing Chord Progressions in Major 08:48 - 09:06 15. Solo-ing with the Pentatonic Major Scale 09:07 - 09:51 16. Suspended Chords 09:52 - 10:22 17. The Minor Scale + Diatonic Chords 10:23 - 10:43 18. Writing progressions in Minor 10:44 - 10:50 19. Soloing with the Pentatonic Minor Scale 10:51 - 11:34 20. Ear Training Intervals and Chords 11:35 - 12:22 21. Power Chords 12:23 - 12:52 22. Relative Scales and Tonul Center 12:53 - 13:25 23. Combining Pentatonic Shapes 13:26 - 13:52 24. Arpeggios and Chord Tone Soloing 13:53 - 14:21 25. Inversions and Slash Chords 14:22 - 14:48 26. Popular 7th Chords 14:49 - 15:28 27. Diatonic 7th Chords 15:29 - 15:38 28. Blues 15:39 - 16:16 29. Secondary Dominant Chords 16:17 - 16:40 30. Diminished Chords 16:41 - 17:08 31. Augmented Chords. 17:09 - 17:39 32. Harmonic Minor 17:40 - 18:11 33. Writing Melodies 18:12 - 18:47 34. Passing Tones and Chromaticism 18:48 - 19:25 35. Introducing Modes 19:26 - 20:35 36. Transpositions and Modulations 20:36 - 21:06 37. Modal Interchange 21:07 - 21:32 38. Song Sections 21:33 - 22:08 39. Song Structures 22:09 - 22:34 40. Writing Drum Parts 22:35 - 23:29 41. Writing Bass Lines 23:30 - 23:46 42. Creating a Full Song 23:47 - 24:17 43. Advanced Theory Concepts: Timbre, Harmony, Tunings, and World Music 24:18 - 25:30

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[@luise8701]

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[@orchiprut5259]

Thanks a lot man!

[@kpm25]

22. Relative Scales and tonal Center 12:53 - 13:25

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Soooo.... sorry it's been so long since my last video but I literally was working non stop to finish my course. I honestly think its the best educational resource available for guitarists. Now that it's done I'll be back to making YT videos again and more free courses like my blues and interval course. thanks for being patient!

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Ive been looking every day for a new video !!!! We miss you! Thank you for doing what you do for us! We all appreciate you!

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You provide so much great content that most of us watch for free, don’t think you need to apologize for anything! Please keep doing what you do!

[@kylemaher4811]

No apology sir, this is so nice of you to do for us, thank you so much for your tutelage I'm very grateful and use and return to your videos often!

[@plyusodin]

Soooo.. is there any link to this course?) cannot find it.

[@iambeetle]

Oh gosh I was so worried that you are not making KZbin videos anymore, been waiting since the last video... but thanks for this video! It is again very useful!!

[@guppybill]

I am an old dog, self-taught for 54 years. Covid killed some friends and all my gigs. I quit playing for a few months out of depression and being stuck musically. Putting things back together correctly though. I have begun the process of actually learning the instrument. I'm charged and excited and bored out of my freaking skull. I dig the map. I liked, sub'ed. I'll be back.

[@ЕтанДрешковка]

hope you're doing well now my friend. Keep making music and have fun!

[@pedronucci2095]

hang in there. while this world outside sucks right now, there is another world inside us to be explored through art. all the best

[@patriciofernandez2711]

I'm in pretty much the same boat, playing live was the most important aspect of my life and now I feel like a caged bird.

[@jozefgeusens44]

@@patriciofernandez2711 Your words come out of so many mouths these days. Alas, but true. Because we all know music will never die, it's no use to ever stop when you have begun with it. It will always pull you back like a magnet, and that's positive (I've held my first guitar in 1973 and so many intermittent interruptions mainly because of how my life floats, but it has never left me and being an old sock, this knowledge has become more important than ever, especially in depressing times like these). Remember that the magic of music is that it can connect the most diverse people (and even animals!). The proof is also in the fact that we read each other's comments here.

[@rogerbrobst5668]

I've been@it for 47 and now we have the web, cool 😎. Finding inversions and Buckethead is ENLIGHTENING, VERY INSPIRING MUSIC 🎶. "Reaching",Zone Ahead,IS,Triangles Mind,Too Many Humans,Moonlit Decay in memory of my friend,,,, and many more great songs will help us through, take care.

[@DipankaraBuddhist]

You might not have 2 million or 3 million subs, yet you are the no.1 KZbin guitar instructor. Power to you 🔥

[@amimaster]

Indeed. After 16 years as guitar student I know almost everything that Jake talks about, but the way he puts the concepts into practice is the real added value.

[@DipankaraBuddhist]

@@amimaster Why I say so is because there are literally some KZbin instructor "begging" in an entire video 3-4 times for subscription. Not the same with Jake Sir. He is a class apart. Only yesterday I learned from his videos - Phrygian Dominant chord progression

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

you're very kind =)

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[@Professor-Scientist]

I agree 👍🏿

[@areyoujelton]

This showed me how much I’ve truly learned as a musician and how much I still have to learn. Thank you for such a great video! I also will show this to my guitar students!

