STUPID SIMPLE Music Theory For Producers (Easy Ableton Tutorial)

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Anyways, hey guys, today I'm coming at you with a different type of tutorial...
You guessed it: music theory.
If you haven't been living under a rock you should already know that music theory is a vast and complex subject, BUT... in this video I show you the most simple way to work your way through and come out the other side with a banger in your hands.
Employing some Ableton tricks along the way, you producers should get a head start on experimentation and gaining an intuitive understanding of music theory for yourself.
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[@tommythecat4961]

You don't know how much your videos mean to us man, we feel like we're part of a secret club where we share the mysteries of music with each other. Remember us when your channel inevitably blows up!

[@BuntingMusic]

bless ur kind heart

[@gavinwhitford5145]

Then donate!

[@BeatMO]

Thumbs up for that cup mic stand

[@justindalton1595]

bro you deserve every bit of fame you will ever achieve. Your videos are life saving. You wouldn't believe how hard its been for me with no music background. You just made it so easy

[@Dondada.s_POV]

Same!

[@DoosaOfficial]

playing random notes to find the key of a sample is gold wtf

[@ghunterjackson77]

“Stay away from jazz land, it’s scary” Wise words my friend. Wise.

[@billslinnton]

Another great trick inside the realm of music theory is to create your midi channel with chords on it, hit legato to sustain all your chords so they're nice n long, then apply an arpeggiator device to the channel. your sustained chords are now arpeggios! turn some knobs on the arpeggiator until you get something you like! bonus tip: select all the notes in your midi clip, hold shift and press up or down arrow to change the octave

[@jonnystockwell5837]

youre subtle comedy is on point

[@billslinnton]

Instead of sample tuning the 808 its easier to place the 808 on a midi track using a simpler or sampler. if the sample is in C then when you play a C on the keyboard it will play C. If the sample is a different note then you tune the sample using the transpose knob in the sampler. I find this to be far more efficient :)

[@LifeSurf123]

When you did the fold at the beginning so you can’t write out of key my mind was blown… Subbed

[@SEEKERSOUND]

The hero for all beginners to ableton and music production for that matter, big ups to you brotha!!

[@zmopurp9683]

Thanks bud 🤙 Also a Thriftworks tutorial would be appreciated at some point. So unique and underrated

[@BuntingMusic]

will do!!!

[@LubeLord]

The mic inside of the cup has to be the best setup I've seen in my life

[@josephchaney519]

Stumbled across your channel as I'm getting back into production a little bit. Wanted to freshen up. Very much appreciate you brotha

[@nunya711]

there are now buttons integrated into clip view/piano roll that allow you to do the same thing without having to play out the scale.

[@JustAnAvgGuy]

I appreciate you a whole lot for this video & your channel as I start my journey in bass production 💖

[@sleeptight4323]

MIC IN A CUP

[@bongzeee]

Dude your whole channel is everything I’ve been waiting for! Thank you

[@qwellerpon4291]

Can't wait to see Bunting's channel blow up! Thanks for the fire info as always!

[@synthient436]

It’s like you read my mind, and release all the videos that I need. Much appreciated homie!

[@astrovicis]

This was great! The bass-as-percussion really made something click for me. Thanks Bunting!! 🙏🏻🙌

[@IamFoubsEnt]

You’re so awesome bro. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@dworsham4540]

Very helpful man! Thanks!

[@guitarman18o]

level up! haha love the intro bro killing it! keep up the grind we see you 🔥

[@jm31st3r3]

Thank you so much! I’ve never had chords explained so simply!!!

[@PandaPotPies]

Ok this helped me so much i especially wasnt thinking about making the rhythm of the bass and my songs started out ass tysm

[@LuisTorres-qz5kr]

Great tutorial, thanks for sharing.

[@jc_02]

better than every other melody tutorial out there thank you fam and the music you be making is fireee

[@AudioXplorerBase]

you have no ideea how much this helped me ! Thanks man !

[@TiguaMusic]

Thanks dude this was hugeeeeee

[@dreamzdrift]

So helpful thanks mane!!

[@nickjohnson1823]

This has been a wealth of knowledge thank you.

[@MoeeTurbin]

What a guide 🙌🏾 we thank you!

[@millerkushco]

Thank you for the help homie!!

[@icantproduce]

9:09 Bunting accidentally plays the Charlie Brown theme and doesn't even notice it lol. Merry Christmas you amazing human being

[@cygnusx-3106]

Bro you are a fucking gem.

[@Tyler-Tyler-Tyler]

i love the mic in a cup

[@apocryphalmicrocosm4262]

🙏 thank you. You are treasured

[@themagicalducklings]

THANK YOU!

[@ElisVault]

You're giving me the confident to really take this seriously. Thank you bro.

[@jchampton93]

You should do one about phrasing It definitely took me a minute to understand it

[@LeePuu]

BIG UPS DO DA BUNTING!

[@JadeReedbeats]

Bunting thank u

[@jonclar7451]

thanks!

[@joepeezly]

Thanks dude... just, thanks.

