The melody trick that never fails…

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[@matheusresende4694]

Bring more Bonobo tricks. I would love it 😅

[@TheBananasrock]

I fully second this!

[@AlexAldorf]

yes please

[@TheKarimPuff]

the kind of video that makes you want to drop everything and open up your daw. ty synthhacker 🙏

[@slocm3z]

ive been making my tunes like this for a minute now and im glad to see how it works now. i usually just roll across a sound/tone i like and now I know why i like it haha good stuff!!

[@SynthHackerTV]

@@slocm3z That’s awesome, glad to hear it!

[@fcfc]

A cool trick with ableton (to play this kind of melody trick) is to use a nude "midi input channel" to play simples notes (no chords) or put clips, mapped to many instrument channels (with "midi from"), headed by Midi FX (chords, apregiators, scale, random.. like your exemple). In that way you can play few notes, then an "orchestra" will play it all together

[@fcfc]

hope it is understandable...

[@steventate802]

Sounds like a fun vibe m8 I’ll give it a go

[@NIkalassen]

Sounds very satisfactory

[@shadowcadence378]

the pentatonic scale is literally magic

[@nikolafeve]

This will change my life! Thank you man!

[@co-deangramz3307]

Broooo, this guy is dropping diamonds. i support you, sir. You definitely got a subscriber with videos like these 💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@PedroMooniz-s9e]

Sick trick. Thanks for sharing mate. Subscribed.

[@itsalongstoryshort]

hitting that multicore button in Diva will help you a lot on most modern computers BTW

[@rutgerdenijs9286]

Schwarzonator is a great extra midi max for live to add to this list.

[@floatingdoor]

This was a FANTASTIC video. Thank you dude. Also where can I go to listen to this track you made in the video?

[@sachins6196]

The trick is to use a pentatonic scale instead of a major/minor scale or fit an exsisting melody into that scale right? The advantage being it will work with other melodies in the same scale>?

[@NahTrust]

Yeah! Exactly. The pentatonic notes go well with any others in the full relevant major / minor scale, so you can riff them over each other. Then use other notes from the full scale to give it direction in the full key, if that makes sense

[@robinsharma1063]

Fantastic video!

[@sobreaver]

Nice tricks, so many things to do, it's hard to settle just for one

[@EtienneUnfolds]

Awesome! Are the drum samples in the first example included in your bundles? Really digging that side stick hit.

[@keirmathen]

Brilliant! 🔥

[@Swiftopher755]

I love the pentatonic but I do struggle with making decent chords in the scale, doesn't seem enough choice if u know what I mean! Jamming in pentatonic is really fun, you can't go wrong

[@zechs5079]

You can definitely box yourself in by limiting yourself to the pentatonic. Throw in some 7ths and 9th on your chords.

[@ImaplanetJupiteeeerr]

Really good video, thanks for this! :o

[@darshan.ajjamada]

More Bonobo please man!

[@PilzE.]

Errrrr, hell yeah I subscribed! More, please Sir, superb content!

[@jamest3336]

looove. love bonobo

[@bertokleine280]

New abo enjoy your videos a lot 🥳

[@musemose2861]

hello brother... I don't know if u will see this message but if u do pls make a tutorial video on how to sound design chords like 53 thrives.. I have exhausted myself trying to figure out .. 🙏

[@penguinnoodle]

Hey man great video! What happened to your synthesis course? Cant see it on your website?

[@disjean47]

question is why it work?

[@NecrotronE-dgelord-tx3fk]

The notes in the pentatonic scale are very consonant when paired with most notes

[@AutPen38]

Due to the maths of the frequencies of notes in a scale, and the historical use of popular melodies (which our brains have grown to like due to familiarity) most of the most popular melodies only use 5 specific notes from a 7-note scale. In C major or A minor, you can't go wrong if you write melodies using the white keys apart from B and F. Those notes only work well with some chords, but C D E G and A sound good over any chord in C or Am. I think the reason is that if you hold down a C major chord (C E G) and then play a B, it's too close to the C because it's literally right next to it, so it causes dissonance, and the F is only a semitone away from the E. The most pleasant melodic notes are either part of the tonic chord (C E G), or separate from it (D, A), not clashing with it (B, F). (The same applies to A minor (A C E), as the B still clashes with the C and the F is only a semitone away from the E).

[@nicolasbrun4712]

Sick man, thanks for the share Did you use Ableton 12 ou 11 ?

[@TheShredFaster]

he’s using 12 in this video, you can tell because of the “Use Current Scale” button (the square with the ♭♯ inside it) in the title bar of some of the devices

[@dwp2659]

well done!

[@simple-human-being]

Genuine question, how is this not different from just staying in scale? What about Pentatonic helps with gluing everything together?

[@sequenza]

I think the second and the sixth notes are the least stable in a scale?

[@pgwwa2]

there are no half tones (like between 2nd and 3rd note) which create more tension and can make things sound more interesting, but are riskier when creating a catchy melody. In pentatonic almost anything you play "makes sense" to the ear.

[@simple-human-being]

@@sequenza Huh, interesting, makes sense. I never considered that some notes in a scale are more “matching” with the root than others. Great starting place for me to learn more, thanks.

[@simple-human-being]

@@pgwwa2Thanks for the explanation, never considered the relationship between in scale notes before to such a degree, definitely useful stuff for me to learn more, thanks

[@DGGKratos]

So with the minor penthatonic riff can work over a minor chord progression of that scale or major chord progression?

[@AutPen38]

If your song is in a minor key, write melodies that mostly use the minor pentatonic scale (the 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th notes of the full scale). If your song is in a major key, use the major pentatonic scale (1, 2, 3, 5, 6). It turns out that the minor pentatonic scale in A minor (A C D E G) is the same 5 notes as the major pentantonic (C D E G A) of C major. To put it another way, if your chords only use white keys on the piano roll, your melodies will sound fine over any chord pattern if you play any of the white keys apart from B and F.

[@claudiomalz]

very cool

[@marylewis3311]

Thanks 🙏💖🙏

[@jamest3336]

is that arpeggiator update ableton12?

[@nimck-y2z]

Yeah

[@mattyyppp]

The SOUNDS

[@glennpaulmusic]

45 second hook LFG! ... saved for later though

[@Savvier]

BEST HACKER!

[@planetclay]

super.

[@coyoteden8111]

1:20 So pretty

[@pushtoenter4174]

best

[@Falcontf]

Satisfactory anyone ?🙂

[@FenderLeader]

*to create unforgettable melodies u have to listen to a lot and lot and lots of unforgettable melodies first than ur brain rewire itself to smartly steal from the information it has*