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

It's important to look back down to see how high you've climbed. But also look up and forward to realize you have many more mountains ahead!

[@jeppej4265]

Was thinking exactly the same! I'm one of those learning bits and peaces from here and there guitarist but I took some more structured approach year ago and it really helped. This was a really good overall to see I've touched pretty much all the boxes. Now its time to pick the ones where I need to go deeper. Eg. ear training and counting rhytm (dotted notes, triplets, the odd ones) are my weak areas. Really helps to see it all layed out like this!

[@eyegrinder94]

I was surprised by how many of the "advanced" concepts I am already familiar with despite having skipped over some of the beginner steps, simply because I've been winging it and not knowing where to start.

[@martynspooner5822]

I did not have a clue about music theory and thought it was just too beyond me. Then I found your channel and have completely surprised myself and it has vastly improved my guitar playing and I am just a bedroom guitar player. Cannot thank you enough.

[@llwonder]

Jake is the only teacher that taught me to play with actual practical knowledge. He focuses on actually using theory to MAKE music. So many people and teachers on youtube just talk about music theory but don't actually show you what to do with it. Jake gives a ton of great advice. I also like that most of his content is geared towards intermediates rather than beginners.

[@cpt.battlecock5264]

Even if his channel targets intermediates, beginners can still get some of that cake looking at older videos. Hell i learnt to play the keyboard because i stumbled upon his channel and his way of explaining chordal relations with regards to musical composition. Sure im better on my accousitc guitar but if i didnt watch this channel i would have no idea how chords are built or the intuitive ear for chords and scales.

[@nick3718]

i will forever preach the word of signals music studio

[@blackcitadel37]

Blessed be our Lord and savior Sir Jake Lizzio

[@kjl3080]

Yes pray to him

[@fercampos4161]

What a talent to comunicate basic and complex concepts to an audience of widely varied understanding levels of the material, from novice to pro, you speak to everyone and put the knowledge or the roadmap to it at reach. I admire that Jake, anyone who has such a good handle of their field, and invests as much time and thought into it is alright by me. You should be very proud of your work. As a keyboard player who's watched more videos on guitar than I ever thought, I can say that you're as good at communicating music and it's concepts as any expert in their field i have ever layed eyes on. It's not often you get to experience that, a mastery of their field and material. It's a joy to experience

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

The timestamps for the 43 music concepts (with space for fat fingers) 1. Musical Alphabet 02:19 2. Musical Staff 02:43 3. Knowing the Fretboard 02:59 4. Scale Shapes and the Major Scale 03:15 5. Rhythm Basics 03:50 6. Triplets, Swing, and Advanced Tuplets 04:12 7. Meter and Time Signature 04:40 8. Audiation and Melody 05:16 9. Key Sigs and Enharmonics 05:55 10. Scale Degrees 06:48 11. Triads 07:27 12. Movable Chords 07:52 13. Diatonic Major Chords + Roman Numerals 08:10 14. Writing Chord Progressions in Major 08:48 15. Solo-ing with the Pentatonic Major Scale 09:07 16. Suspended Chords----------------09:52 17. The Minor Scale + Diatonic Chords 10:23 18. Writing progressions in Minor 10:44 19. Soloing with the Pentatonic Minor Scale 10:51 20. Ear Training Intervals & Chords 11:35 21. Power Chords 12:23 22. Relative Scales and Tonal Center 12:53 23. Combining Pentatonic Shapes 13:26 24. Arpeggios & Chord Tone Soloing 13:53 25. Inversions & Slash Chords 14:22 26. Popular 7th Chords 14:49 27. Diatonic 7th Chords 15:29 28. Blues 15:39 29. 2ndary Dominant Chords 16:17 30. Diminished Chords 16:41 31. Augmented Chords 17:09 32. Harmonic Minor 17:40 33. Writing Melodies-------------------18:12 34. Passing Tones & Chromaticism 18:48 35. Introducing Modes 19:26 36. Transpositions and Modulations 20:36 37. Modal Interchange 21:07 38. Song Sections------------------------21:33 39. Song Structures 22:09 40. Writing Drum Parts----------------22:35 41. Writing Bass Lines 23:30 42. Creating a Full Song--------------23:47 43. Advanced Theory Concepts: Timbre, Harmony, Tunings, and World Music 24:18

[@jordy48]

Long time without a video from you. Glad to have one more

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Will have a lot more very soon!

[@colejohnson66]

@@SignalsMusicStudio like that Locrian video?

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

@@colejohnson66 lol yes, the music is totally done but I still need to finish the video now

[@mattheww.8686]

It’s honestly so crazy how much i’ve learned from your channel. Out of the hundreds of music theory lesson channels i’ve tried out, something just clicked when i started watching these lessons, hopefully i’ll be able to purchase the entire course some time in the future, keep up the great work!

