The ULTIMATE Music Theory Crash Course (in under 25 minutes)

[@systemG3000]

I've been reading about music theory for almost two years now, watching videos too, trying to understand scales and chords and harmony, and this was the most clear and concise explanation of everything. I am in awe at how clear it is now. You have become an expert in explanations.

[@AlexRome]

I’m so happy to hear that. Glad I could help! 🤙

[@aspirativemusicproduction2135]

Learn one scale at a time. People try to learn everything at the same time and in the end they spend more time learning and being confused. It's not a rocket science but it takes time for the brain to process and put things in order. Practicing scales on instrument is the best. Even if it may seem pointless it calibrates your brain. Do you ever listen to a song and say "I get the Dorian feel?" That's when you played the Dorian scale up and down. Now you can instinctively use it without even thinking what notes are you playing. Than see where Byzantine, Hungarian, Jewish, Japanese an other scales overlap with the minor scale.

[@DustinChecketts]

100%. Just starting out and this video is succinct, clear, and organized incredibly! Thank you!

[@JeffNelsonLOL]

Good work. Nailed it. 👍🏻

[@rizla8602]

Finally someone explaining and showing what, why and how, most are just showing off their skills. I mean, how would someone know advanced stuff without knowing the basics? They are just stealing our time. But not this guy, this guy is teaching us the right way so we can understand and learn. Thank you Sensei!

[@johnne86sd]

Amazing tutorial! I've realized my style revolves more around minor scales. I love those serious tones.

[@JaeElise]

you were waaaaay better than my Berkley college of music professor when it comes to music theory. I've asked helped so many times and he completely ignored me while flirting with one of my other classmates at the time: mind you this was online. you've explained this so much better and I love the examples. his examples were on a traditional piano -_- I needed a daw software to understand. this was beautiful! can't wait to finish the whole video!

[@ajwilliams1201]

Just a couple minutes in and I've gotta say - this is a very clear, digestible, and simple introduction to music theory so far. It's exactly what I've been looking for. Your voice feels calm and confident, and your overall demeanor feels encouraging. Thanks, man. Keep up the great content!

[@沈毛-t9o]

This is the video I need 100%, literally don't need to watch any other videos after this, THANK YOU!!

[@AlexRome]

Yup you got it!

[@lasekerhovd]

Crazy that we can learn this for FREE in 25 minutes. Well done video!

[@joeygproducedit7863]

If he doesnt do it someone else will haha but hes one of my favorites. Hes too good and doesnt gatekeep😊

[@Rico-nj3vl]

It sounds like such a basic music thing to learn and yet it took me YEARS to find one to so succesfully explain it to me. Thx man, you absolutely shred.

[@ApeStep]

Thank you for this briliant guide, I often scrap music ideas due to not getting the chords i want to fit because i lack music theory. This will hopefully be a big help and a learning tool for me in the future.

[@AlexRome]

Great to hear (: use it as a reference for sure.

[@Hung_Tang]

Notes: 19:00 - re-articulating chords for house music 22:20 - find the tonic of the scale you're in (or the relative scale) and repeat it to get in the 'mood' for making music

[@Quickfulness]

This is unironically the best video I have ever watched about music. I have watched tens, if not over a hundred videos on pure music theory and I ALWAYS come back to your channel. Thank you.

[@josephlogiudice6781]

It all clicked while watching this video and following along in my DAW with chord and scale cheat sheets. THANK YOU! I'm gonna go make some music now!

[@MeltedAero]

I love it Alex. Been trying to make music for 2 years. Watching your videos have helped me

[@FifeFX]

Love your videos, I always learn a lot from them! One video I'd like to see more on is sound selection. Seeing how you choose certain sounds/ where they come or how they're made would be amazing. Your sound choices are always such good ones especially for the feel or emotion that you're conveying through your chords! tysm for all the help you provide!

[@AlexRome]

Yes! I have sound selection videos coming.

[@FifeFX]

@@AlexRome I'm glad to hear! Thank you again for all the great info and help you provide!

[@Cranbearry_YouTube]

This was insanely clear & easy to watch! I’m always forgetting one thing as soon as I learn another, including basics. 🤣But this helped my instantly remember it all! Great video, & keep up the good work! 👍

[@artkalm]

Plain and simple! I wish my school music lessons were like this one. Just amazing, thank you very much!!

[@contactdigestpodcast1530]

Simple, organized(1,2,3 approach) and to the point. Thank you.