[@01Decapitator]

great tut man! :D

[@BuntingMusic]

:D

[@javhi]

uuf thanks man! my music is getting better because of your tutorials. Getting closer to where i want. If at some point i can share what i have done based on your tutorials would be awesome! Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@BuntingMusic]

for sure, definitely join the discord and either dm me or submit something for feedback friday!!!

[@javhi]

Hey bro! the internet where i live (a tiny island in the middle of the pacific) is unbelievably slow, i could not load the son on the discord, but i sent it to your email. hope you can listen! thanks and i appreciate your time!

[@randomdudefpv4927]

thanks pretty dope

[@jeangonzalez1181]

hey man i love you

[@RayGBullet]

you are a demon i love you so muchhhhh

[@gorillapimping]

never opened Ableton before in my life. but damn, after seeing this maybe I should just quit my job and pursue being a jungle selecta

[@BuntingMusic]

full send my brother.....

[@TheMattSwifts]

You should really do one of these with live 11 lol, the new scales features really simplify all this stuff and I still see so many beginners trying to learn things the old fashioned way.

[@srslybro6011]

You've come a long way since the mic cup lol

[@OfficialSteza]

Beast

[@Ijbolfarmer]

Mic in a Cup Man!

[@chasepsmith10]

Yo first wanna say just now finding your Chanel and you make some awesome videos bro much appreciated. Second, where can i find audio clips from other songs like u used? I can't seem to find a place online, do you have to pay for those?

[@silverfisher2922]

Nice Mr. Rogers intro

[@wuujujuuju]

Love the vids man! All the little ableton tricks are super helpful. And no hate but an Fmin add 9 is not a jazz chord

[@BuntingMusic]

thanks, im glad to have someone here who's studied the jazz rulebook to set things straight 👍

[@kushazexo]

sick botw type beat btw

[@sh1elds]

holy shit this is so fucking helpful

[@evelic]

Good tutorial. It would have been great if you keep going down the chords theory. Thanks anyway, this was useful. Regards.

[@chrisramunni9090]

Yeeeeee!!!!

[@MANIKENMANIKEN]

The easiest music theory is that for dubstep the kick goes on the 1 and 5 and the snare goes on 3 and 7 🥱

[@BuntingMusic]

u ain’t wrong

[@Jhizzle473]

Wanna do a operator tutorial I really wanna learn that cuz if all else fails I know I’d have serum lol

[@BuntingMusic]

gotchuuuuu

[@yojerdubz111]

Mic cup ftw

[@paganojo1010]

Someone told me that a half step up is always the dankest for bass music. Is the half step "rule break" just really based around the root note just like you showed though or are there more ways to add half steps in minor keys? Also, another vote for VCTRE if you are keeping track. Amazing skills reverse engineering all of these sounds dude thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@BuntingMusic]

you can claim that the half step up is from the phrygian mode, the half step down could be said to be from the harmonic minor scale, ‘japanese’, ‘arabic’ and other cultural scales also use many half steps generally you can get away with half steps as long as your resolution is concise and gotchu in vctre

[@paganojo1010]

@@BuntingMusic Bet dude! Can't wait. Also I keep getting "Invite Invalid" for your discord link. I'm pretty new to the process there so not sure if I'm doing it wrong or if you need to update the link?

[@BuntingMusic]

@@paganojo1010 try this link instead discord.gg/HzqfrRTX

[@brentbruns6875]

Does anyone know if there's a similar plugin to operator that's possibly cheaper? I'm JUST getting into all of this producing stuff 😅

[@bradybrantley8518]

Any recommended beginner midi controllers?

[@liftedaura99]

"stay away from jazz land it gets scary"

[@Mattiimateo]

1:54 what does closer to F = “Stronger Sub” mean in the diagram? Thanks in advance🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 I’m still on my music theory journey 🙌

[@buggin33]

Where’s a good spot to get a cappella ? I’m down for KZbin but I never get decent quality a cappella for tracks I want. All the videos sound like they did they wave table invert to get vocals and to me it sounds bad. Any help would be awesome

[@BuntingMusic]

just keep digging, i get mine from youtube - some are great and some are terrible

[@destinationunknown9237]

Whoever sleeping on these videos is sleeping for suure

[@kushazexo]

no money still livin - me

[@ChronoMune]

Anyone who can answer this who knows as a fact, I’d appreciate it. So 1:52…literally any and all music follows these and only these scales? This is literally like the key to all music?? Any piece of music ever has to be one of these scales, and any one of those pieces of music will only be using the notes within one of these scales? I’m especially curious about that last part…when you make some music (unless im guessing you do a key change or something) you’re limited to nothing beyond the notes in one scale? You’re basically not allowed to ever use more notes than what’s shown in any one of these scales? Not saying that’s a bad thing though it’s nice to know there’s such an easy guideline if this is true.

[@BuntingMusic]

this video simplifies it to the bare minimum for newbies, you can’t go wrong following these rules but there’s more out there to explore regarding scales harmonies and all that jazz do more research!!!

[@buzzandjim4265]

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[@h.l4650]

9:50

[@myleslambert7663]

one suggestion for those hunting for notes/scale of samples: the tuner in ableton's audio fx or tunebat.com are good resources too. great video for those not too familiar with theory and working on a foundation; you're hitting all the bas(s)es (shit pun lolol) yung producers need!