[@shawnramos422]

This course is unquestionably the best course I've ever had the pleasure of using. In 10 lessons I learned more about theory and retained more about theory than I did with 4 months of piano lessons. Incredible work Jake, and I highly recommend everybody nab this course if you're serious about making music

[@kenhall3851]

Wow! I'm THAT guy!! At 62, from a family of professional musicians who've played with the likes of Billie Holiday, Louis Armstrong and Fats Domino, I have been playing music and 5 different instruments most of my life but this organizes things extremely well for me and now I understand why I didn't understand some things early on or HOW composers came up with some writings and concepts that I knew HAD to make sense. Also a roadmap to what I may be missing in my own knowledge. Where were you 40 years ago!!!?? Will recommend your vids/courses and can't wait to delve into them more!

[@TheFernando11520]

This was the kind of video I’ve been looking for since I was 16 and full of inspiration. Learned a mixture of these concepts so out of order at the time and never really knew how to use them to compose music that I was proud of. Now I’m taking it all back to the basics. I’m 23 now and I’ve never been more excited to truly elevate my musical skills and knowledge. Thank you!

[@nikoandreoli1883]

You started me out when I bought my first guitar a year ago, and now coming back a year smarter and going through this video, these topics are like a second nature to me thanks to you. Big praise and thank you for being an awesome teacher.

[@qra80]

Jake you are undoubtedly one of the most sincere Music learner and devotee from a systematic, analytical and scientific perspective I have ever seen. You have a very long journey to cover. Awesome dedication , superb explanatory and demonstrative approach. You must have inspired thousands of your viewers around the globe.. and thats not something trivial. Genuinely earned subscribers

[@shokishok967]

Intervals changed my life now practicing daily

[@yearnpill]

You are CRIMINALLY underrated, sir. The fact that you are making this content available for FREE and the fact that you explain things so well is insane, you have no idea how much you have helped me. Thanks so much Jake!

[@neezner]

I think the cool thing about this video is that you can't understand everything from this video right away, and you would still spend YEARS learning all of this on your own. Having a teacher like him would actually help so much and help speed the learning process up. In a way, this video is actually just a pitch for his class. To me, learning this by myself is EXTREMELY daunting.

[@synthsnail]

This has really inspired me to go back and truly master some concepts I've passed over through the years. The visual is so helpful!

[@54faustas]

Disembodied virtual blob Jake is now my new favorite version of Jake.

[@kamekomiyamora]

I took music all through school and learned basic theory, but I didn't understand it on a deeper level to actually apply it on the instruments I played (clarinet, viola, keyboard), so I just memorized songs. When I picked up guitar a couple years ago (took a big break, so I've only been playing for 16 months in total), I was able to see patterns and improvise for the first time. I'm a logical learner, so the better I understand something, the more I can do with it. If i don't understand how something works, I get a little frustrated and confused. It amazes me that so many guitarists don't know much theory cause I feel it's so important, but at the same time, guitarists who have been playing much longer than me are surprised by my progress. While I did have to spend a few months just learning how to play guitar and trying to sound good, being able to improv and make your own progressions are things even more advanced players can't do cause they only learned songs from tabs. I didn't want to feel limited again so I made sure not to take that route. My goal is to improvise and write my own songs, especially more unique and complex progressions like Japanese music, so videos like yours that talk about borrowed chords, using diminished etc have been so useful to me. Thank you so much for making these videos!

[@SmashSquatch30]

I'm the same way. I struggle to just "feel out" a song. I need to know how and why. I find the more I do that, the easier it is to "feel" things as it becomes more like a natural habit. I am currently taking lessons with a cool teacher, but I may supplement this course in time.

[@kamekomiyamora]

@@SmashSquatch30 exactly! I know some people tell me to just feel it and experiment like they did, or they may feel theory takes away the magic and expression of music, but i think the opposite is true. If the only things you can play is stuff you copied and rearranged, that's quite limiting. Anything outside of what you can play may sound complex or unique, and they don't know how or why it sounds the way it does. I think this is why a lot of bands and songs sound alike too, they just recycle the same basic theory and scales. They don't have the tools to go beyond, or maybe they tried by experimenting and it sounded bad, so they got discouraged. Theory is as simple as trying to make the colour purple. Sure, you can take your time and mess up multiple times before figuring it out on your own...or someone could just tell you red and blue makes purple. And now you can use that purple to make and create what you really want, while other people are still behind cause they didn't want or care to learn the theory. I just feel so much more confident when I know the how and why, and I feel more free cause I know what chords and notes will work and why. The more I learn, the closer I get to being able to express anything I want easily, ya know?

[@SmashSquatch30]

@@kamekomiyamora Absolutely! 100% agree.