[@AG-bl5jj]

This video is top tier! Hands down this is the clearest explanation I have heard on theory

[@Raven__-ec5iv]

Ive struggled to understand music theory for years now and this video seriously helped. Thank you, Great content!!

[@nieron]

I'm a beginner, but I was able to understand most of this. Kudos for great explanations 👍🏻

[@stevieboi61]

thankyou bro. you peiced theory with example & made the clearest sense ive ever understood of all these relationships👌

[@MikeAnonymous]

Honestly, I’ve been watching A LOT of videos about music theories , scales , chords progression … name it all you want . But your video , man, love it! Especially about the harmony’s and melody’s . Often deleted projects because I would get frustrated of not creating a harmony in some sort . You cleared a lot of questions as well . Thank you Alex ! Now I throw you a challenge ; Make a video on how to choose your sounds and match them with the other sounds that you would choose so it’s sounds good ! On a plugin for example . Or another video on melodies ; sorts of melodies , complexity etc.

[@ALindaBlox]

Thanks bro so much for making this video!! No one could ever explain some of the questions i had, unless it was like a 3 hour long video, here, you explain it perfect, helped me a lot!!! i cant believe the stuff about music theory i was missing. and its addicting on how you explain stuff it makes me want to open my DAW and start making music.

[@yusufcelikkk]

thank you for the best music theory tutorial ı've ever watched. you are rally explaining everything

[@eshansamarasinghe]

Your clear explanations and your vocals are like magic ♥️

[@SpicyTempo]

Alex you are the best! I love your tutorials!!! Keep on rocking 🙏 🎸🌶️

[@szyslay]

Alex... I'm also watching this 😊 thank you so much! Great break down! Congrats 💪😀🤌

[@panagope]

Alex Rome, your channel is at my top list of 100 music production channels that I have subscribed over 4 years that I watch such tutorials. The second one is "EDM Tips". Make a song like LiQWYD, or at least explain some technique's that he uses. Thanks a lot !!

[@Varxiii]

This is an amazing video, super clear introduction to music, super beginner friendly and easy to understand. I learned a lot from this video.

[@stevelang7115]

Man, just awesone 🤙🎧 Thank you for keeping theory simple!

[@Alias-Jackal]

Best refresher course I ever did take, man. (Admittedly skipping through some sections) But dude seriously... on top of a refreshing my theory, you also taught me something entirely new. So, thank you.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

This is very well explained, you’re the best 😊 👍👍

[@456Edot]

Now that I know the basics of music theory, all this makes so much more sense

[@ejiro2724]

You can see how much hes amazed by music and its awesome

[@benjones6625]

Nice one again Alex, always seem to upload just at the right time for me haha, love it, keep it up as always

[@RussellHumes-s4i]

As someone who loves music but is completely lost by music theory... This is an amazing video. Thank you+

[@EricBalcon]

wow, this video is so so brilliant, I've learn many things now, thanks a million, you rock !

[@CannaprizeBEATS]

This is Gold, thank you for this 🙏

[@chrisfudala5719]

Thank you for this video Alex! Very helpfull you Im actually starting to understand music theroy.

[@lordvrouxgames7332]

Fantastic video. Great information is a digestible way!

[@isabellapakulska]

Fantastic video, thank you!

[@bmh770]

Ive got to say this is a great video.. easily understood

[@KHASIPRODUCER]

Thankyou for everything ❤

[@heartbeatbillionaire]

This was brilliant. Much better explained than anyone else. Would love for you to go into more music theory and uses from using chord pallete (free M4L device) in Ableton Live. Thanks Alex!

[@MTUMEMUSA254]

Thanks for the golden drop about music theory topic.

[@user-Red5hield-exp0ser]

Great video this and it's free 😎 My only suggestion would have been to add arpeggiation how to for trance 💚

[@Betoruffo]

THANK YOU!! Recently i’ve been struggling with chord progressions because they’re not harmonizing well with each other.

[@seanhochman]

man, ive learned so much from you. thank you

[@_Arzii_]

This is such awesome advice, thank you for this video!

[@burttoast3569]

Great, as always. You are MIDI Master.

[@NARXOVERHERE]

This video very informative and easy to learn ... after i learnt by watching about 15 videos like this loll , without that i don't think i will understand the skipping step of this video

[@NARXOVERHERE]

actually i lost it as 15:40 ... why D# major even in the C Minor scale as you say the first chord is 1 so it is in C Minor scale right ??

