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So a lot of confused people here I will help clarify, time signature is a tool of many tools composers use there is also accents, rests, grouping, hemiolas, metric modulation, even titles like waltz where we know to assume a strong weak weak beat etc etc… so people would ask why not pick 6/8 or 3/4 if they are multiples of the other? The answer is that assigning time signature to a piece depends on the context and what the biggest idea is that the composer wants to clarify in the piece, sometimes they are chosen based on readability if I have a very compact quick bar of fast notes I wouldn’t want to write that in 3/4 maybe or I’d end up with like 128th notes and in 6/8 maybe it’s easier, also sometimes you choose it to show the structure of the piece kind of like verse chorus prechorus you can show relationships of sections in a piece by the time signature like Tigran Hamasyan in “entertain me” he writes 256/16 think of a trunk with branches and those have even smaller branches and so on, they are all connected but yet different sizes and scales and you now have a heirarchy, example: a piece has 9 bars in 3/4 and I play every bar strong-weak-weak that is a more “linear” writing style I might accidentally play it all the same like a stream of notes, but if the composer writes instead 12/4 I now see these are not just 9 bars but instead 3 groups of 3 bars in each group so maybe I treat each 3 bars like a “beat” this is called hyper measure and I might play the first 3 strong the second 3 weaker and the 3rd 3 bars the weakest for example and maybe I would make the way I play the melody sound like 3 distinct groups rather than 9 groups because I see the relationship of three 3 bar groups rather than just 9 straight bars. There are many main contexts but the right one is the one that is the most efficient for the composer and performer, I could just write every song that’s ever existed in 4/4 using accents to know where to play them but that would not look very good to the performer and hard to understand and pretty hard to see any relationships or clarify the melody, the composer will use the time signature for the biggest thing he wants to clarify whether that’s accents or structure or readability etc. that way he doesn’t have to write a bunch of accents or obscure the rhythm or obscure the structure or the melody because that way he can just adjust the few bars that the time signature does not agree with and write a few accents or slurs or time changes etc. it’s a tool and technically can use it however you want but it’s best to pick the most efficient template so you don’t have to write in every bar to clarify the other elements that the time signature didn’t cover hope that helps.
I had never heard that concept of pairing each mode with its "relative", I love it. I had already thought about how D Dorian is the 'relative minor mode" of F Lydian. But I really really like how you took it further and paired Mixolydian with Phyrigian. And I love that that gives you the "Brightest" / "Middle" / "Darkest" categorization of the 3 majors and 3 minors. Genius brother
Wow! I've been watching lots of ear training videos recently, because I'm working on my own approach to teaching it. But I've been mostly a bit disappointed by how robotic and rote everything is. In the first seconds of your video I immediately knew you were going to go deeper. I love the way you are explaining all this! Thank you! Cheers to good communication and learning! 🥂
You may need to resize that part of the channel by clicking and dragging vertically on the boundary of a section. Also check in the view options on the left side of the mixer that you are actually displaying sends. I'm not in the studio at this moment so I can't check on the validity of that for sure...
The companion page in combination with the video is brilliant theory and guitar has been a little hard to practice but these visualisers are HUGE value and for free good work guys life savers
@@maxkonyi everything The visuals seem to he just ahead of the sound, not exactly synced There's always a chance I'm crazy or that there's somehow something wrong on my end but it just seemed that way to me
@@deppygcreations784 Hmm, in the video, everything should be perfectly synced. At least it is on my system and I'm super obsessive with that stuff. I should check it out on other devices... On the website, the audio and animation are not perfectly synced unfortunately but there is nothing I can do about it right now. It's a limitation of the software I used to make the tool.
@maxkonyi yeah it could totally just be my device, I watched the video on my laptop and it all seems to match up But I don't want my comment to come across like I didn't like the video. Cause I learned a lot from it!!