[@philodonoghue3062]

Uniquely novel and innovative comprehensive overview of an entire curriculum. I’ve been studying music theory on KZbin most of today including one (rare) for guitar. As an English language teacher, my motto was learning is ‘serious fun’. As I explained to a fellow teacher who asked why he could hear so much laughter from my classroom, “If they’re laughing, they’re learning”. But the most impressive feature of this upbeat presentation is the emphasis on composing songs and music generally. This channel and teacher is now my ‘go-to’ one for music theory application. Many many thanks Jake. You are a world-beating teacher.

[@giggy-vr1hv]

What kind of stuff did you do to make school fun? Tell me about it.

[@sulav616]

You are what we needed right now!! I live in Nepal and by law we cannot make any international payments even if we want to and all the music schools are closed because of covid. Thanks a lot for providing such a quality content for free.

[@badmanners7274]

Hi sulav. Fellow nepali dekhera khushi laagyo. May I ask how long you've been playing music or learning theory?

[@sulav616]

@@badmanners7274 I started playing music from early age ani bichama band ma ni involve vathe.. but now i am looking bandmates to form a new band. What about you brother? Kata bata ho?

[@badmanners7274]

@@sulav616 I'm from chitwan, Ahile chai us ma chhu. Bachelor's garda kheri second year (~7 years ago) Bata guitar bajaauna sikeko, ali ali theory bujhna khojeko chai ek barsa jati bhayo

[@AlvinsWorldDotCom]

This 'map' was an incredible breakthrough for my understanding about what, where, when and why! Thank you!!

[@joshua.merrill]

I tried using everything I've internalized from your channel, so far, in my recent cover song, and my song writing capabilities have benefited greatly!

[@druwk]

Just getting turned onto this channel, so absolutely, “Thank you, very, very much Patreons”. I agree with his summation, both that you don’t need every concept to make great music, AND that knowing (…not just conceptually, but inside your body) more, being exposed to different structures, only enhances your Musical Soul. Any structure that increases my musical confidence is GOLD. I will join you on this journey. Just don’t know where to jump in, or if taking on a course like this is the “fastest” way to expanding my creativity and confidence?

[@xmateosx]

Love this! Jake is my music instructor!! Consider his Patreon if you like this video.

[@Josh_Fredman]

I was surprised to see that I am well-acquainted with nearly every concept on your list (many thanks to your own videos!). I suppose the missing ingredient for me is practice and exercise!

[@LexRemlap]

I'm in the process of applying to a music college. I'm an electronic producer, everything done with a mouse and a keyboard... I don't play any instruments (anymore). What I want to do is better express my imagination for years to come without becoming repetitive or samey. This video inspires and motivates me to work harder in the study because there is more to music theory than memorizing chord names. If I don't get accepted to this college, I will consider self study to a greater degree... I feel God gave me this talent with music to serve, and I want to serve others, and you have helped inspire me to persevere and not give up if I fail at one academic venture.

[@iau]

I believe learning Music Theory is about being consistent and reliable as a musician. You can make music without knowing any of it, but what if one day you're just _not feeling it_ ? What if one day you don't know what to put in the next part of the song, or why it doesn't sound _right_ ? By learning theory, you always know exactly what to do: Need a happy song? Bam, no problem. Need a sad song? Scary song? Atmospheric song? There you go. Need to learn 20 songs for next week? You have a framework to understand what makes each song up without too much memorization.

[@fayezindi]

I am learning to compose film music on my keyboard and DAW. I took many music theory from the net, trying to understand the concepts. I always ended up being confuses, not knowing where to use what in my music writing. By far, this is the only course I took which clarified me the theory and how and when to apply it in my writing. Even though it is on the guitar, the music concepts are the same. He teaches them in a very simple 10 min videos which are clearer then hours of time waisting with other teacher and still you don't get it. Thank you Jake, your method of teaching is awesome :).

[@The_PlagueDoctor]

You are literally the best music teacher on KZbin.

[@manofthewest5395]

Watching virtual Jake's hand dots flying all of the place put a genuine smile on my face.

[@segmentsAndCurves]

20:13 "So each one of these modes is an entire world of music theory unto itself and it should not be ignored..." Saying while ignoring Locrian. Fair enough.

[@subhd04]

Classic Rock Makers you need this 1. Major/Minor Pentatonic Scale Combined 2. Power Chords 3. 7th Chords and Triads 4. Cool Blues Licks and Solos 5. Blues Music Theory and it's enough (Rock N Roll = Blues on Blazing Marshall Heads)

[@Wind-nj5xz]

19:36 I learned that way too early on

[@Koropokel]

that stuff should be learned early. it's like a color pallet.

[@shubguitar1730]

@@Koropokel I agree. I learned modes before intervals and diatonic chords.

[@far2ez539]

I appreciate that you understand that not everyone is here for the guitar, and so while you occasionally give guitar-specific guidance, you do limit it and make it clear when it's specific to the guitar VS what's applicable elsewhere.

[@zippityzoop2576]

Definitely getting your new course, you're my fave teacher on youtube for this stuff. Thanks man, have a good christmas and new year

[@howardbwade]

Great stuff but what about two topics that seem pretty important to me: 1) voice leading - how do you harmonize a melody to get from one chord to next; and 2) counterpoint - how do two or more simultaneous melodies interact and interrelate. Maybe you consider these advanced or not applicable to modern pop or jazz but even a composer pop can greatly increase his toolkit with them imho.