[@tonic1667]

I LOVE THESE CHORDS 🙌🏻🙌🏻 🤣

[@Amatteus]

With this video I am sure i will be 20% better... For sure.. Alex Rome is the King.

[@mystery2kmusic]

Thank you so much for this!

[@ebbepolipa1135]

Best music theory ever...❤

[@8Music]

Thanks Alex, love the video. would love to see you build a track using modal melodies and harmonise with modal chords, thanks again, your videos are inspiring, love your passion.

[@Kajimaaa37]

ur vid help me alot!!! love u guy

[@emanuels.3702]

he basically just dropped the best music theory tutorial ever

[@J9mzZz]

Thank you man

[@urban-o]

Great video, thank you!

[@mk7beats893]

This is a very interesting Video with a lot of content.

[@pauliebeatsmusic]

Great video!!!

[@vigilantejude3500]

wow this is a valuable video

[@djp1234]

Half steps are also known as semi-tones. That will be useful when transposing sounds in Ableton.

[@SproutyPottedPlant]

I like our tones and semitones

[@myleeh8533]

Thank you 🙏

[@entity8019]

You are a legend!!thank yo=u

[@noyanda8419]

Lovely. Part 2 how to build a beat around an acapella.

[@Thefreemans-interesting-music]

Now I just gotta get all the complicated out of my head, Thanks for keeping it real for the non Mensa people.

[@anshkansagara1389]

Please make more videos like these

[@DaOne21KU]

Thank you

[@LerbjanLucaj]

That's really cool 😎🔥

[@NotStanley-td5nn]

you're on FL Studio too now?! hell yeah

[@Oren_Mx]

Muy buen videoooo🔥

[@VoyageMondes]

Thanks you 😁🔥

[@ekanshmago5717]

thankyou sir

[@akesocreations]

God I love this guy 🎹

[@l_kr2307]

This video goes hard

[@joeygproducedit7863]

You da best man...everytime i make 120bpm dance i always use minor chords...i suck with major 😢

[@omegonzalez]

BRAVO

[@iliam9945]

Hey best music teacher next time do marea we've lost dancing plzzz,❤

[@assie_ie5532]

You are great

[@co8908]

tbh I haven't done anything with music in forever and barely did anything when I knew how. just never really knew anything. low-key just letting it go by which is sad but I don't know what to do. Especially when in reality I don't know much. I know audio engineering but not producing. but its been years soooo yeah

[@joestogiera6923]

Great video! Just noticed you say c# and b flat were the same. I know you meant Db but I had to say something

[@joestogiera6923]

Also, 2 notes played at once is called a dyad/ diad. An interval is the measurment between any 2 notes.

[@billiejoearmstrongA]

this is THE video

[@majman446]

harmony is actually even simpler than that, it's literally the chords, no melody required

[@yucelugruacik]

Thanks for your help. Which plugin do you use for this kind of dark sounds? 21:49

[@luissalazar9617]

So what’s a tonic note? Do you have a video explaining that?

[@GavinL-o1l]

Solid

[@avrelbernaschek]

thank u

[@Prod_by_NeB]

Dude is switching Daw like Pete Davidson switching women

[@mikaaliyev]

real talk, thought he’s a loyal logic pro user

[@redmadness265]

Fresh off the rollers

[@francisoboh4683]

Alex: Now that's where the fun stuff starts". * who's been having fun since*👁👄👁

[@antonmiller3403]

11:36 when start playing your dance progression I noticed that there are much more spaces in between each notes, why is that and while doing that how are you following the rules of “2 spaces above base note=minor”, “3 spaces above base note=major”?

[@jieruslife]

i was wondering too

[@CRBRS]

What piano plugin and preset did you use during this video?

[@chuyuu6501]

At the end when you switched your melody from the minor to the relative major how did you know which notes to move so that it would fit in the relative major?

[@Nathan-hl1dm]

How do you differentiate between, let's say, the VII in the A3 octave vs the VII in the A4 octave in the Am scale?

[@bahaaaddintaleb401]

bro im using that 23:14 :P

[@2DVincent]

never got the "I II III IV V" etc thing with chords or what the "third" "seventh" etc. were with their notes. I've tried to find out before but nothing stuck. Now I fully understand it.

[@branzo2023]

Can you give us a crash course on how to produce like sky white 👀 reference track sky white - olha vocè