"Where and why is it used?" I'm not sure that it really is! People do think about using or writing in locrian, but I'm not convinced our ear perceives it that way, at least not mine. Some people might think of a locrian mode when improvising over a iim7b5 in a minor key, but that's just a mental tool in my opinion... You can absolutely switch modes in the same song! You can keep the current tonic but switch modes or change both mode and tonic. These are some of the best moments in music if you ask me
i always write most of my songs to start in 6/8 or always include 6/8 because pretty much every song i write touches on multiple time signatures, and in my experience, 6/8 is just the easiest to switch in and out of. can always be accented in ways that sound both even and odd. an ideal base for metric modulation.
I'm not sure I have any great recommendations as I don't stay up to date. A used pair of something with 5" cones would be a good starting place. You should be able to find some stuff quite cheap as people are always getting rid of their monitors for various reasons.
Well the drones are all just a single note, neither minor nor major. That being said, the loudest overtones do suggest a major tonality, but that's always the case. It's interesting that you feel some of the drones sound minor. There's a number of possible reasons for that but it's not the case for me, at least not usually. That being said, whether the key is minor or major, the scale degrees feel the same to me - 5 always feels like 5, etc.
@@maxkonyi It's the link on your website's front page, in the Discord Community section. When I click the yellow button I get the "Invite Invalid" message from Discord.
You can, and I used to think that way, but I eventually found that it didn't match my actual experience. Once Em becomes home, it feels like I (one), and all others degrees make sense in relation to that feeling.
Coincidentally, I stumbled across this video, as I've recently been placing focus into my ear training. I really love this video. You broke things down very nicely, and every bit of it makes sense.
Wow 🤩- just discovered you yesterday. I found your ear training major scale video fascinating! It’s really helped thank you. I think you are the only person who’s (long, in-depth video) I have ever watched all the way through (lol doing some bedtime stretches on my bedroom floor at the same time - so yes, meditating on what you are saying at the same time as stretching and relaxing). You definitely have a gift in helping people stay focused on the topic! Your comprehensive, creative and sensitive language use is really one of the best I have ever seen. I love how you keep repeating things over and over - a bit like in meditation how one would use an anchor like the breath to return to focus - but obviously it also helps practically embed the concepts. I am in my mid forties and learning multiple instruments - piano, guitar, bass and drums. I’ve had so many people say to me it’s not wise, people get hostile with me about it - crazy - but what I find fascinating is how learning different instruments at the same time is unlocking so many musical concepts that all relate to each instrument. It is helping me beyond words! Things click every time I sit down and play. I’m getting creative gifts being able to manifest the music from within my being. My body has never relaxed sooo much in years when I use the skills (the ones that are embedded and now naturally there). It’s euphoric and peaceful. I look forward to when my skills are better and I can incorporate faster and more upbeat or complex rhythms and scales. I feel like I’m doing really well! So screw the nay sayers. I am a deep thinker and analytical type but never really had the life circumstances to let this ‘divine’ life force blossom. But here I am 🙏🏻 😌 I’ve been able to pick apart and dive deep into all parts of a song for years. It’s great to be able to put into action. I am not starting from scratch as such on these instruments. I played guitar and wrote harmonically complex songs when I was a teenager knowing nothing about music theory. All by ear. But my ‘kind of’ musical training was from my mum who sang in a band with 3 others, having practices at each others houses. They sang four part harmonies which led me to a life time of only ever singing the harmony to any melody I ever heard. It’s only now when I’m learning intervals that I realise my 1,3,5 are pretty well embedded in my musical mind. I’m thrilled at the ‘free gift’ 😂 I’m still miles off in reality but it helps. I look forward to more of your videos. You are very very kindly giving a great gift to the world with your beautiful tuition. Thank you 🙏🏻 so much ❤
Wonderful! Happy to hear all that and glad you're enjoying the videos. If you have the motivation to work on all those instruments, that's great and I can certainly agree that they all influence and augment each other from many perspectives. Lucky you had that harmonization "training" growing up. Not everyone does and it makes a huge difference, as I've seen in many people over the years. Enjoy! 🌞