[@passage2enBleu]

I love maps. Especially those that show where the treasure is, and how to get there.

[@danielc3439]

Man this is the video I needed thank u man, such a hard work, thank uu

[@CHARLESAUVET]

Even if I can't actually buy your course, I would really like too, and I encourage everybody to buy it, as you are the best teacher that I've stumbled upon on youtube.

[@Sasquatch10]

I love to see an aspiring Buckethead in the comments xD

[@TheOGRizzlyBear]

I really appreciate this video. It's insane how many things people have told me to learn right away that are in the latter half of the roadmap

[@meltedyakkystick3891]

"I don't go into songwriting thinking 'I hOpE I cAn Do iT tHIs tIme'" lol, I feel personally attacked

[@datavalisofficial8730]

Just talk

[@sumofspeculation4872]

I thought I was

[@jashonbass8350]

This is massively helpful and precisely what I was looking for. If we had concept/mind maps for all topics I think people would see a huge boost in the speed at which they'd be able to learn things-especially those that benefit from understanding things from a big picture perspective first. I love having the entire landscape of a craft or topic mapped out as much as possible before diving in. Thank you for this! It was amazing how you were able to organize all of this and give thorough articulations on each topic and subtopic. This is a dream come true for me to have a craft organized to this degree lol

[@mstegosaurus]

"They are the only sponsors I trust at this point." Sounds like there's a story there?

[@mistersadaimusic]

I think he's probably eluding to popular sponsorships like Nord VPN and Betterhelp and the scandals surrounding that stuff. I think he's also familiar with the insane amount of shilling surrounding Guitar KZbin and wants to distance himself from it.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

I can't actually vouch for these companies who offer sponsorships, and I don't want to get paid to express an opinion. My Patreon members literally just want to support the creation of more videos without any strings attached.

[@mistersadaimusic]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Aye Happy Holidays Jake.

[@markonikolic965]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Get a sponsor, not a boss. I like that

[@markmatson5522]

Jake, I enjoy your perfect non-stop style. And also your insight, motivation, confidence and brainy universe. Big fun to be with you at the top of your game. Kudos!

[@thalamusDecimation]

Hey Jake, i've tried to resist the impulse to ask you but, i can't take it anymore. I'm sorry that it has to be on such a long and elaborated video but... were you Pooploser_69 in The Noob Adventures?

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

DONT TELL ANYONE MY SECRET!

[@dipaula___]

OH MY GOD! I DON'T KNOW HOW TO HANDLE THIS!

[@thalamusDecimation]

@@dipaula___ i'm going down the Rabbithole. I just discovered the Jaykzo channel. In this channel there are videos with Jeff Schwertfeger, the guy who voiced Fart Garfunkel and Gaylord Steambath. It's all connected. One of the masterminds behind this show from my childhood is now teaching me music. This is blowing my mind.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

@@thalamusDecimation lol it's a small world ain't it?

[@Excelsior1937]

Watch the video on sounding sad in major with the mediant chord! He directly addresses that he composed for it!

[@SketchEtcher]

Well, this has been a real confidence builder. I am a drummer, but decided to learn how to write songs about seven years ago. I spent a year on the piano learning chords and inversions. And a year re-learning basic guitar, and this last year I’ve been learning intermediate guitar. I’ve started writing songs in Ableton Live and it takes only ten minutes to lay down a structure. Understanding the Major Scale and its chords and the circle of fifths is the foundation for western music.

[@estebanperezgueren8518]

Hi! nice video, as a professional composer i think one of the most important things to lear is how to analyse music, because at the end of the day everything is right there in the score, the arrangement, the instruments, the harmony, the groove. As you say, a pro composer needs to be able to write any type of music, I do it all the time and analyse helped me a lot on my tasks :)

[@sagethemage7]

For the price, you’re practically giving it away, There’s so much valuable straight forward information, this is what I’ve been wanting to get into,

[@RedCloudServices]

I love signals and also that someone 12 years old has the voice of someone 43 years old 😆

[@095it4io4i]

this video is a godsend, thank you so much i now have a teacher but this would be so valuable as a self taught player (and still is even with lessons) i was confused on what to learn for so long and in what order to do so, youtube provides so much information but in no order which is a gift and a curse to players who don’t have lessons and are self taught, PLEASE use this video as a map to guide you to guitar mastery i want to thank you for what you do in releasing all of this content and information for free, you deserve a trophy 🏆

[@gabipinilla3243]

19:40 I learned that waaaaay too early 💀💀

[@sp00g37]

I love this. I've played bass for 15 years. I can see where my learning has been like a map like this. I can see blatantly where I hard wall at suspended chores. But degrees and all that make sense, after I figured out chords to give more variation of patterns, all notes are some degree of the corresponding original note. That made modes come easy. I can't remember the names, but I know how to make them.

