Bro one thing I don’t understand is everyone on RU-vid shows the same thing BUT the hardest part which is how to add those filer notes and counter melodies without them sounding trash , y’all just say “add some counter melody” instead of showing how to , chords are easy afff
It’s gonna skyrocket your ability to make chord progressions more interesting. Look up “borrowed chords” or “modal interchange” if you want^^ sounds complicated but it’s pretty simple.
Instead of thinking of borrowing the sharp 7th from g major think of it as g harmonic minor, that will help make sense of everything in terms of what major and minor should sound like
harmonic minor =/= borrowing from major Moving around the bass under your Gm9 also wouldn't really be considered chord changes. You essentially just played: Gm9 | Gm9/Eb | Gm9/Bb | D7/F#
Bro one thing I don’t understand is everyone on RU-vid shows the same thing BUT the hardest part which is how to add those filer notes and counter melodies without them sounding trash , y’all just say “add some counter melody” instead of showing how to , chords are easy afff
Hey I am new to making music can somebody explain quickly what he means with "I went 1 6 3"? Or just maybe tell me what I should Google to find the answer to that question? I would appreciate every help!
Why is it 1 6 3 if there is only 5 semitones between the first two notes? Something I don’t get too is why is it in G Minor if G Minor is(according to google) G A B Minor C D E Minor F and G?
When talking about minor, we always use harmonic minor, with the raised 7th. Because if you dont use that one note, you'd use the aeolian mode, same notes as natural minor, but modes aren't scales. So that F# was completely OK within G minor itself. Especially because your writing harmony (harmonic minor, aye). Btw not trying to be a dick or anything, my nerdy brain couldn't handle "borrow the raised 7th from major", so i just wanted to state this in my opinion, fun fact.
I may sound dumb but what do those numbers mean when you explain your chord progression? For example, 1-6-3. How did you determine that it was those numbers?
I am a beginner as well so take this with a grain of salt, but here goes: the 1 is the root note of the scale. In G minor your root note is G. G is the 1. The 4 and 6 are, as I’m sure you could’ve guessed, the 4th and 6th notes of the scale. “Borrowed 7th” is a little beyond my expertise thus far lol
you borrow a chord from a parallel key, here i am borrowing the 7th chord from the parallel major or you can view it as borrowing from a parallel mode, or an entire mode switch if you want which would be totally cool. but songs change keys or modes or borrow and it isnt necessarily chromatic
The c major scale has 7 notes, it’s easy to remember because it’s all the white keys on the keyboard (C, D, E, F, G, A, B, and back to C) assign a number to each of those notes (1 being C 2 being D and so on) using this concept you can figure out the notes he’s talking about (4 being F and 6 being A)
How does this make sense to people who don’t know theory? I’m just saying I actually get the theory but if you don’t you’re just saying words that mean almost nothing