[@mikelandbaby]

Yes finally. The lizzio withdrawals weren't good.

[@dev_andoru]

your last points regarding 'professional composers' vs the more general 'composers' was spot on, well said

[@spongeb27]

I know this isnt the point of the video but I was giggling the entire time at the chunky 3d man's waving bubble hands

[@sorryforlag4522]

I don't know what inspires you, but thank you! You are truly the most helpful musician/teacher I've ever listened to. Don't stop your great work. Giving this information with this level clarity is definitely a gift for anybody who is watching. I did not say it enough, you'll excuse me, but thank you, thank you again.

[@k_rimi3.455]

Lydian??? Nooo Eldian? Yees

[@sainou2163]

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@@sainou2163 YMInoR

[@veganboi4847]

I cannot express enough how helpful this is. I've been going around aimlessly learning theory out of order and never understanding any of it. This just straightened everything out for me

[@winstonsmith8236]

I'm really curious about your course. I've been appreciating your videos for the past year and would like to know how the course videos differ? Is there any actual interaction between you and the student? Your methods of teaching usually seem tp strike a note with my brain but 200$ is a bit of a commitment and the previous (set course-impersonal) guitar courses I've tried were pretty much a bust.

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

Welp it's actually $270 lol, it's just on sale for the holdays. I spent a lot of time trying to set the price -I compare it to real lessons. 9 hrs of one-on-one lessons would cost about $450, and wouldn't include charts or replayability factor. Also we all are aware that guitar teachers (myself included) can waste time in the lesson by talking and getting distracted.... I honestly think it's a great deal and I truly believe anyone who follows the full course will feel like a composing champion. I spent literally over 1,000 hours making it and getting it just right. AND I will update it each year with bonus content so it's a long term investment. If you take the entire course and don't think it's worth it, I will refund you!

[@winstonsmith8236]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Thanks for your reply Jake. I actually find the price (even at 270$) to be completely reasonable considering the effort you put into your FREE youtube lessons, which I've linked and recommended to folks numerous times whenever I get a chance. I guess I was curious how they'll differ from your regular content but I suppose that's something I'll just have to wait and see. The fact that you've spent so much time and that it's your first legit comprehensive lesson plan is convincing enough. I've been promising to devote some of the money I regularly waste trading guitar pedals to lessons/improving my skill and I can't think of one other KZbin Guitar Teacher I'd prefer. I'm going for it- I'm excited! and I also feel the responsibility to support you (more than buying a modal poster) for the past year learning from your terrific videos. Thank you for your hard work. After 20 years of playing noise/art punk (with heavy usage of your beloved diminished ugly chords) its been a blast rediscovering the instrument I love with your help, even if me playing the blues and country is scaring my bandmates!

[@winstonsmith8236]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Course purchased! Thank you!

[@SignalsMusicStudio]

@@winstonsmith8236woot! sincerely hope you love it!

[@winstonsmith8236]

@@SignalsMusicStudio Thanx Jake! I can't wait!

[@riddleiddle]

What I like so much about this video is it maps it out exactly like Skyrim maps out its skill trees. Really makes learning this exciting and straightforward

[@jpc_337]

Some KZbinrs make only gear vids, or only theory vids, or only production vids, but your content variety is top notch!

[@drewdoesdrums5666]

Props to the maker of Noda for helping you with this video. Such a bro and honestly just doing that made me start looking into the software when I have no idea how I would use it personally.

[@Amzegal]

I just learnt that one my fav scale is called "Phrygian dominant scale". Ty ;) This whole video is surely one the best summary ever made on music theory.

[@neptunesgold1216]

This is the best music instruction video I've ever seen in my life of University studies and all of you tube videos. You are a genius!!!

[@michaelflood6774]

GREAT JOB KID! And to the reply by Martyn Spooner- Anyone that has a guitar, Has had a bedroom. Keep up the good work. I've been playing 47 years and that is the most constructive road map to success any musician could follow. A few finger exercises applied to your particular instrument and WOW. The music of the future is going to be absolutely beautiful. Brilliant. Magnifico.

[@tssitcom]

Jake, first off, thanks for being such a class act. You're a breath of fresh air to the Internet. Okay, as a writer and producer for 43 years, I wanted to see how much of this stuff I actually bothered learning and how much I ignored or gave up on. I was surprised to find that only 4 points escaped my education. 20. Ear Training Intervals - I actually tried my hardest to learn this but alas, it just proved too difficult for me. Yes, I know the "easy" ones but the more difficult ones to this day elude me. Fortunately, I don't find this to be too much of a stumbling block to my writing. 23. Combining Pentatonic Shapes - I don't really play guitar so this is something I just never bothered with. I still have no use for it. 40. - Writing Drum Parts - Ironically, I started playing drums 40 years ago. But I always played by feel so I never needed to read or write drum parts. And since I am never going to be a session drummer, this is also something I don't have to worry about. 43 - World Music - Simply never had the desire to learn this stuff. There's enough Western music to keep me busy for a lifetime. One thing I noticed you omitted that I feel is important IF you want to write for Broadway or Movies is orchestration. This is something that, to this day, I am still learning. Between books and listening to the greats like Bernstein, Williams and others, I still consider myself a novice at best. I find orchestration to be one of the most difficult things in music to learn. That one concept alone will keep me busy the rest of my life. Thanks again for the great videos and for being such a class guy. This old man would be proud to call you my son. Keep on rocking!

[@IshtheStomach]

I'm trained in writing (poetry and screenwriting focus) and acting, but professionally I'm focusing more on developing my musicality. This is a crash course I will be revisiting again and again. Thank you!

[@Ueberschaer]

As a composer of art rock/art pop (3 EP'S) and pro rock (comes out in late 2021 or early 2022) I think fun begins at #35. Music is a sometimes proving but mostly statisfying experience.

[@bart5559]

You are by far the best teacher on youtube. My guitar progression skyrocket because of you. If you had a radio channel i would listen to it al day. Thank you Jake!

[@kokotovicmile]

Somehow I missed this video, but the powerful YT algorithm, which knows better than I do what I need, found it for me. Wonderful video. And no, you don’t sound elitist; you sound more like an older brother I never had, trying to explain where I’m going wrong. Thank you, Jake, your channel is a gem on YT. All the best.

[@nicolasmartin.exchanger]

Next to power chord, I would add bass lines and chord voicings, because it all relates to the notion of frequency definition. As you know, the absolute difference in frequency between C1 and D1 is much less than between C3 and D3. The ear sensitivity varies as well (maybe for the same physical reasons). Therefore, a closed sus2 chord on bass or on the left hand of a piano will always sound like mush, but the same chord, open or with an inversion, and in a higher register will sound bright and defined. Unserstanding that is key for composition and arrangement and is also the reaosn behind power chords' efficiency.

[@donaldlee1224]

Played in my youth (60's) then was away for yrs due to life. At 70 I picked up and started to play again. However I have learned things from you that I wish I had known 60 yrs ago.It sure is fun to play things that were out of my reach. Anyway just like to give you a kudos for helping young and OLDE timers the knowledge to enjoy music. Thanks

[@mksounds6326]

Thank you for this video. I've been playing for 30 years and it's good to have these topics enumerated to clearly see the areas I need to focus on. Especially after having learned theory through the years in random bits and pieces. I found you while exploring songwriting concepts, and I'm glad I did. Thank you, again. All the best from the Bay Area. MK

[@kvalness4299]

This is such a helpful guide to learn music. I haven't found any video like this explaining so brief and clear, and it's especially very helpful for these who get really overwhelmed the first time picking an instrument, that avoids getting stressed and not knowing what to focus on. Thanks so much for this, amazing effort!

[@sumofspeculation4872]

the future Speculation on my ever making sense of how to make music was grimmer and grimmer each time I put my guitar down hoping not to fail the next time; THIS VIDEO TURNED EVERYTHING AROUND FOR ME. Thank You SMS you Boss

[@Harmonic_shift]

Lots of concepts here and this is a great intro to the concepts of music. Music is a skill you build and it all depends what you want to achieve. For me I love trying to produce something new and better every time. It just is your time and really anyone can do it just as anyone can cook or build.

[@onlyoneforme]

i generally do not comment on any video. however, this channel changed the whole perspective on my guitar learning process. he deserves more, thanks a lot!

[@OctagonalSquare]

1. Your voice reminds me of if Mike Rowe never even heard of the concept of smoking. 2. This video made me realize how fractured my music theory knowledge is. I played trombone in school and played keyboard and sang in my youth group worship band. I learned a lot and have followed channels like Adam Neely for years. But there’s definite holes because while I know how the modes work, I can’t make a basic melody that flows well. Thanks for this!

[@kevliao]

You brought up such an important point at the end, that while there are immensely talented folks out there that have never learned theory and still manage to make a mark in this world, the vast majority of us can will benefit from learning the basics of the music language.

[@PLAYnoop]

The virtual tour is so cool. There is so much potential to build upon for future videos.

[@Prolific2112]

Great content and delivery. Thank you for not interrupting the video every five minutes with an ad.

[@Pieceocake47]

So VR is known to make big differences in how we learn or understand different concepts, and music theory has always been something I wanted to try in VR. I don't have a headset, myself, but this video is enough in its entirety. Super cool flow, and really useful for self taught musicians who have come at music theory from a million different angles, with no direction in sight, as it easily breaks it down so there's no confusion. I don't know as much as I'd like and I was really confused because of the path I took, but I really appreciate this! It's super easy to understand and at least get me doing the right things at my own pace. Very well done, thank you!

[@ryanprendergast6424]

Great summary of an ideal case scenario progression of learning. For myself and most self-taught guitarists, though, the ordering looks different. There's a tendency to learn applications first: for example quickly learning the minor pentatonic scale to solo over backing tracks. So the common ordering starts with things like triad shapes, minor pentatonic, power chords first before knowing the fretboard, ear training, suspended chords, tonal centers. From a teacher's perspective, I imagine that's frustrating. You're using things before you understand them! I think it's actually good, though. Or at least it makes sense. Ideal case scenario learning progressions like this tend to rely on an assumption of "how I'd learn everything in order if I had the time and energy". However, for the self-taught, "time and energy" is an extremely relevant constraint that cannot be waved away. The primary benefit of a music school or a music teacher is that once you buy into the system, you are forced to keep up. You frontload the agency and pay someone to force you to practice scales so you understand them before learning what a power chord is. The challenge of the self-taught is that you must provide that agency for yourself. Nobody will care if you don't "show up to practice". The most common way to find agency is via excitement, and so you make quick MVP style deep dives into applying complex concepts that you don't really understand. Hence: the four-chord bros, or the power chord bros, or the minor pentatonic bros. But that's good! It's better to MVP then fill in the gaps than to fully fill in the first layer before touching the next.

[@vivacoron3248]

i've been watching your videos for about two years now and actually picked up the guitar in april this year just because of your videos. this checklist felt like the icing on the cake. two years ago i didn't even know where to find a g on a piano and now here i am working on an album. thank you so much for all the free education you put out there! i'm sure you didn't just change my life but many others as well, i don't know where I'd be without you so thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@stevebaldick5581]

U R the bomb Jake ... I continue to learn a ton from u and ur professional KZbin postings.... thanks for all of your hard work and sharing with us your skills. You keep us all motivated to learn and play more. Cheers !

[@aurelsiege159]

I was just going through your video on Diminished Chords and wondering when you'd post again. Daym!

[@harrysanders818]

Pure gold. I am someone playing guitar, bass, drums and sung and wrote a ton of songs for about 20 years now. I have played on different instruments in mutliple bands and it is only now, after I learned the fundamentals of visual art and I have seen how much that benefits me, that I also want to learn and strengthen my musical fundamentals and theory, so I know more about what I am doing. I'm working as a 3d modeler now and I'm developing my skills as a solo game developer in my private time. I want to make my own music for my games. I looked a lot around YT for sources that can kind of fast food this stuff into me. I know, it does not work the fast food way, but I am so thankful for any sources like yours , enalbing me to learn more about music theory, compostion building bocks and chords in an organized way, because as eager as I am to learn more about this stuff, I have to do it on the side. I now started making my music using vst instruments on a midi keybaord and drum pad. I started composing my own orchestral stuff and horror music, and I find it really tough. So I want to learn more to better be able to create what I want. Thank you so much for your time and effort putting this video and pdf out! And all your others.

[@gvrcmoti]

BIG thank you! Your channel has the right balance between teasing paid courses and give us in depth information for free. You are great at explaining! This noda thing is great btw.

[@VaughnRipley]

Jake, this is fantastic! And your timing is impeccable. As a 40-year guitar beginner I can tell you I struggle with analysis paralysis and also massive confusion with all the things to learn and how they come together. I have printed your list out and now I have something to tackle in an order that makes sense. 2021 is going to be the year to really get my guitar act in order. Thank you so much!

[@Rebelionisduty]

Thank you, thank you, thank you, I'm always in the lookout for more information to be a better musician and your channel has been the holy grail!

[@robbyseager9536]

"you're really going to want to need to know - the basics of rhythm..." excellent script and such an inspiring worldspace you're in. I've imagined this world but you've built and/or accessed it. : )

[@Adrian.katzenstein]

Hey Jake! I know its an older video but I just wanted to say Thank you! for taking the time to create such a clear & detailed video! I finally have a clear path! 🙏

[@carmensantone]

As what I would humbly consider myself a fairly seasoned classically trained pianist - where most of my early teachers failed to include theory in what I was habitually practicing four hours a day - and then having to pick up theory when I started playing professionally, I will give you big props on actually simplifying the process of “approaching” theory, modes, etc. However, my brother in arms, I believe if you cut your $270 price point in half, you’d double your income. Simply because you would likely get more than twice the amount of subscribers willing to plunk down $135 than $270 which, as you know, any home studio music producer/writer, would just as soon put that 270 into gear. Just food for thought. I think you do an amazing job of pragmatically putting theory/modes into a comprehensible context. Keep up the amazing work!!

[@redrum22]

How this channel has just 400k subs is beyond me. So much knowledge. Such an awesome approach to teaching. Man I've been watching you for years. You rock

[@paultorbert6929]

I found this channel by accident, on the Augmented Chords video…… immediately subbed and shared it with my oldest son….. Thank you for this free content !!!!!!!!! At the current time, I can’t afford to spend money, so having this resource is priceless !!!! Thank You !!!! And Thaks to your Patreon members for allowing you to create free content for us folks in the YT universe !!!!!!!

[@bellsproutpizza]

This virtual reality format was so engaging! Nice idea. (And great video too.)